Update 63482 + Roadmap

[Tempires]

Update 63482:

GAME

Stability & Performance​

• Fixed several issues that cause crashes or incorrect behaviours while loading save games.
• Fixed a crash which could occur when joining a game as spectator.

UI​

• Added a Missing prompt for Map Lighting option for some campaign scenarios.

GAMEPLAY

Fixes​

• Fixed an issue where Capped Rams, Siege Rams, and Siege Elephants were doing higher than intended damage to town centers and gates.
• Generating gold by only selling/buying resources in the market as Saracens is no longer possible.
• Fixed an issue where the game was getting confused by which player was owning the tile when buildings or foundations from different players were occupying the same space.
• Fixed a legacy issue where herdable animals (sheep) tasked to garrison in a transport ship or a Gurjara Mill would become unconvertible while walking towards their destination.
• Players no longer receive notifications from attacks that should be notified to their allies while CaptureAge is running in background.
• Fixed an issue where armor-ignoring attacks would ignore building armor when they shouldn’t.
  • Dravidians
    • “Wootz Steel” unique technology now affects Armored Elephants as intended.

MAP BALANCE
Marketplace:

• Players now start with correct starting resources and units in Empire Wars.

AI

Pathfinding​

• Villagers shall no longer go idle when gathering resources near walls.
• Villagers no longer get stuck while gathering wood in certain circumstances.
• Fixed an issue where Villagers sometimes weren’t going back to work properly.
• Fixed an issue where Cavalry occasionally stops attacking enemy units.
• Fixed an issue where units in formations would try to garrison into a building even if they couldn’t.
• Fixed a rare issue where units were unable to pass through a wall that was previously destroyed.
• Fixed a rare issue where units clipped with a tree and crossed it.

WEBSITE​

General​

• Replays can be downloaded properly from websites such as ageofempires.com and aoe2.net.

MODDING

Scenario Editor​

• Fixed an issue where Change Object Attack wasn’t working properly in some cases.

Roadmap:

 

[IYIyTh]

Based on the wording of pathing "fixes," not sure that it is resolved. Guess we'll find out.

 

[Progeusz]

Actual roadmap for AoE 2

 

[SuperskinnyBLS]

Crazy stoof

 

[SouFire]

So they have removed queue and cooldowns feedback observation, such roadmap literally indicates we are not going to see: Ranked lobby games(cause voting in game means keeping the same faulty system that keeps failing to most users), and a proper fix to the TG ladder, can't believe that with all the aoezoners that are working into microsoft can't say a word of what should be their priorities or at least pointing it out.

They are not even accepting failure with the punishments, despite that it has caused massive smurfing and promotes inactivity when the only thing you can do is to play the maps you don't like and you can't do anything on solo queues other than being a potato bag for stackers.

For the fall i think we are going to see a new game mode, maybe an EW hybrid and for 2023 another gimmick dlc with more clownish civs and maybe a cross over with aoe1 DE, cause clearly that is a game they want to push for the massive vietnamese community.

 

[komtan]

no nerf Hindustan Gurjara

 

[HongeyKong]

The birthday bit seems interesting, not sure if its referring to DEs 3rd anniversary (14th Nov) or AOMs 20th anniversary (30th Oct).

 

[Tuunbaq]

AoM:DE would be awesome.

 

[Tendo]

The birthday bit seems interesting, not sure if its referring to DEs 3rd anniversary (14th Nov) or AOMs 20th anniversary (30th Oct).

Well technically almost all Age Games have they're birthday at that time, especially AoE2 (both DE and original game) so I guess they just mean a birthday event for aoe2.
Overall the Roadmap is telling us not too much imo, 2023 some sort of DLC similar to Dynasties of India... maybe again taking a currently existing civ and splitting it into 3-4 Civs again...

The most mysterious to me is "we're inviting some ancient friends to hang out" in 2023....
Like that sounds to me like it could be indicating towards AoM DE (release 2023 already?)
Or any other ideas about that one?

 

[OLADUSHEK]

It's seems like the replays working even after this patch, right?

 

[ninja14]

When will mods not break after every update ? 2050?

 

[Lokalo]

When will mods not break after every update ? 2050?

Well what for me helps a lot, I have "No Intro" mod, whenever I launch game and I see intro, I know mods are off, so I imidiately press "activate all" and its super easy. I never forget to turn them on due this no intro mod. So would suggest it. Otherwise if you go into ranked and always play first game after patch with huge trees in ladder etc, it indeed can be super annoying

 

[plfan]

"The Pathfinding Fixes - Episode 63482"

Imagine if they'll finally fix it completely. How wonderful things the dev team will be able to create when the burden will be finally lifted from them.

 

[Potkeny]

When will mods not break after every update ? 2050?

When the average player will remember that if the game doesn't launch after an update, it's not the devs fault but some mod you have to turn off yourself.

Until then, devs disable all mods so that players can't accuse them for that.

 

[AttilaTheHun]

When will mods not break after every update ? 2050?

The devs added disabling mods as feature...

 

[Huehuecoyotl22]

"Content subject to change at any time without notice"?

 

[amazing_knight]

Generating gold by only selling/buying resources in the market as Saracens is no longer possible

Can someone explain what this means?

In game map pool voting is kinda nice. Now more people might vote and we won't have to see maps like Hamburger in there.

The roadmap is kinda meh but it's fine, the game is in a good place (needs balance changes to nerf Gurjaras etc) so it's better they don't do too much too fast. Let this year just be about fixing stuff (matchmaking, bugs etc) than bringing in anything else new.

 

[Dkastro]

There was a bug where if you keep pressed sell and buy hotkeys at the same time, under certain conditions, you get infinite gold as saracens. There is a post in reddit if you want to find it.

 

[nimanoe]

Can someone explain what this means?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AoE_Saracens/comments/v93qm8/how_to_get_infinite_gold_with_saracen_market/

 

[Tempires]

I would like to add that Saracen market fix is just restoring behavior back to what it was in original CD version

 

[Zbyszek]

We dont like mods implemented that would be considered cheating before.
We also dont like new broken civs.
And if balancing means that you powercreep the game like you did till now then you are just proving you have no clue what you are doing to a remake of a 20+ year old game.

 

[oozkan]

Considering that it is a roadmap specific to AOE2, not franchise, I believe birthday suprise is not related to AOM. But who knows?

 

[JoshuaR]

Any confirmations about improvement in stuck vills and so forth?

 

[Influenza]

Any confirmations about improvement in stuck vills and so forth?

yes https://clips.twitch.tv/StrongGrotesqueMonitorCorgiDerp-nKP6SUS6S2QX_BVl

 

[The_ChinChilla]

Can we just give archer collision size to vils? How come 20 archers can stack on 1 tile, and move out easily afterwards.
I assign 3 vils to a resource and 1 would get stuck. (or is it intended to hv 2 lumber camps for 3 wood choppers?)