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The mod is recommended for AoE3 Complete Collection (Steam version) as it contains everything the mod needs, although it can be installed over any version as long as the game has both expansions and ALL official updates.

Requirements:
Age of Empires 3 Complete Collection
or
Age of Empires 3 1.14 + The Warchiefs 1.06 + The Asian Dynasties 1.03

Download the mod's Patcher. This is a downloader, not an installer, so it needs to be in the game's main folder when ran (where all the exes are).

Installation (common paths):
Steam
/Steam/steamapps/common/Age of Empires 3/bin/

Non-Steam
/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Games/Age Of Empires III/


When installing the mod over a fresh game, make sure you RUN THE ORIGINAL GAME AT LEAST ONCE first, before running the mod's exe "age3m.exe".
Also, keep in mind that the mod's exe will not accept any serial keys, put all serial keys in "age3y.exe" (Asian Dynasties).


Steps:
1. Install AoE3 Complete Collection (Steam version).
2. Run Asian Dynasties from Steam at least once.
3. Copy the mod's Patcher to "/Steam/steamapps/common/Age of Empires 3/bin/".
4. Right click the Patcher and Run as ADMINISTRATOR.
5. Click Start on the Patcher once it finishes downloading or run "age3m.exe".
6. Have fun.


Special thanks to everyone who helped me improve the mod over time, including but not limited to other modders, the community and the 3 guys who stood by my side (kangaroo rider, baguette lover and army guy).

Note that some units present in this mod are taken from the Napoleonic Era or War of the Triple Alliance mods.





The Patcher downloads from a private server controlled by a third party. If this raises security concerns for you please use the manual download links bellow instead.





The Improvement Mod Patcher can be used to fully download the mod and keep it up-to-date.

Just download the Patcher and place it in the game's main directory, where all the exes are (always inside the BIN folder for Steam), and run the Patcher as ADMINISTRATOR.

Remember that the mod's Patcher is just for updating the mod, you can simply run the mod's exe "age3m.exe" and everything will work.




If you have problems with the UI not displaying resources correctly go to "Options" and press "Restore Defaults"!

High video settings are recommended for all units and buildings to be displayed properly (or at least make sure the "High-poly Models" setting is on).

It is recommended that you do not combine mods. You could install multiple mods that have their own exe over the same game but I am not responsible for any issues.

247 comments:

  1. I'm really enjoying the mod. Is there a forum or a thread where people discuss the ins and out of the mod,and the different strategies they use?

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    1. Thank you for the support, but sadly I do not have a forum... yet...
      I mean, I wanted to make one but I feared no one would use it...

      But, I will make a survey and ask people what they think, if I should make one. And if the answer is yes, I might need some moderators, maybe you're interested?

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    2. Where I may find oldest ver of Mode ?
      Because i have 6 Prototype and when i start to patch -shows Web Client Error/
      Need patch 5.4 ver ?

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  2. Way, way too much of newb to even be considered, but thanks for the offer. Still, keep us posted on what is going on!

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  3. alright so i love your mod WHEN IT WORKS! thats the hard part... i have spent easily over 10 hours trying to get this mod perfectly installed. but let me get to the point. i believe your problem is with your "AoE3ImpModPatcher" i can get the Mod working all fine and dandy but when i run the patcher it corrups my original age3 game and when i try to run it it just gives me an error stating "initialization Failed" and when i try to open war chiefs it says "initialization Failed Could not load DATAPX.BAR" its a pain... becuase i love the mod though not all of my freinds have it so i cant play the normal version with them

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    1. Hm, it might be indeed the patcher.
      But as long as no one else reports this, I will say it's isolated to your PC.
      Over time people reported "GODZILLA" like problems, when in fact it were just minor misunderstandings.

      What would help both of us, and especially everyone that plays the mod, would be if you contact me on Skype and let me see the problem for my self with Team Viewer, I can also look at the patcher and see if it's working as it should, and check other files for consistency.

      That is, if you want to help.
      My Skype ID is "mandos-rex" if you're interested.
      I will check everything to be sure.

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    2. I ran into this same problem. I played the game for a while, was having a blast. I got well into the Blood, Ice and Steel campaign. I quit and when I came back to play later on it gave me that error. Well I uninstalled everything and reinstalled from scratch, then my save from the campaign didn't show up. So I scrapped that and said, "Oh well, I'll start over." And the second map on Act 1 would not load. It kept saying, "campaign/age302m failed to load." I searched in the save folder and the game folder and could find no such file with "age302m" or "302m" in the name. I reinstalled from scratch AGAIN without your mod and it's working fine now. Any idea what could be the problem? If you need any more info let me know, I really loved playing with the mod. Thanks —

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    3. Oh, so a problem with a scenario. No problem, I will fix it right away.

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    4. I've checked the scenario and it worked for me, nonetheless I uploaded a new version, tell me if it works for you. If you do have problems with the patcher, first of all make sure your antivirus isn't blocking it and run the patcher as admin.

      If problems don't go away then please contact me on Skype so I can further help you.

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    5. Thanks for the speedy reply. Last night I ended up using the zip version of the mod and that worked, somewhat. My tactics buttons on all of my units are missing and city cards are whacked out. Whenever I tried to use the patcher it immediately broke the campaign again. I'll try to download your new version and see if that helps. Thanks for the reply!

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    6. Well, my campaign works when I manually copy the files over. When I used the patcher, it said it updated files. But my savegame from the campaign fails to load, and so does the campaign when I try to start it. I'll try to reinstall everything from scratch again later once I have some time to fiddle with it.

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    7. Don't try old save games, they are sure not to work. This could go a lot fast and easier if you simply let me look for my self with Team Viewer to see what's wrong.
      I did this to a lot of people who had problems and most of the times I fixed them.

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    8. I suppose you could although it's not a big deal now as I've passed that campaign map and all of the others ones have worked fine. And I did find out with the save games the city cards are wonky so I know not to use them between vanilla/mod.

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    9. Hello,
      I am using the Steam Complete Version, installed your mod with the patcher, started up for the first time and also get the initialization error after the first Company Video. That is an error that should be fixed by a patch. Does your mod change something about the exe files?

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    10. It does change the exe, yes, but that shouldn't matter.
      Thing is you're the only one reporting this right now so I don't know what to tell you.

      The best way to approach this is if you let me see the error and try fixing it via Team Viewer.
      Look in the "Help and Tools" tab if you want to contact me to proceed with this idea.

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    11. The same problem for me ...i`m using STEAM Complete Version ...and get Initialization Failed after first load screen ...well while there is a solution or fix for this error ,i`ll uninnstal this great mod !!!

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    12. Aaaand now I know why. When you start the Steam Complete Collection you get 3 options, if you chose the first option, Complete Collection, that starts the normal AoE3 without any expansions (ironic, I know), the vanilla version.

      So, when starting Complete Collection from Steam you just need to chose The Asian Dynasties because that is the latest expansion and the one for which the mod was made.

      Yes, the mod breaks vanilla and The Warchiefs for reasons I do not know, but if you have The Asian Dynasties then you don't need to start the other two.

      But if you do want to play the other two then just uninstall the mod and be on your way.

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  4. For some reason on the "Pirates!" mission I start out on the "lizie's pirates" team instead of morgan black so it's completely impossible for me to get anything at all done

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    1. Yeah... That's my bad... I will upload a fix right away.
      Be sure to report other bugs!

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  5. Hi!! First, I want to congratulate you on this great mod!! Secondly, I'm experiencing a bug with the mod patcher, it says ERROR: Could not lock files (are you playing age3.exe?). Do you know what might be the cause? I use Windows 7 64 bits.
    Lastly, could it be possible in the future to have unique textures for common units for some civs, ex. british redcoats?
    Again, congratulations and thanks for making the mod!

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    1. The British and Dutch Imperial Musketeer skins already are different than everyone else, representing Redcoats and Stadhouders.

      The main problem is, as you can read in the latest news, the game's engine can't handle custom textures very well and creates lag and all kind of bugs, so I try to keep them to a minimum.

      You are not the first or the last to request such a thing, even I want to do it, but it simply isn't a very profitable experience.

      About the bugs, what can I say... Read the installation instructions and see if you did anything wrong. You just need the game and both expansions, all 3 updated to their latest versions, then you install the mod and that's it.

      The game+mod can still be played by running the normal TAD exe, the patcher is just for updating.

      Thank you for your time.

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    2. Hey!! Thanks for the response!! I guess that because of that error I couldn't see the redcoat texture. I'll continue trying with the patcher. Greetings!!

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  6. Do you have any other link for the Manual installation? The one you put is not working
    GREAT MOD!!!
    thanks

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  7. And I'm getting a "Could not lock files" error when I run the ImpModPatcher

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    1. Yes, I do. Dunno what the hell is wrong with MediaFire...

      http://www.moddb.com/mods/improvement-mod/downloads/improvement-mod-version-52-manual-install

      And I can't guess what your problem is...
      Unless you contact me on Skype and let me see for my self with Team Viewer, we will just argue here and nothing will get done.

      Thank you.

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  8. For the people which get the "Could not lock the files" error:Just use those original exes and the problem is solved ;-)

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  9. I'm sorry. I'm not very computer savvy. I dont quite understand how to install the mod. I'm running AOE on Steam and I dont understand what it means to use a different path for the installer. Could you describe the installation process in more laymans terms. Thanks, Im really excited to try the mod it looks great!

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    1. You have all the instructions you need both here on the blog and in the installer.
      Inside the Steam directory there's a folder where all games are installed. You just need to select a path inside there.

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    2. Got it! Its a beautiful mod. Thanks for making it!

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  10. It's a grat mod indeed. Much more fun to play against the AI on mid-late game.
    It uses in a significant better way their plantations and the native units, without spamming the mercenaries (especially on expert level).

    Thank you for the work tha has been done.

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  11. Hi, I installed your mod and it works great and in single player and is a massive improvement but when I try to play LAN I get a CRC mismatch error, and the config files are messed up. Is there anyway to install this so that LAN will work?

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    1. "Config files"?
      If both you and the person you wanna play with installed the game and mod in the same way, then there shouldn't be problems.

      I't very easy to get a mismatch, check everything again.

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    2. if you want to play lan or multiplayer with friends they must have exactly the same files

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  12. I've downloaded this without having Asian Dynasties, and indeed it gave troubles. I've completely removed AOE3 (warchiefs wasn't installed), and re-installed AOE3.

    But there's still a problem occuring.
    when in-game, the sign on top of the screen which tells you what age you're in is completely black with white characters eg: discovery age - instead of the 'themeatic' bar where it is supposed to be in.
    Also, on the lower part of the screen where your recources and gatherers per recource are being displayed, it is also a completely black square, which only gives the recources, not the gatherers per recource anymore (even if I deselect and reselect the 'show gatherers per recource' in the menu).

    The answer I think is that somewhere this install is still in my files, even after complete removal of the game.

    Do you know how I can fix this?

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    1. So now you have all 3 games...?

      Dudes, just follow the goddamn simple instructions...

      1. install AoE3
      2. install The Warchiefs
      3. install Asian Dynasties
      4. update all 3
      5. install mod
      6. optional and recommended: run the patcher to update mod

      That's it...

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    2. I only have the original and warchiefs, I DON'T have dynasties

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    3. Then it will never work...
      This is only for Asian Dynasties...

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    4. Yes, I realise this now, but it still gave me the problem with the black squares, do you know how to fix it? or maybe where it could be in my files? I've already completely removed AOE3 and reinstalled it, and even after a systemrecovery from before the download, those black bastards are still there..

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  14. when is the new vertion of the mod release?

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  15. Any chance of this ever making it's way to Mac? My friend has it for Mac, and was wondering.

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    1. You can install it for Mac my friend.
      If you don't have the thing to run exes then get the manual installation version and just drop the files in the AoE3 folder.

      Hm... But now that I think about it, the next update will also include a modified exe so I donno... Never had a Mac in my hands so I have no idea but I do know there is something that Macs can get to run exes.

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  16. I got a problem with US Civ, the envoy is invisible so how can I gather fame!

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  17. ı can't age up
    when ı come age 2 ı can't advance age 3 no politicans in the screen

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    1. Right... Well, since you're the only one with this problem how am I suppose to fix it...?

      Please check your installation.

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  18. in americans ı can't use consulate because there aren't export and all envoys speak dutch

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    1. And that is why the USA lost support, which means I won't be working on them anymore because I can't make them to work perfectly.

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  19. AI doesn't gather fame and doesn't train envoy without Dutch

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    1. Of course it doesn't, I have no idea how to do it... XD

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    2. Scrap that, I made the AI to train Envoys and gather fame with them.

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  20. hi there..

    why is it after i installed this great mod..the AI seems to get passive and wont advance to the next age?

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    1. Well, the AI has different tactics now. Its true that some are a bit shitty, but play on hard or expert and they should do well.

      Thanks for playing.

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  21. Hey Mandos, i have have a problem with the uninstall. I tried to reset my account, not because the mod is bad, but it still will not let me play Nilla AoE because I get "initialization error" nothing else included in there just a black screen and that error. I also get CRC Mismatch online on TAD, the only one in the series that works right now. Please Help!

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  22. Well, I fixed it myself. I simply deleted all trace of the game off my computer, such as checking the "Remove Saved Games" box and deleting registry.

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    1. Exactly. A simple uninstallation doesn't remove the mod entirely. After you uninstall the game you have to delete the folder where it was installed.

      Sorry I couldn't respond faster.

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    2. Its all good I was just impatient XD and I didn't want to get rid of my saved games. Great mod btw

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  23. Hi! I have AOE Complete through Steam and so does my buddy. We both downloaded it and then applied the MOD exactly the same. For some reaosn my Fame is my population, my food is always 0(fame), my wood is food, and so on.

    help?

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    1. More details please...

      Only you have this problem and your friend doesn't?
      Can you play multiplayer with him? If it gives you an error then something is wrong with your installation.
      Did you run the mod's patcher?

      If you can't fix it please contact me on Skype at this ID: mandos-rex

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  24. i cant play the us on map editor. it will allow me to fix there hc cards but when i build a deck a go to play test the map i can use the deck i use. can you help me fix this plz. this mod is great me and a friend play this mod all the time if you can help me that would be great

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    1. Sadly, you cannot play with player made civs in the Editor. I know it sucks, but its a game bug and I can't fix it.
      Sorry.

      What you can do is to use the vanilla Act3 US civ which is the same as the one I made, its called United States and its right under Knights of St. John and Black's Mercenaries.

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  25. i tryed but it just like yours but home city editor civ does not work and i cant build a deck for the us it gives me a 5 card deck

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  26. AMAZING!!! This mod works perfectly and it is AWESOME!!!
    THANK YOU SO MUCH for the mod and the full game! (I have bought the game but without expansions so I had to download this one)
    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!

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  27. Hey, I was wondering since I'm playing on my MacBook Pro.

    I installed all 3 games in my Mac HD.
    I'm I suppose to put the files in the original AoE3 or TAD folder?
    One more thing, I play using TAD to start, no launcher.

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    1. Update: I followed your instructions, but unfortunately, the popup says TAD was unable to initialize. Got passed the intro, then it failed.

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    2. Uhm... Something tells me your installation is a mess. And what do you mean by "AoE3 or TAD folder", they use the same folders...

      Do you have The Warchiefs expansion also? Did you installed the updates? Did you used any cracks? There are many things which could have gone wrong but at the same time the installations is extremely simple.

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  28. i'd downloaded aoe 3 full collection, and extracted the files, and copy the aoe 3 file from rirectx9 to the aoe directory, and tried to install it, it asked for the keys, i entered the keys also, and then it's showing that "initialization failed basic (), pls help me to solve this problem......

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    1. "and copy the aoe 3 file from rirectx9 to the aoe directory"

      I have no idea what you're talking about there, that is not something you need to do dude.

      Follow these steps!
      1. Install Age of Empires 3 (do not install any cracks after you finish, you just need a serial)
      2. Install The WarChiefs (watch out what pirated version of this one you install, some are broken)
      3. Install The Asian Dynasties (try not to run any of them until you complete all steps)
      4. Update Age of Empires 3 (latest version: 1.14)
      5. Update The WarChiefs (latest version: 1.06)
      6. Update The Asian Dynasties (latest version: 1.03)
      7. Install mod and run the patcher to update (run as administrator)

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  29. does the update takes a long time

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    1. O course not. The patcher can download the entire mod in about 10-20 seconds. I you have problems make sure you run the patcher as administrator and make sure your antivirus isn't blocking it.

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  30. Hey, Mandos I already installed the mod works great. The only problem is my population has the fame(icon), fame has the food(icon),food has the wood (icon), wood has the gold (icon), and the gold has the population (icon). Do you get me? (All of this is on lower left corner). Also,export doesn't show, but I don't know if you already knew that. In addition, did you also remove the top right buttons where it selected your explorer and town center ,that's not showing up either. Other than that the mod is functional. Any Ideas??

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    1. Go to "Options" and press the "Restore Defaults" button to fix the UI.
      And yes, I removed the two buttons I added for Heroes and Town Centers, they were a bit useless.

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  31. Very nice works you guys!!! BTW, there are available a Spanish translation? If it is not, I offer my help to create one...

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  32. Hey,i have a question about the mod..
    i used to play it 2 months ago..i had no problems..i played it normaly..but then one day i open the mod patcher..and it said that it could not contact master server..then i came here i download another mod patcher..install it correctly and now i get an error in the patcher that says:ERROR:Could not lock files(are you playing age3y.exe?).
    if you can give me a hand here what to do.

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    1. Run as ADMINISTRATOR!
      And make sure the antivirus isn't blocking the patcher.

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    2. ok i did it it wasnt that :P
      i went to downloads and installed the latest mod patcher and that fixed the prob..ty anyway :) the mod is awesome

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  33. Question and I have a feeling its been asked before, but are the maltese/knights of st. john a playable civ in single player? if it is I am not seeing it.

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  35. Correction: THIS MOD IS FUCKING AWESOME. That is all.

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  36. please help me donload it onto steam :/. im having so much trouble

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    1. Judging by the way you wrote your message I am completely certain you do have a hard time making it work.

      You have tutorials here, use them! Although I fear no tutorial in the world might help you...

      Add me on Skype if you need help, at this ID: mandos-rex.

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  37. Hi. Installed the mod and played around with it for a bit. I noticed while playing the first campaign the resource numbers are wrong, they state much higher numbers (1000+) when my resources are actually really low (~50).

    Any idea what causes this and how I could fix it?

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    1. Look on the right side of the blog, you see what it says?

      "If you have problems with the UI not displaying resources correctly go to "Options" and press the "Restore Defaults" button!"

      If you have problems look around people!!!

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    2. you can 'please enter mexico, union and confederate, I like epic battles.

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    3. I believe you can revolt into Mexico, no playable civ for them.

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  38. you can join this mod http://aoe3.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=1289&ci=64b80d2ef767b9a4b124c3be11eefb70YToxOntpOjA7YToyOntpOjA7czoxNDoiU2VhcmNoIFJlc3VsdHMiO2k6MTtzOjUyOiJsaXN0ZXIucGhwP3N0YXJ0PTAmYW1wO3NlYXJjaD1Ob3J0aCBBbWVyaWNhbiBUaGV

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  40. Hai Congrats for the Greaaaaaaat Mod becoz of which i still continue to play aoe 3..
    few months earlier i got it worked perfectly, but now when i installed manually it is simply normal with few additions. the main thing i found is i could not construct a command post with US civilization as u said saloon is replaced but villager shows only saloon and i could not find US home town. i have installed it thrice exactly as mentioned in the installation guide.. i have not found post office or bakery either... i could construct command post with some of the civilizations but not with USA.. is there any problem with the manual installation or did i made any mistake

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    1. Yes, many changes have been made in the last updates.
      First of all, the Lumber Camps and Bakeries were removed while Houses can now train livestock and the Livestock Pen can now produce food like a bakery, though the Livestock is now a Native only building. Oh, and the Church can now produce coin if you research a tech.

      The Americans can only build the Saloon, not the Command Post because the Saloon feels more american and thus I left it there. The Post Office has been also removed and the Consulate has been added for the Americans.
      Also please note that I'm not working on the Americans anymore, several reasons for that but the main one is that I can't get them to work as I want.

      What do you mean by "i could not find US home town" ??? If you refer to the American civilization and home city then go to the "Select a Home City" window and look for Philadelphia.

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    2. Thank you Mandos... i thought i was doing some mistake with the installation... now relieved with your reply...:-)
      and about the US home town i thought it is available as another civilization...so got confused..sorry..
      i still find lumber camps in campaigns...
      there is a card which upgrades command post to command center in the philadelphia home town...with which i got confused...please check with that
      thank god that it was working fine for me but mainly caught up with the command post card......
      thank you again for the really greaaaaaat modd.. really loved it..a big thanks ...

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    3. Yes, I think I left the Lumber Camp for Malta right? Nothing big, makes it look kinda like a unique civ thing.

      As for the Command Post card in the US home city, maybe I'll remove it, dunno.

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    4. Hai Mandos
      Yeah lumbar camps in malta only
      I donno what it is called a glitch or bug
      I found that in TAD campaigns could not create the armies from consulate i get exp points for creating the armies from consulate and if created gets a single unit with high attack around 150 to 250 but works fine in skirmish

      If possible can you add asian civs to consulate mainly for ronin and elephants

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  41. Hey
    stupid Question
    where do the files for the german translation go?
    greets!

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    1. Age of Empires 3/data

      Or if you're using the Steam version...

      Age of Empires 3/bin/data

      It should ask you to replace an existing file, that's how you know its in the right place.

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    2. The Link for the German Translation is gone. Could you reup it?
      Thank you in advance^^

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  42. Why the patcher take too long to update? i mean it always checking for updates... any help?

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    1. Yeah, don't run it every time you want to play...
      Just run the game normally without it and the mod will work. Only run the patcher like once a week.

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  43. do i really have to update via the online patcher? i just downloaded the mod and instld. the patcher cannot connect to the master server. can i run it without updating?. i mean, is the mod file i've just downloaded, up-to date?

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    1. No it is not, a quick look around the blog and you would have seen that the patcher from the 5.4 installer is outdated and does not work anymore.

      Instead, download the newer version, put it inside your game's folder (replace the old one) and run it as admin, it should update without a problem.
      Please note the it might take a while the first time you run the new patcher.
      https://www.dropbox.com/s/7360e1kdq6yw3vl/AoE3ImpModPatcher.exe

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  44. thanks mate, it's working properly now. i tried running without updating,it was a mess corrupted UI and shit. everything is in place now.

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    1. If the UI has problems go to Options and press Restore Defaults.
      That is also all over the blog. Glad it works. Have fun.

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  45. I have an issue with the Consulate. I noticed it in the TAD campaign. When I have a secondary objective to choose an ally from Consulate it never completes and I notice that I can't train armies from the consulate, they just don't appear, or once, only a silhouette of a single soldier dying continuously appeared.

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  46. Ok one more question how do I install the german translation? Thanks again! :)

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  47. Hello Mandos

    your mod is the greatest

    can you make for Heroes [all heroes,explorer like asians indians and europeans]
    can make it that they can build 2 factorys adn all a saloon or commandpost because i hate it when Indians dont have strong mercenary but the others

    sry for my bad english
    i hope you can make or tell me how i can make

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    1. Oh, you mean American Indians? It is impossible for them to have random mercenaries like everyone else but I have tried to make up for that with powerful techs in the Council's Hut and cheap units in the Embassy.

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    2. and can you make for the heroes this with the factorys it better when all can build factorys with heroes

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  48. i saw a bug i cant build the native embassy and cant train cree couruer the boys or however it calls or francias couteliers

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    1. Only Native Americans (Indians as you called them) can now build native embassies, they also have more uses now.

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  49. I've installed it, but when I played. can not because they have to enter serial number.can you help me with crack or i must insert teh serial number?

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    1. https://www.g2a.com/age-of-empires-iii-complete-collection.html

      Buy it here original costs 2 money and play wherever you want.

      After that install all the mods you want

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  50. Counter units missing Custer and who does not return to the town center


    http://i62.tinypic.com/6ptiko.jpg

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    1. The population counter is not missing, it's been moved to the bottom where the 2 villagers are...
      You can't possibly tell me you didn't saw that while playing...

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  51. With my explorer I can now build some buildings and stuff. However I can't chose the option to kill a treasure guardian with 1 shot anymore. Also when having the air balloon option available from the shipments (with the dutch) it seems that the option to use this when selecting the explorer is gone? Does anyone know if this is still usable? Thanks!

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    1. Just checked, impossible. You most probably have installation problems.
      Please reinstall everything following the instructions.

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    2. I just did reinstall everything as said.. step by step. However with the dutch explorer I can just see everything I can build with him. How to chose to see more options?

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  52. you're right, sorry I had not noticed, but custer that is not 'can buy it back

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  54. Hello Mandos,

    I have a problem here with the mod..
    I have Aoe 3 complete collection on Steam, and I tried to install and run the mod you made using the improvement_mod_v5.4.exe file using the "bin" directory as mentioned.
    However there are a few problems.. Could you help me to figure out how to fix them please?

    1. Basically, When I installed it, it went through successfully. But then, a window appears with a message "checking master server" and ends up with the following message "Error Grabbing Master Server List."
    => Is that an issue?

    2. When running the mod, everything works but not the multiplayer online, as it shows "CRC Mismatch".
    => Does that mean I can't play online when the mod is installed?

    3. Finally, when the mod is on, I can't launch Aoe3, norTWC.
    => Is that an issue?

    Thanks again for an answer in advance mate!

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    1. 1. Yes Aina, as I said many, many times before, the patcher present in 5.4 doesn't work anymore, you need to download the new patcher or wait for 5.5.
      https://www.dropbox.com/s/7360e1kdq6yw3vl/AoE3ImpModPatcher.exe

      2. The mod works on multiplayer but everyone playing together needs to have the same version of the mod installed! Obviously!
      And don't give me the "but we all have the mod installed already" excuse because this is the only reason the error appears, you games are not identical. Reinstall the mod again, make sure everyone has all expansions, etc etc.

      3. Yes, it's an unexplained error caused by the mod, only The Asian Dynasties will work, but since TAD has everything the other 2 games have and even more there's no reason to play the other 2.

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    2. the downloaded link is deleted ?!

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    3. Wut? What link? There like 10 download links here...
      The ones I just tested worked.

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  55. I'm using the mod v 5.4 from November.
    You wrote above "The most recent patcher update was released on: 22/12/2014"
    If I install this, will it change and./or improve game or is it just a mechanism you updated?

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    1. Download this, put it inside the game's main folder, run as admin, done.
      https://www.dropbox.com/s/7360e1kdq6yw3vl/AoE3ImpModPatcher.exe

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  56. Help! when i open Age of empires 3 original, the warchiefs or The asian dynasties the game give me a error (i am using a spanish version): Error al inicializar! what i do?

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    1. You delete the game and reinstall it. And never try to install the mod again. Never.

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    2. i fixed it updating the game :D

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  57. Hello, here are the flags you can enter in game please.

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9rizV4m3KfmSGpZRjZ3VWhGZnc/view?usp=sharing

    http://i62.tinypic.com/30wm5oi.jpg


    I told Martini also enter in his mod

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  58. http://i62.tinypic.com/30wm5oi.jpg

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9rizV4m3KfmSGpZRjZ3VWhGZnc/view?usp=sharing

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    1. Even better, I used the idea behind what you gave me and made a better flag bearer. Will be released next patcher update.

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  59. cant play multiplayer. cfc mismatch. how to fix that?

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  60. please make polish translation

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  61. I installed the mod OK (I think) but only the TAD launcher will work, the original launcher and WC cause the "Initialization failed" error. How can I play the original campaign with this mod installed?

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    1. Dude, the Asian Dynasties expansion has everything the other 2 games have and more. That means the campaigns too.
      Did you even start the game and go to campaigns to check if they are there?
      Because they are.

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  63. So um, 5.4 has Fort walls, but when I downloaded the patcher from your August 2nd, 2015 post, it didn't have fort walls. It had just regular old walls. What gives, mate?

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  64. So um, 5.4 has Fort walls, but when I downloaded the patcher from your August 2nd, 2015 post, it didn't have fort walls. It had just regular old walls. What gives, mate?

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    1. Yes, well, I have to explain it all over again, don't I...?

      Fort walls, besides having too much hp, were problematic for people who didn't knew how to place them so they didn't turn inside out.

      You might say "oh but that's not such a big problem" but it is. I offered my contact details so people can report bugs, small bugs, game breaking bugs, everything. Fort walls being placed inside out is not a bug and definitely not a reason for someone to personally contact me and complain.
      Yet it happened more often than you think.

      I want to make the mod "self sustainable", in lack of a better choice of words, because I will not always be here to offer help so every "common" problem that players have with the mod (like trade units doing damage, fort walls being inside out, etc.) must be fixed.

      I hope you understand. If you still want fort walls though, play with Indians and ally with the Italians in the consulate.
      ;)

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  65. you do not have a patch in Spanish? is very good, I loved it!

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  66. you do not have a patch in Spanish? is very good, I loved it!

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  67. Hola, tengo un problema, al cargar partidas guardadas me sale el mensaje de pausa, y al pulsar en reanudar, me sale el mensaje age of empires dejo de funcionar y se cierra el juego. que puede ser, es un problema muy comun? tengo windows 8.1 y requisitos mas que suficientes. Gracias de antemano

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    1. Use google translate next time.

      If the saved games are prior to the mod's installation then of course they don't work with the mod, too many changes. You can only load saved games which were done with the mod installed.

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  70. Hey man,I have problem with consulate in campaing,for example when i get contract with Dutch i get bank,church and arsenal wagon but i can't get military units,same when I choose other nations only military units I can't get?

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  71. hey man , anyone can help get mod AOE3 , much like DotA on Warcraft ? , thank you

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    1. Wut?
      You want a "moba" mod for AoE3? Well it just so happens that I was planning to make such a mod (Battle of the Conquerors), but sadly it requires immense amounts of work I am just not motivated enough to do...
      :/
      http://www.moddb.com/mods/improvement-mod/images/improvement-mod-botc2#imagebox

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  73. imp Mod Patcher keep checking for updates what should i do ?

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    1. Run the patcher as administrator and make sure your antivirus (firewall) isn't blocking it.

      If it gives you no errors then just wait. It can take as little as 30 seconds or as much as 2 minutes.

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    2. Oh, also, something I forgot:

      If the Patcher doesn't work go to your game's main directory and delete the ".git" folder, then try again.

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  74. can you give link to download the age of empire 3 with warchiefs with asian dynasty??

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    1. Sure!

      http://store.steampowered.com/app/105450/

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  75. Dropbox says :
    Error (429)
    This account's links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled!

    Can you upload the mod to mega.nz ?

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    1. Yes, I know and it's so stupid...
      On one side I'm so happy to see so many people downloading my mod but on the other... these fuckers blocked my links...

      The mod itself is uploaded on Github and that's where the patcher also connects to download.
      You can still download the patcher from ModDB or from Github.

      http://www.moddb.com/mods/improvement-mod/downloads/improvement-mod-patcher-fix

      https://github.com/mandosrex/AoE3ImpMod_Base

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    2. I want to use a different site to share stuff but it won't be mega, as I know it already had problems in the past.

      I wanna use google drive but I fear only people with google account can download from it.
      Can anyone confirm this?

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  76. I don't know...
    btw the language packs for the mod don't work

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  77. I have a mac book pro and I downloaded age of empires 3 and expansions from torrent. Age of empires 3 works perfectly but both of the expansions gives errors about could not initialisation failed could not load datapx.bar. Please help me.

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    1. I'm sorry but I can't possibly make the mod work on all operating systems by myself...
      I never worked on a mac, never even held one in my hands, I don't know how it works and how to make the mod work and no one would help me.
      Same for linux, I am just a normal guy who only used windows, if you want the mod to be playable on other operating systems then you need to freaking help me.

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  78. привет всем почитателям импрувемента и ЭИ3 ,пропатчил шестым,но есть вопрос,русский язык не предусмотрен этим патчем или можно включить или что то куда то скопировать вставить откуда то предварительно скачав?подскажите пожалуйста,буду очень признтелен

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  79. Hi, i've just figured out how to install the mod (zip version) its just amazing, the problem is that my original aoe3 seems to be corrupted (failed initialization)...
    also, tda keeps asking me for cd key every time i launch it, that's pretty annoying :/
    please help me out :p

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    1. No no no no no no no... No.
      Don't install the zip version if you want the last mod and the vanilla game to work.

      Install version 6 with the patcher.
      https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxZxW4IntQ3cUnlSMjgybVAtQ2c/view

      And if the patcher doesn't work for you for some strange, alien reason, then download the mod from Github.
      https://github.com/mandosrex/AoE3ImpMod_Base

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    2. thanks, this worked, but now settlers voices are missing (this seems to be a common problem :/)
      also, looks like i can't build the university or any new buildings (exept fort center) but that's all, the mod is great and amazing :)

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  80. Hi, i've just figured out how to install the mod (zip version) its just amazing, the problem is that my original aoe3 seems to be corrupted (failed initialization)...
    also, tda keeps asking me for cd key every time i launch it, that's pretty annoying :/
    please help me out :p

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  82. Hey Mandos, just dropping by to say that your mod is absolutely incredible! I have always loved Age of Empires 3 and decided to give it a reinstall using your mod afterwards. What a breath of fresh air. Every match is exciting and different, plus, the AI has been kicking my butt every so often as well! I hope you continue to update the mod, I cannot play without it anymore. Great work!

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  83. Did the final version release yet or is the installer the prototype? Never saw an official announcement :)

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    1. Now that's what I call stereo.

      Version 6 is in works and you can get the latest updates with the mod's patcher.

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxZxW4IntQ3cUnlSMjgybVAtQ2c/view

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  85. Hi, great job as always. I played with this mod a few years ago and wanted to try it again. All good, even more now with new civilizations, have not had any errors when playing but there is something I find strange (correct me if I'm wrong) but when I play with Sweden the deck is Russia. : |

    (Sorry my English is bad, the translator google did what he could, haha)

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    1. The Swedish are not finished, they are a work in progress.

      I stopped working on them so I can release the new African maps. I will resume work on them afterwards.

      Glad to hear you enjoy the mod.

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  86. Great Mod!!!
    Is the german translation still available?

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  87. Two things

    1. I've noticed a glitch for the campaign. The embassy units that you can get (Example Portuguese expeditionary force) only come out as a single unit or not at all. I've noticed this only happens in campaign

    2. This is more of a suggestion, wouldn't it make more sense if during the Knights of St. John campaign you could produce Halberdmen and poleaxemen. I was also wondering if you could allow Sahin to train Janissarys for the last mission. (Or someone could explain how to do this myself)

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    1. I know about the Consulate bugs but they should be fixed now if you use the patcher. If not then I will look again.

      As for Knights units, I mean sure why not.
      But maybe we can enable them like a bit later in the campaign, would be cool.

      I know the homecities of campaigns are also fucked (and always have been) but I can't seem to be able to fix them.
      I will try again though.

      New historical scenarios with coop are also planned as a future feature.

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  88. Hey Mandos. I have fresh Aoe3 with TWC TAD, all updated. but i can't start the install.
    Initialization Failed Game::initializeBasic() failed.
    This is what I get everytime, it just pops up when I try to install the mod.

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  89. hey Mandos..this is an awesome mod..everything works well..and i love tweaks and upgrades for ottoman..2 questions if i may ask..
    1. does max population cap at 250 pop?
    2. my settler doesnt have a sound when i click them or order them to work, did i miss something when i patch the game?

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    1. If Settlers don't have sounds then either the mod's installation is fucked (install it over the Complete Collection) or you are using torrents and you have the WarChiefs expansion registry bug and it's also fucked (install it over the Complete Collection!).

      There is a simple way to tell, go to "Create a new home city" and see if you can make an Aztec home city.
      If not, then INSTALL THE MOD OVER THE COMPLETE COLLECTION!

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  90. If i have installed the mod i am offered an easy way into the game. But once that is closed again , how do you start the mod correctly? Starting by Steam only loads the old game without the improvements.

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    1. In the game's folder (Steam/steamapps/common/Age of Empires 3/bin) you have an exe called "age3m.exe", use that to start the mod.

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  91. What i must download? latest
    Patch not work (Web client error)
    In Web NO answer for this problem

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    1. You can't find an answer because no one else reported this problem!

      Just download this and wait for a new installer version:
      http://www.moddb.com/mods/improvement-mod/downloads/improvement-mod-version-54-installer

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  92. Whenever I log onto ESO it says that My Official Map or Set files have been modified and I cannot play in online games.

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    1. Well, you can only play with other people who have the mod, if it wasn't obvious already. That is, if you're running the mod's exe.

      If you run the original game then it should work (with version 6 you can have the mod and original game in the same installation and they should not affect each other).

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    2. I was just wondering because I had the previous version and it never said that.

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    3. Well, version 6 has a lot of new maps, mainly African maps and more are coming.

      But tell me, if you get that error on ESO, then you can't even play with people that also use the mod? Does it block your access to ESO completely?

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    4. I can access my homecities and such, but when I try to join my friend's game or he tries to join mine it fails. The full error says "Your official map or set files have been modified. You will not be able to play online games. Please reinstall your game."

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  93. Would it be possible to the ability to have more than one team.

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    1. I think you mean 2 teams. And, well the answer is complicated. It would be possible (though incredibly hard by modifying the game's exe) but the problem is that all maps are balanced for either 2 teams or free for all. So all of them would need to be heavily modified which is also incredibly hard and time consuming. And free time, my friend, is something we have less and less of.

      You could maybe make teams higher than 2 use the free for all placement but it's not ideal.

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    2. ok thanks sorry for the typing errors

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