Title should say enough, but clarification:

I get to the Downloading Map screen and the progress bar fills very quickly, but a couple of seconds after it fills, the game just exits without an error message.

Same thing for me, idk wtf is wrong

I've already tried reinstalling, and that doesn't fix it either.

this happened to me on almost all the servers but I eventually got into one.

For Me, when I am on downloading map screen, it downloads 100%, then I wait for like 10 seconds and I get error saying: "Couldn't get IP adress!" or something like that if I remember.

For me it loads in like 5-10 seconds 100% then it goes black screen for like 5 seconds then without an error message it just takes me back to the servers if anyone comes up with a(n) soloution please tell me.

Please use comas.

same problem, maybe resolution??

I've been having this problem since .36

Map Download bar fills, nothing happens for 8-10 seconds, then it exits to desktop. No messages.

Edit: Just tried alt-tabbing while it was frozen - "Version mismatch or map transfer fail."

Reinstall the game.

No luck there. Just tried a CCleaner uninstall + .42 reinstall.

I get this issue sometimes when trying to get on my own server. resetting the server fixes the problem so the issue is probably serverside.

I think that maybe it's just an old server or something. I got the same problem, too.
EDIT: I reinstalled. I don't know if that'll work for you. I got some window that asked me what I wanted to do; it said
Modify Files
Repair Files (I picked this one)
Remove Files
I just repaired the glitchy files and now the game works fine for me.

Not so sure myself. I've had this issue since .36.

I get indirectdraw failed :(

wow, its like talking to a wall.

I had this issue after updating to 042, and UNINSTALLED (Someone said it somewhere) reinstalled both that and the hotfix and now it plays.

YOU NEED TO REINSTALL IT!

Just do it, and you'll be on.

“initdirectdraw failed: somethingsomething”?

Fixed initdirectdraw error.

Download the installation setup a second time, run it, select “Repair Files”.

No luck with that here. It's probably worth considering that something was added in .36 that makes AoS unfriendly with my connection - I'm on a university network, so it sounds like it could be related to that.