PS: I will say and another more complicated and dynamic option as an extra option only if people select it. But in this vote we have only the 200 option if we want the default to be 200. So I would like to vote the option 200-300 or something similar. ( with population limit in the whole map so that we do not have lag problems.

I am from these that I believe that for large maps it would be good the option for more population if someone wants. For example, most here will agree that 200 must be the default option for pvp and rank games. The vote options are not the best in my opinion. That is a major part of the playerbase if this survey is in any way representative. Having options that modify the gameplay including things like resource collection rates, unit training rates etc would be nice for people that casually play the game and want to have some flexibility.Īt this moment over 40% people want to play with more than 200 population.

Mods are still probably annoying to use, everyone has to install and activate it beforehand and in for AoE2 they even brake on every update.

There is no mod support on release so people would have to wait half a year for it.

Making a population selection require a mod is not a real option because: You just take fun away from people because they don’t play the game in the “correct” way.

There is no real argument against adding options that aren’t pure elitism. That’s the whole concept.Īge of Empires 1 even had the option to change the path finding algorithm for more/less performance.Īlso if the minimal Specs allow a 4v4 with 200 population a 1v1 with 500 shouldn’t be a problem. Not always the value of ' 1' will be '1', some troops occupy '2', '3' or even '20' of space, so remember this when editing.Higher Graphic options are also not available with the minimal specs.This issue does not leave the population limit unlimited, but makes the game ignore the population count (obvious).WARNING 2: The population limit will be ignored for both you and AI.Save the file and ready, unlimited population. Open the proto.xml, protox.xml, or protoy.xml file in the editor and look for ' 1' Look for the file ' proto.xml' that is in the folder ' DATA', if your game is complete will have three files, each corresponds to an expansion, so if you want unlimited population at all, you will have to edit all files.Ĭhoose a text editor of your choice (I recommend the sublime text 3).Is there a way to do this without downloading mods.

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