Age of Empires 2

Lets all reinstall this classic game or download it (legally of course ) and lets all play it this weekend. This is the bestest game ever.

 

I agree, it is a great game. My castle time has slowed down though. I used to be able to castle in 19 minutes on fast speed, but it has gotten down to 23 .

 

I'm at 21! Anyone who wants to play this weekend shoot me up in PM, maybe we can have a NBR 4v4 or something.

 

I LOVE this game! Started playing it since I was kid, and am still playing it. Definitely one of the best. I love how it's not as fast-paced as other RTS games like Starcraft.

 

Expansion pack or no?

 

I always sucked at the game, and never played AoE2 online. I found out the hard way that I sucked when I played AoE1 online, and I was still in the tool age while everyone else was advancing to the iron age. My axemen never stood a chance.

 

We can play either expansion or no

 

I wish it would work properly on my Vista x64 and I would be in (And sadly, the only version I have gotten to work is a version packed in a single .rar, else it gives a directdraw version error, and thus pirated, but I do have a legal copy, so I don't feel bad when I play it on LAN ).

 

there should be a patch for vista 64, I can run it on vista 32

Funny that youre all talking about AoE2 because I only installed it a couple of days ago finding it on a dusty shelf, one I the best RTSs IMO, spesh with Conquerors

 

I haven't found one, but if anyone can, I will love you long time

 

When I installed it on my Vista 32bit, the water was VERY discolored and what not. I didn't know what was up.

 

^^same. make sure you get all the windows updates...........

and expansion all the way.

and i play this most weekends with my mates. 3v3 mongolia or arabia. with an occaional DM black forest

 

I also have the discolored water and grasses. The funny thing is when i play it it freezes after about 3-4 minutes. The whole computer locks up. I cannot minimize or do anything. It does work when i boot into safe mode, i have no idea what is up. If anyone has similar issues or suggestions on how to fix it, advice would be much appreciated.

 

try running in compatibility mode.

 

I was absolutely addicted to AoE2 back then, I was often up all night playing online. That was when I still used 56k and crappy computer (I was always the one with a turtle next to his name!). Still I spent so much time optimising the build order, tactics and everything, luv it to bits.

I was quite disappointed with AoE3 though and could never enjoy it as much (I tried!)

 

^^same. thats why me and my mates still play 2.

Goths FTW

 

Lets play this weekend!

 

time zone is a problem, but i am up for it. your friday night would be my saturday mid morning, so if you guys are up for that.

 

no? friday night not good?

 

I'll only be able to play 8AM to 9PM Central time :S

 

thats pretty rigid.........

maybe not this week end then how about your sunday night. and depending on the number of players you might want to allow 2 hours. 1v1 is usually over in half an hour 2v2 in about an hour and any more than that depending on fairness, can be up to a couple of hours or longer.

 

You're just going to have to wake up early!

 

what time is it where you are now?

i am taking monday morning off so.

and i think i might make an AoE2 game thread.

 

I thought to myself a week ago, I haven't played this game in awhlile. The copy I had hidden away was all scratched and getting a direct draw error when trying to play. I purchased a new copy from ebay Australia. It also wouldn't work because I needed direct draw? Anyways I have a new pc, so i updated the driver for my ATI card and it worked, but when trying to play the game, it tells me please insert the game disc. I have installed it and the game disc is inside, but it still says that...

So I installed it on my Sony Vaio notebook and the game started up(no direct draw issue), but when trying to play it, again it says to insert game disc. I even borrowed my brothers copy..Same thing.

Anyone have any idea how to resolve this? I want to play this game again. It will actually be the first pc game I play in years...

 

Go to Gameburnworld.com and download the no-cd crack. It is legal to do so if you own the game. That is what i did, as i do not wish to carry the cd with me at all times. Just make sure you get the right version of the crack.

 

you want version 1.0c and if you have an original copy, a no-cd crack is legal. do you want to join our nbr game this weekend sydboy?

 

I am down this friday - saturday. I will be available from after midnight, which is technically saturday morning. I live on west coast so it's -8GMT here.

Question - is someone's going to host the server or we will join through the official MSN Zone?

 

Thanks for the site. It worked ...What day and time do you want to play this weekend? I haven't played in some time so I will be a bit rusty.

 

Refer to the NB AoE 2 thread on the first page.
4 vs 4 would be awesome!

Heads up from me, I'll be focusing on economy building, as long as I get full protection from my allies