Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
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This mod provides a Joan of Arc visual replacement for every place in which the default image of the three male rulers appears. Please read the description before downloading.

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This mod provides a Joan of Arc visual replacement for every place in which the default image of the three male rulers appears.

This mod is specifically for the Steam version of AoE II: DE, but parts of it may be compatible with non-Steam versions of the game.

For reasons unknown to me, the custom launch image does not work properly for me, as it displays a black rectangle upon launching the game instead of the custom image. However, I have still included it in case it works for others.

All of the visual replacements are versions of the official AoE II Joan of Arc artwork that was released for Women's History Month. I claim no credit for the base artwork itself; I merely resized, revised, and reformatted.

Installation Instructions

If you wish to install the custom loading banner, the file with which you will need to replace the new file can be found by navigating to the "AoE2DE" installation folder (which for me is located here: This PC > Windows (C:) > Program Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > common > AoE2DE), and then navigating through the following folders: resources > _common > wpfg > resources. In this final resources folder, you will find a file called "loading_slash.png". It is this file that will need to be replaced with the file provided in the mod in order to bring about the visual change. You may want to make a backup of the original "loading_slash.png" in case you decide that you want to go back to the default loading banner. Finally, you might also need to replace the "loading_slash_alt.png" file, which is found in the same place as "loading_slash.png," with the one included in the mod. The reason for this is that the game will sometimes randomly decide to use "loading_slash_alt.png" instead of "loading_slash.png," and the default "loading_slash_alt file is a bit disturbing and should probably be replaced.

The custom launch image replaces the file found in AoE2DE > resources > _launcher. However, this is the one replacement image that did not work properly for me on my machine, so do not be surprised if this one does not work for you either.

In order to implement the custom background for Steam, right click on the image of the game in your Steam library and choose "Set Custom Background". This will bring up a window in which you can browse to and select the custom background image included in the mod.

In order to implement the custom artwork for Steam, go to "Library," choose "Home," and then scroll down to "Recent Games" (if Age of Empires II is not listed there, you will need to launch the game and then exit it). Right click on the image of the game, choose "Manage" in the dropdown menu, and select "Set custom artwork." This will bring up a window in which you can browse to and select the custom artwork included in the mod (you will actually have to perform this process twice, as there are two artwork versions for every Steam game: the landscape style artwork that shows for the game when it was the very last game that you played, and the portrait style artwork that shows for the game when it was not the last game that you played).