How to Install, Play & Edit
Installing a Scenario File
When you create your own scenarios in AOE2, they are saved on your local hard drive. Sharing them is a matter of copying the scenario file to somebody else's computer with AOE2 installed.
Scenario files are stored in the following directory:
<username>\Games\Age of Empires 2 <location>\<some number>\resources\_common\scenarioWhen you get a scenario file from a friend — or one of my scenario files from this site — just copy it to that folder.
Playing a Custom Scenario
Open AOE2 and click on Standard Game. In the following dialog, select Custom Scenario on the right as the Game Type.
Selecting Custom Scenario as the game type
Selecting and loading the scenario file
The following dialog shows the scenario files in the folder mentioned above. Select the one you want to play and click Load Scenario. And off you go…
Editing a Custom Scenario
You can of course use the AOE2 scenario editor to adjust any custom scenario to your own requirements. I will not go into detail here about how the scenario editor works — it is somewhat complex but I leave it to you to figure it out.
From the Main Menu, click on Editors.
Click "Editors" from the Main Menu
Select the scenario and click "Load Scenario"
The editor opens with your selected scenario