Q268471: AOE II Expansion: Conquerors: Command Line Parameters
Article: Q268471
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbimu
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, version 1.0
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SUMMARY
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This article describes the command line parameters that you can use when you
start Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors.
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You can use command line parameters to customize the startup process for
Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors and to resolve certain
issues that you may encounter when you attempt to start or play the game.
Shortcuts that include these command line parameters are located in the following
folder on the Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors CD-ROM
<cdrom>:\Age of Empires II\Support
where <cdrom> is the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive.
NOTE: After you install Age of Empires II Expansion, the shortcuts are copied to
the following folder by default
<drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\Support
where <drive> is the drive letter of the hard disk where Age of Empires II
is installed.
To play the game normally, double-click the shortcut for the program that is
installed on the Microsoft Windows desktop or on the Windows Start Menu.
For more information about Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors,
please visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/games/aoe/default.asp
The following table includes a list of the command line parameters that you can
use to start Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors.
Parameter Description
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1024 Sets the screen resolution for the game to 1,024 x 768
pixels.
1280 Sets the screen resolution for the game to 1,280 x 1,024
pixels.
800 Sets the screen resolution for the game to 800 x 600
pixels.
Autompsave Automatically saves a multiplayer game every few minutes.
Saved games are located by default in the Savegame\Multi
folder.
Mfill Attempts to fix horizontal line issues and black screen
areas that can occur when you use certain video adapter
configurations.
Msync Attempts to fix an issue with some SoundBlaster AWE
configurations, which can cause the computer to stop
responding (hang).
NoMusic Turns off all music.
NormalMouse Replaces a custom mouse pointer with a standard mouse
pointer.
NOSC Turns off the detection of the Microsoft Strategic
Commander game controller.
NoSound Turns off all sounds, except the sounds that are played in
cinematic sequences.
NoStartup Skips all cinematic sequences before the game starts.
NoTerrainSound Turns off all terrain sounds.
Additional query words: 1.00 msgame aoe2 aok startup switches options
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Keywords : kbimu
Technology : kbHomeProdSearch _IKkbbogus kbGamesSearch kbAOESearch kbAOE2ExpConquerors
Version : :1.0
Issue type : kbinfo
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