I have a BIG Problem with AOE3 Collectors Edition

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Hello Community of this Site,
i bought Age of Empires 3 Collectors Edition with the two Expansionpacks(The War chiefs and Asian Dynasties) in it. i tried to install the game and it worked. i can play online too but only with the normal european nations and not with any of the Expansion Packs. i tried everything but i didnt found out what to do.
Can someone of you Guys help me please because otherwise i wasted 20? for something i can just play for 33.33%
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Forgive me if I'm wrong??since I don't use Steam??but I believe you have to right click on "play game" (or whatever that option is) and select "play Asian Dynasties." Something like that =S not 100% sure.
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Doesnt Work. i bought it from Amazon(Dunno if you know that :s)(something like ebay) and if i rightclick the programm then and click on play it just keep throwing me into the normal AOE3 which i dont want to play. i want to play asian dynasties or war chiefs and i dont know how to get into that :c
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Are you able to open the .exe file directly???I don't use Windows either, so Idk about this either :P ??I think for TAD it's age3y.exe? Should be somewhere in the Steam files.
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Where did you buy it ? Steam ? If you got it there when you press play it should give you 3 options, select the asian dynasties one.

Alternatively make a search in your computer files for "age3y.exe" and click that to launch the asian dynasties.
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1. As i already said i bought it from the Internet
2. i dont have anything on my PC that is called age3y.exe
3. I dont know what to do anymore D:
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If you buy it off Amazon, I thought it installs it via Steam =S Does it not work that way?
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Wait a moment i just realised i can install it on steam too ._.
ok i make that and when im done i tell you if its working or not(PS I totally love you Mitoe, you are my favorite AOE3 Player :3)
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lordswaggington wrote:Wait a moment i just realised i can install it on steam too ._.
ok i make that and when im done i tell you if its working or not(PS I totally love you Mitoe, you are my favorite AOE3 Player :3)
Haha thanks :P GL getting it working.
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lordswaggington wrote:2. i dont have anything on my PC that is called age3y.exe
That would mean the TAD expansion isn''t installed at all. :o

Which would explain your frustration. ^_^
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soooo im already back because steam says that the product key isnt correct but it is. So i think the Game totally hates me or someone sent me the wrong stuff :C
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Is there a customer service thing you can call or something? They might be able to give you a new key.
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Cant call them now. The Little Letter they put into the Game Box says: We answer your Questions from 12:00 to 21:00 and its already past that. 1 Question How did you get Asian Dynasties running?. and could it be that they tricked me and its only the normal AOE3 on the Disk :O
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I told the game now it should repair itself, maybe a error occured whilst the installation and maybe my problem will be fixed after that. when not i will be sad :c
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lordswaggington wrote:Cant call them now. The Little Letter they put into the Game Box says: We answer your Questions from 12:00 to 21:00 and its already past that. 1 Question How did you get Asian Dynasties running?. and could it be that they tricked me and its only the normal AOE3 on the Disk :O
I own the retail copy of the game. I really doubt that they tricked you :P Have you tried googling the issue at all? Maybe there are others who were in a similar situation.
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Ok so
This is the gmae i bought: http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00S280 ... _i=desktop
And at the Installer there only was 3 buttons: 1:Install 2:Deinstall/Repair 3:Cancel
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on steam did u go to "games" then "activate a product on steam" and type ur cd key there?
I think that should get it too work.
Lasol wrote: :hmm: just Saw a YouTube video with giveyouanexiaty. He Said check youre stove, if you Want to improve youre aoe3 skills.

WHAT does check your stove means? And how do you do it?
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mitoe wrote:
lordswaggington wrote:Cant call them now. The Little Letter they put into the Game Box says: We answer your Questions from 12:00 to 21:00 and its already past that. 1 Question How did you get Asian Dynasties running?. and could it be that they tricked me and its only the normal AOE3 on the Disk :O
I own the retail copy of the game. I really doubt that they tricked you :P Have you tried googling the issue at all? Maybe there are others who were in a similar situation.
I did google my problem but all i found was "how to get age of empires 3 +expansions for free+ crack and product key" and all that stuff but nothing that could help me with my problem
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giveuanxiety wrote:on steam did u go to "games" then "activate a product on steam" and type ur cd key there?
I think that should get it too work.
Yes i already tried that but steam said that this product key is not right but i have it like that in my game box but it doesnt work
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I always get confused on steam because there are two ways it seems to activate a product, the one that glaringly says "active a product on steam", but the one below it says "redeem a steam wallet code." Maybe you were given a code instead ? Try the other option.
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wickedcossack wrote:I always get confused on steam because there are two ways it seems to activate a product, the one that glaringly says "active a product on steam", but the one below it says "redeem a steam wallet code." Maybe you were given a code instead ? Try the other option.
Nono the wallet codes are for Steam Gift Cards friends can give you that you can get more money on steam(something like a Playstation Network Card or something) and even if i try to add a game that steam doesnt know it says:"No such interface supported". I really tried everything i think now :c
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This should be very simple...
1) do you have physical copies (discs) of all three games, not just three discs for aoe3 vanilla, you need a disc for twc and a disc for tad

2) if it is not physical, then u must do it thru steam, which should install all

Either way, navigate to the folder...computer-->c drive-->program files-->Microsoft games-->age of empires 3. And look for age3y. Double click that
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Dear iamsoldier,
Thank you so much, i found out how to play them thanks to you.
THAAAAAANK YOUU :3
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The Collector's Edition doesn't include the expansions, only the Complete Edition does.


Steam gives you the option to run the basic game or each expansion. If you do a Steam install you must run each game from Steam at least once, after that you can use the direct link. For some reason I always get an error if I try the direct link first on a new install.

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