Apparently it can be done quite effectively now, see this guide:
https://aoe.heavengames.com/siegeworkshop/porting-maps-to-return-of-rome/
I have just tried this myself, it’s a good solution but not perfect yet, because some of the units do not work and you have to add them yourself. I wish the devs would just give us the option to do this more easily, I want to play all the old custom campaigns from aoe heaven in ROR please!
Wait you can map copy between AoE2 and RoR?
wow that opens so many doors!
Try with Romae Ad Bellum mod?
I really wish they would remake aoe1 buildings to fit the new aoe2 set… And if one is conservative there’s still aoe de… It’s really evident in game that the two things don’t merge well, when you see a tile of gold and an house.
Yes, this is possible too, really cool feature.
How do you do that??
Any way to convert AoE2 maps to AoE2DE? xD
Simple file transfer. The two games’ scenario files use the exact same extension, apparently, and are cross-compatible.
I already tried that and it just crashed my game.
I’ve done it plenty of times, just as @Apocalypso4826 said. Copy from AoK, TC, HD or whatever to the 2DE scenario folder and load them from the 2DE menu
The tool works quite well. I used it to make a small renake of the 1st Egyptian mission
The recent update breaking old format compatibility is a known issue. There’s a bug report thread.
Let me quote:
Here comes the fun part! In the AoE2DE Editor, under the Terrain tab, use the Map Copy tool as seen in the above image, copy the entire map (simply drag from the top-left corner to the bottom-right corner and select the whole map). Now exit the AoE2DE editor and switch to Return of Rome and open the RoR Editor, create a blank scenario, and make sure the map size is big enough to accomodate the map you just copied from AoE2DE. Go to the Terrain tab and use the Map copy tool to paste the entire map on a blank scenario, and there you have it!
OTOH, converting from AOE1 to AOE2DE doesn’t work.
Yep, it totally broken after RoR update. Hope they gone fix it.
Can you link the thread? I can’t find it.
Sorry, I searched the forum and my own browse history, and can’t find the thread now. Hope I haven’t mixed it up with other things.
I do have seen crash reports like this:
https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/13o0aku/crash_when_trying_to_play_editors/
Well, technically it’s still the same game…
