Microsoft Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
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September 2006

Welcome to Microsoft® Age of Empires® III: The WarChiefs!

This file contains information to help you install Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs. It also includes late-breaking information not included in the manual or in-game Help.

CONTENTS
A.	Installing Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
B.	Starting Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
C.	Getting Help
D.	What's on the Disc?
E.	Playing on ESO with Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
F.	Shortcut Keys
G. Manual Corrections
H. Quick Reference Card Corrections
I.	Gameplay Troubleshooting
J.	Other Troubleshooting
K.	Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs Information

A. Installing Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs

To install Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs, you must have Age of Empires III installed and you must have administrator rights on your computer and your computer must be running Microsoft Windows® XP.

To install Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs

·	Insert the Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs disc into the disc drive. If AutoPlay is enabled, the installation menu will appear; click Install, and then follow the on-screen prompts.
	—or—
·	If AutoPlay is disabled, on the Start menu, click My Computer. In the My Computer window, double-click the disc drive icon, and then double-click Setup.exe. On the Setup screen, click Install, and then follow the on-screen prompts.

B. Starting Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs

You must have the Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs disc in your disc drive to play.

To start Age of Empires III:The WarChiefs

·	Insert the Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs disc into the disc drive. On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Games, point to Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs, and then click Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs.

You can skip the opening cinematics by pressing ENTER, SPACEBAR, or ESC.

C. Getting Help

You can find information about Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs in the game manual, the in-game Help, and in PDF files.

To display in-game Help

•	Place your pointer over any button or interface item in the game to view rollover Help or tooltips. You can also right-click any unit portrait or improvement icon in the game to view detailed Help.

PDF files of the game manual and civilization quick reference card reside in the Docs folder on the Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs CD. To view the PDF files, you must have Adobe® Reader® installed. You can download Adobe Reader at <http:www.adobe.com>.

D. What's on the Disc?

The Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs disc contains some additional information that you may find interesting or useful.

To access the information on the game disc

•	On the Start menu, click My Computer. In the My Computer window, double-click the disc drive icon, and then double-click the Docs folder.

E. Playing on ESO with Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs

You must use your existing ESO account from Age of Empires III to log into ESO. If you have never created an account on ESO you may do so by clicking on the New Account button at the ESO Login screen.

F. Shortcut Keys

The following keys can be very helpful during gameplay.

Building	Build	Quick Select	
Fort or Fire Pit	F	CTRL+F	
Mill or Farm	I	CTRL+I	
Native Embassy	J	CTRL+J	
Nobles’ Hut	N	CTRL+N	
Stable or Corral	S	CTRL+S	
Teepee	U	CTRL+U	
War Hut	W	CTRL+W	
Saloon	X	CTRL+X	
Wall	-	 	
 
BACKSPACE—Toggles Stealth
Z+Right Click—Attack Move

G. Manual Corrections

The Mini Map no longer includes a Find Explorer button. You can still locate your explorer by pressing the slash ( / ) key.

Trading Posts can not be built after the Trade Monopoly timer has started if your team initiated the timer. The opposing team can still build Trading Posts.

While updating your cards from the Home Cities Cards screen the Close button will take you back to the Home Cities screen. You must return to the Home Cities screen to launch into a game.

H. Quick Reference Card Corrections

•	Strong War Hut / Mighty War Hut can be researched in the 3rd and 4th Age
•	Coatlicue Worship can be researched from the House in the 2nd Age
•	Cinteotl Worship can be researched from the Farm in the 3rd Age
•	Plantations can be built in the 3rd Age
•	Raiding Party / War Party can be researched in the 2nd Age from the Town Center
•	Founder dance from the Fire Pit spawns Travois
•	Harvest Ceremony can be researched in the 2nd Age from the Farm
•	Gun Trade researched from the Sioux Plantation increases the attack of Wakina Rifles and Rifle Riders
•	Cipactli Worship researched from the Aztec Dock spawns Tlaloc Canoes
•	Flaming Arrows produced from the Dock are available to the Sioux only
•	Fishing Boats trained from the Dock are counted as units
•	Battle Anger dance from the Fire Pit provides the War Chief with greatly increased damage against artillery
•	Founder chosen from the Fire Pit is an Iroquois-only dance

I. Gameplay Troubleshooting

•	Attempting to install Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs without Age of Empires III installed—This will produce the following error message “age3x.exe - Unable To Locate Component - This application has failed to start because RockallDLL.dll was not found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.” You will need to reinstall Age of Empires III in order to install Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs.
•	Dance Icons—If you have the Show Player Score UI option turned on, whenever any Native player’s villagers are doing a military dance such as the War Dance at the Fire Pit, a small icon representing the dance will appear to the left of that player’s score.

J. Other Troubleshooting

There are no changes to DirectX®, Editor, CD-ROM drive, Audio, or Performance Troubleshooting in Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs. Please check the Age of Empires III Readme for further assistance.

Matrox
A Matrox Parhelia 128MB or a Matrox Millennium P750 using driver 6.13.0001.1691, reference drivers 6.13.0001.1873, and 6.13.0001.1914 may not correctly show bump mapping which appears as snow or solid grey textures in the game world. Also with the Parhelia 128MB the mouse pointer blinks and displays a black border when you place the pointer over opposing units for attack. It is recommended that you update to the latest version of these drivers which may fix the problem.

K. Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs Information

•	For more information about Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs, visit our Web site at: http://www.ageofempires3.com/.

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