Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition — Update 3552

Stability & Performance

• Fixed an issue where the game would not be able to read special characters, emojis, and glyphs, resulting in massive performance problems. Unsupported characters will now appear as a question mark ( ? ).
• Fixed an issue which would cause the UI to become unresponsive after reporting a game lobby.
• Fixed a rare issue which could cause non-host players to be disconnected at the start of their multiplayer match.
• Fixed certain desyncs when loading into a match.

Achievements

• The “Strike!” achievement can now be unlocked in custom scenarios.

Graphics

• Made several improvements to how water is displayed in-game and on Home City screens.
• Implemented several visual updates to the Haudenosaunee Home City: including improved foliage, new shaders, and other additions!
• Fixed visual glitches in the backgrounds of the Spanish and Ottoman Home Cities.
• Fixed visual glitches in the backgrounds of the Indian Home City.
• Corrected the animations of Incan runner units.
• Updated the in-game Inca flags to be square rather than rectangular.
• Improved the horse animations of the Trek Wagon to be more horse-like.
• Added the Italian Church back to Malta (replacing the Roman church); adjusted the related icons to reflect the change.
• Added previously missing assets for the destroyed, Age 3 versions of the Arsenal and Japanese Castle.
• Implemented missing animation files for the Zamburak and Mansabdar Zamburak.
• Added additional visual elements to the Abus Gunners to communicate unit upgrades to players.
• Fixed an issue where the firearm of the Musket Rider and Dragoon Rider would flip when blending from the idle to the walk animation.
• Updated the Ottoman and Indian naval vessels to use the correct sail patterns.
• The Frigate sail material is now double-sided to properly display civilization icons.
• Added the correct icon for the Lakota Priest.
• Updated the icon used to spawn a healer at the Lakota and Haudenosaunee Community Plaza.
• Corrected the portrait of the Independence Dragoon.
• Added the portrait and icon for the British Metis Pathfinders.
• Fixed an issue where Skirmish games could douse the campfire particles and lights in Native American Home Cities.

Audio

• Fixed an issue which caused some sounds to not play properly—most notably the ♪ “victory” ♪ sound at the end of a campaign mission.
• Added a Chayton voice line when the player successfully completes the Bozeman Trail scenario.
• Chayton’s monologue is no longer cut off when completing the mission, Battle of Greasy Grass.
• Added sounds to the Lakota Healer during the campaign.
• Fixed an issue where the background audio would carry over when changing Home Cities.

UI

• Garrisoned units in allied structures will now (properly) display the color of the owning player instead of the building’s owner.
• Lakota Healers no longer use the Haudenosaunee icon. (Legacy issue)
• The UI now properly displays completion of the final objectives during the following scenarios: Battle of Greasy Grass, Boseman Trail, Saratoga
• The repair icon will now update properly to indicate whether a Trading Post needs repairs.
• Fixed an issue which prevented players from being able to see all garrisoned units in a building.
• Fixed an issue when swapping between different buildings with garrisoned units.
• Fixed an issue which would prevent Native Trading Posts from updating their command buttons as intended.
• Fixed an issue where fallen Explorer tooltips would persist at all times and obstruct the player’s view.
• Fixed an issue where holding ALT would cause certain command panels to lose their buttons.
• Fixed a rare issue where the post-game screen would permanently hide the menu UI if the match concluded while it was open.
• Fixed an issue where the UI would display on top of certain cinematics.
• Removed an unintended (spoooooky) green flicker that would occasionally appear at the start of pre-rendered cinematics.

Settings

• Added anti-aliasing options to the Graphics settings menu: TAA, FXAA, No AA
• Implemented improvements to the game’s Temporal AA.
• Increased the max framerate limit to prevent artificially capping them just below the monitor refresh rate.
• Frames are no longer throttled when VSync is enabled.
• Restoring defaults now properly resets the window mode to “fullscreen.”
• Hotkeys set to “Scroll” can now be scrolled endlessly.
• Added the legacy hotkey to set the ‘No Formation’ stance for aquatic vessels.

General

• Implemented several possible fixes for campaign progression issues: including transitions to the incorrect level(s), unlocking the incorrect campaign progress, or losing campaign progress.
• The Urgent News scenario no longer ends awkwardly after Chayton reaches Uncle Frank.
• Updated the Player Summary UI to properly display the flag button next to the player names.
• Updated the Lakota Healer to use the correct unit model throughout the campaign.

Historical Battles

• Removed the Arsenal from the list of buildings that the player has to destroy to complete the Battle of New Orleans scenario.
• Implemented several changes to the challenges and Historical Battles based on user feedback.
• Fixed an issue where unit speech bubbles were missing their respective player colors in certain Historical Battles.

Art of War

• A number string will no longer replace the ‘Victory’ text at the end of the Artillery challenge.
• Fixed an issue where the Art of War would adopt the difficulty of the last-played campaign scenario.

General

• The treasure, “A crate of plums worth 60 food” guarded by one Lion, now grants 50 food.
• Mango Grove: Line of sight reduced from 12 to 1 tiles so it cannot be used as an invulnerable scouting object on the Punjab map—where players start with a free Rickshaw.
• Settler Wagon: Corrected the collection rate for the Swedish ‘Fish Crate’ from 20 to 16.
• Finland Revolution: Reduced the ‘6 Blockhouse Wagon’ card to ‘5 Blockhouse Wagon’
• The Spanish, ‘TEAM Archaic Soldier Training’ card now improves the Old Han Army training time by 30% (down from 50%), and improves the Ming and Standard Armies by 15% (down from 25%).

The Canada (Revolution) now has the following benefits:

• Removes Pet Bear build limit. As a result, the ‘7 Grizzly Bear’ card can be sent repeatedly.
• Removes Pet Bear malice versus all Villagers.
• Increases damage to villagers from +13 to +17.

General Bug Fixes

The following units now properly reflect their intended design as described in the ‘Release Day’ changelog:

• Torp: Decreased cost to construct by -5 wood.
• Torp: Reduced the amount of food contained in the accompanying Berry Bush by -50 food.
• Carolean: Increased the rate of fire of the ranged attack by +0.5; damage adjusted accordingly.
• Priestess: Can no longer convert villagers.
• Huaraca: Increased range by +1.

Additional fixes:

• Fixed an issue which prevented certain Villagers (Coureur des Bois, Cree Coureur des Bois, and Settler Wagons) from constructing Town Centers.
• Mortar: The ‘Barrage Attack’ now correctly deals 0.5x to Shock Infantry and 0.1x to Arrow Knights.
• Consulate: Corrected the health of the Czapka Uhlan unit from 180 to 190.
• Shaolin: The ‘Clenched Fist’ improvement now properly improves all melee damage actions.
• All Lakota Teepee auras now have the same range. A visible ring has been added to indicate that range.
• Galleon: Corrected the DamageCap value from 96 to 100.

Incas

BUG FIXES

Adjusted the 1.6x Shock Infantry multiplier of the Bolas Warrior’s ranged attack to the following:

• Now deals 1.6x to units with the AbstractCoyoteMan tag.
• Set existing Eagle Knight multiplier to 1.6x.

GENERAL

• The Inca now have an Estate build limit of 20 to limit the maximum coin income granted by the ‘Coca Cultivation’ Big Button improvement.

UNITS & BUILDINGS

• Chimu Runner: Reduced attack from 21 to 20. Now also deals 1.5x to Artillery units.
• Chincha Raft: Area damage reduced from 2 to 1. Ranged Attack damage reduced from 31 to 30.
• Huaraca: No longer tagged as Artillery.
• Huaraca: Removed 0.75x Artillery multiplier.
• Huaraca: Attack range increased to 20.
• Kancha House: Reduced construction time from 20 seconds to 15 seconds.
• Kancha House: The ‘Queens Festival’ Big Button has been moved from Age 2 to Age 1.
• Priestess: Increased damage dealt to Treasure Guardians from 1x to 3x.
• War Chief: Reduced the time to construct Strongholds from 60 seconds to 40 seconds. Travois rate of construction is unchanged.

CARDS

• Chimu Support: Moved from Age 4 to Age 3.
• Chimu Support: Hit point improvement reduced from +20% to +15%.
• Imperial Unity: Now reduces the cost and delivery time of ‘Native’ and ‘Support’ shipments, which can be sent infinite times, by -25% (down from -50%).
• Resettlements: Now also adds +1 to the Town Center build limit.
• Road Building: Decreased the granted speed improvement from +15% to +10%.
• TEAM Inca Bridges: The speed bonus no longer applies to Shock Infantry.
• Quipu Kamayuks: Now improves Chasqui speed by 15% (previously granted +2 speed).

Indians

CARDS

• Royal Green Jackets: Now properly applies its damage bonus vs. Heavy Infantry to the Gurkha—who were previously also granted +1x damage against Infantry units, which stacked with the improvement. The Mansabdar Gurkha improvement has been adjusted accordingly.

Portuguese

BUG FIXES

• Corrected the cost of Villagers from 85 food to 100 food. This increased cost was intended to account for their +5% hunting and berry collection speed granted by their civilization bonus.

Spanish

CARDS

• Caballeros: Reduced the bonus melee range of Lancers from +2 to +1.

Swedes

BUG FIXES

Replaced the 1.5x Cavalry multiplier of the Carolean’s ranged attack to accommodate for the change to their ‘Platoon Fire’ card (see below):

• 1.5x vs. Heavy Cavalry
• 1.5x vs. Light Cavalry
• 0.67x vs. Rifle Rider

Similarly, the 1.3x Shock Infantry multiplier of the Carolean’s ranged attack has been adjusted to the following:

• Now deals 1.3x to units with the AbstractCoyoteMan tag.
• Set existing Eagle Knight multiplier to 1.3x.

UNITS

• Torp Wagon: Obstruction radius x+y reduced from 0.99 to 0.75.

UPGRADES

• Veteran Hakkapelit: Now properly has the Shadow flag set.

CARDS

• Englesberg Ironworks: Now properly improves the Torp’s coin collection rate by +150%—as indicated by the tooltip (previously granted +200% but erroneously stated +150%).
• Platoon Fire: Now grants +1x vs Heavy Cavalry (changed from All Cavalry) and +0.6x to AbstractCoyoteMan units (changed from Shock Infantry).