Age Of Empires 3-tip2

Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy

of the file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the "proto.xml"

file in the "data" directory in the game folder. Note: You may first need

to uncheck the "Read Only" attribute of that file's properties in Windows

Explorer. Search for the text "CrateOf". You will find CrateofFood,

CrateofCoin, CrateofWood, CrateofFoodLarge, CrafteofCoinLarge, and

CrateofWoodLarge. For all these entries, find the tag "InitialResourceCount"

and change the count to whatever desired. For example, the normal crates

each have "100.000" of the resources. You can change the "100" to "99999.000",

etc. Make sure you do this for all the crates; sometimes a map will give

you a large crate of something, and smaller ones of something else, etc.

This works best because every map you play in campaign or skirmish starts

you with some "crates" of resources, which your settlers will gather out.

This will edit the crates to have huge amounts of resources in them.

However, it still takes a long time to get the resources out of the crate

for the settlers, because there are so many. If you are impatient, search

for "Settler" in the "proto.xml" file and find the tag for GatherCrate.

Change the value to whatever desired, preferably something very high

(for example, "99999"). They will pull the resources out of the crate instantly.