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How can we assign handicaps in our Age of Empires 2 HD games?
To my knowledge the only 'handicap' you could set up for the better players is to create your own custom map and assign player location carefully. Less skilled players could have more resources nearby ...
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What's the difference between Age of Empires II: HD and Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition on Steam?
Both are remasters of Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings. Definitive Edition is the second rerelease and, in addition to the higher quality graphics and all HD Edition content, includes updates and ...
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How can we assign handicaps in our Age of Empires 2 HD games?
One idea for handicaps could be as simple as having one or more honor system rules such as:
Expert cannot touch their game for the first 5, 10, or 15 minutes
During this time noobs cannot rush the ...
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How can we assign handicaps in our Age of Empires 2 HD games?
What I’ve done a few times is teaming the weak player with one or more AIs.
Combining the number of AIs and the difficulty, you have ways of balancing just how much of a handicap you intend to give.
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How can we assign handicaps in our Age of Empires 2 HD games?
In a diplo game, there tends to be a natural balancing, as players will gang up on stronger players. If you're creating a custom game, there's a wide variety of handicaps you can give, such as ...
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Can someone with AoE II: HD edition play multiplayer with someone who has AoE II: definitive edition?
No, you cannot play multiplayer against your friend. The versions are not compatible.
This Reddit post has explanation why:
Not possible for a simple reason. Definitive edition is server-based ...
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How to chat to all
You can also chat to all from the normal chat window (which you open by pressing Enter) by adding a * in front of your message. (e.g: *Hi everyone).
The following prefixes are available:
; Chat to ...
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How can I prevent units from wandering after enemies?
You should change the stance of your units. There are 4 stances:
Aggressive: units will wander without limitation as to range until they've killed all targets in range.
Defensive: units will attack ...
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Can you move more units at once in Age of Empires II HD than in the original version?
In the original game, you can only move up to 40 units.
In the HD version of the game, this number has indeed been updated. You can select and move up to 60 units at the same time. It used to be 200 ...
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How did my ally achieve a higher economic score?
Economy score is calculated as:
Economy Score = 10% of all resources player currently has or has received in tribute + 20% of the resource value of surviving units and standard buildings (except ...
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Why can I hear the music but no sound effects?
I had the exact same problem. I fixed it by disabling surround sound on my G35 headset. So try disabling any form of surround sound.
Oddly enough, when I enable it again right afterwards the sound ...
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How I can play Age of Empires 2 HD on LAN?
You cannot play Age of Empires II HD on LAN. To start a multiplayer match you require an internet connection.
The only way to have a match is to connect via the Lobby Browser, which requires you to be ...
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How can we assign handicaps in our Age of Empires 2 HD games?
I realise that my question is now the top result whenever anyone searches for "age of empires II DE handicap". This question was originally about the HD version, but an upcoming AoEII: DE ...
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Accessibility in Age of Empires II
You can.
Make sure you turn off 'Two Button Mouse' in the Options:
This will allow you to select and order all units.
I think most options should be available this way. You will probably have to ...
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Testing stuff in Age of Empires II HD
This is impossible unless you create a custom Scenario for each of the things you are describing. A sandbox map doesn't exist. Your best bet is to play against an easy AI or battle a friend and have ...
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How can we assign handicaps in our Age of Empires 2 HD games?
I used to run a handicapped clan competition back in the day. Each player was assigned a skill value between 3-7, with the most skilled players having the highest number.
When teams were due to play,...
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Can the original Age of Empires II be played online with the HD version on Steam?
Old question but it seems no one has mentioned Voobly.
Voobly is social gaming network, see more here
Voobly AOE2 can be installed if you have either the HD Steam version or the original CD. Voobly ...
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How to order your troops to guard a particular place?
You will need to turn on advance commands -> Top right corner of the minimap.
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Is there a way to disable the snow version of maps?
No, sadly there is not a way to disable snow maps. It seems that the map’s environment is randomly selected when starting each game.
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How do I manually change the resolution?
There are no resolution options for the fullscreen mode. That said, you can modify it in the windowed mode. For an in-game method to change this:
Press Alt+Enter. This switches the game from ...
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How to remove and create unit in scenario without losing scenario in Age of Empires II (HD)?
You can have the player's only unit change in the manner you describe. The issue is that only certain units will allow them to stay in the game.
Some units don't count towards having a surviving unit....
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Age of Empires II HD on Voobly
AoE2 HD can be played on Voobly, but you need to install the compatibility patch. This Reddit thread gives detailed instructions on how to do it, but I will outline how to do it here, assuming you ...
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Why can I hear the music but no sound effects?
I had the same problem in Windows 10 Pro on a Z370 motherboard. The motherboard has 5.1 Ch audio ports on the rear-panel and the front-panel has standard headphone/mic ports.
Interestingly, plugging ...
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How to chat to all
You can utilize the chat by pressing Enter. This will pop-up a dialog bar in which you type your message. Note that everybody can read your message, including the enemy :).
Alternatively you can use ...
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How to specifically send either a chat message to all players or only allies?
You can use the "trumpet" icon at the top of the screen to open the chat dialog. There you can use the check marks to select the players your message shall be shown to.
See the icon pointed out by ...
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How do conversions with multiple monks selected work?
I had to look this up because I was curious about this myself.
From the fan wiki on Age of Empires about Conversion (https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Conversion):
From The Conquerors onwards, AI ...
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My Age of Empires HD won't progress past Joan of Arc: The Siege of Paris
Ok, so I installed the game again and launched the campaign level. I Typed 'i r winner' and to me it worked instantly. Casing doesn't seem to matter.
At this point you could try to do the following:
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How can we assign handicaps in our Age of Empires 2 HD games?
Unfortunately I can't comment, so I will make another answer.
A custom map might be a good decision for you, but generally its a lot of work and you need to rebalance it every time the skill of the ...
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How do I change hotkeys?
There's a really good tool for this online.
Essentially, AoE reads the hotkeys/bindings from the root installation directory and will set the keyboard to whatever that file reads. This site allows ...
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How to fix the campaign progress bug (missions not unlocking)?
Just delete your current profile and make a new one, that's the only fix I know. You can use the "i r winner" cheat to quickly go back where you were before. Don't worry, if you completed every single ...
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