This page is for the original game. For the remake, see Age of Mythology: Extended Edition.

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Age of Mythology

Developers
macOS (OS X)
Publishers
OS X
Engines
Release dates
Windows	October 30, 2002
macOS (OS X)	December 19, 2003
Taxonomy
Themes	Classical

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1Availability 2Essential improvements 3Game data 4Video 6Audio 7Network 8Issues fixed 9Other information

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

⤏ Go to series page
Age of Empires	1997
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings	1999
Age of Mythology	2002
Age of Empires III	2005
Age of Empires Online	2011
Age of Empires II (2013)	2013
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition	2014
Age of Empires: Castle Siege	2014
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition	2018
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition	2019
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition	2020
Age of Empires IV	TBA

General information

Official website for the series

Official Discord server for the series

Microsoft's Official game page (archived)

Age of Empires Wiki - A wiki for everything Age of Empires related

Planet Age of Empires - A hub for all Age of Empires games

Age of Mythology Heaven - A huge fan site for Age of Mythology

Age of Mythology on TheGameEngine.org - solving some technical issues.

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail	SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]. Gold Edition is DRM-free.

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Version differences[edit]

The 'Age of Mythology Gold Edition', first released in 2004; can often be found on store shelves. It is the most cost effective way of acquiring the game, as it contains the following on a single DVD-ROM:

• Age of Mythology
• Age of Mythology: The Titans

No-CD patches are already applied; the DVD is only necessary for installation - ensuring compatibility with modern OSes; and all games are already fully patched.

Note that a patch is needed to fix some issues here.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Age of Mythology: The Titans
The Golden Gift	Available for free.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

The game has an autopatch feature which can be accessed through the setup program, a Start Menu shortcut or in-game.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Run the game with +noIntroCinematicsparameter[3]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>StartupPersistent.cfg[Note 2] <path-to-game>Users
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>savegame[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)

Video[edit]

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution	See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor	See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD	See Widescreen resolution. That advice can be used to input 4K resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Borderless fullscreen windowed. Skipping intro is recommended, since at low resolution (640x480) it may not be displayed correctly.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	No framerate cap

Widescreen resolution[edit]

Instructions[4]
Launch the game and change the resolution to anything else. Use the xres=YourWidth yres=YourHeight command line argument. Notes If the resolution doesn't apply try launching the game a few more times or change any video settings.

Input[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity	For scroll speed.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles	On by default.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian	Fan translation, for the base game, for 'The Titans Expansion'.
Italian
Spanish
Korean

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play	12
Online play	12	Steam version only

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	28800-28805
UDP	2200-2400, 6073

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed[edit]

MSXML 4.0 is Missing[edit]

Install MSXML

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)	This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

Middleware[edit]

Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video	Intro and credits

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 450 MHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible	32 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.2.6
Processor (CPU)	450 MHz	2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon Nvidia GeForce 2MX 16 MB of VRAM	32 MB of VRAM

Notes

1. ↑SafeDisc retail DRMdoes not work on Windows 10^[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
2. ↑ ^2.02.1When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

1. ↑Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
2. ↑Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
3. ↑How to use target-line parameters to customize Age of Mythology
4. ↑Age of Mythology | WSGF

Age of Mythology requires MSXML 4.0 to run properly. If you don’t have it installed you will encounter the following error when trying to start the game:
'MSXML 4.0 is not installed correctly. It is required to run the game.'

MSXML 4.0 is a set of services that allow applications written in JScript, VBScript, and Microsoft development tools to build Windows-native XML-based applications. To fix this error you simply need to to download and install MSXML 4.0 from the Microsoft website:

1. Download msxml.msi. Go to this Microsoft support page: http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=15697, click Download and download msxml.msi
2. Run msxml.msi with Windows XP Service pack 2 compatibility. Right click on your msxml.msi and select properties. Select the compatibility tab and run the program under Windows XP (Service pack 2) compatibility. Once this is done double click on msxml.msi to install MSXML 4.0.
3. Restart your computer. Restart the computer when you are prompted and try starting the game again.

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IF AND ONLY IF after installing msxml.msi and restarting your computer you still experience this error there’s an alternate solution you can try:

1. Download msxmlcab.exe. Go to this Microsoft support page: http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=15697, click Download and download msxmlcab.exe
2. Run msxmlcab.exe. When the download is complete double-click msxmlcab.exe. When you are prompted, select the desktop as the location for the extracted file. Then, click OK.
3. Extract Msmxml 4 into your System 32. On the desktop, right-click the msxml4.cab file, and then extract the new files to the desktop. Copy the files that are extracted in step 3 to the following folders:
   <drive>:WindowsSystem32
<drive>:WindowsSysWOW64
   Note – Only 64bit Windows users will have the SysWOW64 folder.
   Note – In this path, <drive> represents the drive on which the operating system is installed.
4. (Optional) Register the MSXML 4 dll. Click Start , and then click Run. In the Run box, type:
   regsvr32 MSXML4.dll
   and then click OK. If everything worked, you should receive the following message:
   DllRegisterServer in msxml4.dll succeeded.
   Note – this will likely NOT work on 64bit Windows, but also may not be necessary.
5. Restart the computer and try starting the game again.

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For a full list of instructions you can check out the official Microsoft post on this error here. If you have any trouble installing MSXML 4.0 or are still experiencing this error, please post as much information as possible, including what you’ve tried already and what operating system you currently have installed.