posted 02 June 2010 06:32 PM EDT (US)

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Please help me, I can't find where the games files on my computer are for downloading stuff to put in them, editing them, and getting my scenario and recorded game files.
There are two paths for the Age of Mythology folders and files.
(Documents-->My Games-->Age of Mythology) and (My Computer-->C: Drive-->Program Files-->Microsoft Games-->Age of Mythology)

Every time I playtest my map, it just ends after like 5 seconds and says I won or lost!
This is an extremely common problem for newer people. Go in the editor, and go to edit, scenario data, and then click the box next to Victory Conditions to turn it off.

I started a new map, and now there is some sort of infinite land showing at the edges of the map, and it is making it extremely laggy!
Select this link to see how to fix the problem.

In triggers that have the protounit lists, most of the units have different names! This is extremely confusing, and I can't find the protounit list name for a unit.
Select the unit you want to know the protounit name of, and press ALT+A. Or go to the cinematics menu in the editor, and select animations. The protounit name of the selected unit is in the black bar at the top of the animations window.

How do you change a units size and rotate it in the editor?
Press K on your keyboard to make objects bigger, and shift + K to make objects smaller (TT only). To rotate a unit, press Ctrl + an arrow key to move it around in different positions.

How do I change a units stats for a scenario?
Use the Modify Protounit effect in a trigger (TT only). For AoM (Vanilla), you can use the effect Set Tech Status, and then grant technologies for the specific things you want to boost, and you can grant any number of a technology to keep changing stats.

How do I change the position of the camera in the editor?
First you need to unlock the camera, press Ctrl + Alt + C on your keyboard to do so, now you can press + on your keyboard to zoom in, and - to zoom out, to change the angle of pitch, you can press A to go up and Z to go down.

Why doesn't the computer do anything in the map I made?
Your computer opponent needs an AI to operate. Go to 'Players' in the editor and on the slot for your opponent, go all the way to the right and select AI, and choose aomdefaultai.xs (for AoM Vanilla), or aomxdefaultai.xs (for AoM: The Titans). You can also use triggers to make your opponent attack you. Commonly used are Army triggers to make units for the computer to use against you.

I want to be able to have more units than the game allows, how can I have over 300 population?
1. Use the Modify Protounit effect to make a protounit have a population cost of a very extremely high number, like 999999999. Make sure that it is a protounit that you cant normally get ingame by yourself. Then just place two of them somewhere on the map, and they will make the population for that player go to a negative number, and be infinite.
2. Use the Modify Protounit effect to modify every protounit that you would be able to have ingame and use to play with. Change each of those protounits to have a population cost of zero, 0.

How do I make units regenerate?
Use the effect damage unit or damage unit percent, and put in a negative number.

Help! My triggers have stopped working!
Using run immediately, quotations in chats, linking camera tracks, sound timers and decimals in conditions like timer and distance to unit effect this. If you are unsure about what is the source, outline what you did, and we can help.

Army deploy doesn't work online but its fine when I Playtest!
It doesn't work for computers. Deploy the army as player 1, and then use army convert to your desired player. There are many other triggers that work only for single player mode, aka not online. Ask around if you are uncertain or need help with online scenarios.

Why can't I modify the attack of some units?
You can't change the attack of some units, because they use a special attack to fight with. The units are, ManoWar, Son of Osiris, Son of Oriris XP, Petsuchos, and Circe.

Is there a way to change Mother Nature's (Player 0) color, name, and god?
Yes there is! A utility has been created to do so, CLICK HERE to get it.

Who is the best pony ever?
Obviously it's Rainbow Dash, you foal.

meh, you can give the thread to Lew

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posted 02 June 2010 07:48 PM EDT (US) 1 / 2621

Yes, first post

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posted 02 June 2010 07:49 PM EDT (US) 2 / 2621

So is THAT the game we are playing, boy?
Anyway, I'm wondering. Thy, when you say you're under the floorboard, is your avatar the floorboard?

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posted 02 June 2010 09:06 PM EDT (US) 3 / 2621

you should make the thread look better. Make it your own

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posted 02 June 2010 09:07 PM EDT (US) 4 / 2621

Heh no, it's my failed attempt at a Sasquatch. I make all of my own avatars and change em fairly regularly. They used to be good (zombie had the best reaction), but seem to be getting progessively worse ;/

I thought this one resembled a plank of wood too. Let's pretend that's what it is eh?

I'll make something new

Robot or Goblin

I will peanuts

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posted 02 June 2010 09:48 PM EDT (US) 5 / 2621

Goblin, just don't make the head square. Use a back ground.

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posted 02 June 2010 10:23 PM EDT (US) 6 / 2621

Robot

Plus, be sure to add Winston's thread to the previous threads list, and make the title green if you can cause it's cool.

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posted 02 June 2010 10:51 PM EDT (US) 7 / 2621

How to make terrain????? pls answer!!!

posted 02 June 2010 11:07 PM EDT (US) 8 / 2621

Terrain is made by utilizing the internet, a series of tubes. I will not take this thread seriously until it gets stickied.

"I NED MOAR RANGE" Pubby8

posted 03 June 2010 01:05 AM EDT (US) 9 / 2621

Morons, bow to my greatness.

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posted 03 June 2010 01:14 AM EDT (US) 10 / 2621

lol jkz.

posted 03 June 2010 03:02 AM EDT (US) 11 / 2621

and so EazY_Ben gets banned...

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posted 03 June 2010 04:28 AM EDT (US) 12 / 2621

And this thread becomes as sticky as a stick insect.
What colour would you like me to throw over the title, THY? (In hex)

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posted 03 June 2010 06:33 AM EDT (US) 13 / 2621

I vote the colour of "#eae4d1". It's a guaranteed way to get everyone to notice it

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posted 03 June 2010 06:59 AM EDT (US) 14 / 2621

Yeah, invisible thread ;p.

posted 03 June 2010 07:20 AM EDT (US) 15 / 2621

Heh. You know that affects random threads in the GD forum, right? ^_^

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posted 03 June 2010 08:19 AM EDT (US) 16 / 2621

And in every other forum, yes. This time I'm going to try and include another condition that means it only happens in this forum. It worked at SPH, so hoping it will work here.

posted 03 June 2010 08:26 AM EDT (US) 17 / 2621

It's not really a problem. It's just that when I'm browsing old threads I wonder what Thunder was doing in his free time. ^_^

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posted 03 June 2010 09:23 AM EDT (US) 18 / 2621

I must say, the last thread passed really quickly.

castwcrt rip 2010-2010

posted 03 June 2010 09:50 AM EDT (US) 19 / 2621

from now on answers
in this thread should be performed
in haiku format..

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Find the blood inside this stone
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I plan my vengeance on my own - and I was always alone

posted 03 June 2010 11:02 AM EDT (US) 20 / 2621

@Yeebaagooon: Have each letter/word in the title of the thread a different colour.

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posted 03 June 2010 11:18 AM EDT (US) 21 / 2621

I'm not really sure
what I Love Bananas meant
with his last post ~ Steak

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posted 03 June 2010 12:23 PM EDT (US) 22 / 2621

I hope you are not
talking 'bout the haiku thing
'cause that was Elrich

But Thunder was once
the Seraph of this Heaven
and he was the first

Therefore I wonder
what our good ol' Seraph did
when he had spare time

Also, your haiku
is lacking a syllable
in its second line

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posted 03 June 2010 01:38 PM EDT (US) 23 / 2621

oh, I don't get
how that related to what
Yeebaagooon had said

Also thanks for pointing
out that Steak missed a single
syllable silly Steak

I included this
last haiku so that I could
do my sign off ~ Khan

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posted 03 June 2010 02:23 PM EDT (US) 24 / 2621

Your syllables could
use some work here and there too
but it don't matter

It relates because
Thunder could have put colours
on topics back then

Or he could just have
bolded their titles for fun
to cause interest

When I browse old threads
I find odd bolded titles
in a green colour

Though the green is nice
I wonder what ol' Thunder
did with his powers

That's the relation
my post has with Yeebaagoon's
I hope you see now

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posted 03 June 2010 06:13 PM EDT (US) 25 / 2621

let's do a disgusting putrid orange!

jk, that'd be terrible, go with rainbow like nottud said

Red= FF0000
Orange = FF4500
Yellow= FFFF00
Green = 00FF00
Blue = 0276FD
Purp = A020F0

Screw Indigo!

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