» Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:14 am I wanted to play some Age of Empires II with the forum again. All are welcome to join.
Age of Empires II is a rather old game however, so you'll need some things to get it up and running perfectly.
Online matches can take place over GameRanger, which can be found via http://www.gameranger.com/.
In order for everyone to play together we must have the same patched version of the game. Patch 1.0c for The Conquerors can be downloaded http://www.fileplanet.com/83288/80000/fileinfo/Age-of-Empires-2:-The-Conquerors-1.0c-update. If you only have The Age of Kings then you can download patch 2.0a from http://www.microsoft.com/games/age2/downloads.htm.
Now the most important bit: Age of Empires II doesn't usually work on Windows 7 without there being some color problems. The fix I've found to work can be downloaded from http://aok.heavengames.com/blacksmith/showfile.php?fileid=11108.
We can use this thread to coordinate games. Personally I'm a little rusty, so I'd be up for team matches against CPU opponents to start.
