Hey thanks for taking your time to check out this thread.
Basically, i have found it very useful from time to time to be able to use my Online city offline, when playing a lan against my brother, or practicing what whats/strats to use against what teams etc.
So, you obviously need an online account with at least one hc. You need to also create the same civilization offline, that you can use in skirmish etc.
Assuming you want an identical offline homecity, go to your online account and copy down the amount of experience your specific homecity has as well as the level of your homecity. And if you want to play exactly as you have it you may even want to count how many cards you have recieved since it was created, but no neccesary.
Then, go to:
1. My Documents
2. My Games
3. Age of Empires 3
4. Savegame
5. Your Homecity will be called:
sp_(your home city name here :P )_homecity
I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU CREATE A BACKUP IF YOU WISH TO RETAIN YOUR PREVIOUS HOMECITY
6. Right-click on it, Go->Edit
7. You should end up with something like this:=======================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?><savedhomecity version ="1">
<defaultdirectoryid>0</defaultdirectoryid>
<defaultfilename>homecityrussians.xml</defaultfilename>
<civ>Russians</civ>
<hctype>HC</hctype>
<name>St. Petersburg</name>
<heroname>Petr Tarakanov</heroname>
<herodogname></herodogname>
<shipname></shipname>
<hcid></hcid>
<level>5</level>
<xp>50621</xp>
<skillpoints>0</skillpoints>
<xppercentage>0.531050</xppercentage>
<numpropunlocksearned>4</numpropunlocksearned>
<decks>
<deck>
<name>My Deck</name>
<default></default>
<cards>
<card dbid ="2572">HCShipFoodCrates1</card>
<card dbid ="2190">HCShipCoveredWagons</card>
<card dbid ="2287">HCShipStrelets1</card>
<card dbid ="2288">HCShipStrelets2</card>
<card dbid ="2294">HCShipCossacks1</card>
<card dbid ="2295">HCShipCossacks2</card>
<card dbid ="2301">HCShipCavArchers1</card>
<card dbid ="2302">HCShipCavArchers2</card>
<card dbid ="2305">HCShipGrenadiers1</card>
<card dbid ="2566">HCShipGrenadiers2</card>
<card dbid ="2192">HCShipFalconets1</card>
<card dbid ="2170">HCExplorerRussian</card>
<card dbid ="2286">HCFurrierTeam</card>
<card dbid ="2076">HCAdvancedArtillery</card>
<card dbid ="814">HCUnlockFort</card>
<card dbid ="625">HCUnlockFactory</card>
<card dbid ="2096">HCAdvancedMill</card>
<card dbid ="2573">HCShipWoodCrates1</card>
<card dbid ="2634">HCShipMusketeersRussian2</card>
</cards>
</deck>
</decks>
<activetechs>
<tech dbid ="2572">HCShipFoodCrates1</tech>
<tech dbid ="2190">HCShipCoveredWagons</tech>
<tech dbid ="2170">HCExplorerRussian</tech>
<tech dbid ="2573">HCShipWoodCrates1</tech>
<tech dbid ="2287">HCShipStrelets1</tech>
<tech dbid ="2288">HCShipStrelets2</tech>
<tech dbid ="2294">HCShipCossacks1</tech>
<tech dbid ="2295">HCShipCossacks2</tech>
<tech dbid ="2301">HCShipCavArchers1</tech>
<tech dbid ="2302">HCShipCavArchers2</tech>
<tech dbid ="2305">HCShipGrenadiers1</tech>
<tech dbid ="2566">HCShipGrenadiers2</tech>
<tech dbid ="2192">HCShipFalconets1</tech>
<tech dbid ="2076">HCAdvancedArtillery</tech>
<tech dbid ="2634">HCShipMusketeersRussian2</tech>
<tech dbid ="814">HCUnlockFort</tech>
<tech dbid ="625">HCUnlockFactory</tech>
<tech dbid ="2096">HCAdvancedMill</tech>
<tech dbid ="2286">HCFurrierTeam</tech>
</activetechs>
<activeprops>
<prop enabled ="1">Russian_LightSet1</prop>
<prop enabled ="1">Russian_NWTCTexture0</prop>
<prop enabled ="1">