2 If you connect wirelessly, connect with a wired connection. 3) Verify your Firewall or internet security software is allowing Age3 (age3.exe) and TWC (age3x.exe) to pass through 4) Disable your Firewall or internet security software temporarily while you test connecting to the game. 5) Upgrade your firmware on your router and your network card AFTER2 YEARS!! Its as simple as this, In XP go to control panel, Then Network Connections, Then at the top you should see the menu bar, Click on advanced, Click advanced settings. Then simply move hamachi to the top of that list. The problem is that ages gives you the IP of the highest priority network device. Aoe2Definitive edition (Steam) not connecting to LAN server Steam I recently got the age of empires 2 Definitive edition on steam (during a sale). Me and my wife got a copy each. I hosted a multiplayer server on Local network, but my wife was unable to join the server. I have 3 copies of the game and I faced similar problems, when I host a Allyou need to do is add rules in the firewall that allow Steam / Age of Empires 2 DE to connect to the Internet. The same should be done with the firewall of But if your CPU has 4 cores, it would likely only reach 50-60%, because AOE2 simply can’t take advantage of the additional cores. I mention this because at 30%, the game could be maxing out on your CPU. For example, my 20-logical core CPU can only max out 5% of the CPU (1/20) per thread. Since AOE2 only uses 2 threads, it can only Ageof Empires: Definitive Edition. Explore these help articles to answer any game play questions or to troubleshoot an issue. Click on the yellow headings of each section to see more articles. If these do not answer your question, please reach out to our Support team by clicking the link in the top right corner of this page or at the bottom of Ageof Empires II: Definitive Edition. It's strange I only ever came across this issue when my internet died once like a month ago and never seen it before or since Have anyone done a network trace to see why your losing connection instead of just blaming it on the game constantly? #7. glued to the computer 1 issues when doing quick matches. Some players have been reporting game crashes when attempting to start a quick-match game. 2) Multiplayer network connectivity issues. (not related to player ping). - please describe the issue you're seeing, # of players in match, if you're seeing other issues, etc. Last edited by MS Ryz0n ; Apr 5, 2013 @ 1:40pm. Onyour keyboard, press the Windows logo + R keys simultaneously to open the Run box. Type or paste msconfig and press Enter. Under the General tab, click the Normal Startup option, and then Disablethe antivirus. 5. Join using Internet TCP/IP by network program (Hamachi, Tunngle). 6. Check to see if router setup and networking was disallowing anything. No results. 7. Use dxdiag to test connection. Can connect through session but cannot connect in game. 3b5UAVK.