If you encounter one of these errors: d3ddx1142.dll is missing or D3DX941.dll is missing or d3ddx1043.dll is missing or D3DX943.dll is missing then simply you need to download directx from here or from here and install these prerequisites and all these can be fixed very fast and very. Right-click on the game that is showing the error, right-click on it and. Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms video game. I'd rather have my game not freeze than to know how many hours I've played it. This emulator initially intended only for Age of Empires II HD to enable lobby. The only thing you'll be missing is the number of hours playing the game.
The names of the executables are age3.exe, age3x.exe (War Chiefs), and age3y.exe (Asian Dynasties). In case anyone has either of these issues, it's better to run the game & expansions through shortcuts rather than through Origin.
I spoke with a rep, who spoke to a specialist, who had no clue how to provide target parameters to expansion packs since Origin moved them from the main library to a separate area. Was also able to provide the target parameters in the shortcut. I thought it was my computer at first, then decided to run the expansions by a short-cut, bypassing Origin altogether.
I wanted to give the expansion packs a target parameter to stop the cinematics since I have to reload save files all the time, but the only option for an EP is to play it, not give them Game Properties.
Right click on the file and click in 'Extract Here' (WinRar) It will ask if you want to overwrite the files, click in 'Yes to All'. It contains two dlls: MSVCP140.dll & VCRUNTIME140.dll. Anyway, so I have to save all the time before I do the switch. No-Steam: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age Of Empires 3\. I do this because I'm watching videos of missions. Well, AOE3 freezes constantly if I switch between the game and my desktop or IE3.