However, Age of Empires II HD (the re-mastered version of the game released in 2013) is unaffected by this problem. It is actually caused by an unterminated loop in the graphics card driver.
This issue can be mitigated by playing through game client and selecting 32-bit DirectX mode in the lobby options. As far as can be seen, this issue has never been resolved nor will it be, rendering AoE2 unplayable on the affected models of laptop. Many things have been tried to fix the issue including changing graphics card drivers, limiting the frame rate to mitigate overheating and running on virtual machines of different operating systems (e.g. This issue occurs after a seemingly random amount of gameplay time (from <30 seconds to 10 or 20 minutes). the M1530) an issue occurs where the OS crashes and a blue-screen of death is displayed. hki, selecting HD5.0+ at the top left side) and I copy it into my game folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Age2HD\profiles\. Issues unresolved Dell laptop compatibility issues I am trying to change the hotkeys for Age of Empires II: HD (version > 5.0), but I can't get it to work. Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
