Age of Empires II recorded game parsing and summarization in Python 3.

• Age of Kings (.mgl) [fast only]
• The Conquerors (.mgx) [fast only]
• Userpatch 1.4 (.mgz)
• Userpatch 1.5 (.mgz)
• Definitive Edition (.aoe2record)

import os
from mgz import header, body

with open('/path/to/file', 'rb') as data:
    eof = os.fstat(data.fileno()).st_size
    header.parse_stream(data)
    body.meta.parse_stream(data)
    while data.tell() < eof:
        body.operation.parse_stream(data)

Skips parsing most body operations for faster speed.

import os
from mgz import header, fast

with open('/path/to/file', 'rb') as data:
    eof = os.fstat(data.fileno()).st_size
    header.parse_stream(data)
    fast.meta(data)
    while data.tell() < eof:
        fast.operation(data)

from mgz.summary import Summary

with open('/path/to/file', 'rb') as data:
    s = Summary(data)
    s.get_map()
    s.get_platform()
    # ... etc

Q: Where are the end-of-game achievements/statistics?

A: In the postgame action, available only from Userpatch version.

Q: How can I tell the number of resources/kills/etc at a certain point?

A: You can't, without replaying the match in-game.

Q: How does a recorded game file work?

A: The first portion (the header) is a snapshot of the initial game state. The second portion (the body) is a list of moves made by players. The game loads the header, then applies each move to mutate the state according to the game rules.

Q: How can I install this package?

A: pip install mgz

• Pull requests & patches welcome

• aoc-mgx-format: https://github.com/stefan-kolb/aoc-mgx-format
• recage: https://github.com/goto-bus-stop/recage
• recanalyst: http://sourceforge.net/p/recanalyst/
• genie-rs: https://github.com/SiegeEngineers/genie-rs/tree/default/crates/genie-rec
• bari-mgx-format: https://web.archive.org/web/20090215065209/http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/aocai/mgx_format.html