Welcome to a brand new replace for Age of Empires II: Definitive Version! This replace focuses on stability, gameplay fixes, and fantastic tuning throughout each core programs and up to date content material.
Listed below are among the notable highlights coming with this month’s replace:
- Mounted some crashes and out of sync points.
- Mounted a problem with garrisoned items getting killed when constructing is destroyed.
- Mounted some exploits and gameplay associated bugs.
- Mounted a problem with giant group of items slowing down round obstructions.
Make sure you dig down into the publish under to get all the smaller particulars earlier than hopping in-game and checking them out firsthand.
Thanks once more to our wonderful neighborhood members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Empires what it’s as we speak!
—The Age of Empires Crew
Keep in mind that you’ll must replace your sport within the Microsoft Retailer:
- Open the Microsoft Retailer.
- Click on the [∙ ∙ ∙ ] image subsequent to your profile image.
- Choose Downloads and updates.
- Press the Get updates button to mechanically detect, obtain, and set up the most recent modifications to your sport!
- Open the sport. The title display ought to present you on Construct 188329.
In case you are unable to launch the sport after downloading the replace, be sure to add (or re-add) the Age of Empires II: Definitive Version consumer or folder as an exception to your firewall and antivirus program.
That’s it; you’re able to play!
Keep in mind that you’ll must replace your sport in Steam:
- Open Steam.
- Click on on Library to see your video games record.
- Click on Downloads on the backside of the Library window.
- [If the new build does not download automatically,] click on the Obtain Now button to manually obtain the brand new replace.
- Open the sport. The title display ought to present you on Construct 188329.
That’s it; you’re able to play!
Keep in mind that you’ll must replace your sport within the Xbox App for Home windows.
- Open the Xbox app.
- Video games which might be put in present up on the left facet of the app.
- Hover over the sport or click on it, after which choose Replace.
- [If the new build does not download automatically,] hover over the sport, choose Extra Choices (…), select Handle. Below the Information tab, select the choice to Examine for Updates.
- Open the sport. The title display ought to present you on Construct 188329.
That’s it; you’re able to play!
- Below the video games tab from the PlayStation Residence Display screen Find the sport and hover over it. Be sure that to not choose it!
- Whereas hovering over the sport press the Pause button (☰) in your controller.
- Within the new pop up menu choose the Examine for Replace possibility.
- If there’s a new replace accessible, this can mechanically begin the obtain. In case your sport is on the latest model, choosing this selection will affirm that data for you.
That’s it; you’re able to play!
Please word that customized mods will not be suitable with the most recent sport replace. In case you are experiencing points launching or taking part in the sport after downloading the brand new construct, strive disabling your installed mods earlier than making an attempt once more.
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Sport
Stability & Efficiency
- Mounted an out of sync concern associated to field formation.
- Mounted an out of sync concern occurring when watching replays with Reveal Map set to “Explored” or “All Seen”.
- Mounted a problem the place the sport could be unresponsive for a number of seconds after absolutely loading the map and simply earlier than beginning the sport (extra apparent with bigger maps and extra gamers).
- Mounted a crash occurring when loading into Stranded map.
- Mounted a crash occurring in eventualities when utilizing the Lock Civ possibility with civilization set to Random.
- Mounted some uncommon crashes with customized content material (mods, eventualities).
UI
- Mounted a problem with the fonts within the sport showing decrease high quality, extra seen in larger resolutions.
- Bonus assault from Hamask know-how is now displayed within the UI even when the unit is just not attacking.
- Mounted a problem the place “0” was inserted earlier than Textual content to Speech chat messages.
- Added the lacking mute button to mute your individual audio in Multiplayer lobbies.
Hotkeys
- Hulks and Transport Ships now not have the identical default hotkey in Traditional Hotkeys profile.
Multiplayer
- Mounted a problem the place lobbies couldn’t be discovered when looking by Sport ID.
- Mounted a problem the place a Matchmaking Error would seem when making an attempt to queue with a full occasion.
Steam
- All achievements are actually grouped per every DLC they pertain to, permitting their unlock progress to be counted individually.
PlayStation
- Mounted a problem the place Ps 5 gamers weren’t in a position to restore a saved multiplayer sport.
Gameplay
Fixes
- Mounted a problem the place garrisoned items could be deleted if the constructing containing them is destroyed whereas having no area to ungarrison.
- Mounted a problem the place transformed items with blast radius (like Mangonels) would inflict zero injury when killed with their projectile already within the air.
- Mounted a problem the place Varangian Guards with the Gothikon Improve had been in a position to generate gold by fake-attacking (attacking and instantly canceling the assault) with their ranged assault.
- Mounted a problem the place Fort foundations with extra HP may very well be destroyed with one hit by items dealing space injury (Rams, Elephants, and so on).
- Mounted a problem occurring when stealing boar kind animals from an ai participant concurrently the ai participant tries to lure them – your villager might mechanically begin strolling in the direction of the enemy City Heart.
- Rooster/rabbit kind animals can now not be tricked by the participant into strolling giant distances (funneling).
- Mounted an occasion the place Dane bonus assets from destroyed buildings weren’t granted if the proprietor of the constructing deleted it after it got here underneath assault.
- Mounted a problem the place partitions and gates didn’t rely as destroyed buildings for the Danes civilization bonus.
- Mounted a problem the place several types of meals may very well be blended to set off the Varangian and Portuguese meals bonuses. For instance, gathering 9 meals from berries after which 1 meals from sheep with the identical villager would provide you with 1 gold for Varangians.
- Mounted a problem the place map areas revealed by Circumnavigation would mechanically replace to indicate depleted assets (thus revealing participant data).
- Mounted a problem the place Tupi items wouldn’t return any of their price when killed.
- Mounted a problem the place Comply with command might end in a barely angled method of the next unit in the direction of the adopted unit.
- Mounted a uncommon concern the place Cease command may very well be triggered in buildings, cancelling items/applied sciences queued there.
- Very minor adjustment to the Saxon infantry low cost for the inner values to higher match the described numbers.
Marketing campaign
- Mounted a problem the place Selections tab would seem empty when transferring between the three campaigns inside “The Viking Sagas”.
- The Exiled Prince 3: “Fires of the Whale-Highway”: Mounted a problem the place you would win with relic victory.
- The Exiled Prince 3: “Fires of the Whale-Highway”: Mounted a uncommon concern the place Zoe might spawn in double.
- The Exiled Prince 4: “Demise’s Handmaid”: Mounted a problem the place the treasure bonus from Ulfberht Sword (10% quicker attacking for infantry items) didn’t apply to some distinctive infantry items within the subsequent missions and the next two campaigns.
- The Exiled Prince 5: “The Bulgar-Burner”: Mounted a problem the place a Dyrrhachium participant’s monk might heal Bulgar items in the event that they get near the partitions.
- The Exiled Prince 6: “The Warrior Who Fed the Wolves”: The Goal to convey Harald to the crimson Monastery now modifications appropriately when utilizing Shade Blind Modes.
- The Arduous Ruler 3: “The Wayward Males of Norway”: Mounted a problem with line of sight within the left nook of the map.
- The Final Viking 1-4: Mounted the treasure bonus for hero well being regeneration from The Arduous Ruler 1: “Kings and Cowards” not making use of to Tostig in The Final Viking marketing campaign.
- The Final Viking 1-4: Mounted a problem the place Tostig would obtain a treasure bonus meant for Secure items from The Arduous Ruler 5: “The Battle of Nisa”.
- The Final Viking 1: “Westward, the Carrion’s Name”: Mounted a problem the place the choice panel within the marketing campaign UI was displaying the improper choice.
- The Final Viking 1: “Westward, the Carrion’s Name”: Mounted a problem the place Fireplace Troops wouldn’t obtain the treasure bonus for distinctive items from The Arduous Ruler 5: “The Battle of Nisa”.
- The Final Viking 1: “Westward, the Carrion’s Name”: Some ai fixes and ai changes had been utilized to the pc gamers within the situation.
- The Final Viking 2: “The Storm-Driver of the North”: Mounted the Fort acquired from the Scots not having the ability to garrison any items inside.
- The Final Viking 4: “The Battle of Stamford Bridge”: Mounted a problem the place the choice panel within the marketing campaign UI was displaying the improper choice.
- Victors and Vanquished: “Vortigern”: Mounted a problem the place participant’s Fireplace Troops wouldn’t get transformed to enemy Saxons when the Saxons betray you.
- Historic Battles – “Hastings”: Mounted a problem for customers that don’t personal “The Viking Sagas” DLC the place enemy gamers would begin with random civilizations.
Steadiness Adjustments
Common
- Champi Scout bonus injury vs. Scout Cavalry-line and Camel Scout elevated from +1 -> +2 (Champi Runner unchanged).
- (Elite) Elephant Archer price elevated from 60 meals 80 gold → 70 meals 80 gold.
- (Elite) Elephant Archer HP lowered from 230 → 220, Elite 280 → 270.
- Gaia
- Snake assault lowered from 3 → 2.
- Komodo Dragon assault lowered from 3 → 2.
- Elk assault elevated from +2 vs. cavalry, +6 vs. camels → +3 vs. cavalry, +8 vs. camels.
- Mounted Walrus stats to make use of meant values (7 assault, 2.3 assault reload velocity, 400 meals).
Mapuche
- Bolas Rider motion velocity lowered from 1.5 → 1.45 (Elite unchanged).
AI
Common
- Mounted a problem the place pc gamers on Arduous and Hardest weren’t gathering their close by boar kind animals.
- Added a brand new strategic quantity sn-disable-attack-group-transporting to forestall assault teams from utilizing transports in particular eventualities and situations.
- Mounted a problem the place AI gamers might place their beginning homes exterior of the partitions on Area map.
Pathfinding
- Villagers are now not prioritizing gathering from lifeless sheep over alive ones when they’re too far-off.
- Mounted a problem the place a big group of items chosen collectively would decelerate their motion when passing by means of obstructions and tighter areas.
- Mounted a uncommon concern the place some items on Aggressive stance wouldn’t auto-attack enemies close by.
Modding
Common
- Mounted a problem the place .wav recordsdata utilized in mods wouldn’t work correctly for sounds outlined in knowledge.
- Mounted a minor concern with incorrectly outlined sound recordsdata in knowledge, solely affecting mods.
Situation Editor
- Mounted a problem with “Varangians”, “Danes” and “Saxons” not displaying up as applied sciences in set off results/situations.
- Mounted a problem with Hulk line not displaying up within the record of items in Choices.
- Mounted a problem the place human participant items weren’t mechanically attacking Gaia items with “Convert By no means (Gaia Aggressive)” seize flag.
XS Scripting
- Mounted a problem the place
xsSetUnitPropertymight crash when setting the garrisoned in unit id. - Added new XS capabilities to help syncing knowledge throughout gamers. A most of 256B price of knowledge may be shared per participant, as much as a most of 4 instances per second.
Notice: It’s extremely inspired to make use of these capabilities for unsync knowledge in single-player content material as effectively, as doing so allows correct replay playback.void xsResetNetData()int xsWriteNetInt(int worth)int xsWriteNetFloat(float worth)int xsWriteNetVector(vector worth)int xsWriteNetString(string worth)- Notice: The above capabilities return what number of bytes had been really written. For strings, truncation can occur when the 256B restrict is hit. For different varieties, the write merely fails, and no truncation happens.
bool xsSendNetData(string callback)- This pushes the information to all gamers after which calls the operate with the offered title. The written knowledge can then be learn utilizing
xsReadNetcapabilities under. This runs with a delay in MP relying on latency, and with a delay of two ticks in SP.
- This pushes the information to all gamers after which calls the operate with the offered title. The written knowledge can then be learn utilizing
string xsReadNetString()int xsReadNetInt()float xsReadNetFloat()vector xsReadNetVector()bool xsSetWriteNetDataPosition(int place)bool xsSetReadNetDataPosition(int place)int xsGetWriteNetDataPosition()int xsGetReadNetDataPosition()bool xsUnsyncIsSandboxMode()- Returns true in replays and in campaigns the place the person chooses sandbox mode
Localization
- Mounted lacking localization for the message that seems when beginning The Arduous Ruler 1 or The Final Viking 1 with out finishing the final situation from the earlier marketing campaign.
- Mounted lacking Korean localization in some locations.
- Mounted a problem the place Champi Scout and Champi Runner had the identical title in Portuguese.
- Mounted some cases the place map names had been inconsistent with map description in some languages.
- Return of Rome: Mounted a problem the place “Zealotry” and “Fanaticism” had the identical title within the Know-how Tree in some languages.
- Chronicles: Mounted a problem the place the “Battle For Greece” textual content was not translated when viewing Chronicles Grand Marketing campaign in Italian, French and Turkish.
- Different minor localization fixes.
Ongoing…
Investigation
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DISCLAIMER
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