Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings

					
FAQ v4.2

by Red Phoenix
Various Cheats
During gameplay press Enter then type any of the following "Codes":


Code
Effect


ROCK ON
1000 Stone


LUMBERJACK
1000 Wood


ROBIN HOOD
1000 Gold


CHEESE STEAK JIMMY'S
1000 Food


MARCO
Reveal Map


POLO
Remove Shadow


AEGIS
Fast Build


NATURAL WONDERS
Control Nature


RESIGN
You Lose


WIMPYWIMPYWIMPY
Destroy Yourself


I LOVE THE MONKEY HEAD
Gives VDML


HOW DO YOU TURN THIS ON
Gives a Cobra Car


TORPEDO
Kill Opponent


TO SMITHEREENS
Gives a Saboteur


BLACK DEATH
Destroy All Enemies


I R WINNER
You Win


Command Line Cheats
Use one of the following command line parameters to start the game
800 – Change screen res to 800×600

1024 – Change screen res to 1024×768

1280 – Change screen res to 1280×1024

autompsave – Enable Auto save

Mfill – Cure display problems with some video cards

Msync – Cure SoundBlaster AWE freezes

NoMusic – Turn Off music.

NormalMouse – Standard mouse pointer

NoSound – Disable all sounds except during FMV sequences

NoStartup – No pre-game FMV sequences

NoTerrainSound – Turn Off all terrain sounds
Other Cheats
Ctrl T – New Resource Menu

Ctrl Q – Faster Construction

Ctrl P – Get Immutable building

Ctrl C – Show end sequence
Double transport ship capacity
To in crease your transport ship capacity without researching any thing. Go into the siege weapons work shop and create a few battering rams. Then garrison some troops inside the battering rams these have to be foot soldiers other wise it won't work. Then load them on to a transport ship. and you'll be able to quadruple your transport ship capacity
Make Unit Faster
When you click the make a man button on the toolbar click on the little flag where you can place the man you just started to create and keep clicking in the same place as fast as you can. It should double the time to make a man.
Cheats For DEMO version
Bring up the chat box by pressing ENTER then enter these codes
pepperoni pizza gives you 1000 food

coinage gives you 1000 gold

woodstock gives you 1000 wood

quarry gives you 1000 stone

reveal map reveales map but not fog

no fog lifts fog

gaia control animals not people