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aoe stuff

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:43 am
by Ragnarok
go to AOE heaven AOE2 heaven or AOE3 heaven for all the stuff u need

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:01 am
by lewbylew
erm, I know this is an old topic but, this is MACgamingmods.com not PC gaming mods

Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:14 am
by tgd2
they do have some mac mods there too lol
also figured out on my own after 4 months how to hack the protounits ; ;
i sucks ;o

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:19 am
by lewbylew
what does that mean?

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:50 pm
by tgd2
editing the protounits, or the units stats etc changing percentage rates of enhancements etc
you can go to your hdd right click on the age of empires icon and explore centents take a look around there for gamedata and data there will be two proto files proto and protox the x stands for the warchiefs expansion units thats the one you'll edit (if you want to) i prefer to edit the tech trees
oh and when asian empires comes out for mac it'll have a y after the term ^^
*Edit: backup data before you edit the data it can become corrupt and need reinstallation
Example of protounit data:
<Unit id ='320' name ='PetBear'>

<DBID>193</DBID>

<DisplayNameID>24947</DisplayNameID>

<EditorNameID>24950</EditorNameID>

<ObstructionRadiusX>0.9900</ObstructionRadiusX>

<ObstructionRadiusZ>0.9900</ObstructionRadiusZ>

<FormationCategory>Body</FormationCategory>

<MaxVelocity>5.0000</MaxVelocity>

<MaxRunVelocity>7.0000</MaxRunVelocity>

<MovementType>land</MovementType>

<TurnRate>18.0000</TurnRate>

<AnimFile>units\animals\bear\bear_black.xml</AnimFile>

<ImpactType>Animal</ImpactType>

<Icon>units\animals\bear\bearblack_icon_64x64</Icon>

<PortraitIcon>units\animals\bear\bearblack_portrait</PortraitIcon>

<RolloverTextID>24946</RolloverTextID>

<ShortRolloverTextID>25695</ShortRolloverTextID>

<InitialHitpoints>150.0000</InitialHitpoints>

<MaxHitpoints>150.0000</MaxHitpoints>

<LOS>12.0000</LOS>

<UnitAIType>HandCombative</UnitAIType>

<TrainPoints>10.0000</TrainPoints>

<BuildLimit>12</BuildLimit>

<Bounty>11.0000</Bounty>

<BuildBounty>11.0000</BuildBounty>

<Cost resourcetype ='Food'>110.0000</Cost>

<AllowedAge>0</AllowedAge>

<Armor type ='Hand' value ='0.1000'></Armor>

<UnitType>LogicalTypeHealed</UnitType>

<UnitType>LogicalTypeValidSharpshoot</UnitType>

<UnitType>LogicalTypeNeededForVictory</UnitType>

<UnitType>LogicalTypeHandUnitsAutoAttack</UnitType>

<UnitType>LogicalTypeLandMilitary</UnitType>

<UnitType>LogicalTypeScout</UnitType>

<UnitType>LogicalTypeValidSPCUnitsDeadCondition</UnitType>

<UnitType>LogicalTypeGarrisonInShips</UnitType>

<UnitType>LogicalTypeRangedUnitsAutoAttack</UnitType>

<UnitType>LogicalTypeVillagersAttack</UnitType>

<UnitType>LogicalTypeHandUnitsAttack</UnitType>

<UnitType>LogicalTypeRangedUnitsAttack</UnitType>

<UnitType>LogicalTypeMinimapFilterMilitary</UnitType>

<UnitType>Unit</UnitType>

<UnitType>Military</UnitType>

<UnitType>UnitClass</UnitType>

<UnitType>AbstractPet</UnitType>

<UnitType>HasBountyValue</UnitType>

<UnitType>ConvertsHerds</UnitType>

<UnitType>AbstractHandInfantry</UnitType>

<UnitType>CountsTowardMilitaryScore</UnitType>

<Flag>CollidesWithProjectiles</Flag>

<Flag>ApplyHandicapTraining</Flag>

<Flag>CorpseDecays</Flag>

<Flag>ShowGarrisonButton</Flag>

<Flag>DontRotateObstruction</Flag>

<Flag>ObscuredByUnits</Flag>

<Flag>ConstrainOrientation</Flag>

<Flag>OrientUnitWithGround</Flag>

<Flag>Tracked</Flag>

<Command page ='10' column ='1'>Stop</Command>

<Command page ='10' column ='0'>Garrison</Command>

<Command page ='10' column ='2'>Delete</Command>

<Tactics>pet.tactics</Tactics>

<ProtoAction>

<Name>CoverHandAttack</Name>

<Damage>10.000000</Damage>

<DamageType>Hand</DamageType>

<ROF>1.500000</ROF>

<DamageBonus type ='Guardian'>3.000000</DamageBonus>

<DamageBonus type ='AbstractVillager'>0.100000</DamageBonus>

</ProtoAction>

<ProtoAction>

<Name>DefendHandAttack</Name>

<Damage>10.000000</Damage>

<DamageType>Hand</DamageType>

<ROF>1.500000</ROF>

<DamageBonus type ='Guardian'>3.000000</DamageBonus>

<DamageBonus type ='AbstractVillager'>0.100000</DamageBonus>

</ProtoAction>

<ProtoAction>

<Name>MeleeHandAttack</Name>

<Damage>10.000000</Damage>

<DamageType>Hand</DamageType>

<ROF>1.500000</ROF>

<DamageBonus type ='Guardian'>3.000000</DamageBonus>

<DamageBonus type ='AbstractVillager'>0.100000</DamageBonus>

</ProtoAction>

</Unit>

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:37 pm
by lewbylew
oh, I use AOE II but thanks for you're imput

Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:41 pm
by tgd2
although i haven't played with aoe2 recently i believe you can hack it in a similar fashion.
the cool thing about this is if you get really good you can make your own civilizations, units, buildings, etc....
i've looked around a lot and i see the swiss and irish empires etc...
most of the hacks are made for pc though, but they probably just need to be reworked a bit to work on the mac as the code for the protounits and techs are the same, just one uses directX and the other openGL
p.s. <3 openGL

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:03 pm
by lewbylew
if only there was a package contents in AOE II :(

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:48 pm
by tgd2
picked up aoeII and took a look in the data files, seems i can't access em. ill find out how sometime im sure there is a way ^^
just go to you hdd and open the aoeII folder the 'data' folder is there just you can't open any of the files in it :\

my old aoeII disc got corrupted so don't think i bought a new one just for this xD

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:40 pm
by lewbylew
wait. do u want to re-install or just play?

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:41 pm
by tgd2
just to play, then when i was finished downloading i realized the reason i hadn't gotten a new disc ie graphics, combat system, movement control, and the poor user interface :\
oh, there are a lot of hacks that should be usable for AOEII MAC on the aoe2heaven site mentioned earlier.
apparently you need to have some 3rd party software installed to make the hacks yourself

sorry i took a while to respond as ive been busy ^^
btw! i recommend getting aoeIII not for the storyline but for the combat graphics and the civilization modifications you can do

-signin' out for now.

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:12 pm
by lewbylew
I have it. I prefer AOE II, you dont need the disc to play AOE II, jjust create a disc and name it Age Of Empires II and it works, also, renaming you're harddrive works too

EDIT: Can you link me to AOE II heaven? I dont think I have the right one, plus I wanna investigate these supposed "hacks"

EDIT 2: Whats your name on GR? If you dont wanna publicise it PM it to me.

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:58 pm
by tgd2
Aoe2 linky: http://aok.heavengames.com/
the mods are in the 'blacksmith' section

oh I don't play online so i don't have a GR name O.o

and im going to try and make a disk image thats workable for aoeIII ill let ya know if i get it working etc

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:36 am
by lewbylew
wow u dont play online Ø_Ø... If you wanna get good, onlines the way to go

can you directly link me to one of the supposed hacks, I was looking around and cant find any, plus, I got attacked in AOE II by a hacker yesterday and I wanna get him back :P

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:32 pm
by tgd2
http://aok.heavengames.com/blacksmith/s ... ileid=8633
there should be a red button that says 'download file'
other than that there is a a read me file that goes along with it for installation help etc (this particular 'hack' allows you to have more than 200 pop)
i didn't try it myself as ive been a bit busy with other things.


AOEIII-
-no luck with the disc image thing yet, i have even tried making an iso image, also no luck with making a copy disc work as far as playing.
going to chat with a good friend of mine upon this subject...