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Re:1500 Archers on a 28.8: Network Programming in Age of Emp... by alternatetwo on Monday January 16, 2023 @01:27AM (#34397502)
You can call the command creation functions yourself, making the game think it's part of the simulation [1]. These types of cheat have been around ever since the original game, and the HD edition [2].

[1]: https://redrocket.club/posts/age_of_empires/ [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tl8AjDfnBk

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Re:1500 Archers on a 28.8: Network Programming in Age of Emp... by hot_gril on Monday January 16, 2023 @04:11PM (#34405529)
I was thinking of wireshark-capturing the game's calls too, but I figured someone else already did it and wrote a nice article about it... and there it is.
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