[outofthepark44]

Hi Guys. I'm new here and actually joined in hope of finding help to this very aggrevating problem. I recently bought Rise of Nations. I brought it home, installed it, and when i went to open it i get this message:



So something is messed up. I tried to figure it out on my own. After searching through a few sites, I found a few threads (there are a bunch of people who have had the same problem as me). All of the stuff i found lead to this link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

I went there and followed the instructions. I downloaded the 1st file on the page, msxml.msi and ran it after uninstalling both the game and the MSXML already on my computer. After reinstalling both the msxml stuff and the game, i got the same error. Thats when i decided it was time to call microsoft. After an hour, the tech basically gave up on me. After I got off the phone i continued my search on microsoft's support site and found this page:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810209/en-us

All the stuff on that page is what I did on the phone with the tech, obviously to no avail. I am just hoping that someone here will know what I can do or even a reason why I'm having this problem. I would appreciate ANY response. Thank you.

[andyspeake]

did you follow the instructions on that second link--->


Microsoft Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends on a Windows XP-based computer or on a Windows 98-based computer
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Add or Remove Programs, and then click Remove a Program.
3. Click Rise of Legends, and then click Change/Remove.
4. Follow the steps that appear on the screen to remove Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends.
5. After you finish removing Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, insert Disc 1.
6. Follow the steps that appear on the screen to install Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends.
To download and install Microsoft XML Core Services, follow the instructions in the "More Information" section.

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[andyspeake]

The minimum system requirements for Rise of Nations are: • One of the following Microsoft operating systems: • Microsoft Windows 98
• Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
• Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
• Microsoft Windows 2000
• Microsoft Windows XP

• A 500 megahertz (MHz) Processor.
• 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM.
• 16-MB 3D Video Card.
• 800 MB of hard disk space.
• Audio card with speakers or headphones.
• A modem that supports 56 kilobytes (Kb) per second or better Internet connection for multiplayer or online games.
Note These are the minimum system requirements that a computer must have to run Rise of Nations. Performance may be increased on computers that exceed these requirements.
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Supported video hardware
Rise of Nations requires a minimum of 16 MB of memory for video display. Additionally, Rise of Nations must pass a system check when you start the game. When Rise of Nations passes the system check, you do not receive the following error message:
This video card is not supported for use with Rise of Nations.
Rise of Nations is expected to work with video hardware that is classified as "supported." If your video hardware is not classified as "supported," you may experience issues when you try to play Rise of Nations. If you experience issues with your video hardware when you try to play Rise of Nations, contact Microsoft Help and Support. To do this, see the "Unsupported video hardware" section.
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Unsupported video hardware
The following is a list of video hardware that was known to be unsupported at the time that Microsoft Rise of Nations: Gold Edition was released. For information about how to upgrade your video hardware, see the Video Card 101 article. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...eocard101.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...eocard101.mspx)
• 3dfx• Voodoo 1
• Voodoo 2
• Banshee
• Voodoo 3
• Voodoo 4
• Rush (Alliance)
• Rush (Macronix)

• S3• Virge
• Trio 64
• Trio 64 Plus
• Aurora 128
• Trio 64 DX
• Trio 3D
• Virge DXGX
• Virge GX2
• Trio3D
• Savage 3D
• Savage 3D S3
• Savage 3D S4
• Savage4 ProSavage
• ProSavage
• Virge MX
• Virge MXC
• Savage 2000

• nVIDIA• TNT

• Intel• 815
• 752
• 810
• 810e
• 740

[andyspeake]

does your comp disagree with any of this?

[outofthepark44]

I think My computer fits all that criteria. I am not very good with looking for all the technical stuff on my computer. I think I have an Intel(R) 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics card, intel celeron 2.4 GHz processor, 494 MB RAM... anything else? and thank you for your reply.

[andyspeake]

MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 2 (Microsoft XML Core Services)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

If your copy of XP is legit this should download.

[outofthepark44]

I already did that and it doesn't work. I download the 1st file, and run the install and nothing works. The rest of the files I dont know what to do with.

[andyspeake]

is your comp a sp2? or sp1?

[andyspeake]

I DONT KNOW IF THIS WOULD HELP BUT TAKE A LOOK

http://ron.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/f...=13,4849,0,365

[outofthepark44]

i'm running sp2. I've also been on that forum. it didnt do anything for me.

[andyspeake]

I'm lost at your problem, usually with a problem such as this you would usually just have to uninstall msxml 4.0 (sp1) with msxml 4.0(sp2), i am sorry that i could not help you.Best to now start a new post for this problem

[outofthepark44]

thanks for your help man. anyone else have any advice?

[outofthepark44]

anyone?

[Zergei]

I've been searching for the solution to this problem also, however i seem to have found a solution to it.

Im on Windows Xp, make sure you got the msxml4.dll file and its located at "c:\windows\system32". Next i manually registered it in the following way.

Start -> Run

Write the following... "regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msxml4.dll" and hit accept.
This way your manually registering the dll. After doing this the game worked fine on me.

[outofthepark44]

oh my god.... THANK YOU SO MUCH! IT WORKED! YOU RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!