Age of Empires II: HD Edition is Microsoft Studios's Real-Time and Strategy game released in 2013.
When you play Age of Empires II: HD Edition you will enjoy the following styles of play.
- In a real time strategy game multiple players are fighting for control of a battlefield, usually in a top down view. RTS games can also be in a 3rd person or isometric viewpoint. They tend to involve time and resource management as well as troop and building construction.
- Strategy games tend to focus on planning and skillful thinking in order to beat either real players or bots. They can be either real-time in which the play clock ticks continuously or turn-based where each player has a dedicated turn to finish their action. It is not uncommon to include exploration and resource management.
How to Port Forward Age of Empires II: HD Edition
When you are playing Age of Empires II: HD Edition you might need to forward some ports in your router. Forwarding ports is a useful trick in gaming because it can really help to make your network connection most stable and sometimes even faster. Routers were not designed to allow incoming network requests and some games can play tremendously better if an incoming connection is forwarded through the router to the game.
Before You Forward a Port
Before you can forward a port you need to know the following things:
- The IP address of your router.
- The IP address of the device that the game will play on: either your computer or your console.
- The TCP and UDP ports that need to be forwarded.
How to find your router's IP Address
The easiest way to locate your router's IP address is to run our free Router Detector utility. It's a part of the Network Utilities suite of tools and it's completely free to use.
How To Forward Ports
Our Network Utilities software makes port forwarding a breeze. You can be done in just a few minutes.
The process for forwarding a port is usually:
- Login to your router.
- Find your routers port forwarding section.
- Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the appropriate box in your router.
- Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the corresponding boxes in your router.
- Frequently you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.
Which Ports Does Age of Empires II: HD Edition Require
The incoming ports for Age of Empires II: HD Edition are as follows:
Age of Empires II: HD Edition - PC
- TCP: 27015-27030, 27036-27037
- UDP: 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27031, 27036
If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and Age of Empires II: HD Edition simply follow one of these links:
After following those steps your ports should be forwarded. Head to our applications and games list for more port forwarding guides.