Awesome maps and great video! Only thing I want to say is that empty space is important; like for the 13th place map, yeah the ocean is empty and bland, but those farmlands provide a lot to the map. It's like the background of a painting, you're not really supposed to focus on it too much, it's just supposed to be in the back of your head giving you a sense of the artist's intentions and emotions. Like the ice waste in the 15th place map, they might not be incredibly detailed, but it provides setting.
Those 50 minutes were like going to an art museum and watching great pictures, for me. All of the scenarios did look stunning, Well done everyone. I can just imagine how time consumeing it is to create such beautiful maps. Imo Zak you can maybe Show-Case the top3 scenarios more indepth.
@ZeroEmpires Hello, at 35:40 the signs' translation is 1) στην Πόλη -> to the City 2) Λιμάνι -> Port EDIT - at 37:06 it's 1) Λεφκοcία 2) Πάφος both are cities in the island of Cyrpus
First scenario was amazing and deserved first place. It was for sure made by someone with a lot of experience with old AoK mapmaking. AoK heaven has scenarios like this that use lots of triggers and bugs in the game engine to get effects you normally couldn't. Was nostalgiabombed looking at it cause it reminded me of a lot of old rpg type scenarios that were popular back in the day.
Yeah, the remaster version didn't change the game drastically, so typically old scenarios and tricks still work on the newer version. On top of that, there're new things like trigger conditions and effects, and variables to give you more creative freedom. Thanks for the comment about my work, really do appreciate it!
The Signs read: Στην Πολη: To the City (city with capital C means Constantinople in Greece Λιμανι: Docks And the other pair Λευκοσια: Lefkosia, the capital of Cyprus Παφος: Pafos, a city in cyprus
For the number 1 map, they took advantage of how town centers are coded into the game. The town center has the main block which is a 4x4 base that provides the actual functionality of the town center (drop resources off, make villagers, and arrows onto the enemies). The next 4x4 part is the "wings" of the town center, the last is a 2x2 part which is the main building appearance of a town center.
i mean srsly. this game is a masterpiece. its from 1999 survives all the time up to now and keeps rocking. who would have imagined that a game that was part of a windows pc in some places or just a game your bought 1999 turns out to be such fantastic. i even have the 2 books of the original aoe2 and aoc explaining the units with additional backround knowledge.
Awesome series ZeroEmpires. Please do more! Hats off to everyone who entered the competition. I've spent dozens of hours playing with AoE2 map editor since I was a kid and I gotta say viewing these entries was a real treat.
I love all the fresh possibilities the new world editor adds to the creation of amazing fantasy maps. I can't wait to rebuild a campaign mission of the medieval happenings of my village and valley! It is very welcoming to see a bigger platform for the map editors by doing such competitions. Great idea! Cool video format. More please!
This is what Definitive Edition lacks. Custom scenarios such as GoT, Zombie, CBA Towers. Custom maps like these ones, creativity. Watching this was like looking paintings at a museum.
Would be cool to see some kind of Q&A with the artist. Expecially for knowing their tricks like the "half" town center trick un n°1 or the natural bridge over "terrain nothing" that made other (don't rememver the number). They are soooo coool
The half TC i made that looks like tents were using a little trick with invisible tiles, as a TC has multiple secment in different tiles. The invisible tile itself i copied from other’s people scenario, and has been an useage to my previous scenarios as well! As how to create it, i have no idea.
Yes, you can record your voice and make it be played when you want. You have to master file management and AOE maps' editor, but the possibility IS real !
@@gghrtx2 VO audio is a real pain in AOE2: DE currently. It is possible but not nearly as easy as it used to be with HD or AOC as you need to use a dedicated third party editor to convert your .wav files into the proprietary format.
I used to made scenario maps, just for myself.. like a hobby.. it was HD version, then appeared newer versions.. DLC.. and unfortunately there was no compatibility with older scenarios.. and I gave up. I hope now, this version will be upgradable with newer versions.. I mean scenarios that I am making now will be suitable with future versions..
AoE2 can be a really good RPG game, if you quadruple the map, make multiple maps (like when you reach a point then you load into a different map) Could really work well like 10 years ago, maybe today who knows
Tanegashima (Ta-ne-ga-shi-ma) was a small island south of mainland Japan where the Europeans first landed. It was the Portuguese and they brought gunpowder and a lot of European culture (Jebus, mainly) with them to Kyushu, the big southern island.
Wow such a great video! Really enjoyed watching all the maps and I'm thinking on making a map myself during christmas holidays. Can't wait for the next map topic and rules!!
Can you make a new video in which you interview the creator of map ranked 1 and ask him to explain how he managed to do some stuffs? I would enjoy watching it.
I seen a red target on the mini map for one of the scenarios, so I think they were attacking a hidden Red target, and then just placed the targets on them. But I don't make maps so I'm not sure.
Cuzco was the capital of the Tahuantinsuyo (the Incan "country") Also, is #1 from MapleStory!!! (Orbis, El Nath, the dialogues). Someone make Ludibrium!
Spelt Cusco in English, and is located in Peru. It is the town you fly into if you plan on going to Machu Picchu, or if you want to go to Rainbow mt. (Lima is the capital of Peru).
Como faço para se juntar a você no Discord e baixar os mapas? Pois clicando no link acima, o discord respondeu a seguinte mensagem: Este convite pode ter expirado ou talvez você não tenha permissão para entrar.
The Greek signs at 35:43 read as “στην Πόλη” (stin poli), meaning to/towards the city (city historically has also meant the capital, if I am not mistaken), and “λιμάνι”, which means port.
I wonder what time limitations you are talking about, can we pls get a video of each map being played (the ones that apply) I think it would be great content!
Sorry for asking such questions, but is this a standalone (not AoE II HD from Steam)? I'm a nostalgic AoE II player and would be interested in playing. Cheers!
I already upload my entry (1st place) to AoKH: aok.heavengames.com/blacksmith/showfile.php?fileid=13387 About the discord: Everyone noticed that it closed down for unknown reason. Maybe Zak (ZeroEmpires) got overloaded with works by being in the AOE dev team now, so he might not have time to manage his discord server.
PLEASE HELP!! My game Age of Empires II- DE, wont even update or install in Microsoft Store. I bought the game and redeemed code, but with recent update, it just says error whether I update or try installing.
Thanks for your work. I got a question. How can i overlap 2 buildings in one place in aoe2 de. I saw aok and know it was cntrl+s . But in aoe2de it just save the scenario. Thanks again
Every first time designer makes the mistake of filling the entire canvas. These map makers did a good job of using whitespace to emphasise their focus elements. Without whitespace it would be a noisey mishmash
Awesome maps! I like a lot of those details, unfortunately I can see them only if I pause a video every 2 seconds :/ Please next time try to keep the camera at one please for a little bit longer, because all those useless movements 1 cm up/left/down/rights are making me angry and I cannot focus on anything on the map :)
In order to get solely the wings of the TC when you create a scenario, you need to use the teleportation trigger on the TC and only the wings will teleport. It’s just a funny bug I guess
Why my game doesn't look as good as that? All my settings are maxed out, but it's not even close to this. I know about the enhanced textures, but I think it's not effective on my 1650x1050 monitor. =(
I got a tear on my cheek because now kids will forget about the original age of empire 2 or 3 or 1 come on guys i think it will be better if they will not forget it because we have to continue to tell out kids about the originals they are still gold in my opinion, i would play age of empire 2 hd instead of this or the original aoe2
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Awesome maps and great video! Only thing I want to say is that empty space is important; like for the 13th place map, yeah the ocean is empty and bland, but those farmlands provide a lot to the map. It's like the background of a painting, you're not really supposed to focus on it too much, it's just supposed to be in the back of your head giving you a sense of the artist's intentions and emotions. Like the ice waste in the 15th place map, they might not be incredibly detailed, but it provides setting.
Good point. I also really liked the 13th place and think it deserved to be at least top 5.
Exactly my thoughts. Its winter we're talking about... places are not as lively so idk what this man is talking about.
Thanks for the nice feedback (4th place). I will definitely join again in January! I gotta study those 1st place techniques ;)
Yep. Using glitches of any kind in maps' generator.
How many hours did it take you to build this?
@@spIette it took me 75 years, thx
spIetty I think around 20-30 hours or so
Those 50 minutes were like going to an art museum and watching great pictures, for me. All of the scenarios did look stunning, Well done everyone. I can just imagine how time consumeing it is to create such beautiful maps. Imo Zak you can maybe Show-Case the top3 scenarios more indepth.
@ZeroEmpires
Hello, at 35:40 the signs' translation is
1) στην Πόλη -> to the City
2) Λιμάνι -> Port
EDIT - at 37:06 it's
1) Λεφκοcία
2) Πάφος
both are cities in the island of Cyrpus
City with capital C reffers to Constantinople
Λευκωσία
μακαρόνια
First scenario was amazing and deserved first place. It was for sure made by someone with a lot of experience with old AoK mapmaking. AoK heaven has scenarios like this that use lots of triggers and bugs in the game engine to get effects you normally couldn't. Was nostalgiabombed looking at it cause it reminded me of a lot of old rpg type scenarios that were popular back in the day.
Yeah, the remaster version didn't change the game drastically, so typically old scenarios and tricks still work on the newer version. On top of that, there're new things like trigger conditions and effects, and variables to give you more creative freedom.
Thanks for the comment about my work, really do appreciate it!
Hey! Number 1 was really good, that should have been number 1!
Thanks, your map looks really good as well! should have been scored higher
No, the one at 38:41 was way better.
11 Varrio here sup
@@TheCatVtuber Xin xo vaiiiii :((
duyhung 2h quá xịn luônn congratss
That was super awesome. Congrats to all who participated. Really makes me proud of this community. 🤗
The Signs read:
Στην Πολη: To the City (city with capital C means Constantinople in Greece
Λιμανι: Docks
And the other pair
Λευκοσια: Lefkosia, the capital of Cyprus
Παφος: Pafos, a city in cyprus
For the number 1 map, they took advantage of how town centers are coded into the game. The town center has the main block which is a 4x4 base that provides the actual functionality of the town center (drop resources off, make villagers, and arrows onto the enemies). The next 4x4 part is the "wings" of the town center, the last is a 2x2 part which is the main building appearance of a town center.
i mean srsly. this game is a masterpiece. its from 1999 survives all the time up to now and keeps rocking. who would have imagined that a game that was part of a windows pc in some places or just a game your bought 1999 turns out to be such fantastic. i even have the 2 books of the original aoe2 and aoc explaining the units with additional backround knowledge.
I would be interested to read the additional backgrounds of units :) could you perhaps upload the pages somewhere?
Now its thriving more and more. Its the one AoE to continually get expansions and is a top 5 game of all time for me!
@@Seven_Sinzz What are the other 4, I wonder?
@@tomscorpion6288 AoE 2, Left 4 Dead series, Pokémon, WoW, Runescape, and as an extra I really loved GoW and Cod/MW2
Man this is mind blowing!! We have to see more map competitions!
Awesome series ZeroEmpires. Please do more!
Hats off to everyone who entered the competition. I've spent dozens of hours playing with AoE2 map editor since I was a kid and I gotta say viewing these entries was a real treat.
I love all the fresh possibilities the new world editor adds to the creation of amazing fantasy maps. I can't wait to rebuild a campaign mission of the medieval happenings of my village and valley!
It is very welcoming to see a bigger platform for the map editors by doing such competitions. Great idea! Cool video format. More please!
So many great submissions, top 3 were amazing. Winner was creative and well deserved!
This is what Definitive Edition lacks. Custom scenarios such as GoT, Zombie, CBA Towers. Custom maps like these ones, creativity. Watching this was like looking paintings at a museum.
Would be cool to see some kind of Q&A with the artist. Expecially for knowing their tricks like the "half" town center trick un n°1 or the natural bridge over "terrain nothing" that made other (don't rememver the number). They are soooo coool
The half TC i made that looks like tents were using a little trick with invisible tiles, as a TC has multiple secment in different tiles. The invisible tile itself i copied from other’s people scenario, and has been an useage to my previous scenarios as well! As how to create it, i have no idea.
@@TheCatVtuber you did a great Job, as well as the others ofc. Wonder how much time this takes, must be a lot.
@@TheCatVtuber that's so creative! Great job and ty for answering :D
It's amazing to see how people can be so creative. Not to mention all the details
43:03
Casual penguin murder lol
F
Wait. It was more than 43 minutes!
„of course, there's no way to prove we're living in a simulation”
Maplestory nostalgia at the end.
Where can I download these amazing maps? The discord link seems doesn't work..
Very awesome maps, I wish i could play them, but since this was just for a competition, i don't think I ever will.
I got 2 questions:
1.How do you blend multiple buildings together?
2.Can you do your own voice lines as in game trigger dialogues?
Rolf Reibach Ctrl + G, theres 2 modes to it
Yes, you can record your voice and make it be played when you want. You have to master file management and AOE maps' editor, but the possibility IS real !
@@gghrtx2 VO audio is a real pain in AOE2: DE currently. It is possible but not nearly as easy as it used to be with HD or AOC as you need to use a dedicated third party editor to convert your .wav files into the proprietary format.
That contest was such a good idea, hope you will make it monthly :)
I sitll don't get how that last bridge was made. Amazing.
39:50 He missed a trick there "Just mining my business" should have been the lingo
11 that would have been a great pun
Was thinking exactly the same thing when I saw that.
This is exactly what I read at first...
I used to made scenario maps, just for myself.. like a hobby.. it was HD version, then appeared newer versions.. DLC.. and unfortunately there was no compatibility with older scenarios.. and I gave up. I hope now, this version will be upgradable with newer versions.. I mean scenarios that I am making now will be suitable with future versions..
AoE2 can be a really good RPG game, if you quadruple the map, make multiple maps (like when you reach a point then you load into a different map)
Could really work well like 10 years ago, maybe today who knows
how to impress Zero:
make a river
It's when I see this from the community that I am sure they could do some epic level campaigns if some of them would organize!
I'm impressed how few people are able to make good maps
how can i play this maps? i looked on discord but didnt see any link :D
Tanegashima (Ta-ne-ga-shi-ma) was a small island south of mainland Japan where the Europeans first landed. It was the Portuguese and they brought gunpowder and a lot of European culture (Jebus, mainly) with them to Kyushu, the big southern island.
Wow such a great video! Really enjoyed watching all the maps and I'm thinking on making a map myself during christmas holidays. Can't wait for the next map topic and rules!!
Holy shit for a pretty old ass game these are great modifications on maps and stuff!! Looking wicked sick
Can you make a new video in which you interview the creator of map ranked 1 and ask him to explain how he managed to do some stuffs? I would enjoy watching it.
Brilliant videos. i hope you will keep making these events!
It's really a pleasant moment to watch this video !
amazing content. But anyone know how i can try these maps in 2023? the link has expired I think
The map competition was just an amazing idea!! Haven´t seen this before
Elminster's should gave been 2nd place. Really impressive stuff from the Baldur's Gate fan ;)
You can play all the scenarios you create, just like a normal game. You just go to 'Test' whenever you ready and it begins.
At 29:00 - How do you get the archers to fire at targets, cause i've looked through all the triggers and i just feel dumb
I seen a red target on the mini map for one of the scenarios, so I think they were attacking a hidden Red target, and then just placed the targets on them. But I don't make maps so I'm not sure.
Cuzco was the capital of the Tahuantinsuyo (the Incan "country")
Also, is #1 from MapleStory!!! (Orbis, El Nath, the dialogues). Someone make Ludibrium!
o2Tenka i made Perion for the next competition! Heads to Zak discord to check it out!
Spelt Cusco in English, and is located in Peru. It is the town you fly into if you plan on going to Machu Picchu, or if you want to go to Rainbow mt. (Lima is the capital of Peru).
Looks like scenario design in the definitive edition is going to be on a whole different level than the older versions of the game.
did they mod stuff? like, modded water color, or its everything vanilla?
Como faço para se juntar a você no Discord e baixar os mapas? Pois clicando no link acima, o discord respondeu a seguinte mensagem: Este convite pode ter expirado ou talvez você não tenha permissão para entrar.
I'd love to see more map competitions!
Number 1! Nice maplestory references 😂😂
Was waiting to see if the penguins were named "Pepe."
The Map that i love the most
•Elminster
•duyhung2h
•Andi
•Sirak
•The Hole
•Fiona Danger
•Shasataurus
•Russian Bear
•Thanathor
•traderjoe
The Greek signs at 35:43 read as “στην Πόλη” (stin poli), meaning to/towards the city (city historically has also meant the capital, if I am not mistaken), and “λιμάνι”, which means port.
Link discored expired please help
hey zero, how do I mix buildings in the same space?
Ctrl + G it is
i don't understand why nobody uses AoE2 editor to recreate the universe of Warcraft
more maps with other thematic pls!
I wonder what time limitations you are talking about, can we pls get a video of each map being played (the ones that apply) I think it would be great content!
@ZeroEmpires which program do you use for your recording and which settings do you use?
MapleStory. Wasn't expecting that. Not unwelcome though.
Check out 'The Bells of Shangri-La' by Lord Basse.
It might not be in DE, nor a winter wonderland, but it's beautiful nonetheless.
What a cool idea, love it! Gorgeous maps
Can we do more of these please???
I like how the LLamas are rallying around their king at 02:40
the one on the bottom even has a crown!
How to download these maps? The discord link seems no longer valid.
The map number 3 looks like that it just came out from a Dark souls !
Numbers 6-3 were good contenders for number 2, I do not think number 2 was better than the other ones.
Sorry for asking such questions, but is this a standalone (not AoE II HD from Steam)? I'm a nostalgic AoE II player and would be interested in playing. Cheers!
This is AoE2:DE on Steam
@@ZeroEmpires Nice, thanks!
I believe the walkable towncenter wings was map copy kung fu of some sort.
awesome job everyone :)
I’m making my own map of the southern part of South America, but I’d like to know if someone has made it already? How to add new maps to the game??
9:40 why you didn't show what's in the right side or the little island at the north? :((
hi how can i get the maps? the discord link doesn't work anymore
thx !
I already upload my entry (1st place) to AoKH: aok.heavengames.com/blacksmith/showfile.php?fileid=13387
About the discord: Everyone noticed that it closed down for unknown reason. Maybe Zak (ZeroEmpires) got overloaded with works by being in the AOE dev team now, so he might not have time to manage his discord server.
@@TheCatVtuber thank you, good man. Your map is amazing
PLEASE HELP!! My game Age of Empires II- DE, wont even update or install in Microsoft Store. I bought the game and redeemed code, but with recent update, it just says error whether I update or try installing.
Thanks for your work. I got a question. How can i overlap 2 buildings in one place in aoe2 de. I saw aok and know it was cntrl+s . But in aoe2de it just save the scenario. Thanks again
hello, how can you overlap the objects? or that they come out in yellow?
Hey Zero is there any new map competitions ? or only 2019?
I was thinking: "well I think I might participate in January". But then I saw those maps and, wow thats some quality map design!
Excellent pronunciation of krepost 😊👍
The alligator was standing beneath the mill on the river.
I don't know why i can't play this game smoothly. I have PC 4 GB RAM, SSD 256, Intel HD Graphics for GPU and big space.
Where's the mistake?
Every first time designer makes the mistake of filling the entire canvas. These map makers did a good job of using whitespace to emphasise their focus elements. Without whitespace it would be a noisey mishmash
Next time just make a map full of rivers and you'll earn Nr. 1 ;)
If I was the one judging it then sure ;)
Awesome maps! I like a lot of those details, unfortunately I can see them only if I pause a video every 2 seconds :/ Please next time try to keep the camera at one please for a little bit longer, because all those useless movements 1 cm up/left/down/rights are making me angry and I cannot focus on anything on the map :)
How do i put different civ buildings???
How do you mix buildings?
In order to get solely the wings of the TC when you create a scenario, you need to use the teleportation trigger on the TC and only the wings will teleport.
It’s just a funny bug I guess
whats the keys to press to place items off the Alignment Grid on the definitive edition as when i use the hd keys it just sends me to the save menu
age of empires 3 unit(s) reference on japan map, Yumi Archer and Ashigura Musket
32:59 dude that is amazingggggggg i'm gonna paint that!!
buenos días, excelente vídeo, me podrías indicar donde puedo descargar los mapas, muchas gracias.
Beautifull maps !
That Flappie map seems like fun
Where do I put my downloaded scenariofiles ?!
Which file, and into what folder do I put them into ?!?!
!!!
hey do you know where to download the maps to play
So what you're saying is you're going to use Marco polo because going thru the whole map with a horse isn't very time efficient. Got it
These guys are geniuses. Damn
Why my game doesn't look as good as that? All my settings are maxed out, but it's not even close to this. I know about the enhanced textures, but I think it's not effective on my 1650x1050 monitor. =(
How we can play multi player in different country? Wish to join AOE II.
It's "Tanegashima" not "Tangashima".
I got a tear on my cheek because now kids will forget about the original age of empire 2 or 3 or 1 come on guys i think it will be better if they will not forget it because we have to continue to tell out kids about the originals they are still gold in my opinion, i would play age of empire 2 hd instead of this or the original aoe2
Where i can find to download and play this aswsome maps please ?
yo this is awesome, how does one join this? btw I'm new to this game