Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition – Update 19.18658

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This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!

        ◆ Update 19.18658 ◆

Build Spotlight

Independence Mode

With the update’s DLC focus in mind we are delighted to introduce the new Leaderboards & Matchmaking Queues for Independence Mode!

To empower players of The Baltic Powers who are trying to improve their skills and knowledge in this mode, we are excited to unveil the brand-new Independence Technology Tree sheet. This overview enables everyone to compare all the mode’s culture and civilization bonuses in the most accessible way.


For those looking to jump into the next match of Independence Mode, make sure to check out our extensive list of balance adjustments as well!

Game

Multiplayer

• Ranked and Quick Match games now appear correctly in the spectator list.
  
• Fixed the spectator browser failing to show some in-progress matches.
  
• Fixed repeated failures when joining a game as a spectator.
  
• Fixed hosting LAN lobbies.
  
• Fixed Xbox Live game invites not working for players on Steam.
  
• Fixed casual rank occasionally displaying incorrectly when match history failed to load.
  
• Fixed an issue with incorrect assignments of wins and losses in ranked Treaty lobbies.

Graphics

• Samí Noaidi: Polished the fishing animation for Fishing Holes.
  
• Mysorean Rocket: Fixed offset rocket projectiles that were visible during un/packing animations.
  
• Schumacher Rocket: Now uses a new dashing design.
  
• Tokugawa (Japanese Hero): The second monk is no longer invisible with this customization.
  
• Danish Home City:
  
  • Various model optimizations to improve performance.
    
  • Corrected the proportion of several houses.
    
  • Added the market stalls customization.
    
  • Added a new statue customization depicting Peter Tordenskjold!
• Polish Home City:
  
  • Various model optimizations to improve performance.
    
  • Corrected the proportion of several houses.

Audio

• Imperial Rocket (Danes, Indians): Fixed the missing sound cues for confirming orders.

Interface

• Casual Rank: Pre-ranked matchmaking dialog now properly displays the player’s rank titles instead of displaying ‘Casual Rank’.
  
• Minimap: Reset Rotation button no longer remains visible after expanding minimap.
  
• Blood Brothers: This card no longer causes technologies to become misaligned in the Stable.
  
• Cossack Daredevil: Is no longer shown twice in the Fort’s command panel.
  
• Danish (Explorer): Researching native improvements that enable units at the Explorer after researching Castramentation no longer causes abilities to be pushed down.
  
• Fishing Boats: Indian and Native American Fishing Boats now use their unique icons, instead of re-using the European ones.

Scripting

• Documentation: Data file reference documentation for modding now included alongside game files in the ModDocumentation folder.
  
• Triggers: Implementing support for toggling new cliff unloading behavior through triggers.
  
• Infinite Resources: The Infinite resources flag is now properly reset when loading player resource data from a scenario.

This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!

:alertalert: DISCLAIMER

This list is subject to change and should not be considered a comprehensive list of all the known issues we’re tracking. The above is to inform you of the team’s current priorities, which will change as other issues arise or take precedence.

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