posted 07-14-06 09:42 PM EDT (US)
This forum will be used to post, show off, and openly discuss recorded games from our Recorded Games Download section. Also, feel free to ask any questions you have in this thread.
How to Watch:
- If you can not watch recorded games, it is most likely the file is not in its proper place. Once you have the file downloaded, take the file and move it into My Computer->My Documents->My Games->Age of Empires 3->Savegame.
- To watch it, pop in the Age of Empires 3 disk, at the Main Menu go to Help and Tools->Recorded Games.
How to Upload:
- Go to our
downloads section, and login with your forum username and password. - Click the 'submit file' (
) button. Follow the instructions as they are given. Note that you will not have to wait for your rec to be approved; it will be done automatically and instantly. Also make sure that your file is zipped. You can either use Windows XP's built in ZIP feature or download WinZip free from www.winzip.com. - Go back to the
rec section of the downloads, and click on the link for your rec, which will bring up a page showing the rec information.
"=- Copy the link for this page from the address bar, which should look something like this:
Then paste it into the topic of a new thread in this forum. Make sure you enclose the link with url tags, e.g.
[
url] http://aoe3.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=446[ /url] Note: When you try to copy the url you may find the url is very long, instead of the shorter version shown above. If this is the case then just copy it up until the "id=xxx" bit as shown above. - Click the 'submit file' (
How to Post a Thread:
- When posting a thread about your rec, it would be best to follow a simple format. Simply for the topic use "Your ESO name" vs. "Your opponents ESO name." Fell free to add clan tags and the map you played on.
- In the topic post, repost the thread, include the map and a brief explanation of what happened. But don't give away the ending
or most of the interesting points, let the watcher view the excitement too 
.- Possibly explain each person's strategy, or pointing out key points in the game that may have swung the game to favor one person that may be easy not to notice.
- And finally, make sure that you provide the link to your rec so people can upload it!
- In the topic post, repost the thread, include the map and a brief explanation of what happened. But don't give away the ending
Miscellaneous
- Make sure to rename your file before uploading it. IE, do not leave it named as "Recorded Game 1" because then it will overwrite the downloader's file.
- When uploading it onto the site, please name it as you would post a thread: "Your ESO name" vs. "Your opponent's ESO name" map names and clan tags are welcome as well.
So get those games uploaded here and downloaded on your computer. Happy viewing! [This message has been edited by Luke M (edited 08-08-2006 @ 08:35 AM).]
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Hope this helps.
