Chapter 1: Gameplay 3
Expansion changes
Age of Empires Expansion includes these changes. The changes are only in the expansion pack, not
Age of Empires 1.0, 1.0A, or 1.0B.
• Stone Throwers, Catapults, and Heavy Catapults now receive a limited predictive firing benefit
from Ballistics, based on the target unit’s speed. All slow units in range are hit, some medium units
are hit, and all fast units are missed.
• Persian civilization no longer has a farming penalty.
• Some random maps contain cliffs.
• Allied Town Centers are visible when you start an allied game.
• The population indicator and timer appear at the top of the game screen when you press F11.
• The hot key to build a Swordsman is now Z.
• The hot key to build a Scout is now T.
• If you select the Full Tech Tree option before starting a game, you cannot build Fire Galleys.
• In multiplayer games, there is now an in-game option to change the population limit using the Game
Settings.
• Chat is automatically set to Allies Only in an allied multiplayer game.
Note: Age of Empires Expansion includes the online Help for Age of Empires 1.0. It has not been
updated with the new features and changes in Age of Empires Expansion. Complete information about
Age of Empires Expansion is in this manual.
Installing
Age of Empires Gold installs both Age of Empires 1.0B and Age of Empires Expansion 1.0 on your
computer.
To install (or uninstall) Age of Empires Gold
➤ Insert the Age of Empires Gold CD into the CD-ROM drive, and then follow the directions on
the screen.
If Setup does not begin automatically, refer to the Readme file on the Age of Empires Gold CD.
Starting
You must have the Age of Empires Gold CD in your CD-ROM drive to play single player games or use
the scenario builder. If you do not have a CD, you can play only multiplayer games.
A multiplayer game requires the following number of CDs: 2–3 players (1 CD); 4–6 players (2 CDs);
7–8 players (3 CDs). You can connect only to multiplayer games created with the same Age of Empires
version you are using. For example, if you are using Age of Empires Expansion, only Expansion games
appear in the multiplayer games list.
To start Age of Empires Expansion
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➤ Insert the Age of Empires Gold CD into the CD-ROM drive, click the Start button, point to
Programs, point to Microsoft Games, point to Age of Empires Gold, and then click
Age of Empires Expansion.
