Steam - Steam apps - common - Age of Empires 3 - bin - data
After your done with creating your new homecity, rename or remove the "civs.xml" file
from your "data" folder. This will allow you to continue online.
You can also create an American Homecity online, but be sure to remove the "civs"
file in order not to have CRC Mismatch.
Be sure to run VANILLA AOE3 first, then try out the expansions.
It wont create the HC and new civ otherwise!
To acquire all the new cards you need to play on War Chiefs or Asian Dynasties.
Since the player starts with no explorer, I have added two maps, which start with Explorer and Major Cooper for the American Player. These work online.
Copy the Custom "American" Maps & the .xml files from RM3 into
My Documents - My Games - Age of Empires III - RM3
Then you will be able to play Custom "American" Maps with the starting explorer.
I have also added Bandeirantes card to be sent in Discovery Age.
Idea based on my own ideas and civs.xml.xmb taken from iamchanceless' "Special Civs on ESO" Mod.
Just to say, your initial homecities won't be visible until AFTER you take civ.xml.xmb away. This is because the file temporarily overrides the existing civilizations, allowing you to create the American homecity.
I have tested and am unable to create an American homecity online. This should work for single player and LAN if all players have homecitySPCAct3 installed.
[Edited on 03/29/20 @ 04:10 AM]
CrazyDude707
Posted on 04/18/20 @ 02:44 AM
Saw that you could add cards. Is this the case for online play as well? Also, would you be able to take this project further? Iamchanceless left many civs in an unplayable state. Would you be interested in working on a Malta HC for Online play?
murdilator File Author
Posted on 04/18/20 @ 04:21 AM
I can add Malta to a project. That said I know that LAN will work if all players have the new cards, and you can play online against computers, but I am not sure online against players will work even if you both have the new homecity (did some previous testing with new cards and modified cards my N3O Mod with someone who also had it installed, and I got "Out of Sync").
murdilator File Author
Posted on 04/18/20 @ 06:29 AM
I got the Maltese and Black's Mercenaries civ working, although the Knights of Malta can only go to Fortress Age and John's Mercenaries can only go to Industrial Age.
I modified Iamchanceless file for civs.xml for both Maltese and Black's Mercenaries and I have begun work on homecites (the reason these civ could not be played in single player with home city was because the homecitySPCAct1 and homecitySPCAct2 files were only in the campaign directory, not in the data directory as directed from the main civs.xml file).
It may take some time to build decks, but I can release what I have soon enough.
Post Industrial does not unlock new techs for Malta.
[Edited on 04/18/20 @ 06:30 AM]
murdilator File Author
Posted on 04/18/20 @ 01:00 PM
So there. I've made your mod. How do you like it?
CrazyDude707
Posted on 04/18/20 @ 07:00 PM
Rating
5.0
Breakdown
Playability
5.0
Creativity
5.0
Art and Sound
5.0
Installation/Instructions
4.0
Story/Description
5.0
Playability: 5
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Creativity: 5
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Art and Sound: 5
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Additional Comments: Great takeover of a mod. Look forward to more and what other Civs can come out of this project.
murdilator File Author
Posted on 04/19/20 @ 04:29 AM
Thank you for your rating!
souhail
Posted on 10/10/21 @ 09:15 AM
why when i play with that civ on lan the game always crashed when i send the 2 explore card and say out of sync
murdilator File Author
Posted on 10/24/21 @ 05:02 AM
All players need to have it install on their own computers to play LAN with others and to use the new cards.
murdilator File Author
Posted on 09/21/22 @ 04:37 AM
Here is a mini-mod I have made which Enables Gates for the AI on non-custom maps and makes some changes to Proto file that handles units. Also it adds Post-Industrial and Post-Imperial Techs to United States, as well as a starting Explorer + Hitpoint Regeneration, and 1 Starting Food Crate and 1 Starting Wood Crate.