Information

Age of Empires - Collector's Edition (International)
English (UK) ¹⁾
32-bit

Age of Empires
Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors

TODO: Save backups

Prerequisites

FreeBSD 15.0 (Xfce)
Wine (old WoW64)

Install

Source

https://archive.org/details/age-of-empires-collectors-edition-international

Mount ISO

su -

mdconfig -a -t 'vnode' -f '/home/espionage724/Downloads/AOE.ISO' -u '/dev/md0' && mkdir -p '/mnt/AoE2' && mount -t 'cd9660' '/dev/md0' '/mnt/AoE2'

exit

Age of Empires

Default install folder ²⁾
Full

mkdir -p ~/'.wine' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' WINEARCH='win32' wine wineboot --init && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' winecfg /v 'win95' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\DllOverrides' /v 'winemenubuilder.exe' /t 'REG_SZ' /d '' /f

ln -s -F '/mnt/AoE2' ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/dosdevices/d:'

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wine '/mnt/AoE2/AOE1/UK/AOESETUP.EXE'

The Rise of Rome

FULL

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wine '/mnt/AoE2/AOE1ROR/UK/AOESETUP.EXE'

II: The Age of Kings

Default install folder ³⁾
FULL

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wine '/mnt/AoE2/AOE2/UK/AOESETUP.EXE'

II: The Conquerors

Full Install

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wine '/mnt/AoE2/AOE2CONQ/UK/AOCSETUP.EXE'

Unmount ISO

su -

umount '/dev/md0'

mdconfig -d -u '/dev/md0'

rm -Rf '/mnt/AoE2'

exit

Clean-up

rm -f ~/'Downloads/AOE.ISO' ~/'Desktop/Age of Empires Expansion.lnk' ~/'Desktop/Age of Empires II.lnk' ~/'Desktop/The Conquerors.lnk' && sync

Desktop Launcher

WIP (manual commands done)

3.3.5

mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft' && ee ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft/World of Warcraft 3.3.5.desktop' && sed -i -e 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' ~/'.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/World of Warcraft/World of Warcraft 3.3.5.desktop' && update-desktop-database --quiet ~/'.local/share/applications'

[Desktop Entry]
Name=World of Warcraft 3.3.5
Categories=Game;
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe' -opengl"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Icon=/home/CHANGEME/.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png
StartupWMClass=wow.exe
Actions=Server;Saves;Update;Database-Stop;Database-Start;Window;Kill;Notes;

[Desktop Action Server]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-server-start.sh'"
Name=Launch Local Server

[Desktop Action Saves]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-databases-backup.sh'"
Name=Databases Back-up

[Desktop Action Update]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "xfce4-terminal -T 'TC 3.3.5 [Updater]' -I ~/'.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png' -e ~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-server-update.sh'"
Name=Update Local Server

[Desktop Action Database-Stop]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "mariadb-admin 'shutdown' --socket=$HOME/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/mariadb/mariadb.sock' --user=$USER"
Name=Stop MariaDB

[Desktop Action Database-Start]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "~/'Projects/TrinityCore-335/scripts/localhost-database-start.sh'"
Name=Start MariaDB (daemon)

[Desktop Action Window]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "cd ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wine explorer /desktop='3.3.5','1280x720' ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe' -opengl"
Name=Start WoW (Windowed)

[Desktop Action Kill]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5' wineserver -k"
Name=Force-close WoW

[Desktop Action Notes]
Exec='/bin/sh' -c "gio open 'https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/servers:bsd:games:trinitycore_3.3.5_localhost' 'https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/games:bsd:wine:world_of_warcraft_3.3.5'"
Name=Install Notes

# End

xfce4-panel -r

Icon

wrestool

mkdir -p ~/'.wine/Icons' && wrestool --output=$HOME/'.wine/Icons/WoW-335-256.png' --extract --name='__GDF_THUMBNAIL' --raw ~/'.wine/World of Warcraft 3.3.5/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft/Wow.exe'

Quick Commands

Winecfg

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' winecfg

Winetricks

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' winetricks

Registry Editor

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' regedit

Kill

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wineserver --kill

Execute

Age of Empires

cd ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wine ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires/Empires.exe' NoStartup NoMusic 1024 Limit=200

The Rise of Rome

cd ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wine ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires/EMPIRESX.EXE' NoStartup NoMusic 1024

II: The Age of Kings

cd ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires II' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wine ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires II/EMPIRES2.EXE' NoStartup 1024

II: The Conquerors

cd ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires II/age2_x1' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wine ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires II/age2_x1/age2_x1.exe' NoStartup NOSC 1280

Root Folders

Age of Empires

gio open gio open ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires'

Age of Empires II

gio open ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires II'

Save Data

Age of Empires

Backup

tar -cvzf ~/'Downloads/'$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)'-AoE1-Saves.tar.gz' -C ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires' 'savegame'

Restore

tar -xvzf ~/'Downloads/'*'-AoE1-Saves.tar.gz' -C ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires' 'savegame'

TODO

AoE1 Music

Uses 2004Scape's SC55_zzdenis_v0.5.sf2

FluidSynth

su -

pkg install 'fluidsynth'

exit

AoE

fluidsynth --audio-driver='oss' --no-midi-in --quiet ~/'Projects/LostCity-244-EngineTS/ext/SC55_zzdenis_v0.5.sf2' ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires/sound/MUSIC'*'.MID'

player_loop -1

player_next

RoR

fluidsynth --audio-driver='oss' --no-midi-in --quiet ~/'Projects/LostCity-244-EngineTS/ext/SC55_zzdenis_v0.5.sf2' ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires/sound/xmusic'*'.mid'

player_loop -1

player_next

¹⁾

disc includes DE, FR, SP, and UK

²⁾

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires

³⁾

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II

Table of Contents

Information

Prerequisites

Install

Source

Mount ISO

Age of Empires

The Rise of Rome

II: The Age of Kings

II: The Conquerors

Unmount ISO

Clean-up

Desktop Launcher

3.3.5

Icon

Quick Commands

Winecfg

Winetricks

Registry Editor

Kill

Execute

Age of Empires

The Rise of Rome

II: The Age of Kings

II: The Conquerors

Root Folders

Age of Empires

Age of Empires II

Save Data

Age of Empires

Backup

Restore

TODO

AoE1 Music

FluidSynth

AoE

RoR