It is fair to say that while AoC HD has implemented some interesting stuff, it most certainly has quality and stability issues for a number of players.These fan sites for the original AoC and it's communities sponsor some large events, such as $20,000 Nations Cup or the $50,000 War is Coming.This patch fixes the drawbacks of isolating communities, and allows us all to now play together as we had originally hoped for. When AoC HD on Steam was announced many of us / the community were excited to finally have a quick and easy way to buy the game again and still be able to play with existing communities and friends.On Steam for e.g There is virtually no Custom Scenario community, yet other fan sites have larger and more active player bases. The original AoC still has a large and active community, especially for the Multiplayer version.Reasons to play the original AoC include: It's also for those that aren't interested in AoC HD at all, but have no easy way to purchase the original game, while Amazon still sells it here - not everyone can buy from amazon. This patch provides the ability for those that have officially purchased AoC HD from Steam, to play against / with other players using the original AoC release. The purpose of the patch is to provide a quick and legal way to purchase the HD version of the game through Steam, and add compatibility with the regular AoE II. This patch does not violate copyright, no files from the original CD are used - more on this below. This is a community created compatibility update for Age of Empires II HD to support the original The Conquerors.

AoE II HD Compatibility Patch Download Patch Introduction

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