Age of Empires II: HD Edition GAME MOD Age of Empires 2: The Next Chapter v.0.1 - download

Age of Empires 2: The Next Chapter is a mod for Age of Empires II: HD Edition, created by Cactiguy.

Description:

This is a total conversion mod for Age of Empires 2 HD Edition, which takes place in the colonial era. This is not an Age of Empires 3 remake, nor is it simply Age of Empires 2 set in the colonial era. There are new units, buildings, techs, and features which help it better fit into the colonial era.

I am quite tied up with many things at the moment, so updates wont be here for a little while, but I am still working on it.

ModDB Page:

Moddb.com

It is for the HD version.

There are 18 Civilizations in total and their building sets are as follows:

European:

British

French

Germans

Dutch

Canada

13 Colonies

Swedish

Russian

Polish

Latin:

Spanish

Portuguese

Native American:

Plains Natives Building Set

-Lakota

-Commanche

Forest Natives Building Set

-Cherokee

-Cree

-Iroquois

Meso:

Aztec

Mayan

Most Civs recieve a specialized graphic set for the last age.

The new Ages are:

The Exploration Age - 1492 - 1560

Represents the age of exploration, including famous explorers, and trade with Native populations

The Colonial Age - 1561 - 1699

The age when colonizing of the New World began

Fortress Age - 1700 - 1769

The age when world powers began fighting for control in the New World

Independence Age - 1770 - 1850

Represents events such as the American Revolution, and the War of 1812, when Nations became separate from European Empires. Also represents the era of Napoleon.

Some Key Changes:

All European and American Civilizations start with an explorer unit similar to the one in Age of Empires 3. The explorer can switch between hand to hand combat, and ranged attack, and can be upgraded to a General when the Independence age is reached. All Native American Civilizations begin with a similar, Chief, unit.

The Native Embassy is the first buildable military building, replacing the barracks, and trains Native military units.

All new unique units for each new Civ:

British - Redcoat - Powerful Rifleman,

French - Cuirassier - Powerful Cavalry,

Germans - Landsknecht - Slow, but powerful infantry

Dutch - Fluyt, Ryuter

Canada - Trapper - A villager with powerful attack which can hunt and gather wood only

Spanish - Conquistador

Russian - Cossack

Poland - Polski Huzar, bonus against gunpowder infantry

13 Colonies - Colonial Militia, Cheap fast musketeer, good

against ships, but low HP

Swedish - Carolean

Portuguese - Caravel, Organ Gun - Fast javelin-armed cavalry good against other cavalry

Lakota - Rifle Cavalry

Commanche - Quahadi - Cavalry with bonus against buildings

Cherokee - Chickamauga- A spearman with a bonus against

gunpowder units

Cree - Cree Tracker

Iroquois - Mantlet

Aztec - Same as Vanilla

Mayan - Same as Vanilla

*Note, the Meso Civs (Aztec and Mayan) remain mostly the same.

The Native Embassy has 3 unit lines:

Native Warrior (Melee)

Native Spearman (Melee)

Native Bowman (Ranged)

Native Rifleman is a stand alone unit availible in the independence age.

The Barracks is available to all Non-Natives, and trains the following:

Rifleman line

Crossbowman

Pikeman

Stand alone Grenadier

The Stable trains Cavalry, two lines are present, but only one is available to different Civs:

The Hussar line is available to Europeans.

The Dragoon line is available to Europeans.

The Native Spear Cavalry is available to Natives

The Native Cavalry archer is availible to Natives

The Arsenal trains multiple cannons, including Falconets, Mortars, and 10 - Pounders

Native Civs do not have access to Barracks, but gain extra unit upgrades

The Elder's Hut is an all new building availible to Natives providing new technologies.

As Native Civs are quite overpowered militarily, they all have strong economic bonuses that reflect the real life native tribes, for example, the Iroquois receive farming bonuses

All new building sets for all Civs excluding Meso

Complete overhaul of almost all Units

Complete overhaul of almost all Techs

Other miscellaneous changes to help the game better fit into the Colonial era

As the mod is not yet complete, any suggestions are very welcome!

INSTALLATION:

Simply Extract the two folders from this Zip and place them into your C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Age2HD.

Let any files overwrite that it wants overwrite.

MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE YOU INSTALL