Age of Empires II

Press [Enter] to display the chat window andtype one of following codes to activate the corresponding cheatfunction. Note: The codes can not be enabled in a multi-playergame unless the host selects "Allow Cheats" check boxwhen the game is set-up.

1. This code may not be enabled in campaigns.
2. Note: This will effect all players.
3. The car will not appear unless there is a town center present.
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Press [Enter] to display the chat window andtype one of following codes to activate the corresponding cheatfunction. Note: The codes can not be enabled in a multi-playergame unless the host selects "Allow Cheats" check boxwhen the game is set-up.

1. This code may not be enabled in campaigns.
2. Note: This will effect all players.
3. The car will not appear unless there is a town center present.
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When you click on the "Age of Empires II: Age of Kings Demo" icon for the first time on Windows XP, it states that you need to reinstall Age of Empires II Demo before you can play it. You do have to install Age of Empires II: Age of Kings Demo again, but you can keep your old Age of Empires II Demo, as well. Once you have installed Age of Empires II Demo again, go to your old shortcut to Age Of Empires Demo and click on it. The game should launch and act as it did when you had your other system, have all its savednames, but some of the music files may not play. Note: You need to have a shortcut to your old Age Of Empires Demo before installing Windows XP and before reinstalling the Age Of Empires Demo.

When you click on the "Age of Empires II: Age of Kings Demo" icon for the first time on Windows XP, it states that you need to reinstall Age of Empires II Demo before you can play it. You do have to install Age of Empires II: Age of Kings Demo again, but you can keep your old Age of Empires II Demo, as well. Once you have installed Age of Empires II Demo again, go to your old shortcut to Age Of Empires Demo and click on it. The game should launch and act as it did when you had your other system, have all its savednames, but some of the music files may not play. Note: You need to have a shortcut to your old Age Of Empires Demo before installing Windows XP and before reinstalling the Age Of Empires Demo.

To play the multi-player coastal map with out goingonline, find the scenario folder and located the "Trial MultiplayerMap" and "Trial Coastal Map". Rename "TrialMuitiplayer Map" to "Trial Coastal Map" and rename"Trial Coastal Map" to "Trial Multiplayer Map".Start the game, select "custom Scenario" and chooseon the map name "Trial Coastal Map". When the game begins,it will actually be the Trial multi-player map with four enemiesinstead of two. Note: Backup the files before renaming them.

To play the multi-player coastal map with out goingonline, find the scenario folder and located the "Trial MultiplayerMap" and "Trial Coastal Map". Rename "TrialMuitiplayer Map" to "Trial Coastal Map" and rename"Trial Coastal Map" to "Trial Multiplayer Map".Start the game, select "custom Scenario" and chooseon the map name "Trial Coastal Map". When the game begins,it will actually be the Trial multi-player map with four enemiesinstead of two. Note: Backup the files before renaming them.

First, set "Diplomacy" to "Ally"with lock teams off and also the opponent set "Diplomacy"to "Ally". Then, build an army strong enough to destroythe towers and castles (if there are any), such as Onagers andRams. Bring your army within your ally's walls and set "Diplomacy"to "Enemy". Then, attack at will.

First, set "Diplomacy" to "Ally"with lock teams off and also the opponent set "Diplomacy"to "Ally". Then, build an army strong enough to destroythe towers and castles (if there are any), such as Onagers andRams. Bring your army within your ally's walls and set "Diplomacy"to "Enemy". Then, attack at will.

• Build a Monastery as soon as you reach the Castle age. Collect as many Relics as possible. For every Relic you have, you will get one gold per second. For example, if you have five Relics, you will get five gold per second.
  

• Build a Market as far away from your allies as possible. Then build 20 to 30 Trade Carts. Send them to trade with your allies. After all of your Trade Carts are built, you will get a lot of gold. If you have 30 built, in about ten minutes you will have earned at least 10,000 gold.
  

• If you are in the Black Forest, get over 20 Villagers to chop Wood (30 would work better). After you have 20,000 Wood, sell it for a lot of gold.
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• Build a Monastery as soon as you reach the Castle age. Collect as many Relics as possible. For every Relic you have, you will get one gold per second. For example, if you have five Relics, you will get five gold per second.
  

• Build a Market as far away from your allies as possible. Then build 20 to 30 Trade Carts. Send them to trade with your allies. After all of your Trade Carts are built, you will get a lot of gold. If you have 30 built, in about ten minutes you will have earned at least 10,000 gold.
  

• If you are in the Black Forest, get over 20 Villagers to chop Wood (30 would work better). After you have 20,000 Wood, sell it for a lot of gold.
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At the beginning of any random map game, at least oneCPU opponent will become your ally if you give them 100 of theresource that they request. Remember the opponent that asked forthe resources, as this will be important later. Wait at leastuntil the castle age, then give that opponent the resources theyasked for. At this point during the game, you should have eitherwell over 4,000 of all resources or a large military (dependingon your population limit). Either way, that payment should beno more than a small investment. Next, set your stance with themto ally. When you have a large enough army, switch your stanceto either enemy or neutral and attack them. They should be almostcompletely eliminated before they switch their own stance to enemy.

At the beginning of any random map game, at least oneCPU opponent will become your ally if you give them 100 of theresource that they request. Remember the opponent that asked forthe resources, as this will be important later. Wait at leastuntil the castle age, then give that opponent the resources theyasked for. At this point during the game, you should have eitherwell over 4,000 of all resources or a large military (dependingon your population limit). Either way, that payment should beno more than a small investment. Next, set your stance with themto ally. When you have a large enough army, switch your stanceto either enemy or neutral and attack them. They should be almostcompletely eliminated before they switch their own stance to enemy.

Type in the number that appears next to the taunt to access it easily (for example, "Long time, no siege" and "Don't point that thing at me").

Type in the number that appears next to the taunt to access it easily (for example, "Long time, no siege" and "Don't point that thing at me").

• For easy victory over the CPU under any difficulty setting, place eight to twelve villagers into three control groups. Then, have two control groups working on gold and one working on stone until all of the stone piles and gold piles are gone. Next, build at least two of every building and upgrade everything as fast as possible. If done quick enough you should be able to either swarm your enemy or surround him with castles.
  

• Choose the Spanish and create lots of their riflemen and the things that launch rocks. Look on the map and see which empire is the largest. Go to the vine icon in the corner. Make the largest empire your ally. Send all of your troops and rock launchers into the main part of their empire. Then, click on the vine and make them an enemy. They will be taken by surprise and you will easily defeat them.

• First, make as many allies as possible. Advance through as many ages as you can to upgrade all your units. Make sure you can build Towers and Castles. Next, go directly next to your ally's main city and surround it with towers. Build a castle every so often on your way from your city to theirs, so they cannot counterattack. Next, build up an army of siege weapons (for the buildings) and cavalry (for everyone else), and position them inside your ally's city. Finally, switch them to "Enemy", sit back, and watch the city crumble.
  

• When you are playing a random map, use a team islands setting and have seven players. Set three of them as your allies, and four as enemies. Start the game and go to the third button from the top right corner. Place check marks next to all your allies and click on "Food Please", "Wood Please", "Stone Please" or "Gold Please" in the box below. The only resource your allies will not give you is gold.

• Build any type of tower. Place some of your military units behind the tower so that your opponents cannot see them. When they attack the tower, have your units come out and kill your opponents.

• If you are playing on a map with lots of water, stay or walk near the shore or in the shallows. Use a heavy demolition ship to bomb your opponents. One heavy demolition ship can take out at least twenty infantry, monks, archers or light cavalry with it, or several scorpions and onagers. Two ships can take out knights, camels and trebuchets. Three ships can take out rams. Do not use them to bomb elephants; it is too costly unless you have a lot of resources.

• During a battle, always put swordsman on flat ground and archers on hilly ground.

• At first in a regicide you will get ten villagers to start. Put three on wood, three on food, two on gold, and one on stone. Have your last villager build your military base. Then, slowly add villagers from your town center and put them on resources.

• If you build a long wall with many gates and your peasants are opening the gates for your enemies, you can block the gates.-Click the gate then click the icon that appears in the left corner so it will remain closed until you open it again. Note: If you close all gates not even your allies can get resources from your land.

• When you are being attacked by an enemy and they are moving to your town center (or something you can garrison people in), click your stable and set the gather point to that building. Make some units. When your building ungarrisons, your men they will kill the enemy.

• Use the following trick when playing against the CPU and you have a neutral tribe and an ally that is currently at war with that neutral tribe. To help your ally, create a group of five villagers. Upgrade the Loon tech. Create university, advance the fortified wall, and gather stones as much as possible. Send the villagers to the ally base and create three to five fortified walls near the neutral tribe's building. You want them to attack the newly created wall, and thus the adjacent building. While they are attacking their own building, create more fortified walls besides another building (for example the monastery or town center).

• Always try to build gates instead of walls around your city. They cost the same, but have a difference between their attack chances. If a wall is attacked one time, it is attacked 0.001 times. They will just roam near your city outside, but cannot attack your city. Always try to make your city wide open. They cannot attack the gates, but will attack the buildings such as houses and barracks by means of archers, mangonels, and trebuchets. Do not make towers and castles for defense near your gates. The gates will not be attacked and you can progress without defense until you can attack. Your first priority should be to surround your city with gates and capture large areas and resources.

• To gain more resources you must create more villages. If the population is 75, you will need no less than 25 villagers so that they will provide more resources and allow you to create more soldiers. Before starting a multi-player game, take a tribe that has more research so that your men and buildings will be strong enough to withstand any type of attack.

• Instead of building walls, build watch towers in a wall like formation. In front of this "wall", build a castle.

• You can take advantage of the AI by building a wall around your entire base except for a small and heavily fortified opening. The CPU will only enter through the opening you left and will get slaughtered if you have archers. You can go further by making a maze-like entrance, which will increase the time the enemy spends getting fired upon.

• Use the following trick to create a fortress that cannot be conquered by your enemy. Set up a game in "The Black Forest". You will start in a very large forest with a small village, depending on the settings. Death Match is recommended to get lots of resources. Make sure you have a Onager or something that can destroy lots of trees very quickly. Start tunneling into the trees, making walls and gates along the way. Place towers with archers behind each gate. Make large areas where you can put castles, barracks, churches, and town centers. This tactic will require about one hour.

• Take a few villagers near your enemy's base. Build two of each building. Load all the buildings up with each type of unit. Cut the wood down with you villagers and ambush your enemy.

• The Japanese Samurai unit is very powerful once fully upgraded. Get ten capped Rams and put four Samurai in each and any town will fall. Accompany the capped Rams with Cavalry and target your enemy's Town Center and Castles. Once they are destroyed, release the Samurai and watch them destroy everything.

 This trick requires a created map with at least one shah on it. Play the map and select your shah. Bring it over to an enemy unit or building (preferably a house). Right Click on that object. The shah will begin attacking it rapidly. The only drawback is that the shah has a very weak attack.

 In a three player game, when you become allied with one player, construct 15 battering rams and take them to your ally's kingdom. Place them near the important buildings, such as the town center, etc. Then, take a mangonel, select "Attack Ground", and Right Click the ally's building. He will become an enemy. Use all your battering rams to destroy the ex-ally.

• For easy victory over the CPU under any difficulty setting, place eight to twelve villagers into three control groups. Then, have two control groups working on gold and one working on stone until all of the stone piles and gold piles are gone. Next, build at least two of every building and upgrade everything as fast as possible. If done quick enough you should be able to either swarm your enemy or surround him with castles.
  

• Choose the Spanish and create lots of their riflemen and the things that launch rocks. Look on the map and see which empire is the largest. Go to the vine icon in the corner. Make the largest empire your ally. Send all of your troops and rock launchers into the main part of their empire. Then, click on the vine and make them an enemy. They will be taken by surprise and you will easily defeat them.

• First, make as many allies as possible. Advance through as many ages as you can to upgrade all your units. Make sure you can build Towers and Castles. Next, go directly next to your ally's main city and surround it with towers. Build a castle every so often on your way from your city to theirs, so they cannot counterattack. Next, build up an army of siege weapons (for the buildings) and cavalry (for everyone else), and position them inside your ally's city. Finally, switch them to "Enemy", sit back, and watch the city crumble.
  

• When you are playing a random map, use a team islands setting and have seven players. Set three of them as your allies, and four as enemies. Start the game and go to the third button from the top right corner. Place check marks next to all your allies and click on "Food Please", "Wood Please", "Stone Please" or "Gold Please" in the box below. The only resource your allies will not give you is gold.

• Build any type of tower. Place some of your military units behind the tower so that your opponents cannot see them. When they attack the tower, have your units come out and kill your opponents.

• If you are playing on a map with lots of water, stay or walk near the shore or in the shallows. Use a heavy demolition ship to bomb your opponents. One heavy demolition ship can take out at least twenty infantry, monks, archers or light cavalry with it, or several scorpions and onagers. Two ships can take out knights, camels and trebuchets. Three ships can take out rams. Do not use them to bomb elephants; it is too costly unless you have a lot of resources.

• During a battle, always put swordsman on flat ground and archers on hilly ground.

• At first in a regicide you will get ten villagers to start. Put three on wood, three on food, two on gold, and one on stone. Have your last villager build your military base. Then, slowly add villagers from your town center and put them on resources.

• If you build a long wall with many gates and your peasants are opening the gates for your enemies, you can block the gates.-Click the gate then click the icon that appears in the left corner so it will remain closed until you open it again. Note: If you close all gates not even your allies can get resources from your land.

• When you are being attacked by an enemy and they are moving to your town center (or something you can garrison people in), click your stable and set the gather point to that building. Make some units. When your building ungarrisons, your men they will kill the enemy.

• Use the following trick when playing against the CPU and you have a neutral tribe and an ally that is currently at war with that neutral tribe. To help your ally, create a group of five villagers. Upgrade the Loon tech. Create university, advance the fortified wall, and gather stones as much as possible. Send the villagers to the ally base and create three to five fortified walls near the neutral tribe's building. You want them to attack the newly created wall, and thus the adjacent building. While they are attacking their own building, create more fortified walls besides another building (for example the monastery or town center).

• Always try to build gates instead of walls around your city. They cost the same, but have a difference between their attack chances. If a wall is attacked one time, it is attacked 0.001 times. They will just roam near your city outside, but cannot attack your city. Always try to make your city wide open. They cannot attack the gates, but will attack the buildings such as houses and barracks by means of archers, mangonels, and trebuchets. Do not make towers and castles for defense near your gates. The gates will not be attacked and you can progress without defense until you can attack. Your first priority should be to surround your city with gates and capture large areas and resources.

• To gain more resources you must create more villages. If the population is 75, you will need no less than 25 villagers so that they will provide more resources and allow you to create more soldiers. Before starting a multi-player game, take a tribe that has more research so that your men and buildings will be strong enough to withstand any type of attack.

• Instead of building walls, build watch towers in a wall like formation. In front of this "wall", build a castle.

• You can take advantage of the AI by building a wall around your entire base except for a small and heavily fortified opening. The CPU will only enter through the opening you left and will get slaughtered if you have archers. You can go further by making a maze-like entrance, which will increase the time the enemy spends getting fired upon.

• Use the following trick to create a fortress that cannot be conquered by your enemy. Set up a game in "The Black Forest". You will start in a very large forest with a small village, depending on the settings. Death Match is recommended to get lots of resources. Make sure you have a Onager or something that can destroy lots of trees very quickly. Start tunneling into the trees, making walls and gates along the way. Place towers with archers behind each gate. Make large areas where you can put castles, barracks, churches, and town centers. This tactic will require about one hour.

• Take a few villagers near your enemy's base. Build two of each building. Load all the buildings up with each type of unit. Cut the wood down with you villagers and ambush your enemy.

• The Japanese Samurai unit is very powerful once fully upgraded. Get ten capped Rams and put four Samurai in each and any town will fall. Accompany the capped Rams with Cavalry and target your enemy's Town Center and Castles. Once they are destroyed, release the Samurai and watch them destroy everything.

 This trick requires a created map with at least one shah on it. Play the map and select your shah. Bring it over to an enemy unit or building (preferably a house). Right Click on that object. The shah will begin attacking it rapidly. The only drawback is that the shah has a very weak attack.

 In a three player game, when you become allied with one player, construct 15 battering rams and take them to your ally's kingdom. Place them near the important buildings, such as the town center, etc. Then, take a mangonel, select "Attack Ground", and Right Click the ally's building. He will become an enemy. Use all your battering rams to destroy the ex-ally.

Press Q + W + E + R + T + Y to edit the colors of the buildings and people.

Press Q + W + E + R + T + Y to edit the colors of the buildings and people.

Gather all of the villagers that you want to hunt theboar with in between it and your town center (preferably closerto the town center). Next, send your scout cavalry to attack theboar. As soon as the animal begins to attack the scout, orderhim to flee behind the villagers, then command the villagers toshoot the boar. This saves valuable time and resources that otherwisewould be wasted by building a mill beside the boar. It also makesthe trip to the town center or mill much quicker. Another wayto efficiently hunt boar is to attack it with military units untilit is low on health, then finishing it off with villagers. Note:Boars hunted with military units will not be worth meat.

Gather all of the villagers that you want to hunt theboar with in between it and your town center (preferably closerto the town center). Next, send your scout cavalry to attack theboar. As soon as the animal begins to attack the scout, orderhim to flee behind the villagers, then command the villagers toshoot the boar. This saves valuable time and resources that otherwisewould be wasted by building a mill beside the boar. It also makesthe trip to the town center or mill much quicker. Another wayto efficiently hunt boar is to attack it with military units untilit is low on health, then finishing it off with villagers. Note:Boars hunted with military units will not be worth meat.

Go to Death Match mode and put your opponents on Team1. Set yourself on Team 1. Activate the "Team Together"option and play. The enemy will think you are an ally, even whenyou switch your stance with them to enemy.

Go to Death Match mode and put your opponents on Team1. Set yourself on Team 1. Activate the "Team Together"option and play. The enemy will think you are an ally, even whenyou switch your stance with them to enemy.

Enable the marco code in mission one of the William Wallace campaign. You can see the Ensemble Studios logo on the west side of the map.

Enable the marco code in mission one of the William Wallace campaign. You can see the Ensemble Studios logo on the west side of the map.

Advance to the Feudal age, build a Market, then create a Trade Cart. Use the Trade Cart to safely explore your opponent's territory. If your opponent is neutral, they will not harm the Trade Cart. Another trick is to create several Trade Carts and place them evenly across your opponent's area to see everything they are doing, without having to spend several thousand goldto research Spies/Treason.

Advance to the Feudal age, build a Market, then create a Trade Cart. Use the Trade Cart to safely explore your opponent's territory. If your opponent is neutral, they will not harm the Trade Cart. Another trick is to create several Trade Carts and place them evenly across your opponent's area to see everything they are doing, without having to spend several thousand goldto research Spies/Treason.