Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
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Availability
- The "Age of Empires Collector's Editon" can often be found on store shelves. It is the most cost effective way of acquiring the game, as it contains the following games on a single DVD-ROM:
- Age of Empires
- Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome
- Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
- Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
- However, it should be noted that the DVD re-release of these games does not feature the Red Book audio stored as separate audio tracks on the original games' discs. As such, the game music will not be played while the DVD is in the drive.
Improvements
Patches
Official
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
The latest patch is Version 2.0a.
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion
The latest patch is Version 1.0c.
Unoffical
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion
- UserPatch v1.1: An unofficial patch created by "xomicron", v1.1 introduces a number of new game features and bug fixes that were never resolved by Ensemble Studios. Some of the key features included are as follows:
- Widescreen and high resolution compatibility
- Automatic Port-Forwarding for UPnP compatible routers
- Population limit options extended to 250
- Multiplayer games can be started with only AI players
- Ungrouped AI players will not ally themselves against humans
Modifications
Age of Empires 2: The Forgotten Empires Fan-made expansion.
boekabart.net Widescreen Mod
Save Game Data
Save Game Location
- You will need to backup all of the above folders and the .nfp file to have all of your player data and progress.
Save Game Cloud Syncing
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Network Issues
Lan connectivity with Windows Vista/7/8
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- A much simpler method is to install GameRanger and use it for lobbying (thus making all of the above obsolete).
System requirements
Issues unresolved
Dell laptop compatibility issues
On some older Dell laptop models (e.g. the M1530) an issue occurs where the OS crashes and a blue-screen of death is displayed. This issue occurs after a seemingly random amount of gameplay time (from <30 seconds to 10 or 20 minutes). Many things have been tried to fix the issue including changing graphics card drivers, limiting the framerate to mitigate overheating and running on virtual machines of different OSs (e.g. windows 98). As far as can be seen, this issue has never been resolved nor will it be, rendering AoE2 unplayable on the affected models of laptop.
Issues fixed
Windows Vista/7/8 Colours
See Also: Color Fixes For Older Games
Both Windows Vista and Windows 7 can have issues with displaying true colours in Age of Empires II correctly. This is because the game uses an outdated and no longer supported palette-based colour method. There are currently three available solutions to this issue.
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MIDI Music
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Links
- Age of Empires II Official Microsoft Site
- Age of Empires Wiki Wikia for the entire series
- Age of Kings Heaven Community Site and Map Archive