Forgotten Empires & Age of Empires II HD?

Apr 26, 2013

Hey all!

We’ve been waiting a long time on posting an official statement regarding Forgotten Empires & Age of Empires II HD. But here it is. We’re getting our daily dose of mails, and these are some of the most returning questions:

Is Forgotten Empires compatible with AoE2HD?

No, it isn’t. AoFE only runs on your original copy of AoE2 + the Conquerors.

Will Forgotten Empires be ported to AoE2HD?

We would love to! However, there are a few things to consider: AoE2HD is still in development, at the time of writing, patch 2.1 for AoE2HD has been released and they’re already working on 2.2. Of course you can only mod a finished game, otherwise you’ll run into trouble soon 😛 Other than that, it will just take a lot of time: quite a few changes came with AoE2HD. All for the better of course, but modding wise, there’s a lot of new challenges. 32-bit terrains and SLP-specific palettes come to mind (all for better graphical goodness!)

So yes, we’re looking into things, but it will take some time. But we all have a bit of patience on a 14 year old game I guess? 😉

What’s your opinion on AoE2HD?

It’s the best thing that happened to AoE2 since it’s release. Official support is what was lacking in the community for ages. And I’m sure they will resolve any issues that will come up with the game in the near future. AoE2 is a game with a huge legacy, I doubt they ever want to let go of that again.

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kingempirer

why didn’t anyone add any new campaigns 🙁 ???????????!!!!!!!!!!
And when will patch 2.2 be released

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kayuz

really poor game, AOE Forgotten EMpires IS WAY BETTER and it’s free!!! 🙂

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Promiskuitiv

Well AoE HD doesn’t use the userpatch which fixes so many bugs. It’s really a shame.
Also the new AoE HD farms look ugly. ._.

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MadneSs

no new campaigns in 2.2 patch? annoyed

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Ageopolis

Please give us free HD. X( D:

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absolutezero3424

Now that FE and AoE HD are joining forces, so to speak, it would be great to add the only piece that AoE has been truly lacking: a night mode. Or night worked into the game somehow. For example, if a few seconds = 1 year in AoE time, maybe there could be 50-100 years of darkness (just to illustrate the concept).

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Apokalypsys

Yes, and in the future I would love to see African kingdoms. Berbers, Moors, Tribal Africans… so much potential to put into the game.

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