Age of Empires II HD

Age of Empires II HD

Developers
	Hidden Path Entertainment
Publishers
	Microsoft Studios
Release dates
Windows	April 9, 2013

Age of Empires

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 HD	2013
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition	2014
Age of Empires: Castle Siege	2014

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.

General information

PC Report

Steam Community Discussions

AoCZone - a very large and active Age of Empires community.

Age of Empires Online Forum - the 'official' forum.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

The Conquerors expansion is included in the base game.

Name	Notes
The Forgotten
The African Kingdoms

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use SKIPINTRO parameter Use the SKIPINTRO command line argument.

Skip launcher

Change launcher file Go to the installation folder. Delete or rename Launcher.exe. Make a copy of AoK HD.exe. Rename this copy to Launcher.exe.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Age2HD\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegame

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

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game options menu.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Automatically sets itself at desktop resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Field of view (FOV)		Isometric.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Always borderless on Fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS		World Updates are 30 FPS for multiplayer.
120+ FPS		100000 FPS default cap. Change by entering setmaxfps # in chat, where the number is the desired framerate. setuifps # sets the framerate for the UI

Input settings

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For scroll speed.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		8

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP (outbound)	3478, 4379, 4380, 27000-27015, 27015-27030

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
64-bit executable

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7, 8 Pro+
Processor (CPU)	1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other		900x600 minimum display resolution

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.