Article: Q243268
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbsetup kbui kbimu msgamekbfaq
Last Modified: 09-NOV-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, version 2.0
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to play a multiplayer Microsoft Age of Empires II:
The Age of Kings game on a Local Area Network (LAN) using fewer CD-ROMs than
there are players in the multiplayer game.
The following table lists the minimum number of CD-ROMs needed to play a
multiplayer game.
+-------------------+
| Players | CD-ROMs |
+-------------------+
| 1-3 | 1 |
+-------------------+
| 4-6 | 2 |
+-------------------+
| 7-8 | 3 |
+-------------------+
NOTE: If you start a multiplayer game on the Microsoft Zone.com, or if you start
a modem-to-modem multiplayer game, all players must have an Age of Empires II
CD-ROM inserted in their CD-ROM drive.
MORE INFORMATION
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To start a multiplayer game with the minimum number of CD-ROMs:
1. Install Age of Empires II on each computer.
2. On the first computer, start the game.
3. On the Main Menu, click Multiplayer.
4. If you haven't created a player name, type the name you want to use in the
Name box, and then click OK.
5. Under Connection Type, click Local (LAN) TCP/IP Connection.
6. Click Create, and then select the multiplayer game settings you want to use.
7. Click to select the I'm Ready check box.
8. Remove the CD-ROM from the first computer, and then insert the CD-ROM in the
next computer.
9. Start the game on the second computer.
10. On the Main Menu, click Multiplayer.
11. If you haven't created a player name, type the name you want to use in the
Name box, and then click OK.
12. Under Connection Type, click Local (LAN) TCP/IP Connection.
13. Click Show Games.
14. Click the game you want to join, and then click Join.
15. Click to select the I'm Ready check box.
16. Repeat steps 8 through 15 to add an additional player.
NOTE: Leave the CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive in the last computer to join the
game.
When all players have joined the game, the host clicks Start Game.
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Keywords : kbsetup kbui kbimu msgame kbfaq
Technology : kbHomeProdSearch kbGamesSearch kbAOESearch kbAOE2Kings
Version : WINDOWS:2.0
Issue type : kbhowto
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