Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion

D. What's on the CD

The Conquerors CD contains some additional information that you may find interesting or useful.

To access the information on the CD

Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop, right-click the icon for your CD-ROM drive, click Open, and then double-click either the Docs or Goodies folder.

Docs folder

Cpsb.doc - Computer Player Strategy Builder Guide - For advanced players who want to learn how to write scripts to customize the artificial intelligence (AI) that controls the behavior of computer players. There is also a sample AI script in the Goodies folder on the CD.

Rmsg.doc - Random Map Scripting Guide - For advanced players who want to learn how to write scripts to customize the terrain of random maps. There are also sample random map scripts in the Goodies folder on the CD.

Manual.pdf - Conquerors Expansion Manual - An online version of the manual, which you can view or print using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To install Adobe Acrobat Reader, see Getting Help earlier in this Readme file.

Techtree.pdf - Conquerors Expansion Tech Trees - Lets you view or print the tech trees for all 18 civilizations in the game (only the tech trees for the five new civilizations are in the manual). To view or print the tech trees, you must install Adobe Acrobat Reader as explained in Getting Help earlier in this Readme file.

Goodies folder

Aiscript folder - Contains samples of the two files required to customize the artificial intelligence of computer players (SampleAI.ai and SampleAI.per). To learn how to write custom AI scripts, see Cpsb.doc in the Docs folder on the CD.
Machine folder - Provides configuration information about your computer for easy troubleshooting if you require product support.
Mszone folder - Lets you install the Zone.com software so you can connect to multiplayer games from the MSN™ Gaming Zone.
Rmscript folder - Contains samples of two different random map scripts (Hallowed.rms and TradeRts.rms). To learn how to write scripts to customize the terrain of random maps, see Rmsg.doc in the Docs folder.
Scenario folder - Contains the fan-designed scenario that won the Age of Empires II scenario design contest. See the instructions in this folder to find out what you need to do to play the scenario.
Aocdemo.scx - Conquerors Expansion Demo Scenario - To play the scenario, copy Aocdemo.scx to the Scenarios folder where The Conquerors Expansion is installed.
Ar405eng.exe - Adobe Acrobat Reader - Adobe Acrobat Reader lets you view or print the Manual.pdf and Techtree.pdf files in the Docs folder. For installation instructions, see Getting Help earlier in this Readme file.