Age of Mythology Online Multiplayer Alpha - files found!

[Thraxeman]

Hi guys, while i was browsing the AoM Heaven forums i found this thread: http://aom.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/foru ... ,29400,,20

Apperently this team is trying to restore the old AoM models and someone uploaded the Alpha files!. Here's the link: http://www.filedropper.com/aomalphafiles

It's an archive containing two folders called disk1 and disk2; the internal readme says July 2002. Also there is an installer but it asks for a cd key when trying to install

[rhobariii]

Can you upload the files to somewhere like DropBox?
File Dropper doesn't work for me.

[Thraxeman]

Here it is: removed

I hope someone manages to install this alpha

[LoganB95]

By replacing PidGen.dll with one from another game (I used vanilla Age of Mythology), you can get it to install by using a serial from that game.

After an installer which features the same text as the final, but with no screenshots, there's not much to do without hacking. And I mean, literally not much to do.

It begins loading...


Then it brings you to the multiplayer login screen...


But (after some hacking to apply a password to the default profile)...

[DiskingRound]

By replacing PidGen.dll with one from another game (I used vanilla Age of Mythology), you can get it to install by using a serial from that game.

After an installer which features the same text as the final, but with no screenshots, there's not much to do without hacking. And I mean, literally not much to do.

It begins loading...


Then it brings you to the multiplayer login screen...


But (after some hacking to apply a password to the default profile)...

Thanks! I like it when people get betas of games, apps, or OS'es working when they normally can't be installed!

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[Thraxeman]

By replacing PidGen.dll with one from another game (I used vanilla Age of Mythology), you can get it to install by using a serial from that game.

After an installer which features the same text as the final, but with no screenshots, there's not much to do without hacking. And I mean, literally not much to do.

Great! I have done what you have written and it works but i can't go after that login screen, there is a way to bypass that screen?.

EDIT: removed

[mrpijey]

Do you know what the version number is for this compared to the one we already got on FTP?

[Thraxeman]

Do you know what the version number is for this compared to the one we already got on FTP?

I have compared the dates of the files with those of the Multiplayer alpha on the FTP, here's the result:

The one on the FTP:

Multiplayer Alpha AoM.exe date: 2 august 2002

Setup.exe date: 2 august 2002

Readme date: 31 july 2002

The one in the previous post:

Marketing Beta AoM.exe date: 04/09/2002

Setup.exe date: 04/09/2002

SetupENU.dll date: 04/09/2002

Readme date is the same

[MrFlibble]

What's a marketing beta? Does it have single-player mode?

[Thraxeman]

What's a marketing beta? Does it have single-player mode?

Here you can find more info about the Marketing Beta: https://web.archive.org/web/20130530123 ... ge&pid=167 (from Phatfish aoe beta site, now closed but can be accsed using the wayback machine); yes it has a single-player mode

I installed by using the method described by LoganB95.
However, when you start it it says: "This Alpha version of Age of Mythology has expired".

Then i found the solution here:http://aom.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/foru ... ,19500,all and it works

Here's some screenshots:

Menu
http://www.betaarchive.com/imageupload/ ... .47327.JPG

Tutorial
http://www.betaarchive.com/imageupload/ ... r.4725.JPG

Now i hope that someone manages how to run the Multiplayer Alpha

[MrFlibble]

Here you can find more info about the Marketing Beta: https://web.archive.org/web/20130530123 ... ge&pid=167 (from Phatfish aoe beta site, now closed but can be accsed using the wayback machine); yes it has a single-player mode

Thankies!

I used to visit that website but didn't read much about AoM because I was more interested in AoE and AoK betas back then

[LoganB95]

One thing I've noticed with the Marketing Beta and the Multiplayer Alpha: The music is variable encoded, rather than the constant 128kB/s that the final and Steam releases use. So if you want better-quality music from AoM, look in these builds.

Sadly we don't have the same for the Titans expansion.

EDIT: Almost forgot: The Marketing Beta is very close to final, it even has the manuals in pdf form like the final. One awesome thing are the .doc files in the \ai\docs folder: aichats.doc, aom ai stuff.doc and wishlist.doc. Check them out when you have the time

EDIT 2: Almost almost forgot, the taunts are in a different order and not all of them are there, like "999 theme.mp3"

[clt_42]

is there any sdks released/leaked for the game? If so i might be able to whip up a server emulator in vs