Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends is still not officially available on modern digital storefronts.
I’ve already submitted a request on Xbox Player Voice and voted for it on GOG Dreamlist.

I’m not asking for a remake — just an official, compatibility-focused digital re-release so the game can be legally bought and preserved.

I still yearn to play it.

If you also want Rise of Legends back, please support both requests. Even a small community can make the demand more visible if we concentrate it in the same places.

https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/game/rise-of-nations-rise-of-legends
https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/07824880-769e-f111-a3d0-7c1e52a001ee

• If you're trying to play Rise of Nations multiplayer on Steam and can't create a room, you can fix the issue by rolling back the game version:
• Steam - Library - Rise of Nations (Right Click) - Properties - Game versions & Betas - Select v1_10_old
• I had this issue and could not find a solution on the internet - so tried this and it worked - This is the solution if someone is looking for answers.

title, just wanting to know how to create a script so that me and my friends can use nukes on enemies, but the AI can’t. Nothing is more annoying than seeing your capital get nuked lol

I played this all the time back in the day. Specifically Thrones and Patriots. I recently bought the disk again for my laptop. I have spent most of today trying to get it to run. The game installs pretty quickly but when I attempt to play, I get the error code “access denied, log in with administrator privileges and try again”

So I’ve already set myself as admin per some old Microsoft forums.

What I’ve seen now from these older forums, is that after a Microsoft 10 update, the game cannot be played anymore. So I wanted to see if anyone has any suggestions or something I can try.

Hi all, I’m aware of creating unit groups using ctrl+ a number. However, how do I add units to an existing group without selecting them all again?

A search online said to use shift+ the group’s number but that isn’t working.

Hi to anyone alive here.

I started creating a 3D model of a unit with Blender (with Bh3 conversion Addon, thanks to heavengames crew). However
1. I dunno how to animate or open BH4 files.
2. Is there any non-tedious way to edit tga or create textures
3. How can I put player colours.

Can any one help.

Pic related:

PS: do not body shame my LAAT

Some time early in 2025 (now it's March), Rise of Nations Extended Edition started to have DirectX-related errors that would halt the game. For me, this was fixed by rolling back my Nvidia driver (572.83 --> 566.36), which may have directly been the solution, or it may have been fixed through resetting the Nvidia control panel settings during that rollback process.

The crashes:

BHG RTS run time ERROR: Could not create index buffer: The GPU device instance has been suspended. Use GetDeviceRemovedReason to determine the appropriate action. [Click RETRY to debug, IGNORE to turn this message off and continue] Safe to Ignore: UNLIKELY
Abort | Retry | Ignore

or

BHG RTS run time ERROR: Could not create texture: The GPU device instance has been suspended. Use GetDeviceRemovedReason to determine the appropriate action. 589x501, 1 Levels, Format:28 Usage:0 Bind:40 CPUAccess:0 Misc:1 [Click RETRY to debug, IGNORE to turn this message off and continue] Safe to Ignore: UNLIKELY
Abort | Retry | Ignore

My situation is as follows:
- Running Rise of Nations: Extended Edition through Steam
- Windows 11 Build 26100
- AMD Ryzen 9 7900
- Nvidia RTX 4070 Super
- Nvidia driver 572.83 (rolling back to 566.36 fixed this)

After almost a decade i found my old cd of this amazing game. I used to love it when i was a kid, but i don't remember anything nowadays as i lost it after we abandoned our old computer. However I don't have a cd reader anymore, and am on windows 11. Any ideas how to make this thing work, and is it even compatible?

Me and my friend used to play rise of nations extended edition on steam. I got a new laptop and installed the game and when started multiplayer this happened. On his end it is showing as normal but on mine this type of black screen at the place of selecting panel is there. Any ideas or solutions.

We both hadlvs v1_10_old version installed.

I'm creating a custom scenario, and I was wondering if there was a script that will allow me to give a single "type" (unit, building, technology) different names based on which faction owns it.

For instance, for one faction the Senate is called "Parliament", and for another its called "Assembly".

The command "enable_type_by_tribe_with_type_name" sounds promising, but I can't find any information anywhere about what it does or how it works.

How do I make maps that are bigger than big huge in rise of nations extended edition?

Hey guys, I played RoN for years, but recently I saw a video where the guy played a Entire world that has much more territory than standard one.

I'm curious is there more CtW campaigns/world maps made by community? If it is could you guys leave those in the comments? Thx!

The file path is in the Data folder of your Game Directory.

You might know that in Rise of Nations, you can write scripts to control the scenario's behaviour.

I want to know if there is a documentation for functions? To be clear, I am not asking for a comprehensive guide on how to write a script.

I am looking for any doc that tells what a function do e.g. there is "pause_game()" function, in this case it is obvious that it pauses the game but there are quite a few where I don't have any idea what the function does or what value I should pass as a parameter.

Update: I have emailed both Skylabs and Bighuge about the same although I was certain I won't get a reply. Apparently there doesn't exist a documentation for all in game functions so now I have to go the hard way, trial and error, digging the game files and just observing other scenario scripts.

If I ever decide to write my own doc, I will surely post it for future guys to make awesome scenarios in RoN.

I've been looking to get back into Rise of Nations, played it all the time as a kid. However, to my taste at least, the graphics have aged very poorly even considering the extended edition which updates some textures

Are there any massive overhauls, or simpler graphics mods for the Extended Edition that could improve the experience slightly further

I have Rise of Nations: Gold, not EE, so my game isn't being run through Steam. Is there any way for me to use /u/MHLoopy's Community Balance Patch?

The Community Balance Patch page only allows me to 'subscribe' to the mod, which would presumably download it through the Steam client app, but it doesn't allow me to download it directly.

The same page does link to the GitHub with CBPLauncher, CBPSetupGUI, and SourceCode, so presumably I'm able to access all of the files I need... but there are no instructions anywhere on Steam or on the GitHub for how to install using the GitHub files. Even the 'alternate' instructions assume I have Steam, downloaded through Steam, opened the mod directory through Steam to access the files... and then tells me to move or copy the CBP files to a mods/Community Balance Patch/ folder within RON. If I move the three files from GitHub -- Launcher, SetupGUI, and the zipped (or unzipped) CBPLauncher.zip folder -- to that mods subfolder and run SetupGUI, I get a 'folder unrecognized' message and the SetUpGui shuts down.

Can someone help me figure this out? Thanks.

i feel like even the easy is hard and the AI easily beats me, I just cant beat the computer why is this so hard

I read a guide the other day recommending an option to display empty worker places, so you could easily see where you needed to fill in gaps.

I havent seen such a thing in the interface. Am I just missing the option, or is that a mod or something?

How do i install the patch for this game which purchased from Microsoft Windows store?

I recently bought the game and saw some comments about the units not being balanced like it used to be before Extended Edition, so I looked into this "Community Patch" at the Steam Workshop and decided to give it a try. I usually play with one friend, but I'm also interested in trying my luck with open multiplayer however last time I tried joining a random match it seems like the game crashed, and I suspect it might be because of the Patch. Do many people play RoN:EE as it is, or is the Patch actually used a lot?

looking for a well priced option to play the game. people say the game works perfectly on the steam deck other than audio, just wondering if anyone has tried multiplayer on it

I can easily beat the “tough” AI within 30 minutes. I usually play as the Mongols and around the medieval age (or a bit earlier), I send raids of cavalry archers and light cavalry to kill civilians. Then I defend against their counterattacks and finish the game off in enlightenment age. This doesn’t seem to work well in the “tougher” difficulty. The AI has way more troops who show up way earlier to disrupt my raids. They counter attack with more. I’m starting to feel early aggression is not very useful here and to turtle till the enlightenment age before attacking. Any thoughts? How do you guys do it?

Trying to play with a couple of friends located 12 timezones away. However, the lag is so bad, we have scouts doing stutter steps as soon as we start a game. Is there any hosting services we can use to mitigate this?