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Age of Empires II HD - For Mac OSX
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AOE2HD - For Mac OSX

Estimated time: 10 minutes

Purchase

Installing PlayOnMac

  • Click this (or brew cask install playonmac for developers)
  • Open the PlayOnMac.dmg file when it finishes downloading
  • Drag the PlayOnMac.app file onto the Applications folder in the menu that opens
  • Close the menu that opened, and you can delete the PlayOnMac.dmg file

Installing Steam

  • Open your Applications menu and click the PlayOnMac app you just installed
    • Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
  • Copy and paste this into your address bar, then press enter: playonmac://www.playonlinux.com/repository/download.php?id=4
    • Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
    • If it asks how much memory your graphics board has, select 1024
  • Once that is finished installing, select "Steam" and click "Configure" in PlayOnMac
  • Next to "Wine version" click the button with a plus icon on it
  • On the left-hand side, select the latest one, and click the arrow button in the middle
    • Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
  • Close the version picker window
  • In the "Wine version" dropdown, select the latest one
    • Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
  • Close the configuration window

Installing Game

  • Select "Steam" and click "Run" in PlayOnMac
    • Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts
    • Steam will take a minute or two to update on first start
  • Log into the steam account you used to buy the game
  • In the left sidebar, select Age of Empires II HD
  • Click the "Install" button in the middle of the page
    • Click continue, yes, next, etc. to get through the prompts

Finishing/Starting Game

  • Right click Age of Empires II HD in the left sidebar
  • Click the "Properties" tab
  • Click the "Set launch options" button
  • Type in NoStartUp and click OK
  • Click the "Browse local files" to open the game files folder
  • Delete "Launcher.exe"
  • Rename "AoK HD.exe" to "Launcher.exe"
  • In Steam, click "Play" for Age of Empires
  • In the future, you just open PlayOnMac to run Steam and start the game
  • Congratulations on installing AOE2HD on a Mac!

Enhancements (optional)

Updating

In the event of an update, the game will break and you won't be able to see other games.

  • Right click the game in Steam and select "Properties"
  • Go to the "Local Files" tab and click "Verify integrity of game files"
  • Once finished, complete the step where you rename the file again

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