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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

WIP

Prerequisites

openSUSE Tumbleweed (Xfce)
Wine (old WoW64)

Install

Source

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

Initial Prefix

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

Disc Mount

udisksctl loop-setup --file ~/'Downloads/AOE.ISO'

udisksctl mount --block-device '/dev/loop0'

ln -s '/run/media/'$USER'/AOE' ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/dosdevices/y:'

Age of Empires

Default install folder ²⁾
Full

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wine 'Y:\AOE1\UK\AOESETUP.EXE'

The Rise of Rome

FULL

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wine 'Y:\AOE1ROR\UK\AOESETUP.EXE'

II: The Age of Kings

Default install folder ³⁾
FULL

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wine 'Y:\AOE2\UK\AOESETUP.EXE'

II: The Conquerors

Full Install

WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wine 'Y:\AOE2CONQ\UK\AOCSETUP.EXE'

Disc Unmount

sync && umount '/run/media/'$USER'/AOE'

udisksctl loop-delete --block-device '/dev/loop0'

rm -f ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/dosdevices/y:'

Clean-up

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

GDI Renderer

Fixes random black screens and flicker ⁴⁾

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

⁴⁾

opengl default, vulkan crashed on start-up

))

  WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wine REG ADD 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D' /v 'renderer' /t 'REG_SZ' /d 'gdi' /f

====== 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'

<code>
[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','1280×720' ~/'.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</code>

  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 =====

SC55_zzdenis_v0.5.sf2

sudo zypper install --no-recommends 'fluidsynth'

fluidsynth -is  ~/'Projects/LostCity-225-EngineTS/ext/SC55_zzdenis_v0.5.sf2'

cd ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires' && WINEPREFIX=~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition' wine explorer /desktop='AoE_RoR','1024x768' ~/'.wine/Age of Empires Collectors Edition/drive_c/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Age of Empires/EMPIRESX.EXE' NoStartup MidiMusic 1024

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