7/30/2019 Age Of Empires 2 Hd Edition Mods
Age of Empires 2: The Next Chapter is a mod for Age of Empires II: HD Edition, created by Cactiguy.
Description:
This is a total conversion mod for Age of Empires 2 HD Edition, which takes place in the colonial era. This is not an Age of Empires 3 remake, nor is it simply Age of Empires 2 set in the colonial era. There are new units, buildings, techs, and features which help it better fit into the colonial era.
I am quite tied up with many things at the moment, so updates wont be here for a little while, but I am still working on it.
ModDB Page:
Moddb.com
It is for the HD version.
There are 18 Civilizations in total and their building sets are as follows:
European:
British
French
Germans
Dutch
Canada
13 Colonies
Swedish
Russian
Polish
Latin:
Spanish
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Portuguese
Native American:
Plains Natives Building Set
-Lakota
-Commanche
Forest Natives Building Set
-Cherokee
-Cree
-Iroquois
Meso:
Aztec
Mayan
Most Civs recieve a specialized graphic set for the last age.
The new Ages are:
The Exploration Age - 1492 - 1560
Represents the age of exploration, including famous explorers, and trade with Native populations
The Colonial Age - 1561 - 1699
The age when colonizing of the New World began
Fortress Age - 1700 - 1769
The age when world powers began fighting for control in the New World
Independence Age - 1770 - 1850
Represents events such as the American Revolution, and the War of 1812, when Nations became separate from European Empires. Also represents the era of Napoleon.
Some Key Changes:
All European and American Civilizations start with an explorer unit similar to the one in Age of Empires 3. The explorer can switch between hand to hand combat, and ranged attack, and can be upgraded to a General when the Independence age is reached. All Native American Civilizations begin with a similar, Chief, unit.
The Native Embassy is the first buildable military building, replacing the barracks, and trains Native military units.
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All new unique units for each new Civ:
British - Redcoat - Powerful Rifleman,
French - Cuirassier - Powerful Cavalry,
Germans - Landsknecht - Slow, but powerful infantry
Dutch - Fluyt, Ryuter
Canada - Trapper - A villager with powerful attack which can hunt and gather wood only
Spanish - Conquistador
Russian - Cossack
Poland - Polski Huzar, bonus against gunpowder infantry
13 Colonies - Colonial Militia, Cheap fast musketeer, good
against ships, but low HP
Swedish - Carolean
Portuguese - Caravel, Organ Gun - Fast javelin-armed cavalry good against other cavalry
Lakota - Rifle Cavalry
Commanche - Quahadi - Cavalry with bonus against buildings
Cherokee - Chickamauga- A spearman with a bonus against
gunpowder units
Cree - Cree Tracker
Iroquois - Mantlet
Aztec - Same as Vanilla
Mayan - Same as Vanilla
*Note, the Meso Civs (Aztec and Mayan) remain mostly the same.
The Native Embassy has 3 unit lines:
Native Warrior (Melee)
Native Spearman (Melee)
Native Bowman (Ranged)
Native Rifleman is a stand alone unit availible in the independence age.
The Barracks is available to all Non-Natives, and trains the following:
Rifleman line
Crossbowman
Pikeman
Stand alone Grenadier
The Stable trains Cavalry, two lines are present, but only one is available to different Civs:
The Hussar line is available to Europeans.
The Dragoon line is available to Europeans.
The Native Spear Cavalry is available to Natives
The Native Cavalry archer is availible to Natives
The Arsenal trains multiple cannons, including Falconets, Mortars, and 10 - Pounders
Native Civs do not have access to Barracks, but gain extra unit upgrades
The Elder's Hut is an all new building availible to Natives providing new technologies.
As Native Civs are quite overpowered militarily, they all have strong economic bonuses that reflect the real life native tribes, for example, the Iroquois receive farming bonuses
All new building sets for all Civs excluding Meso
Complete overhaul of almost all Units
Complete overhaul of almost all Techs
Other miscellaneous changes to help the game better fit into the Colonial era
As the mod is not yet complete, any suggestions are very welcome!
INSTALLATION:
Simply Extract the two folders from this Zip and place them into your C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonAge2HD.
Let any files overwrite that it wants overwrite.
MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE YOU INSTALL
Report problems with download to [email protected]
Age of Empires II released originally in 1999, however with the 2013 release of Age of Empires II HD the modding scene on the workshop page for the game has exploded in recent years as Age of Empires II to this day is still one of the most popular strategy games of all time.
So today we're going counting down the top five most popular and beneficial mods for the game available on the Steam Workshop!
#5 - Independent Architecture
From creator Saint_Michaels_ -- this mod is an extremely useful mod that you'll need for other mods you may want to download for specific architecture in different civilizations. Essentially its designed to separate civilizations from their architecture sets and create a duplicate all while keeping unique SLP files.
This way they can be individually placed and modded without effect other civilizations, to quote the creator:
“The unique SLP files are also exactly the same as the originals that the civilization uses, so one person can, for example, play only modifying the Vietnamese with someone who has the Vietnamese untouched but modded the Spanish & the Huns.”
Thus as mentioned by the creator allowing you to fully customise and mod the buildings and architecture of different civilizations to your liking.
#4 - Lord of the Rings - War of the Ring Tolkien Edition
Ever wanted to experience an epic multiplayer battle within Tolkien's Lord of the Rings universe in Age of the Empires II? Well now you can thanks to creator gr1m!
This custom map design was painstakingly drawn using various references and maps from Tolkien's books to make it as accurate as possible according to creator gr1m. While also keeping plenty of traits from other popular Middle Earth maps such as the ring quest and minor quests for specific characters and the like, so if you're a fan of Lord of the Rings and Age of Empires then you can subscribe to it here!
#3 - Age of World Empires
From creator Ivindor comes 'Age of World Empires' -- this mod basically enables Eastern and Western civilizations to have different generic unit skins and won't have to share the same European knights anymore.
So for example for Eastern cavalry you'll have new skins such as Japanese Ashigaru pikeman. The over all mod aims to bring more visual diversity between the civilzations, if you're interested you can subscribe to it here!
#2 - Streamlined Main Menu Skin - Fog of War
My favorite kind of mod -- streamlined menus and UIs! Seems creator Sir Jasper Trund agrees as he delivers a mod that aims to streamline the main menu of Age of Empires 2 HD.
The skin itself simplifies the game's menu screen into a series of options, with an official Age of Empires II HD background. It also includes icons underneath the main menu that display installed DLC and also changes in-lobby icons for 'Mirror' and 'Spectator' for a cleaner look. With nearly 300 ratings, it's no surprise people love cleaner menus, subscribe to it here!
The creator also included a list of other backgrounds for the mod,
#1 - Enhanced Blood
Who doesn't enjoy some extra bloody carnage on the battlefield? Well this mod from creator Silent Ape aims to deliver exactly that for Age of Empires 2 HD! With over 1000 modified sprites -- tons of bloody work was put into to deliver the best possible gore you can experience in this beloved game and with well over 1300 ratings it is one of the most downloaded mods for the game on the workshop.
Now imagine if you took all five of these mods and used them at once? You'd have a cleaner main menu design, the ability to add unique architectural designs for your different civilisations and the ability to have different looking generic units. All the while having this potentially set in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings universe with a bloody aftermath for all your epic battles thanks to this mod!
Kudos to you Silent Ape for delivering a simple, yet effective mod that anyone can enjoy. You can subscribe to it here!But foreverything Age of Empires, modding, and possibly even blood and gore -- stay tuned to GameSkinny!
Published May. 4th 2017
To start of this review, the score I would like to give is a 9. I give a 10 to compensate for people who judge before a game is even out. ForTo start of this review, the score I would like to give is a 9. I give a 10 to compensate for people who judge before a game is even out. For the HD part: they managed to up the resolution to max and also retexture a 14 year old engine, which is pretty impressive in my opinion. Regarding the framedrops: when we got the privilege to play the game before it is officially out doesn't mean they will have every bug fixed, otherwise they could just release it for everyone at that time. As soon as they heard about this problem the devs posted on multiple multimedia sites and their own site that they are working on the problem right now. The game has been out for a few minutes now while people know that the devs are doing their best to work on the issues, so please show some patience. The real addition of this however is the online. The servers for the original AOE II were pulled long ago, and now we have new servers to play this still awesome game online with friends. Oh, and did I mention steam workshop? This means that we will see a lot more mods to keep te game alive even longer. All in all, a great idea worked out great, with some bugs at the start. It's also a nice way to show that for some games it doesn't matter how old they are, it's all about the gameplay, just like how you don't care about graphics when playing a cardgame.…Full Review »
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