i think i figured it out
 

what i did is what this one guy did for 1.0b . It lets you play on the zone with no problems but doenst let u play single-player off line

heres what the guy did

iite heres what i did..i installed the game fully...installed the patch...i downloaded unsafedisc...extracted it to the conquerors.exe file is...i took out the dplayer.dll file and just dragged it to the desktop...opened up unsafedisc...put the dpalyer.dll file back then applied the crack...this creates a test.exe file...i then renamed the test.exe file with the REAL aoe exe file..."age2_x1" or something like that..then rename the original age2_x1 file to whatever...and the game will run the test.exe file thinking it is the real file and i was able to play online just fine

his nock was pilawhitetrash he deserves the credit