Pick the civ you want to remodel. Civs are grouped by the architecture they
share — reskinning shared buildings (houses, barracks, walls…) changes every civ in
that group, while castles, wonders & unique buildings change only for the civ you pick.
Pick an architecture above to restyle every building at once, then tweak any tile with Change…
Play with it
Install & play your mod
For the Windows PC version of Age of Empires II: DE. Building the mod runs entirely in your browser — no program to run. (Chrome/Edge let the page read the files it needs; on other browsers use the .bat option.)
Build the mod. Click ⬇ Build Mod and, when the browser asks, choose your
Age of Empires II: DE folder and allow read access. The page reads only the building pictures it
needs and saves a ready mod file, AotA_YourCiv_aoe2rms.zip, to your Downloads.
Extract it. In your Downloads, right-click AotA_YourCiv_aoe2rms.zip →
Extract All. You get an AotA_YourCiv_aoe2rms folder — it's just picture files,
nothing to run.
Move the folder into the game. Open File Explorer, paste this into the address bar and
press Enter — %USERPROFILE%\Games\Age of Empires 2 DE — open your profile
folder (the long number = your Steam ID; if there are several, use the one you play), then
mods\local, and move the AotA_YourCiv_aoe2rms folder (from your
Downloads) inside it. Final path:
…\<your-steam-id>\mods\local\AotA_YourCiv_aoe2rms\.
Enable it in-game. Launch Age of Empires II: DE → Mods →
Local → tick “YourCiv — Custom Architecture” → Apply changes
(restart if asked).
Play. Start a single-player / skirmish game as your civ (or any civ that shares its
architecture) and you'll see your custom buildings. (On a browser without folder access, use
🛠️ .bat installer instead: double-click the downloaded .bat — if Windows shows
“protected your PC”, click More info → Run anyway.)
Good to know
The mod is only picture files copied from your own game — graphics-only,
no stats or gameplay change, and fully reversible.
Shared buildings reskin the whole architecture family; castles & wonders reskin your chosen civ; palisade walls are shared by everyone.
Best for single-player, custom scenarios and skirmish. Ranked multiplayer ignores local visual mods.
To uninstall, delete the AotA_YourCiv_aoe2rms folder from mods\local.
