Custom campaign porting - Age of Empires 2 HD to DE

Age of Empires II: DE II - Discussion
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For the past months I have tried to see how AI tools could convert Chinese campaigns into English ones. This method is documented in this Reddit post with all details needed for doing it yourself, building on top of it or using it to translate campaigns into other languages. It’s not perfect, but it’s working.

Recently, I have tried to see if campaigns for Age of Empires 2 HD could be converted into campaigns for AOE 2 Definitive Edition in the same way. On Age of Kings Heaven (AOKH) and the Steam workshop, there is a lot of high quality content which have never been ported over to the 2019 release.

At the moment it does not work. When a campaign is launched, within the first minute I get the “Defeated” screen. This is documented here - link. I am unsure if what I am trying to achieve is a pipe dream or if it’s only a matter of creating a good enough skill file / agent. Audio files should be able to be converted into .wem using this script - link.

I am not a developer myself so there is also a chance that I am missing some basic stuff in the process. Hope other people could be interested in joining force or giving their two cents.

Content from AOKH - link
Content from Steam workshop - link

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That forum thread is concerned with playing AoE1 scenarios with AoE DE. But I think you are referring to porting AoE2 scenarios only? I have not encountered big problems when launching (unmodified) legacy scenarios in AoE2DE (though the player colours are commonly reverted to default).

A general question about porting old scenarios: I assume not every maker of those works can be reached, e.g. if contact information is insufficient, outdated or non-existent. Is it “allowed” to port such scenarios nonetheless? What’s the community’s stance?

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generally some don’t care about their maps being ported by someone else as long they are in the credits

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