Unlock Aoe 2 units in Return of Rome's editor

This guide shows you how to unlock Age of Empires 2 units in the Return of Rome editor by downloading a mod.

Introduction

Login to your Xbox/Microsoft account, open the mods tab, and download "167430_All Hidden Units (Return of Rome)"

The mod will enable all the hidden units in the editor.
Some units were overwritten so it does not have every Aoe 2 unit sadly. Forexample many of the standard buildings are gone. Others had their graphic replaced such as the Harbor or the Aoe 2 Trade Workshop.

Still you have a lot of cool new options.
Forexample you can make a castle, sea walls, use heroes like Joan of Arc, and units like Elite Samurai.

You can make them trainable in Aoe 1 buildings using triggers as well.
(Enable the unit first, then change it's training location)

When you open the editor, make sure to switch the data mod from default to the new "167430_All Hidden Units (Return of Rome)" data mod.
Otherwise the new units won't be available when you open/create a scenario.

Mod Description

Here is the description from the mod itself with further details:

"To activate the mod, you need to select "All Hidden Units (Return of Rome)" as the default datamod from the Dataset dropdown menu in the lower right corner on the Editor screen prior to entering the actual Scenario Editor. Then select the Units tab to place any hidden unit you like!

All hidden units can be used on any map and work on the default Dataset, meaning this mod is NOT required for the hidden units to be playable, and you can share your maps with these new units with anyone else and they will work out of the box!

This adds tons of unused units, buildings, embellishment and units from AoE2DE to Return of Rome, meaning you can use almost all AoE2DE units in Return of Rome.

There are several buildings which serve as eye-candy only and have no function and are missing their building icon. Other buildings from AoE2 like towers and walls can be used to your hearts content. There is even a Castle building for Return of Rome which uses the Wonder graphic, and yes, it shoots arrows and can be garrisoned in. Keep in mind that not every AoE2 building, such as the Barracks or Town Center is present (due to being used by Return of Rome itself).

Almost all AoE2DE heroes and units are present, which allows for cross-over timelines and interesting unique scenario's! If used in conjuction with the CTRL+G off grid option, the designing possibilities are virtually endless.

Created by PhatFish

aoe.heavengames.com"

Enjoy!

[Tamamo-no-Bae]

@Kahan Not true, something else might have gone wrong for you

[Kashan]

This very buggy and you will have to delete and reinstall