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Revision as of 20:56, 1 June 2018
Template:Infobox game/row/osxporter
Developers | |
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Ensemble Studios | |
Publishers | |
Microsoft Game Studios | |
OS X | MacSoft |
Engines | |
BANG! | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 30, 2002 |
macOS (OS X) | December 19, 2003 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
This page is for the original game. For the remake, see Age of Mythology: Extended Edition.
Key points
- Does not work on Windows 10 due to SafeDisc support being discontinued.[1] A No-CD crack acts as solution.
General information
- Official Age of Empires site
- Microsoft's Official game page (archived)
- Age of Empires Wiki - A wiki for everything Age of Empires related
- Planet Age of Empires - A hub for all Age of Empires games
- Age of Mythology Heaven - A huge fan site for Age of Mythology
Availability
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Age of Mythology: The Titans | ||
The Golden Gift | Available for free. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The game has an autopatch feature which can be accessed through the setup program, a Start Menu shortcut or in-game
Skip intro videos
Run the game with +noIntroCinematics parameter[4]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Startup\Persistent.cfg[Note 2] <path-to-game>\Users\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\savegame\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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Spanish | ||||
English | ||||
Italian | ||||
German |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 12 | |||
Online play | 12 |
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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TCP | 28800-28805 |
UDP | 2200-2400, 6073 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues unresolved
"Access Denied - Please login with administrator privileges and try again" error on launch (Windows 10)
- Does not work on Windows 10 due to SafeDisc support being discontinued.[1]
Issues fixed
MSXML 4.0 is Missing
Install MSXML |
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"Access Denied - Please login with administrator privileges and try again" error on launch
- The
SecDrv.Sys
driver required by SafeDisc is not running.SecDrv.sys
has been disabled by a hotfix. Refer to kb3086255 for workaround details (this does not work for Windows 10).[1]
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | Intro and credits |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | 2000, ME, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 450 MHz | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible | 32 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.2.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | 450 MHz | 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon Nvidia GeForce 2MX 16 MB of VRAM | 32 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Age of Mythology - Windows 10 - Microsoft Community
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ How to use target-line parameters to customize Age of Mythology