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Revision as of 22:21, 24 September 2021
This page is for the 2013 HD Edition. For the original game, see Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. For the 2019 Definitive Edition, see Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition.
Developers | |
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Hidden Path Entertainment | |
Ensemble Studios | |
DLC | SkyBox Labs |
Forgotten Empires | |
Publishers | |
Microsoft Studios | |
Engines | |
Genie | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 9, 2013 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 68 |
IGDB | 50 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Pre-Columbian Americas, Medieval |
Series | Age of Empires |
Key points
- HD re-release of the original Age of Empires II and its expansion with Steam achievements and multiplayer, improved graphics and support for higher resolutions.
- Previously known as Age of Empires II HD, but was renamed silently on Steam to Age of Empires II (2013) on August 15, 2019.[1]
General information
- PC Report
- Official Discord server for the series
- Steam Community Discussions
- AoEZone - an active Age of Empires community
- Age of Empires Online Forum - the 'official' forum.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Amazon.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
DLC and expansion packs
- The Conquerors expansion is included in the base game.
Name | Notes | |
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The Forgotten | A tweaked and officially supported version of the Forgotten Empires mod for the original The Conquerors. | |
The African Kingdoms | ||
Rise of the Rajas |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use SKIPINTRO parameter[2] |
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Use the |
Skip launcher
Change launcher file[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Age2HD\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/221380/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\savegame[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/221380/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Custom campaigns are stored in
<path-to-game>\Campaign
- Custom scenarios are stored in
<path-to-game>\Scenario
- Custom campaigns initially made for the original game are compatible with the HD edition.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Automatically sets itself at desktop resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | See Fix for missing DPI scaling | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Isometric. | ||
Windowed | Window can be freely resized to any resolution. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Always borderless on Fullscreen. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | World Updates are 30 FPS for multiplayer.[4] 10000 FPS default cap.[4] Change by entering setmaxfps # in chat, where the number is the desired framerate. setuifps # sets the framerate for the UI |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | For scroll speed. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, Music. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Dutch | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation, available on: Steam Workshop | |||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Russian | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | Requires connection to the master server for lobby creation | ||
Online play | 8 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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UDP | 3478, 4379, 4380, 27000-27015, 27015-27030 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Missing DPI scaling
Manually set scaling mode[5] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | Steamworks |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Vista, 7, 8 Pro+ | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
Other | 900x600 minimum display resolution |
- This game requires a resolution of at least 900x600.
- Windows XP support has been discontinued; the last working version is available from the game's betas tab in the Steam client.[6]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/221380/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (221380) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ SteamDB - Age of Empires II (2013) - Displaying change #6734155 - last accessed on 2019-08-18
- ↑ The command line parameter -NoStartup doesn't seem to work any more :: Age of Empires II: HD Edition General Discussions
- ↑ Age of Empires II HD Edition | No Intro Movie / No launcher - Discussion - PCGamingWiki Community
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Patch 4.3 :: Age of Empires II: HD Edition News & Announcements
- ↑ [Tutorial] 4K support for AOE2 [MOD] - Steam Community
- ↑ 3.9 Discussion :: Age of Empires II: HD Edition General Discussions