A window should appear asking you to agree to the Steam Workshop terms. Check the box and click Accept .
Close the game and open the Age of Empires II HD Launcher from Steam. age of empires 2 hd validating subscriptions
It forced a slower pace on a generation of gamers used to instant gratification. Perhaps it was the universe’s way of telling us to slow down before we started the frantic rush of the Dark Age. It was a moment of Zen before the chaos of a Frankish knight rush. It taught us patience—a virtue essential for booming your economy, but rarely practiced in the digital age. A window should appear asking you to agree
The most common reason for this hang is that Steam is waiting for you to accept the , but the game launcher isn't showing the prompt correctly. It forced a slower pace on a generation
Sometimes, the validation system gets confused by your owned DLCs. Resetting them can force a re-validation that actually completes.