1. BUILD SPOTLIGHT
2. GAMEPLAY
3. AI

• Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is a remaster of Age of Empires II, released on November 14, 2019. It features a fully remastered soundtrack, multiple quality of life improvements, significant graphical upgrades, and includes The Last Khans, an expansion that adds four new civilizations based on Central Asia and Eastern Europe, and four new campaigns.
• For Age of Empires: Definitive Edition on the PC, GameFAQs has 44 achievements.

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Happy October, Age fans!

As we move into the final stretch of the year, we’re continuing our monthly release schedule with another small changelist for the game. Today’s build focuses on some key Villager improvements identified by the community, AI improvements for hardcore players, and some audio fixes that benefit the modding community. As has also become the standard, it also comes with a new event: this time celebrating the recent launch of Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition with some exclusive crossover content for you to enjoy.

As many of you have guessed, next month is when we’re targeting the drop of our massive anniversary update! There’s still time to identify fixes and tweaks you’d like to see, so be sure to visit our discussion channels to leave your thoughts:

We hope you enjoy this month’s release, look forward to hearing from you, and can’t wait to see you on the battlefield!

—The Age of Empires Team

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Remember that you’ll need 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 41855

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!

• Open Steam.
• Click on Library to see your games list.
• Click Downloadsat 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 41855

That’s it; you’re ready to play!

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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!

BUILD SPOTLIGHT

Here are some of the biggest highlights coming with this month’s update:

Age of Empires III: DE Launch Celebration

October 20 – November 3

Exactly 14 years and 362 days since its arrival, Age of Empires III now has a Definitive Edition to usher in a new beginning for the youngest game in the franchise! We’re ecstatic to celebrate the launch of the new and improved game—so excited, in fact, that we only made you wait 5 days to join the fun! That’s because today marks the beginning of the October celebration, which is themed around the newest member of the family: Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition! So grab your favorite capybara and join in for two weeks of fun, games, and (of course) exclusive unlocks!

• Unlock three new ProfileIcons, including legendary capy-boi, Barry!
• Unlock two new mods, including a Great Bombard Cannon statue for your Town Center and Capybara Projectiles for your siege machines.
• Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition owners can also unlock a third mod that changes your Hand Cannoneers to Musketeers!
• Unlock a new audio mod to add that special, Age III gunpowder sound to your shooty-bois!

New Rewards!

Starting TODAY through NOVEMBER 3, complete daily in-game tasks to unlock event-themed goodies:

Each of the following challenges must be unlocked in order and on separate days:

Keep it Forever!

Remember: if you sign in to Xbox Live at any point during the event, you’ll get to keep all of the mods and profile icons you’ve unlocked! Sign in, earn your rewards, and enjoy the celebration!

—The Age of Empires Team

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Event F.A.Q.

While challenges don’t have to be completed on consecutive days, only one challenge can be completed per day (after the initial two challenges).

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

The Age of Empires III: DE Launch Celebration concludes November 3.

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

No problem! All you need to do is click your Profile Icon on the main menu, select Event Mods (under Collection), and then check the unlocked event mod you want to enable!

You can update your profile icon in your profile:

1. On the main menu, click the Profile Icon next to your name.
2. You should now be in the Profile Icons tab under Collections.
3. Select your favorite icon, then click the Select Icon button to lock in your choice.
4. You’re done!

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

First off, make sure that you’ve signed into Xbox Live in both Age of Empires III: DE and in Age of Empires II: DE. This is required so the games can detect your achievement status.

The mod itself will not be automatically enabled in the game, so you will need to navigate to your Event Mods collection and activate it manually:

1. Click your Profile Icon on the main menu.
2. Select Event Mods (under Collection).
3. Check the event mod you want to enable!

GAMEPLAY

General

• Fixed an issue where Villagers which began working before the discovery of the Wheelbarrow and Hand Cart would not be issued the tools, and thus would not benefit from their increased efficiency, until re-tasked.
• Restarting a scenario which enables the ‘Villager Force Drop’ setting will no longer activate that setting in standard games when tasking Villagers to collect another resource.
• Fixed a rare issue where Villagers would not collect the full resource value from a mine. An example is where a stone mine would be depleted after collecting 349 of the 350 stone normally available.
• Fixed a rare issue where buildings would disappear in the fog of war layer of certain campaign missions with the “shared visibility” flag enabled.
• Units in the “Land Battles” Art of War scenario will no longer be invisible (and consequently, counterproductive to teaching the concepts at hand)—another symptom of the above bug.

AI

General

• Fixed a rare issue where the Extreme AI would, without any strategic reasoning or clear benefit, choose to deploy units to the left corner of the map.
• Fixed a rare issue where the Extreme AI would, in certain circumstances, adopt a passive, non-violent philosophy of war until attacked.

Scripting

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• sn-enable-patrol-attack now works correctly in combination with Town Size Attacks (TSA).

MODDING

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• Audio mods will now take effect immediately without the need to restart the game.
• Fixed an issue where modifying a unit’s voice for a single civilization would silence that unit’s voice for any other civilizations not also present in the mod package.