Oh my god, you are a legend. Thank you so much for letting me know about these mods. I didn't even think to check for them.
Going to have an insane amount of fun with it again!
And yeah. So many people that I recommended it to thought it was just AoE 2 again. But as you say, it actually has a ton more complexity. And the map editor and storylines were pretty awesome too.
From all I've seen, this is a very cool game, I've just never had the opportunity to play through it for myself other than a demo on the original Xbox.
I think it's available on Steam. I'll pick it up and give it a go!
Thank you for the recommendation.