Compatibility of Windows 8 with Age of Mythology and Titans

Bought a new laptop with Windows 8 preload.  The only thing I use the laptop for is to play Age of Mythology and it does not work.  Looked like all the forums for corrections and Windows 8 seems to be preloaded with DirectX11 and all the correct s/w but still the "Initialization failed" error at startup.

Is there a version of patch to fix this?  Otherwise anyone who upgrades to the new sys Op MS will have this prob.

Hey Loren,

Microsoft Age Of Mythology: Titans is not compatible with windows 8. Then I suggest to install the game in compatibility mode and check if it helps. Here is the link that tells you about the incompatibility of the game with Windows 8.

Windows Compatibility Center

Follow the steps to install the game in Compatibility Mode:

a. right click on setting up the file, then select Properties and then tap or click on the compatibility tab.

b. check the box run this program in compatibility modof e.

c. press or click the menu drop down and select a previous operating system, and then tap or click OK.

See the article for more information.

Make the programs more compatible with this version of Windows

Hope this information helps. Answer the post with an up-to-date issue report to help you further.

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