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"AoE demo is out..."

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Cracking stuff.

It's a computer/internet related issue. Too many houses equals too big of a population which can cause laggy online battles.

Haven't touched the Campaign mode, I only really ever play Skirmish.

Just found something that is possibly dissapointing, there seems to be a population limit, a thing which let down the other games.

Unless it's just a demo thing, but they seem to limit the amount of houses you can build.

Is it just me or do you guys keep running out of wood in the campaign? If you play for a long time then you run out of trees. There are hardly any to begin with in the first place.

I downloaded it, but it told me that my PC isn't good enough to run it, so I clicked 'Run game anyway' and it doesn't run very well on my PC which is a shame because I really like AOE 2.

:(

I can play it, but I just want to because it's too jerky and slow. It says I need a 64MB video card instead of a 16MB which is the one I have right now. Depends how much I can get a 64MB card, if they're fairly cheap I might get one so I can play this game when it is released.

I hate the way the pirates keep running away if I try and attack them.

Twunts.

I like the guns

Clazon wrote:
> Just from what I've been reading (shall download demo later) it just
> sounds as if it's a duplicate of Rise of Nations (made from the
> creater or something of AoE). Good game, but it wasn't exactly
> limetless in it's lifespan...

This game is nothing like Rise of Nations. It's classic AoE material.

On the topic of food, build windmills and livestock pens. Train some sheep, fatten them up then kill them for their flesh.

I didn't know what card he had.

But yeh, you know.

Damarus wrote:
> SHEEPY has a fully compatible DX9 card and therefore his high
> settings will be the best detail available in the game.

maybe sheepys eyes are broken.

OddToe wrote:
> Memorandum! wrote:
> OddToe wrote:
> That still won't give you the best graphics, it is all down to what
> you graphics chip can handle. Mate.
>
> erm, please explain this comment.
>
> My graphics card is a geForce 2 (A pile of assForce 2). I can put
> all the textures and stuff up to high on HL2 and it'll run. But even
> though all the stuff is on high it won't look as nice as someone
> elses HL2 who has everything on high who has a better card than mine.

That was due to your card not being DirectX 9 compatible and therefore the game was running in full DirectX 7 detail which is completely crap compared to DX9.

SHEEPY has a fully compatible DX9 card and therefore his high settings will be the best detail available in the game.

EDIT: I have an X850 XT and I can run the games in completely max settings. The 7800 is a better card but it doesn't make the game look any better.