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Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition – Update 58259

January 31, 2022

Come up jump into to another fun-filled release with exciting updates, balance changes, and bug fixes forHistoric period of Empires II: Definitive Edition!

We're excited to introduce new co-op campaigns! Grab your battle buddies and take a quick look at some of the changes coming with today's update:

• A new Co-op Upshot!
• 2 new co-op campaigns! Alaric & Saladin!
• Custom Lobby Ranked Expiry Lucifer!
• Hindi text shaping fix!

Exist sure to dig downwards into the post below to get all of the juicy details earlier hopping in-game and checking them out immediate.

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Thanks again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Empires what it is today!

—The Age of EmpiresTeam

Download on the Microsoft Store

Call up that you'll demand to update your game in the Microsoft Shop:

• Open the Microsoft Store.
• Click the [∙ ∙ ∙ ] symbol next to your profile picture.
• Select Downloads and updates.
• Press the Get updates button to automatically detect, download, and install the latest changes to your game!
• Open up the game. The title screen should show you on Build 58259.

If yous are unable to launch the game afterward downloading the update, brand sure yous add (or re-add together) the Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition client or folder as an exception to your firewall and antivirus program.

That'southward it; you're fix to play!

Download on Steam

Recall that you'll need to update your game in Steam:

• Open Steam.
• Click on Library to see your games list.
• Click Downloads at the bottom of the Library window.
• [If the new build does not download automatically,] click the Download Now button to manually download the new update.
• Open the game. The title screen should evidence you on Build 58259.

That's it; you're set up to play!

Please note that custom mods may not be compatible with the latest game update. If you are experiencing issues launching or playing the game later downloading the new build, attempt disabling your installed mods before trying once again.

Nevertheless having trouble? Visit our support site!

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Build Spotlight

While in that location are plenty of notable fixes and features to which to look forrad in today's build, hither's some of the big highlights coming with this calendar month'due south update:

Jolly Co-performance Upshot

January 31- February xiv

Surprise! Age of Empires Ii: Definitive Edition is celebrating the new year and the release of the starting time co-op campaigns with an all-new upshot! Nosotros're excited to bring y'all the latest in co-op fun with the Jolly Co-operation Event!

We are also bringing you a new ready of challenges! So, grab your Age of Empires buddies and dive into the new co-op gameplay mode. Don't miss your run a risk to unlock some cool rewards during the event and take some fun contesting it out with your friends!

New Rewards!

Starting TODAY through Feb 14th, complete the in-game tasks within the time limit to unlock exclusive rewards!

Solar day ~	🎯 Sign in to Xbox Live. 🏆 Profile Icon: A King and a Queen trying to fit on the same throne. 💾 *Required* to salve any rewards unlocked during the event!
	Each of the post-obit challenges must be unlocked in order and on separate days:
Day 1	🔒 Play any Co-op mission. 🧱 Unlocks the cheat code "my cpu can handle it": All players' population cap increased to chiliad.
Twenty-four hours 2	🔒 Construct 3 Markets in any corporeality of games. 🏆 Unlocks the profile icon with a Queen wearing excessive amounts of gilt jewelry.
Twenty-four hour period 3	🔒 Win whatsoever Co-op mission. 🏆 Unlocks the Town Centre decoration: King and Queen posing dorsum to dorsum with their arms folded.
Day 4	🔒 Research Caravan in the Marketplace. 🏆 Unlocks the profile icon with a merchandise cart transporting an overwhelming amount of coins/valuables.
Day 5	🔒 Defeat 1000 enemy units in Co-op missions. 🧱 Unlocks the cheat code "sharing is caring": every player's resource income on a squad is distributed to the entire team.

Keep it Forever!

Remember: if yousign in to Xbox Alive at any bespeak during the upshot, you get to go on all themodsandprofile icons you unlock! Sign in, earn your rewards, and enjoy!

—The Historic period of Empires Squad

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Event F.A.Q.

Q: Do I have to complete the challenges on consecutive days?

While challenges don't have to be completed on consecutive days, but ane challenge tin be completed per day.

This means that you will demand to play at least five different days to complete all of the challenges.

Q: When is the last day I tin can consummate the daily challenges?

The Jolly Co-operation Consequence concludes February 14th.

Q: Practise I get to proceed all of the event unlocks?

All you need to do is log into your Xbox Live account before the end of the event to proceed all of the profile icons and mods y'all unlock; it's as easy as that!

Q: What exercise I practise if I accidentally unsubscribe from a special mod?

No trouble! All you demand to practise is click your Profile Icon on the primary menu, selectEvent Mods(under Collection), and and then check the unlocked upshot modernistic you lot desire to enable!

Q: How practice I change my profile icon?

Yous can update your profile icon in your profile:

1. On the main menu, click theContour Iconnext to your name.
2. You should at present be in the Profile Iconstab underCollections.
3. Select your favorite icon, and so click the Select Icon button to lock in your choice.
4. You're done!

Q: How do I download and enable mods?

For information nearly how to subscribe to and prioritize your mods, visit this article.

Game

Stability & Performance

• Stock-still a rare crash when selecting the "Quickplay" mode.
• Fixed various, rare memory corruption crashes.
• Fixed an issue where the Save Cloud Capacity displays at '-1.#Q%' capacity, which made information technology unable for players to save whatever files to the Cloud.
• Game no longer crashes when player receives assault notification from player with "%northward" characters in their name.
• Simultaneously pressing Esc and Find Match on the Quick Play screen volition no longer soft-lock the histrion on a black screen.
• Simultaneously pressing Esc while resigning no longer soft-locks the game.
• Fixed a rare crash when loading DLC campaigns while playing on the Microsoft Shop.
• The game no longer goes out of sync when a player accepts a match invite while in the editor.
• Stock-still a freeze when loading ludicrous-sized maps on various random maps.
• Stock-still a rare crash when preparing to showtime a foyer game equally a client with an invalid scenario file.

Graphics

• Fixed a rare issue where Farms could appear with incomplete Farm graphics.

Audio

• Fixed an issue where Chinese VO would not work correctly when playing through the Microsoft Store.
• The Credits screen at present plays its intended dedicated runway (also known equally "Love and Will" in the official soundtrack).
• The Modernistic Manager screen now plays the Credits track.

UI

• "Get to building" and "Select all buildings" hotkeys now work for the respective buildings while navigating the tech tree.
• Fixed an issue where resign and defeat notifications did not appear in spectator mode when the player who is being watched resigns or gets defeated.
• During Treaty, an enemy player'southward diplomacy characterization is now "Enemy (Treaty)" instead of "Ally" to avoid confusion with actual allies.
• Fixed an issue where recorded games could sometimes show wrong player names.
• Map selection: "Custom map" checkboxes selection now selects all maps when checking all the boxes.
• A warning message will now be shown when trying to open a recorded game file fabricated with a different build than the one currently used.

Hotkeys

• Market place hotkeys at present correctly purchase/sell resources in increments of 100 instead of 500.
• Hotkeys can now be correctly reset to "Definitive Hotkeys" (grid layout) again.
• Default hotkeys for Select and Center groups #10-20 now function correctly.
• Xolotl Warrior hotkey tin can now exist customized.
• Villagers no longer go idle later going dorsum to work if two Town Centers are selected.

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Gameplay

General

• Handicap way at present makes resources last longer, to balance out faster gathering rates.

Fixes

• Shift queue attack behavior improved for group of units.
• Victory is now alleged if all enemy players have resigned/been defeated while treaty is still going.
• Players with allied vision can no longer encounter unstarted foundations of enemy players in fog of war and unexplored area while Treaty is agile.
• Friend & Foe colors now work correctly while Treaty is agile.
• Recorded games featuring Treaty mode tin now be replayed correctly.

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Entrada

Full general

• Mail service-game statistics screen now has a "Continue" button to immediately play the next campaign mission.

Co-op

• Co-op campaigns have left Beta mode! Featuring 6 full campaigns and five historical battles!
• NEW! Alaric & Saladin co-op campaigns!
  • Alaric:
    • The Battle of Frigidus
    • Razing Hellas
    • The Abdomen of the Beast
    • The Giant Falls
    • A Kingdom of Our Own
  • Saladin:
    • An Arabian Knight
    • Lord of Arabia
    • The Horns of Hattin
    • The Siege of Jerusalem
    • Jihad!
    • The Lion and the Demon
• Fixed a rare issue where Treaty mode could be triggered inside co-op campaigns.

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Random Maps

Map Balance

• General:
  • Terrain restrictions of various buildings when starting in the dark historic period with Empire Wars enabled has been restored on several maps, no longer allowing players to identify buildings on any terrain type.
  • Folwarks no longer spawn on pinnacle of drupe bushes in Empire Wars.
• Amazon Tunnel:
  • The center of the map is at present accessible on all settings (more than 2 teams, free-for-all etc).
  • The starting forest clumps are evenly distributed, larger, and slightly closer to the players.
• Arabia:
  • Increased the chance of generating a map with lower elevation.
  • Herdables at present spawn between 18 to 24 tiles away from the players' town centers (from 20 to 24 tiles).
  • Added multiple visual themes for the map.
• Oasis:
  • Generation of the primary forest and lake has been updated to avert any unfair situations (missing forests, unequal distances etc..).
• Runestones:
  • Forests at present generate closer to the actor's town centers again.
  • Forests surrounding the players are now larger (from 45 trees to 65 trees per wood).
  • All acme immediately effectually the players' town centers has been removed.
  • Herdables now spawn between 16 to 20 tiles abroad from the histrion'southward town centers (from 20 to 24 tiles).
  • Boars now generate closer to the player's boondocks centers (from sixteen to 14 tiles).
  • Slight variation has been added to the histrion'due south starting location, then they no longer generate in a perfect circle.

Random Map Scripting

• Added ignore_terrain_restrictions parameter for object generation which skips terrain restriction bank check for building placement.
• Added make_indestructible parameter for object generation. Buildings spawned with this parameter cannot be attacked and destroyed.

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Lobbies and Matchmaking

Full general

• NEW! Ranked Deathmatch is now available in Custom Lobbies!
• NEW! "Balance Teams" button to help you balance your teams in Custom Expiry Match Lobbies!
• Players are now able to accept invites to a foyer when in Ranked Matchmaking.
• Letters that start with the "@" sign at present appear in lobby chat or in-game conversation.
• Stock-still an issue where players could non remove AIs and add human players in Custom lobbies.
• Fixed various bug in co-op lobbies.
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to click anything on the ranked screen if a match is establish in lucifer making while the civ screen is opened.
• Players now display every bit muted when joining a third-party lobby after the customer that anteroom-banned them.
• Changing Civs or checking the Tech Tree during the Quickplay Match Establish menses will no longer unmute all previously muted players.
• Custom maps at present download correctly when picked past clicking the randomize push.
• Improved the "Server" filter from the Foyer Browser to return meliorate results.
• Removed the "Preferred Region" filter from the Lobby Browser.
• Stock-still a rare issue where restored lobbies could sometimes not accept the right amount of player slots.
• Players tin can now invite other players to a restored antechamber.

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AI

General

• Fixed an issue where AI player Villagers sometimes don't garrison into nearby Town Centers when being attacked.
• Players in Treaty are no longer considered allies past the AI, leading to inappropriate AI behavior.
• Fixed an upshot where the hard AI would resign also early on when playing Treaty mode.
• AI now builds a dock and trains fishing ships in lakes on the Kawasan random map.

Pathfinding

• Stock-still an issue where Villagers could sometimes not walk through buildings which are collapsing.
• NEW! Ctrl+correct click can exist used to attack a target, ignoring any retargeting command. A unit volition but retarget if:
  • They cannot path to the target object.
  • The target has been killed.
  • The target has moved out of range.
• When sending a Villager back to work within a Town Centre which has a gather point, the Villager volition ungarrison from the closest point to the gather signal instead of the closest betoken to go dorsum to work.

Scripting

• up-log-data now correctly produces an AI log file as intended.
• Action-pack now works as intended and no longer throws an incorrect obstruction error.
• Range of shared-goals is now set every bit a 32-bit signed integer (instead of a 16-bit signed integer).
• Added sn-allow-capturing-gaia-units to allow AI players to convert units owned by Gaia. (Fix to >0 to enable)

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Localization

General

• Fixed various display issues with Hindi characters.
• Fixed various translation issues reported by the community across the game.

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Modding

General

• Fixed a rare issue where mod upload and downloads could incorrectly time out.
• UI files civTechTrees.json and futuravailableunits.json tin now exist included in mods.
• In-game modernistic browser is now more than responsive when enabling/disabling each or several mods.
• Improved the in-game search field to show more than accurate results.
• Mods uploaded in-game now receive the right tags.
• The "credits" music tracks can now exist modded.
• Added a "NOMODS" launch parameter for debugging purposes which disables the mods system.

Scenario Editor

• Stock-still a legacy issue where gate hitpoints could change in custom scenarios when units pass through them.
• Stock-still a legacy issue where Peak would continue to be painted on newly pointed tiles without moving the mouse.
• Deleted Town Centers no longer exit remnants, which are visible through the fog of war.
• Triggers: Object icons in Display Instructions trigger issue now correctly use the desired role player color fifty-fifty if in that location is no in-game thespian with said colour.
• Triggers: "Object Has Action" now has object level and object grouping bank check
• Triggers: Change aspect trigger effect now includes a text box that can exist filled to change unit of measurement proper noun earlier such a unit is created.
• Triggers: The values in modify object trigger effects is no longer corrupted after selecting modify object attack/armor upshot.
• Triggers: "Alter object armor / assault" trigger now takes the blazon field into account
• Triggers: Technology State trigger status no longer resets when used with Disabled state.
• Triggers: Difficulty Level trigger status no longer resets when used with Extreme option.
• Triggers: Stock-still an issue where cancelled techs changed by the "Change Tech Cost" trigger consequence would not return their correct cost.
• Triggers: Teleport Object trigger effect now teleports objects to the center of the tile.
• Corpses of units affected past the "change player color effect", will no longer appear in the original role player color.
• Changing architecture set of civilization in editor now likewise changes a unit of measurement's chore graphics.

XS Scripting

• The XS scripting system has been updated with the ability to store and load persistent information. For more data please check the XS documentation.

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Ongoing Investigation

Queue Dodging & Cooldowns

We proceed to monitor feedback related to this system as we consider what changes may exist necessary. We don't accept a specific update at this time, except to encourage continued feedback as we're definitely listening.

Adulterous

We're actively working on solutions to this trouble and expect to deliver some changes in a future update that will help resolve these problems. Equally we indicated previously, we'll take more to say about this as nosotros get closer to delivering those changes.

Problems with MP Services

• We're constantly monitoring and ready to troubleshoot issues you may have connecting to Multiplayer services, or finding, joining, and/or hosting matches. When these kind of problems occur, the most useful information for us is network logging provided by yous. If you feel these issues at whatsoever point, please follow the steps below to notify our Support Team and provide this information:

• Y'all can observe these Logs by looking in this folder: C:\Users\ [[YOUR WINDOWS USERNAME]] \Games\Age of Empires 2 DE\logs
• Network Logs look like this, and contain the date and time of the session you lot virtually recently started (case): 2021.08.twenty-12.03.37.txt
• Our Support Team may ask yous to effort again using our Enhanced Logging build, which provides additional logging information
• NOTE: The Enhanced Logging build generates very large log files – one time you've submitted a relevant Back up Asking, you lot'll want to switch dorsum to the regular build, and one time you've sent any relevant log files you lot can delete them to salve HDD space

To use the Enhanced Logging build:

1. In some circumstances, we need additional logging information to amend understand your problem, and that'south when we ask that you use the Enhanced Logging build
2. To do that, locate Historic period of Empires 2: Definitive Edition in your SteamGames Library
3. Right-click the game title and selectProperties at the bottom of the menu
4. In the window that appears, select theBETAS tab on the left
5. In the available field, enter this beta access lawmaking: 4YH2SkfG7CK5yanvrXE9qj8b
6. You'll then see that you've been given access to enhanced_logging and a push will appear asking you if y'all'd like to opt in
7. Opt in or select the enhanced_logging beta, and Steam will automatically update your build

Crashes and Freezes

As a reminder, histrion-reported issues (when they're informational only) can be hard for us to diagnose, and log files alongside a petty scrap of dorsum and along with our Support Team remain incredibly helpful. This shift toward working directly with our players to dig into the problems you're reporting has immune us to improve stability more quickly, and we're broken-hearted to keep this up. Here's data that will assist you piece of work with our Teams when filing Support Requests –

1. If your game is crashing, there's a specific log file that'll help us empathize why and it looks like this (example): AoE2DESteam-46906-2021.04.06-15.46.57.mdmp.
2. The file can be institute in this directory: C:\Users\[YOUR WINDOWS USERNAME]\Games\Age of Empires ii DE\logs.
3. The log file name specifies the game, platform you're playing on, build version, and the date/time of the crash, and is specific to every instance – so if your game crashed earlier in the day and you've been playing since, y'all can still go back and find this file past matching it to when your outcome occurred.
4. Please attach this file in any Back up Requests yous submit regarding a crash, and if necessary we'll attain dorsum out for more than information.
5. Yous can reach out to our reach out to our Support Team, and if you lot're a Steam user, you lot may be directed to PUP to help united states of america confirm if we've been able to resolve your consequence.

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DISCLAIMER

Please note that this list is subject to change, and should not be considered a comprehensive list of all the known issues we're tracking. The to a higher place is to inform you of the team'south current priorities, which will modify as other issues arise or take precedence.

For the latest updates and announcements, please visit our social channels.

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What'south on the Horizon

Coming Up...

2022 Will Exist Busy!
At the close of concluding year nosotros mentioned that there'southward plenty on the horizon for Age Two:DE, with our plans to continue updating and supporting the game for a long, long fourth dimension. It's the New year and as we deliver the Jan Update, we're working through a ton of planning in parallel and thinking about how we tin can all-time share our aspirations with yous (and trust u.s.a., there'southward some actually cool stuff in the works!) We know you're interested in this info, so we'll be sure to follow upwards one time we're set to reveal just a few of the things coming to Age Ii:DE in 2022!

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Hotfix

Today's build contains a ready that addresses a performance issue reported in Team Games. Nosotros're continuing to monitor TG functioning and investigating additional changes that may help – if yous're however experiencing this issue post-obit today's patch, please provide feedback – we're definitely listening!

Source: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/aoe-ii-de-update-58259/#:~:text=Open%20the%20Microsoft%20Store.,latest%20changes%20to%20your%20game!

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