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onfire55

18 Apr, 2017 @ 11:55am

Patch Notes - 5.3 (Live) Discussion

Patch 5.3 has left open beta, and is now live for all players! As always, we will continue to monitor the forums and we look forward to hearing your feedback in this discussion thread!

Below are the issues that have been addressed in this 5.3 update:

Improved Network Speeds:

Removed the added network delay on game start
Tuned the calculations involving network speed granularity to address the issue players were seeing where the game felt too fast or too slow
Lowered the minimum command delay to allow max performance on faster machines
Improved the throttling system to allow for faster network speeds (where applicable)
In game ping/lag icons have been updated to appear in the correct situations
- Yellow ping circles appear for players above 200ms ping
- Red ping circles appear for players above 400ms ping (previously 700ms)
- Turtle icons appear for each player that cannot maintain 90% of the simulation frame rate (previously only showed for the slowest player)

Community Focused Bug Fixes:

Repeatedly pressing hot keys during loading screens will no longer crash
Using standard AI and the original dataset will no longer randomly crash
Removing a unit from a queue should no longer randomly crash
Spectators opening the tech tree in the game lobby should no longer crash
Repeatedly loading into treaty mode games will no longer crash
Monk tool tip should no longer crash in Russian localization
Saving during a game should no longer cause a desync when watching the replay
Unit selection circles now behave correctly when unloading transport ships
Line of site circles should now correctly follow units (in rare cases they would be misaligned)
Villagers should no longer stop and attack wolves (ordering a move command will now take priority so users can move villagers if desired)
Player units should be less likely to get stuck in forests or teleport through walls
Full Random should no longer select maps that players do not own
Rise of Rajas main menu music should now randomly be selected
Custom campaigns should now unlock in order rather that always being unlocked by default
Custom campaign instruction images should now display correctly
Custom campaign instruction scrollbar should now display correctly and not hide text
Loading a saved campaign file and completing the scenario should now correctly unlock the next scenario

Community Focused AI Improvements:

AI Huns housing bonus should now function correctly with the original dataset
AI pathing around walls and gates is improved to avoid teleporting through them
AI should now attack correctly and no longer freeze during a game
AI improvements when sn-enable-patrol-attack set to 1
- Soldiers should no longer get stuck in animation loops
- Soldiers should now attack the wonder correctly
- Villagers should now respond to weak units attacking
- Villagers should now attack towers correctly inside town-size

Campaign Fixes:

Saladin 2 allied trade carts now travel to the correct market
Dracula 4 should now advance correctly after completing the first objective
Dracula 4 no longer gets stuck due to the AI monk during the Poenari cinematic
Sforza 1 should now reward soldiers after completing the Guitano's sidequest
Sforza 3 has a visually changed to clearly show the path to the monastery
Sforza 3 has improved AI resign logic, players no longer need to destroy all enemy assets
Dos Pilas triggers should now behave correctly
Prithviraj 2 should finish correctly even if the purple player is the last to be defeated
Sundjata 4 should now complete the rescue princess objective correctly
Sundjata 5 should now be easier
Yodit 2 AI should now function and attack correctly
Yodit 3 triggers should now function correctly when Dagnajan reaches the mountain pass
Yodit 3 ending dialogue should now appear correctly
Yodit 3 Begemder AI should not be easier to defeat
Yodit 4 should now complete the appropriate quest when conquering all nearby tribes
Yodit 4 Stelae should all provide resources now
Yodit 4 Stelae should correctly change ownership to the AI when their troops are next to it
Yodit 5 petard trigger should no longer fire twice
Le Loi 5 AI should now attack correctly
Bayinnaung 1 cinematics should now appear correctly

Balance Improvements:

Malay cheaper fishing ship cost removed
Malay Battle elephants 25% cheaper (rather than 20%)
Malay age up bonus decreased from 100% to 80%
Elite Rattan Archers +1 bonus attack vs infantry removed
Elite Camel Archers +1 bonus attack vs infantry removed
Elite Karambit warrior pierce armor reduced from 2 to 1
Arquebus speed modifier on bombard cannons and bombard towers removed
Harbors reload time increased from 2.5s to 3s
Harbors HP reduced from 2200 to 2000 (docks are 1800)
Elite Arambai search radius increased by 2 (so they target easier)

Last edited by onfire55; 19 Apr, 2017 @ 4:26pm

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Tredesde

18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:01pm

Hey guys it looks like the patch notes got cut off at the end? Are there additional Balance Improvements that were made?

Mr_F0NG

18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:05pm

ITS CHRISTMAS IN SPRING!

onfire55

18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:11pm

Originally posted by Tredesde:
Hey guys it looks like the patch notes got cut off at the end? Are there additional Balance Improvements that were made?

I've updated the notes - only the last word was cut off :)

Last edited by onfire55; 18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:11pm

Maitah

18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:28pm

Start on working by fixing the units "path finiding" because it's game breaking !
Also remove the bilister elephant can cut trees, it make game unbalanced for some maps :)

FastHamster has Age of Empires II (2013)

18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:34pm

Sweet. Nice work. Thanks for the continued support and development.

Magicrusher has Age of Empires II (2013)

18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:39pm

Hi, thanks for support and developement so far ! Can you please nerf condos ? In a way to upgrade into elite condos with the current stats and make the normal condos weaker please.. they are way op.

Last edited by Magicrusher; 18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:40pm

Old Shatterhand has Age of Empires II (2013)

18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:42pm

Originally posted by onfire55:
Dracula 4 no longer gets stuck due to an issue with the AI monk during the cinematic

nice! Now I can finally finish that scenario.

-Dare Devil/x/

18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:46pm

-Like the patch a bunch! Can't wait to test MP again!

Xinnobun

18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:46pm

YESSS 5.3 is finally here ladies and gents! Can't wait to try it out when I get home.

Sir Chriskurt has Age of Empires II (2013)

18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:51pm

thank you a lot for the support!!! really!
By the way, the problem with the limit population it's more complicated than what it looks right? keep the good work!

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CheeseOnToast [developer] 18 Apr, 2017 @ 12:59pm

Originally posted by cnk_09:
thank you a lot for the support!!! really!
By the way, the problem with the limit population it's more complicated than what it looks right? keep the good work!

What do you mean?

#11

GrizzGolf

18 Apr, 2017 @ 1:09pm

Cant wait to try this patch!

#12

Laptop

18 Apr, 2017 @ 1:24pm

Great stuff! Thanks for taking the time to test it and not rush it out the door beforehand like some users in the community have suggested in the past...

Onto 5.4!

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Kara

18 Apr, 2017 @ 1:27pm

I started the african campaign recently, after i didnt enjoy the forgotten ones at all i was enjoying the african ones much more. I was stuck for 2 days on sundjata 5, with many retries. It was just near impossible. I just beat the game and i can continue enjoying the rest now. This is on hard obviously.

I think the nerf might have been too much because it was pretty easy this time. You guys went a little bit too overboard with giving me so many upgrades. Went a little bit overboard with nerfing the enemy navy. Besides that it was fun. The insane constant ai enemy spam was deff too strong.

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