Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

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Developers
Ensemble Studios
Publishers
KonamiMicrosoft
Release Date
Windows: September 30, 1999
Genres
Real Time Strategy (RTS)Strategy
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General

It's recommended to use the unofficial expansion Forgotten Empires as it brings some quality of life improvements such as higher unit counts, support for native widescreen resolutions, and higher frame rates.

Actions

Name Path Arguments Working Directory Primary
Play {InstallDir}\AoFE_Launcher.exe True

Install Script

Names are encoded in a compressed `player.nfz` file. This is potentially different for older versions of the game. They cannot be changed without running into corruption issues. Removing the file and replacing it with a copy that has no profiles forces the player to create a profile when going into multiplayer.

Remove-Item "$InstallDirectory\Games\Forgotten Empires\player.nfz" -ErrorAction Ignore
Copy-Item -Path "$InstallDirectory\blankprofiles.nfz" -Destination "$InstallDirectory\Games\Forgotten Empires\player.nfz"