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In Age of Empires 3, is there any difference between the campaign in the standard game vs. in Asian Dynasties?

I recently finished playing the campaign in Age of Empires 3 (the standard game, with no expansion packs). Now I started playing the Asian Dynasties expansion pack. I noticed that from there too I can ...
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LAN problem with Age of Empires and Company of Heroes

Recently, I have had trouble connecting two laptops on the same Wi-Fi hotspot to play a local game of the original Age of Empires 3. I have been able for some time to use it with no problem in the ...
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How do I stop a rush as the British in AoE 3

So, I created a league for me and my friends to play some AoE during the quarantine. I used to trash my opponents by simply following a few set strategies (I play as the Brits) To age and create ...
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How to play a multi-player campaign?

The official AoE3 website claims you can play "multi-player campaigns": Play against your friends There are several multi-player campaigns where you can get into some heated battles with your ...
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Age of Empires 3 "Initialization Failed"

So I found the CD set of Age of Empires 3 in a old box and decided to install it on my Windows 10 laptop. The install went fine nothing wrong there, but when I try to start up AoE it will show a ...
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Age of Empires 3 Update

Age of Empires 3 automatically updated and then I didn't need the CD. Is that meant to happen? Before it updated I tried it, and it needed the CD.
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Problem running Age of Empires III on VirtualBox

I have a Ubuntu host and running Windows 7 as guest using VirtualBox. I installed succesfully Age of Empires III, but whenever I try to run the game, got this error: Initialization Failed Direct3D ...
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Can I skip parts of the campaign?

So a while back I started replaying the Age of Empires 3 campaign (nostalgia, y'know). Unfortunately I ended up losing my progress. I was at the beginning of Act II in the original campaign - is there ...
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Cannot get to Age 2

While playing The Asian Dynasties expansion pack with Age of Empires III, it would not let me get to Age 2 for some reason with Beijing. I have enough food to upgrade to Age 2 but it will still won't ...
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How do you minimize Age of Empires 3 on mac?

Is there any way to minimize the game when it is in fullscreen? Or change to another app.. Every time I need to go to another app i need to go to Options -> Graphics -> Windowed Mode -> Apply. Is ...
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Does Age of Empires 3 multiplayer still work?

I was wondering if the Multiplayer in Age of Empires 3 still exists. I found nothing to this topic by research, so I assume that it still exists. However, when I try to connect, Connection to ESO lost ...
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+1 Damage on some attacks against Treasure Guardians?

It seems like some of my attacks against the Outlaw Rifleman and the Outlaw Pistolero deal 1 more damage than they should. Below I will include some of the numbers from the game: Outlaw Rifleman HP ...
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How to create custom map in AOE3?

I am playing game The Age of Empire III in which I am creating a custom map but there is no open to create it, I found one option which is creating scenario which doesn't come up in custom map. I ...
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How can I deal with early pressure as the British in AoE3 vanilla?

I'm struggling when I'm under early pressure. I do get my economy up and running quite nicely. If I get past the 11-12 minutes there is no problem (yet^^). But withstanding the first agression seems ...
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Defense against Artillery Spam?

Situation: It's been a few months since I've last played so I'm a bit rusty I remember my favorite strategy was a resource boom (made easy by Portugal's free Covered Wagons increasing Settler output)....
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Does settler improvement cards affect settler wagon?

I play as Germans and in my deck, I want to add these two cards: Textile Mill and Royal Mint, both increases coin gather rate of villagers. Will settler wagon gather rate also be improved if I add ...
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Is there a way to get data out of Age of Empires 3's view postgame?

It's been a while since I started playing Age of Empires 3 online. Is there a way to get the timelines (and other data found in the postgame, such as resource gathering, experience...) out of the game ...
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Can the French create 2 forts?

In the original Age of Empire 3, can the French create 2 forts or 2 factories ? If yes, How ?
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When should one use the Revolution age in AOE 3?

In Age of Empires 3, one can revolt from their home city (for a non asian civilization) in the industrial age. This converts all villagers into fighters. While factories and banks keep producing ...
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Age of empire 3 complete edition: Can we play both expansion at the same time?

So i installed age of empire 3 complete edition, but when i launch the game, I can either "play Age of empire 3 complete edition", "Age of empire 3 : The war chiefs" or "Age of empire 3 : The asian ...
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How do I run Age of Empires three on ubuntu?

I've been trying to play this game for awhile now but when it opens it asks for the l3codecx.ax why is this and how do i get around it?
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What are the counters in AOE 3?

Out of the units that can be built in the Barracks, Stables, and Artillery Foundry, which unit is good against which? I'm talking about these units: Hussar Dragoon/Ruyter Pikeman Skirmisher ...
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What is the optimal economy layout for a no rush game in Age of Empires 3?

I always have trouble organizing my settlers in a no rush game to gather resources. So let me make a scenario. Let's say I'm playing as the french who have a max villager pop of 70, how many should I ...
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Fast infantry training

Which civilization is having most upgrades for speed up infantry training (reducing training time)?Example: researches, cards, unique upgrades, etc.
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Running all expansions in AOE 3 from a single exe

I am unable to play any campaign or to load any home city from The Warchiefs in The Asian Dynasties and vice versa. The main AOE 3 game is also unable to load any of the two expansions. Both ...
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Can't connect to game

I have two friends who play Age of Empires III and we've been meaning to play a game together. However, we've been running into some weird problems. I cannot connect to any game that involves one of ...
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Can't join Age of Empires III games

I recently purchased a copy of Age of Empires 3 but I have been unable to get it to connect to my friend's game via Tunngle or Hamachi. The strange thing is that I am able to see his game, but when I ...
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Whats a good number of villagers to aim for having in Age of Empires 3?

When playing both Campain and Skirmish, the Computer(s) always seem to have at least 10 villagers on food garthering alone, and they always seem to have lot more doing just about everything. I tend ...
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Age of Empires 3 Direct3d error

I play AoE3 fine on my laptop, using my 1080p as my primary screen at home (at 1920x1080) however when I try to run it at school (again on my laptop), I get an error stating: Initialization Failed ...
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Checking your unit stats in Age of Empires 3

How do I check the stats for my own units (hitpoints, attack etc)? For the other teams just clicking on their unit gives the stats. For my units I can see only the commands. How can I see their stats?
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Multiplayer LAN problem with AOE3 - The Asian Dynasties

Till yesterday I was playing AOE3 in multiplayer LAN with my brother ( LAN through WIFI ) and it was perfectly smooth. Today I installed The Asian Dynasties expansion pack on both the systems and I ...
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Age Of Empires III : Lag in Multiplayer game ( LAN )

I am trying to play AOE3 in LAN. My Desktop and Laptop are connected to a modem through ethernet cable. Desktop Config: 1 GB RAM Intel P4 Processor (1.66 GHz) 512MB NVIDIA Windows XP Laptop ...
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AOE3: Multiplayer Game Through LAN lags [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Age Of Empires III : Lag in Multiplayer game ( LAN ) Hi all, I am trying to play Age Of Empires 3 through LAN between my PC and Laptop. My PC and Laptop is connected by a ...
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Villager's don't move on to the next livestock after gathering food

I built a livestock pen in AOE3 in the hopes of not having to chase around the wild animals when hunting since the sheep and cattle just sit there and let you kill them. Unfortunately my settlers do ...
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When playing Age of Empires 3 on Windows 7, how do I get the screen to appear in the center?

I just installed AOE 3 on my Windows 7 x64 Ultimate box, which has an i5 processor and a radeon 3850. I have installed the latest AOE 3 patch (1.14). My video driver, claims windows, is up to date. ...
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In Age of Empires 3, what is a good build order for the British?

I'm trying to improve my AOE3 skills with the British. What are some good build orders that play to their strengths? i.e. a rush tactic? or a tanking tactic?
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