Friday, January 20, 2012

age of conquerors (age of empires 2) tips and hotkeys

Fix screen resolution
http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/191362-age-empires-ii-conquerors-high-resolution-music-fix-win7-64-a.html
http://www.gamespot.com/age-of-empires-ii-the-conquerors-expansion/answers/how-to-fix-the-resolution-18760/
http://www.wsgf.org/forum/5528/age-empires-2-conquerors-aoe2-widescreen-fix?page=1

no-cd works on multiplayer only

http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=25838&tab=controls

* attack by patroling or hitting z - by either clicking the patrol button itself, or hitting z (standard hotkey for patrol). Patrolling in units is the most popular way to attack because all the units in the same group will target and attack the closest enemy unit to that group together, making it a smart way to attack, without requiring too much micromanagement.
* press H+Shift+C while the game is still loading
* when attacked, amass army away from the action, update rally points
* don't be afraid to runaway from loosing battles, wait for more units before attacking again
* build house on where the villager is standing
* set rally points of TCs on buildings that needs to be built
* setup building rally points of military buildings in front of TCs even before the bulding is completely built
* number them by pressing Ctrl+Number even before the bulding is completely built
* house bug - click a house and try building it on the enemy, it will turn red if there's already a building
* build buildings side by side to protect the other sides and easy management
* build markets early if black forest or michi, sell things cheap in early stages of the game
* map control
* best way to kill villies is with scouts
* two builders don't build twice as fast
* triangle-walling half-built walls to protect villagers while building castles

http://aok.heavengames.com/university/strategy/deathmatch/dm-game-overview/

Backspace Key return to the last 10 map locations
Ctrl + 1-9 Keys assign group number to units
1-9 Key select group assigned to this number
Shift + 1-9 Keys select this group in addition to currently selected units
F11 Key display game time
F2 Key display online tech tree
F4 Key display score

Home Key or Middle Mouse Button cycle through last five sound events
. Key cycle through idle villagers
, Key cycle through idle military units
Ctrl + B Keys cycle through barracks
Ctrl + M Keys cycle through markets
Ctrl + A Keys cycle through archery ranges
Spacebar center view on selected unit
Left Mouse Button (twice) select all units of one type
Alt Key + Right Mouse Button (on building) garrison selected units
Delete Key delete selected unit or building
Pause Key pause
Enter Key display chat interface
H Key select town center
F9 Key insert chapters in a recorded game
Print Scrn Key capture screenshot
Ctrl + F12 Keys capture screenshot of entire game map
B then E Key build house
B then F Key build farm
B then T Key build tower
B then Building Hotkey build building
B then Military Building Hotkey build military building
Right Mouse Button rebuild farm

http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=19528&tab=controls



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IT2Qpu1BJ8&feature=related

hotkeys
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:RhROxflDFr0J:forums.ageofempiresonline.com/forums/ThreadNavigation.aspx%3FPostID%3D199495%26NavType%3DPrevious+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk
put all military buildings in 1 group and use tab to switch between them nub. ???? doesn't seem to work on 1.0c .... Probably from AOE1 only http://aoe.heavengames.com/academy/hotkeysandcommands/shortcuts.shtml

i leave them. but u want to use the ones on the left side of ur keyboard (so there close to ur other hotkeys) so once u get to like 6 u should stop using them.
my control groups:
1 scout
2 military buildings
3 dock
4 ranged units
5 inf units
6 cav
7 sometimes (2nd cav gorup for raiding)

http://www.lclan.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-18460.html

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