There will not be any new updates for Age of Empires 1 and 2 plus their expansions so I have included the version numbers on the Menu’s Update buttons. For Example:Īge of Empires CD goes in the ‘AOE’ folder.Īge of Empires The Rise of Rome Expansion CD goes in the ‘AOE_Exp’ folder.Īge of Empires 2 CD goes in the ‘AOE2’ folder.Īge of Empires 2 The Conquerors Expansion CD goes in the ‘AOE2_Exp’ folder.Īge of Empires 3 Warchiefs Expansion CD goes in the ‘AOE3X’ folder.Īge of Empires 3 The Asian Dynasties Expansion CD goes in the ‘AOE3Y’ folder.ĩ) NOTE: The Custom Installer also includes an ‘Updates’ folder with each game folder inside the Updates folder. If you have BOTH Age of Empires GOLD and Age of Empires 2 GOLD versions then use THIS Custom Installer.Ĩ) NOTE: The Custom Installer already has the folders supplied for the other Age of Empires games.Ĭopy each game CD to its respective folder. If you have ONLY Age of Empires 2 GOLD version, but the normal versions for the other AOE games, then use THIS Custom Installer. If you have ONLY Age of Empires GOLD version, but the normal versions for the other AOE games, then use THIS Custom Installer. (The autorun.inf from AOE3 will be overwritten with the one from the Custom Installer.) When opened you will see 2 window panes, go to the ‘Tables’ one on the left and scroll down to ‘Media’Ĭlick on ‘Media’ this will show you the entries in the Right pane.Ĭhange all the entries in the ‘VolumeLabel’ column to: AOE_DVDħ) Download the Age of Empires Complete Edition Custom Installer from HERE (NOT for GOLD versions) and extract the contents of the RAR file to the AOE_DVD folder overwriting any files if prompted. (You may have to edit the properties of this file and untick the ‘read only’ attribute, but as it is copied to the harddrive it is probably already edited automatically). Once Orca is installed, Right Click the file ‘Age of Empires III.msi’ and from near the top of the menu choose ‘Edit with Orca’. (It’s for the message you would get if you inserted CD2 or CD3, instead of CD1, to install the game.)Ħ) Download and Install ‘Orca’ from HERE. This ‘CDCheck.exe’ file comes from CD2 and CD3 and is only for displaying the ‘Flash’ message to insert CD1.
Overwrite any files if prompted.Ĥ) Copy all the contents from CD3 to the same Temp folder. NOTE: If you already have AOE3 on DVD then just copy the whole DVD to the AOE_DVD folder.ģ) Copy all the contents from CD2 to the same Temp folder.
Name this folder: AOE_DVD This will be the name (Label) of our DVD.Ģ) Now Age of Empires 3 will sit in the root of the DVD.Ĭopy all the contents from CD1 to the Temp folder. 1) Create a Temp folder on your hardrive.