Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

Chinese Expansion Ruining Game
I do not have the Chinese Expansion and I don't plan to buy it from all those negative reviews. I also don't want to support a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ company doing these shady things. Anyways, I was playing through "Choose Your Mutation" by Nottud and having a blast with my friend. We get to about the halfway mark and a screen pops up telling us we need the Chinese Expansion to continue because there were Chinese villagers apparently.

This game by Nottud was made in 2011. How in the world can this map have Chinese units when it came out years before the expansion? I do not have the expansion either, nor did my friend. How come the game even launched knowing there would be Chinese units? This is insane and a conspiracy. My only thought was that I set the enemies to random gods and somehow a Chinese one got chosen. If not that then someone tampered with the scenario to force people to buy the Chinese Expansion. Both answers to what happened are pretty bizarre though.

Any thoughts? How can I fix this so I can play through it? Thanks.
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Link the scn, i'll see what's the problem.
Prosecutor Lurker Apr 10, 2017 @ 12:12am 
This could be the cause of if some units were moved to the DLC front, as that's what happened to some maps during release.
I checked the map, didn't found any chinese units, can you post the screenshot of what is the unit id that caused the problem?
XLightningStormL Apr 10, 2017 @ 6:11am 
Originally posted by Prosecutor Lurker#nihilo-satanis:
This could be the cause of if some units were moved to the DLC front, as that's what happened to some maps during release.
I checked the map, didn't found any chinese units, can you post the screenshot of what is the unit id that caused the problem?

While I am not related to the discussion, the Chinese Villager unit (prototype) id is 807

I sould note, whether you get the dlcs or not, the units are included, but hidden, unless another player is using them, or the thread's bug occurs.
McLerristarr Apr 12, 2017 @ 11:16pm 
There's no conspiracy or attempt to force people to buy the expansion. It's probably a bug or a fault in the scenario design. Does the mod alter the proto file or is it just a scenario? If it alters the proto file, that is likely the cause. From the sound of the scenario, it's possible that there's some sort of random unit generation in there, which could be generating blocked units.
Last edited by McLerristarr; Apr 12, 2017 @ 11:19pm
smitske Apr 13, 2017 @ 5:00am 
Its shady business and incompetence.
Biggy Apr 13, 2017 @ 4:47pm 
@ CurvedBubbles
Whilst I believe the Chinese needs patching, and are Over Powered, not to mention a pain in the ass to play against, the Chinese’s expansion is a welcoming addition to a good old game.
Any kind of expansion creates interest and generates new members of the game community which is good for everybody.
Regardless of what you may think, game development is a business and some kind of marketing strategy is required to promote gamers to buy this expansion.

However, this particular issue looks more like a bug then a ransom note.

@ smitske!
Originally posted by smitske:
Its shady business and incompetence.
Make love, not war… Keep your hate messages for the government and religious movements trying to control your life.


hf, gg out!
Last edited by Biggy; Apr 13, 2017 @ 7:20pm
smitske Apr 14, 2017 @ 12:03am 
Delivering quality is also a good business strategy, I don't think they got that memo.
The chinese expansion would be welcome if it wasnt done so poorly, with blatantly overpowered units that would not get fixed for years and it didnt break the core game even more.

Shady companies ruining my childhood games deserve hate too.
Powellinho.72 Apr 14, 2017 @ 4:49am 
hey guys. im having a problem too. it wont let me play random maps because i dont have chinese units.

i dont get it......
smitske Apr 14, 2017 @ 6:49am 
The 'devs' ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up thats all there is to it.
me_supa_fly Apr 14, 2017 @ 8:57am 
i know of many players that are able to play just fine, compaired to the problems you explain. you should however search the forums, if you havent already.
Prosecutor Lurker Apr 14, 2017 @ 2:32pm 
To project my inconspicous annoying experience, some issues just don't have solutions. Even with debugging the exe and looking through the logs, some issues just don't give any clues on what's the cause of it. If they are giving up on the game, just release the damm tools to find the unhandled exceptions and crashes, i'll try to fix them for individually myself.
Last edited by Prosecutor Lurker; Apr 14, 2017 @ 2:32pm
smitske Apr 15, 2017 @ 12:21am 
Originally posted by Prosecutor Lurker#nihilo-satanis:
To project my inconspicous annoying experience, some issues just don't have solutions. Even with debugging the exe and looking through the logs, some issues just don't give any clues on what's the cause of it. If they are giving up on the game, just release the damm tools to find the unhandled exceptions and crashes, i'll try to fix them for individually myself.

How will you do that without the source code xP
EmperorBubbles Apr 22, 2017 @ 3:25pm 
I don't plan to go recreate it because it took an hour to get there. I assume it spawned random units that I or my friend don't have, which is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Bad devs.
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Date Posted: Apr 9, 2017 @ 10:33am
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