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Age of Empires 2 DE update (87863) breakes the game port!

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Port is finally fixed and updated. Thanks for the waiting. Delete the old port and reinstall it again (will install the new engine). The game should now work again as attended.

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Crap, crap, crap!! I received a dozen of e-mails about that the age of Empires 2 DE game doesn’t work anymore since yesterday. So I checked myself and it seems that update (87863) of the game breaks the Age of Empires 2 DE port (see also complains about it here… by Linux users). I tried to fix it with a few tricks, but wasn’t able to do so. Neither I found an solution to revert the update somehow within Steam…(if someone does, let me know).

So for the time being this game is broken I am afraid… Meanwhile I hope to find a solution. To be continued…

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37 thoughts on “Age of Empires 2 DE update (87863) breakes the game port!”

  5. Hang tight. The issue is with checking the cryptographic signature of the game’s DLL’s. That function needs to be implemented in Proton/Wine before PortingKit (downstream of Proton/Wine) can take advantage of it. People are running patched versions where the check is performed, but it has not shipped yet in a release of Proton: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3189

    Please do not ask PortingKit questions in that Github, it is not a Valve product.

  7. I expect within a week or so, there are some progress points. When there is a patch available we will built that in asap.

  11. Hi Paul, thanks for your help in looking into this. I was wondering if you had an update for Mac users? Thanks!

  12. Hi Louis,
    This thread is for PortingKit and Mac users. I believe they are working on the fix (or waiting for an update from Proton/Wine).
    At least that is what I understood from messages by Paul and “aoe2deplayer”.

  13. thanks Paul and everyone who is working so hard!

    I’m just curious, the proton fix that’s being worked on, is that similar to what the wine fix will have to be for Mac? I never quite understood exactly the difference I’m a bit naive.

  14. Proton is a forked project from Wine. And crossover/portingkit is also based on Wine. So whatever fixes that Proton merges to the upstream Wine project means that crossover and portingkit will get those same updates, just that it has be pulled down and tested by crossover/PK.

    Folks, please stop asking for an ETA. He’s already given an update and asking “are we there yet” again and again is not going to change the ETA. If you want to help, you can donate or provide a pull request if you are a developer.

  15. Thanks for the warning, started Stream in offline mode and avoided the update to the game.

  16. crossover just sent me a hotfix and it works as long as you have SKIPINTRO

  22. Hello [anonymous who got Crossover 23],

    Is AOE2DE still working with the beta/test version you have received?
    I have checked their forums and there are many people saying that it is not working (maybe they have missed the “SKIPINTRO” option; who knows).

    I was also unable to find the source code for v23 in their GitHub. Does anybody knows in which repo / branch their beta work is going on?

  24. Well I just bought a windows laptop as i love the game and cant depend on these open soucey projects to reliably service the game.

  29. Paul you are the best. We need more of Paul in this world. I hope you get rewarded for your constant commitment <§

  32. @Pipimann I dont know who you are. But you better watch your words. Paul is way better at fixing this problem than you can imagine. So pleas stay down. He needs our support !!!!!

  33. Hello Mister Fridolin, thank you for your kind answer. I support Paul, but my mother always said, that before I could play I would have to learn. Now I can learn a lot for my exams. In the future I will be a doctor and will cure my headache I get from AoEII and you @Fridolin.

  34. And it’s there!! The Age of Empires 2 DE port has been fixed. New post of the fix will be posted within the hour!

  35. Great job. Thanks a ton Paul. And it is perfect timing too (Sunday). :)

    I just want to take this moment to thank you and all your crew in making it possible to play this legendary game on Mac.

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