Windows 7 & Age of Empires II: works but not quite?

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I'm trying to install Age of Empires II on Windows 7.

The graphics are so so, but when I enter a tutorial, the map keeps panning continuously, to the upper left of the screen especially. It doesn't seem to be the mouse, I have lifted it off of the pad, and it still pans automatically...

What can I do to fix this?

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I don't think its Windows 7 actually. The scrolling glitch is something that happened back in the XP days as well.

Do you have a Zune? A lot of people who have experienced the scrolling glitch have had Zunes, and after uninstalling the Zune drivers and software the problem has been fixed.

Another fix that used to work for people was powering off the computer, unplugging all peripherals, then once you get to the desktop/login screen, plug them all back in. You might try that as well.

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What are the different custom scenarios for Age Of Empires 2?

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I've been a member of GameRanger for a while, and I am familiar with RM - Random Map, and CBA - Castle Blood Auto, but I have noticed other game types such as Path Blood and Michi.

Can you give me a quick overview of each type of game that there is?

The community isn't great with new players, like myself!

Thanks, Jake.

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I'm not familiar with Age of Empires 2 scenarios, but I found a list of scenarios with explanations which includes Path Blood at a blog called Gaming Lan.

It doesn't include Michi, but there's an explanation up at Urban Dictionary.

... a type of game map that uses impassable terrain (usually forest) to prevent players from rushing or coming into contact until the intervening terrain is cleared.

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Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings - Network Playability Issues

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I play Age of Kings (AOE 2) on my home LAN. It runs ridiculously slow/choppy. Both of the machines are well beyond the minimum requirements for the game to run, and my router is a fairly new Linksys with G wireless. (I get the lag with or without 1 or more of the machines using the wireless.)

Are there router or game settings I can use to fix this? Or is this a game that just doesn't work well with modern PC's?

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Around Spring of 2006 I was trying to play via IP with a friend and we had all kinds of issues, then we tried out hamachi and it seemed to help out a lot. Not sure what all it did as I'm not good hardware/technical stuff, but it made that pretty easy. We were in the same apartment complex, but different buildings, and we each had our own ISP account and modems/routers.

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Counter for Korean War Wagon

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I have been playing Age of Empires - Conquerors for more than 6 years. We used to compete each other using LAN. What we generally experience is, with population limit of 100 or more, the Korean war wagon seems to be indestructible because of its large hit point and good attack. What would be a good strategy to defeat it?

Thanks.

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I think the simple answer is

Get in close to nullify the war wagon's range attack advantage. Like all cavalry units, it is susceptible to pikemen, skirmishers and camels.

Here are some more tips, but it basically comes down to the same point

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Online Playing for Age of Empires - Conquerors

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I am looking for a place to play AOE 2 TC online - something like Battle.NET.

I used to play in Game Zone, but I think this game is no longer supported.

Any ideas?

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http://voobly.com supports AoE II. In fact, the Conquerors is the most played game there.

It is an attempt to replace Zone.com, the original service for playing AoE II and The Conquerors online.

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