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Revision as of 16:22, 16 May 2022
This page is for the original game. For the remaster, see Age of Mythology: Extended Edition.
Developers | |
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Ensemble Studios | |
macOS (OS X) | Westlake Interactive |
Publishers | |
Microsoft Game Studios | |
OS X | MacSoft |
Engines | |
BANG! | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 30, 2002 |
macOS (OS X) | December 19, 2003 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | Africa, Classical, Europe, Fantasy |
Series | Age of Empires |
Warnings
- 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.
General information
- Official Discord server for the series
- Microsoft's Official game page (archived)
- Age of Mythology Heaven - A huge fan site for Age of Mythology
- Age of Mythology on TheGameEngine.org - solving some technical issues.
Availability
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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The Titans | ||
The Golden Gift | Available for free. |
Version differences
- Age of Mythology: Gold Edition includes the base game and The Titans expansion. Early releases from 2004 and 2005 require a fix for the expansion that is available here. The Ubisoft eXclusive release comes on a single DVD-ROM, and includes all official patches and no SafeDisc DRM.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The game has an autopatch feature which can be accessed through the setup program, a Start Menu shortcut or in-game.
The patches for the original game can also be found here. Patches for the expansion are available here.
Skip intro videos
Run the game with +noIntroCinematics parameter[3]
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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
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. That advice can be used to input 4K resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. Skipping intro is recommended, since at low resolution (640x480) it may not be displayed correctly. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No framerate cap |
Widescreen resolution
Instructions[4] |
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Notes
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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 | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | On by default. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation, for the base game, for "The Titans Expansion". | |||
Italian | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | [5] | |||
Spanish | ||||
Korean |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 12 | |||
Online play | 12 | Steam version only |
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 fixed
MSXML 4.0 is Missing
Install MSXML |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
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 | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 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[1] 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.[2]
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Age of Mythology | WSGF
- ↑ UOL Jogos, 22/11/2002 (archived)