alright I followed all the steps from the guide on how to play with HD on voobly, I get the box that allows me to select the HD directory and exe file, however none of the mods I installed through voobly work, once the game starts a relic noise plays and then some random song from my harddrive starts playing. I cant see what im doing wrong here and why voobly refuses to either take the right game path or not recognize the mods.

I hope someone can help ive tried everything I could think of.

hello, while ur in the game lobby, choose options --> game diagnostics.
And post the screen shot of the details here.

This the text displayed, screenshots added:

Non-DirectPlay game path is 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\age2hd_'
Verifying 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\age2hd_\age2_x1\age2_x1.exe' exists...
Success!
Voobly path is 'c:\program files (x86)\voobly'
Game version is '1.0C-VLY'
Verifying 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\age2hd_\language_x1_p1.dll' exists...
Success!
Checking DirectPlay libraries...
Looking for dpwsockx.dll...
Looking for dplayx.dll...
'c:\windows\system32\dplayx.dll' size: 220160 bytes
DirectPlay Init Success!
Scanning installed DirectPlay games...
Age of Empires II - The Conquerors Expansion [found]
Game was found in DirectPlay registry!
DirectPlay play thinks the game is installed at 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\age2hd_'
DirectPlay command line is 'Lobby'
DirectPlay play thinks the game exe is at 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\age2hd_\AGE2_X1\age2_x1.exe'
Verifying file exists... Success!
Scanning 'c:\program files (x86)\voobly\gamedata\AOC\age2_x1.exe'
Success!

Everything looks fine. DirectPlay is configured and the game was found on your harddrive. If you still have problems try rejoining the lobby or restarting your computer.