One of my all time favorite (and arguably one of the best) RTS games is Age of Empires II. While I have spent countless hundreds of hours playing AoE2, the lack of high resolution support is a bit of pain, especially on the high resolution monitors that are available today compared to when the game came out. Fortunately, a GamersMint reader by the name of Martin has come up with a solution.
Age of Empires II HD. Here's an example of the original game, running at the native 800x600 resolution: And here is Age 2 HD, cruising along at a respectable 1920x1080. Age of Empires is an epic real-time strategy game spanning 10,000 years, in which players are the guiding spirit in t. Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings You have one thousand years to lead a civilization into greatness. Mar 29, 2019 Open the Screen Resolution settings page. Under “Appearance and Personalization,” click “Adjust Screen Resolution.” On the Resolution drop-down menu, click the resolution you want. This is the resolution both your AoE2HD game and Windows desktop will run in.
Hi all, I'm new to the whole forum talk thing but I got a question of which I can't find the answer anywere else so here it is. I can't play AoE 2 on 1280x1024 the highest res I get is 1024x748 the 1280x1024 box is just grayed out. I found a function on the windows version that anables you to. Age of Empires is an epic real-time strategy game spanning 10,000 years, in which players are the guiding spirit in t. Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings You have one thousand years to lead a.
Although the solution below does create some strange behavior with the HUD (head up display) as seen in the picture below, you can use the following instructions to play AoE 2 in high resolution and even on dual monitors (shown below). Here are the instructions:
- Hook up your two big-ass monitors.
- Configure your graphics card to merge the two displays into one wide one. (I was only able to do this with my nVidia card, but if your ATI cards support EyeFinity, that should work too.)
- Patch your game using this awesome utility. The tool spits out a special EXE that runs the game in your current resolution.
- Play Age of Empires II like a boss.
- You can use this tool even if you only have one monitor. So you play in 1690×1020, 1920×1080, 1368×768, etc.
Thanks to GamersMint for the tip!
UPDATED: Fixed link.
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This page is for the 2013 HD Edition. For the original game, see Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. For the 2019 Definitive Edition, see Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition.
Age of Empires II (2013)| Developers |
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| DLC |
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| Release dates |
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| Windows | April 9, 2013 |
| Reception |
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| Metacritic | 68 |
| IGDB | 50 |
- 1Availability
- 2Essential improvements
- 3Game data
- 6Audio
- 7Network
- 8Issues fixed
- 9Other information
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| ⤏ Go to series page |
| Age of Empires | 1997 |
| Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings | 1999 |
| Age of Mythology | 2002 |
| Age of Empires III | 2005 |
| Age of Empires Online | 2011 |
| Age of Empires II (2013) | 2013 |
| Age of Mythology: Extended Edition | 2014 |
| Age of Empires: Castle Siege | 2014 |
| Age of Empires: Definitive Edition | 2018 |
| Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | 2019 |
| Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition | 2020 |
| Age of Empires IV | TBA |
Key points
- HD remake of the original Age of Empires II and its expansion with Steam achievements and multiplayer, improved graphics and support for higher resolutions.
- Previously known as Age of Empires II HD, but was renamed silently on Steam to Age of Empires II (2013) on August 15, 2019.[1]
General information
- PC Report
- Official website for the series
- Official Discord server for the series
- Steam Community Discussions
- AoCZone - an active Age of Empires community
- Age of Empires Online Forum - the 'official' forum.
Availability[edit]
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Amazon.com |
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| Green Man Gaming |
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| Humble Store |
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| Steam |
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- All versions require SteamDRM.
DLC and expansion packs
- The Conquerors expansion is included in the base game.
| Name | Notes |
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| The African Kingdoms |
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| The Forgotten |
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| Rise of the Rajas |
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Essential improvements[edit]
Skip intro videos[edit]
| Use SKIPINTRO parameter[2] |
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Use the SKIPINTROcommand line argument. |
Skip launcher[edit]
| Change launcher file[3] |
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Delete or rename
Launcher.exe. - Rename
AoK HD.exe to Launcher.exe.
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Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %APPDATA%Age2HD |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/221380/pfx/[Note 1] |
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Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>savegame[Note 2] |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/221380/pfx/[Note 1] |
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- Custom campaigns are stored in
<path-to-game>Campaign - Custom scenarios are stored in
<path-to-game>Scenario - Custom campaigns initially made for the original game are compatible with the HD edition.
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
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Video[edit]
In-game options menu.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | Automatically sets itself at desktop resolution. |
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| Multi-monitor |
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| Ultra-widescreen |
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| 4K Ultra HD | See Fix for missing DPI scaling |
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| Field of view (FOV) | Isometric. |
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| Windowed | Window can be freely resized to any resolution. |
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| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Always borderless on Fullscreen. |
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| Anisotropic filtering (AF) |
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| Anti-aliasing (AA) |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) |
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| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | World Updates are 30 FPS for multiplayer.[4]
10000 FPS default cap.[4] Change by entering setmaxfps # in chat, where the number is the desired framerate. setuifps # sets the framerate for the UI |
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Input[edit]
In-game key map settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping |
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| Mouse acceleration |
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| Mouse sensitivity | For scroll speed. |
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| Mouse input in menus |
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| Mouse Y-axis inversion |
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| Controller |
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| Controller support | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Audio[edit]
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Master, Music. |
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| Surround sound |
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| Subtitles |
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| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
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| Brazilian Portuguese |
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| Dutch |
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| French |
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| German |
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| Hungarian | Fan translation, available on: Steam Workshop |
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| Italian |
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| Japanese |
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| Korean |
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| Russian |
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| Simplified Chinese |
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| Spanish |
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Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes |
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| LAN play | 8 | Requires connection to the master server for lobby creation |
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| Online play | 8 |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking |
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| Peer-to-peer |
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| Dedicated |
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| Self-hosting |
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| Direct IP |
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Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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| UDP | 3478, 4379, 4380, 27000-27015, 27015-27030 |
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- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed[edit]
Missing DPI scaling[edit]
Age Of Empires 2 Hd Resolution Mod
| Manually set scaling mode[5] |
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- Go to the installation folder (<path-to-game>)
- Right click on
Launcher.exe and choose Properties. - Go to the
Compatibility tab and check Override high DPI scaling behavior. - Set
Scaling performed by to System.
- Do not choose
System (enhanced) as it breaks the input.
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Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 |
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Age Of Empires 2 Download
Middleware[edit]
| Middleware | Notes |
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| Multiplayer | Steamworks |
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System requirements[edit]
| Windows |
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| Minimum | Recommended |
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| Operating system (OS) | Vista, 7, 8 Pro+ |
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| Processor (CPU) | 1.2 GHz |
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| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB |
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| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB |
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| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9.0c compatible |
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| Other | 900x600 minimum display resolution |
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- This game requires a resolution of at least 900x600.
- Windows XP support has been discontinued; the last working version is available from the game's betas tab in the Steam client.[6]
Notes
- ↑ 1.01.1File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/221380/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (221380) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details. - ↑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
- ↑SteamDB - Age of Empires II (2013) - Displaying change #6734155 - last accessed on 2019-08-18
- ↑The command line parameter -NoStartup doesn't seem to work any more :: Age of Empires II: HD Edition General Discussions
- ↑Age of Empires II HD Edition | No Intro Movie / No launcher - Discussion - PCGamingWiki Community
- ↑ 4.04.1Patch 4.3 :: Age of Empires II: HD Edition News & Announcements
- ↑[Tutorial] 4K support for AOE2 [MOD] - Steam Community
- ↑3.9 Discussion :: Age of Empires II: HD Edition General Discussions