• AoE 2 Info / Achievements Show Up On Steam
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Several weeks ago the fine folks at [URL="http://steamdb.info/"]steamdb.info[/URL] (xPaw & Marlamin) parsed out all of the Steam Game Hub's for the unknown "ValveTestApps" one app in particular was very interesting. [URL="http://steamdb.info/app/221380/"]ValveTestApp221380[/URL] is codenamed "Kaos" and is part of the [URL="http://steamdb.info/sub/8860/"]Microsoft Games Studio[/URL] package / sub. The Hub icon for the app happens to be the AoE 2 Conquers Icon: [IMG]http://media.steampowered.com/steamcommunity/public/images/apps/221380/109c74df17f9b67ea47d8f01e3d1ec25278b9f73.jpg[/IMG] This app has been receiving several updates a week, and up until recently it only had two test achievements; that was until today: [URL="http://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUserStats/GetGlobalAchievementPercentagesForApp/v0002/?gameid=221380"]Here's a direct link to the global achievements on Steam.[/URL] [QUOTE] "VICTORY_TOTAL_10", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_PLAYED_RANDOM_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_MULTI_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_PLAYED_RANDOM_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_PLAYED_RANDOM_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_PLAYED_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_PLAYED_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_RANDOM_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_RANDOM_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_RANDOM_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_NUM_WINS_MEDIUM", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_RANDOM_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_NUM_WINS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_RANDOM_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_NUM_WINS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_RANDOM_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_RANDOM_LEGEND", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_SINGLE_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_CASTLES_BUILT_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_BRITONS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_BUILDINGS_RAZED_CAREER_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_BRITONS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_BUILDINGS_RAZED_CAREER_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_BUILDINGS_RAZED_CAREER_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_BRITONS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_WONDERS_BUILT_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_CASTLES_BUILT_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_BRITONS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_BRITONS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_PLAYED_SCENARIO_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_PLAYED_TURBO_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_SINGLE_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_BRITONS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_BRITONS_LEGEND", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_PLAYED_SCENARIO_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_BUILDINGS_LOST_CAREER_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_BUILDINGS_LOST_CAREER_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_BUILDINGS_LOST_CAREER_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_PLAYED_TURBO_MED", "VICTORY_WITH_EVERY_CIV", "ACHIEVEMENT_WONDERS_BUILT_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_BYZANTINES_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_PERSIANS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_PERSIANS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_MONGOLS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_MONGOLS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_MONGOLS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_CASTLES_BUILT_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_FRANKS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_FRANKS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_PLAYED_SCENARIO_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_GOTHS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_PLAYED_DEATHMATCH_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_FRANKS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_TEUTONS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_KOREANS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_HUNS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_HUNS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_HUNS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_JAPANESE_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_MAYANS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_JAPANESE_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_JAPANESE_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_KOREANS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_MAYANS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_KOREANS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_GOTHS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_MAYANS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_SARACENS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_SARACENS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_SPANISH_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_TEUTONS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_TURKS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_TURKS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_TURKS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_VIKINGS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_SPANISH_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_VIKINGS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_VIKINGS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_SPANISH_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_SARACENS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_BYZANTINES_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_UNITS_CONVERTED_CAREER_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_UNITS_CONVERTED_CAREER_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_AZTECS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_TEUTONS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_TEUTONS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_TEUTONS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_HUNS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_HUNS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_HUNS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_GOTHS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_GOTHS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_CHINESE_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_CELTS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_AZTECS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_AZTECS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_CHINESE_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_CHINESE_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_FRANKS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_FRANKS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_CELTS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_CELTS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_CELTS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_FRANKS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_GOTHS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_GOTHS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_BYZANTINES_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_AZTECS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_CHINESE_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_PLAYED_DEFENDWONDER_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_WONDERS_BUILT_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_CPU_OPPONENTS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_JAPANESE_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_SINGLE_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_PLAYED_DEFENDWONDER_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_GAMES_PLAYED_DEFENDWONDER_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_BYZANTINES_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_VIKINGS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_PERSIANS_MED", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_PERSIANS_LOW", "ACHIEVEMENT_VICTORY_TEUTONS_HIGH", "ACHIEVEMENT_DEFEATED_CPU_OPPONENTS_LOW", [/QUOTE] Also according to OpenSteamWorks there are currently ~10 people / developers actively playing the game on Steam. [URL="http://games.opensteamworks.org/Chart/View/221380"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/mq195Eg.png[/IMG][/URL]
AoE 2 on steam? I can die happy.
Wood please
great!
Wololo [sp]will get this at some point just so that it works better than the CD version[/sp]
START THE GAME ALREADY
tried to run it but how do i i turn this on?
Good times. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbGfI1qNsRI[/media]
Nostalgia overload. I cheese steak jimmy's-d my way through this game time and time again as a kid.
It's also worth noting that if they are adding achievements to the game they are modifying the source code. One of the original developers stated last year that he wanted to do a compatibility patch and that he'd do it for free if he could only have access to the source code: [QUOTE] Originally Posted by ES_MattP So I had this idea: Make a Windows 7 Compatibility patch for Age of Kings. It would include replacing DirectDraw with Direct3D9, dynamically supporting widescreen resolutions, removing the Zone Related Code, and making the game comply with other Windows 7 requirements. Simple as that. And I had the one thing that everyone else who wanted that didn't have. I still remembered much of how Age of Empires and Age of Kings was written. Because I was one of the authors who wrote the code in the first place. And because I've had the experience in using both the old and new technologies. The graphics engine needs to be updated., we all know that. I wrote a lot of the graphics code (must not take all the credit, Angelo L wrote the initial version and systems framework). And I could easily visualize what changes would be needed to use the more modern Direct3D 9. And I knew most of the other things that would be involved for Windows 7 compatibility. So I got the idea. Approach Microsoft and see if they were interested in someone, anyone really but probably me, making a Windows 7 Compatibility Patch for Age of Kings --- FOR FREE. All that would be needed would be access to the Source, which Microsoft has in their archives. I had an idea of what it would take time and effort-wise, and I was willing to do it for no compensation - just to do it for the fans of the game, and keep the legacy of a great game, and Ensemble, alive for a while longer. In August of 2010, I took action and began trying to determine who I could contact at MGS (Microsoft Game Studios) to ask about the possibility of making a patch. ... During this time, I had remembered some other things about AoK, and made a slightly larger proposal. Back in 2000 or so, We made an "OEM Version" of Age of Kings that was sold pre-installed on PCs be Dell. It sold reasonably well, but didn't require a CD. The music was local files instead of Redbook Audio, and I remembered that to make the OEM version, all we had to do was flip a build switch to make it. What good is that? A CD-less version that ran on Windows 7 would be perfect for Digital Download. Microsoft could put it up on their online store. Not only would it make some nice money for them that way, given how well the boxed and jewel case copies have sold, but it could be used in their promotions, (remember the 1 cent AoE 3 sale?) etc. [/QUOTE] [URL="http://aok.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/aokcgi/display.cgi?action=st&fn=3&tn=40110&st=594#post595"]Original Link[/URL]
My favorite RTS game ever made. Really, I loved this game. Could never get it to work on windows 7 though. Bombard Towers destroy all.
Teutonic Knight master race!
Goddammit I just bought a copy.
I remember loving this game as a kid. Tried to play it recently with medium AI; got my shit WRECKED constantly. :v:
Never played an age of empires game. Or really any RTS game. What makes this one good?
oh hell yes
[QUOTE=BenJammin';39741517]Never played an age of empires game. Or really any RTS game. What makes this one good?[/QUOTE] While it's hard to pin down exactly what makes it better than others, I'd primarily point to how it has an intuitive interface and straightforward mechanics (I got started with AoE2 quicker than most other RTS'es) whilst still retaining a lot of depth and room for experimentation, plus its charming graphics.
this could possibly mean they're thinking of rebooting probably not but goddamnit i can dream
This is leading me to believe halo 3 will pop up somewhere sooner or later
Really hope it's got Conquers as well.
[QUOTE=Dr.Cola;39741593]Really hope it's got Conquers as well.[/QUOTE] Probably, since it has the icon of 'The Conquerors' (conquistador helmet). The original AoE2 icon had a knight helmet with a red plume. [QUOTE=DevinWatson;39741256]The Hub icon for the app happens to be the AoE 2 Conquers Icon: [IMG]http://media.steampowered.com/steamcommunity/public/images/apps/221380/109c74df17f9b67ea47d8f01e3d1ec25278b9f73.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
Love me some Archer Blood. Need to remake that in like SC2 or something. The custom maps were some of the greatest things about that game. I have this game to thank for getting me really into online gaming. I made a lot of great friends through some random "clans" and groups. This and The original SC. So much Nostalgia.
How do you turn this on How do you turn this on How do you turn this on
guys how do i turn this thing on
i wish for a age of empire 2: 2 :c [img]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/240/b/e/age_of_empires_town_center_by_jonasjensenart-d483l81.jpg[/img] so good
oh please be on steam!!!
[IMG]http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-prn1/s160x160/25737_116351018393036_1537264_a.jpg[/IMG] How do i turn this on?
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehZMQ9Q1Jko[/media] REALLY wish they work on making music work in the game as well.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBVk0KJnenY[/media] Sex to ear
[img]http://24.media.tumblr.com/edfeafd71a7057563f87f4b58b2a1aee/tumblr_mg26kfeE4U1rdai0ro1_1280.jpg[/img]
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