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Apparently the problem you describe is solved by installing Microsoft Core Fonts, which can be done by running winetricks corefonts.
Or if you're comfortable running third party code, a crack might be a more convenient solution:
https://www.gamecopyworld.com/games/pc_age_of_empires_3.shtml
Thanks so much! Yes, running winetricks corefonts worked for me; sorry for the late reply. I can now put all 5 digits in each text box; let's hope the game runs fine.
Alright, so I continued the installation and inserted Disc 2 when I needed to, to continue to the next part of the installation. Now I get a 'feature transfer error'. The error says "Error: -1603 Fatal error during installation. Consult Windows Installer Help (Msi.chm) or MSDN for more information".
can you work around this by copy/pasting maybe all 25 characters at once or maybe each segment at a time?
edit:
steam lets me choose the base game, war chiefs or asian dynasties, AD and WC work without a problem but the base game asks for a key and I can also just input 4 characters instead of 5. but I'd always play with all expansions
can you work around this by copy/pasting maybe all 25 characters at once or maybe each segment at a time?
I tried that already and it didn't work.
Thanks for helping; I still have at least one roadblock stopping me from installing but I managed to solve the text-box issue by installing Microsoft Core Fonts with the command winetricks corefonts
Did you try to install it with Lutris? https://lutris.net/games/age-of-empires-iii/
No I didn't try that thanks. I'll give it a shot. I solved the text box issue by installing Microsoft Core Fonts with winetricks corefonts
Does it not let you input the fifth digit? Can you see the digits you input or are they replaced with asterisks or something so it's not obvious if the software accepted the input.
I'd just try to input the code and let the installer switch me to the next input field automatically. That's how it usually works.
Can you see the digits you input or are they replaced with asterisks or something so it’s not obvious if the software accepted the input.
Yeah, I can see them; they aren't asterisks.
I’d just try to input the code and let the installer switch me to the next input field automatically. That’s how it usually works.
That's the first thing I tried; it's the usual way. But I solved the textbox issue by installing Microsoft Core Fonts with winetricks corefonts
But I solved the textbox issue by installing Microsoft Core Fonts with
winetricks corefonts
Which would suggest that the limit is not given in number of characters, but text width, which would be such a strange decision, from a software development point of view.
Can you make it use a very narrow font and squeeze 6 characters in there? Just for the giggles.
I'm not sure how to mess around with different fonts or how to apply different ones
The Definitive Edition is now free to play, and buying the full game is quite cheap. Unless you have a particular desire to play the original game, that might be a better option.
Oh, cool, I didn't know the Definitive Edition was free now; nice. Still, I'd like to get the original version working if I can.