# Ancient Friends

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**Created:** [June 29, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/ancient-friends/207449 "2022-06-29T07:07:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/ancient-friends/207449/279 "2022-08-30T15:51:57Z")

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AoE2DE doesn’t support additive modding.  
You have to replace the full dataset of AoE2 because of engine limitations.  
That means you have to update your mod every time to game gets patched. And it’s not like you can rollback to an older version of AoE2DE.

There have already been some ancient mod projects of AoE2DE

[ROMAE AD BELLUM - (RAW:E) Rome at War Expansion Concept](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/romae-ad-bellum-raw-e-rome-at-war-expansion-concept/123372)  
[[WIP] Ancient Civilizations - Total Conversion Mod](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/wip-ancient-civilizations-total-conversion-mod/80590)  
[AoE1 to AoE2 Port (total conversion mod) - stopped progress](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/aoe1-to-aoe2-port-total-conversion-mod-stopped-progress/111944)

The mod servers also have some limitations to the Rome at War mod is in 7 parts.

> [@MatM1996](#):
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> Of course, if you put all the content of AoE 1 DE in AoE 2 DE, AoE 1 DE directly dies as a game and loses all its sense of existence

AoE1DE is already dead. There has been 1 patch per year in the last few years. That’s it.  
They even make an official tournament using the old RoR 1.0 version, that’s how dead AoE1DE is.

> [@MatM1996](#):
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> it is the same as if you wanted to put the 3 DE in the 2 DE, you would also kill it…

No absolutely not.  
The engine of AoE3DE is completely different then AoE2DE that makes no sense.  
Wouldn’t it make more sense to port AoE2DE to AoE3DE because AoE3DE has the more modern engine?

An AoE1-\>2 port is pretty simple for the most part because all the assets can be made compatible with very little changes.

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