

If you are experiencing an error where the download gets to 99% and then crashes, you can try to do a manual installation for the mod: Both, the Patch and the User Mod must be selected in your game room settings, else you will experience game crashes. In order to play, you need the Community Patch v1.6 RC and the Data Mod v1.6 Game Data.

However there are some important differences:

The campaign is narrated by an unnamed follower of Francisco de Almeida.Wololo Kingdoms DE and Community Patch v1.6Ĭommunity Patch v1.6 reuses most of the code from the existing Wololo Kingdoms DE, adding the balance and functionalities. The player plays as the Portuguese, and the player color is blue. The Francisco de Almeida campaign consists of 5 scenarios. Can you lead a Portuguese armada to the East and forge an empire that spans three continents and two oceans? A new world awaits! Now, daring explorers have returned from India and given Portugal hope of glories and wealth unachievable in the Old World. On the fringes of Europe, the Portuguese manage a meager and unsure existence, hardened by centuries of war against the Moors and rival Christian kingdoms.

His conquests in Africa are depicted in the Francisco de Almeida campaign in the African Kingdoms expansion of Age of Empires II. Almeida is credited with establishing Portuguese hegemony in the Indian Ocean. In 1503 he was appointed as the first governor and viceroy of the Portuguese State of India (Estado da Índia). He distinguished himself as a counselor to King John II of Portugal and later in the wars against the Moors and in the conquest of Granada in 1492. 1450 – March 1, 1510) was a Portuguese nobleman, soldier and explorer.
