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Age of Empires III “Unlimited” Secrets

October 29, 2006 By sharker

Age of Empires III is a very challenging real time strategy game so it is not surprising if there are people who would prefer to take a little shortcut and try to exploit some loopholes in the game. Below are two secrets on how get unlimited resources and unlock points in the game:

Getting Unlimited Resources

Use a text editor like notepad to edit the proto.xml file that is located in the data directory of the game folder. There may be a chance that this file may be hidden from view so you must first uncheck the Read Only box in the file properties of Windows Explorer. Now, when you have opened the file search for the text CrateOf. The results will come up with:

CrateofFood, CrateofCoin, CrateofWood, CrateofFoodLarge, CrafteofCoinLarge, and CrateofWoodLarge.

For all of these entries look for the tag InitialResourceCount and then change the value to whatever it is you need. For instance, normal crates usually each have 100.000 of the resources. You can change this value to 999.000, if you are so inclined.

Unlimited Unlock Points in single player

Open SP_yourcityname_homecity.xml, which can be found in \My Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\Savegame. Before you make any kind of changes make a backup of the file first. Now find the line .

The line being referred to should look like xx, x is represented by the number of skillpoints that you currently possess. You can change the value of xx to a higher number up to 999, save the file and start the game. When you go to a skirmish game, go to manage your city and you will find that you have 999 unlock points that you can use to unlock various things in the city.

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Some Tips for Company of Heroes

October 11, 2006 By sharker

I think Company of Heroes is a refreshing and well executed real time strategy game. The premise alone makes it stand out from the rest of the pack – it is set in World War 2, which veers away from the usual sci-fi / fantasy/ futuristic settings that have come to define the RTS of the last few years.Below are some tips that may help you in playing more effectively:

* Always build extra engineers. You will never known when you’ll lose one during a frenetic gun battle in the front lines. A quick replacement to a fallen engineer will be a great strategy.

* Always build a halftrack whenever you can. A halftrack that has a quad cannon can easily kill infantry and your squads can regroup and reinforce itself near one.

* Micromanage your Shermans when it is under fire from serious threats like AT guns, panzers, among other. Also try to use smokescreens as it will aid your Shermans. Remember that a Sherman cannot go head to head with a Panzer unless it is supported by engineers or bazooka carrying infantry.

[tags]World War 2, Shermans, real time strategy, RTS, engineers[/tags]

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