Today’s patch is focused exclusively on addressing player reported issues with the Empire Wars maps created for the Red Bull Wololo: El Reinado ladder. For fixes related to anything else, please keep an eye on future updates!
We’ve been really excited to partner with Red Bull in taking this step and trying to provide new and exciting opportunities for our community to enjoy competitive play, and we want to make sure that players attempting to qualify for the Red Bull Wololo main event have the best experience we can provide.
It’s been thrilling to see all of the activity on the ladder, and we can’t wait to see the results when the Ranked Ladder Qualifiers end on July 28th! Wololo!
Thanks again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Empires what it is today!
—The Age of Empires Team
Remember that you’ll need to update your game in the Microsoft Store:
- 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 the game. The title screen should show you on Build 118476.
If you are unable to launch the game after downloading the update, make sure you add (or re-add) the Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition client or folder as an exception to your firewall and antivirus program.
That’s it; you’re ready to play!
Remember 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 show you on Build 118476.
That’s it; you’re ready to play!
Remember that you’ll need to update your game in the Xbox App for Windows.
- Open the Xbox app.
- Games that are installed show up on the left side of the app.
- Hover over the game or click it, and then select Update.
- [If the new build does not download automatically,] hover over the game, select More Options (…), choose Manage. Under the Files tab, choose the option to Check for Updates.
- Open the game. The title screen should show you on Build 118476.
That’s it; you’re ready 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 after downloading the new build, try disabling your installed mods before trying again.
Still having trouble? Visit our support site!
Random Maps
Map Fixes
Cliffbound
- Fixed villagers sometimes not generating in the appropriate number.
Dunesprings
- Decreased the chance of villagers generating trapped inside forests.
Golden Stream
- Decreased the chance of villagers generating trapped inside forests.
Hollow Woodlands
- Fixed villagers sometimes not generating in the appropriate number.
Isthmus
- Fixed resources sometimes failing to generate or generating imbalanced between the players.
Karsts
- Decreased the chance of villagers generating trapped inside forests.
Mountain Dunes
- Decreased the chance of villagers generating trapped inside forests.
The Passage
- When playing on a tiny map with two players, two narrow passages now generate between the landmasses, allowing players to access each other’s islands without using transport ships.
- Fixed forests sometimes failing to generate for one player.
- The patches of shallows in the water now can generate closer to the shoreline to better accommodate Relics.
- The monk has been replaced by a regular scout unit.
River Divide
- Fixed resources sometimes failing to generate or generating imbalanced between the players.
Sandrift
- Fixed forests sometimes failing to generate for one player.
Shrubland
- Fixed player’s gold and stone deposits sometimes generating in an inaccessible part of the map.
- Decreased the chance of villagers generating trapped inside forests.
Ongoing…
Investigation
As always, we are continuing to track issues reported by the community for future updates.
For other known issues, please visit this page to see what’s being tracked!
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 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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