Re: Playing Age of Empires Definitive Edition
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The game takes place largely around a Roman'esk era, starting with hunter gatherers. As you progress, you can upgrade your main building to progress to another age, unlocking new buildings, technologies, and units. For example from Bronze age to Iron, etc.
Shortcut list [here]:
Space Bar – Views the selected unit
Arrow Keys – Scroll the game view
ENTER – Enter chat mode or send chat message (Cheat mode as well)
ESC – Unselect a unit or building, cancel an order
+ / – – Increase / Decrease game speed
TAB – Display next unit or building if multiple units or buildings are selected. Cycle through selected units and buildings.
SHIFT (while selecting units) – Add this unit to the selection already made. Select multiple units by dragging a selection box around them or shift-clicking individual units in turn.
SHIFT (while selecting a place to build) – Build multiple buildings by shift-click on the map where you want the buildings to be. Works for all buildings but the Town Center.
SHIFT (while telling a unit where to go) – You can set waypoints (a path) for unit(s) to follow by shift-clicking on the map where you want the waypoint to be.
SHIFT+TAB – Cycle through units backwards, displays previous unit in a selection (Opposite direction of TAB)
F1 – Help System
SHIFT+F1 – Individual Help (Like the ? Button)
F3 – Pause Game
F5 – Debug Mode (Displays debug information in the top bar where the resource counters are normally)
PAUSE – Pause Game
F10 – Game Menu
F11 – Displays Elapsed Time and Game speed (1.0 = Normal, 1.5 = Fast, 2.0 = Very Fast)
1 – 9 – Select group assigned to the number
CTRL+[1-9] – Assign selected units to the group number
ALT+[1-9] – Select group assigned to number and center view on that group
SHIFT+[1-9] – Select this group number in addition to units or groups already selected
CTRL+A – Select and view Archery Range (Repeat to cycle through other Archery Ranges in turn)
CTRL+B – Select and view Barracks (Repeat to cycle through other Barracks in turn)
CTRL+D – Select and view Dock (Repeat to cycle through other Docks in turn)
CTRL+K – Select and view Siege Workshop (Repeat to cycle through other Siege Workshops in turn)
CTLR+L – Select and view Stable (Repeat to cycle through other Stables in turn)
CTRL+P – Select and view Temple (Repeat to cycle through other Temples in turn)
CTRL+Y – Select and view Academy (Repeat to cycle through other Academies in turn)
H – Select and view Town Center (Repeat to cycle through other Town Centers in turn)
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