KB1054 - Clean installation of Age of Empires II (2013) with compatibility patch




Created​
Verified​
Approved​
22th February 2015​
25th February 2015​
25th February 2015​
+kimberly@voobly​
+chris@voobly​
+chris@voobly​

Clean installation of Age of Empires II (2013) with compatibility patch​

Uninstall Age of Empires II: The Age of King and Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion pack.

Please make sure to close Voobly and Steam, before performing a clean installation of Age of Empires II, else you will run into more problems.

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Uninstall any previously installed compatibility patches from Control Panel > Programs & Features.

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Uninstall Age2HD from Control Panel > Programs & Features.

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Rename the folder Age2HD to Age2HD_old in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common.

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Go to View > Settings > Interface and set Steam language to English.

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Exit Steam and restart the client.

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Install Aoe2HD through Steam client.

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Right-click on Age of Empires II: HD-Edition and click Play Game.

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Wait for the dependencies and updates to be installed.

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Click Play to start Aoe2HD and Exit once you the program was started for the first time.

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Now join one of the AOC lobbies on Voobly and the Game Diagnostic should pop up. If that’s not the case, click Game Diagnostic in menu Options and click Yes.

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The compatibility patch will now download in the background. You should see the following window below. Click Next.

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Double check whether Age2HD is installed in the directory shown below and click Next.
  1. 32-Bit: C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Age2HD
  2. 64-Bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Age2HD

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Confirm the installation by clicking Install and wait for the installation to complete.

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Wait for the installation to complete.

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Complete setup by clicking Finish.

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Close Game Diagnostic, DO NOT click Yes or No again. Also close the game lobby and re-enter the lobby again.

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Now open the Game Diagnostic again, by clicking Game Diagnostic in menu Options.

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You are done!

Manual installation of the compatibility patch​

Navigate to the following knowledge base article to download the latest version of the compatibility patch.

Change Management​

Version​
Date Created​
Author​
Description​
1.0​
22th February 2015​
+chris@voobly​
Initial Release​
1.1​
24th April 2015​
+chris@voobly​
UP 1.4 Update​
1.2​
5th September 2017​
+chris@voobly​
Client Update​
1.3​
10th September 2017​
+chris@voobly​
UP 1.5 Update​
1.424th February 2022+chris@vooblyMPHQ Download
 
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