Balance · 8
India Elephant-machine gun and Elephant-trench mortar base speed reduced from 40 to 39.
base speedindiaImproved harness elephant speed bonus reduced from 10 to 9.
elephant speed bonuWestern Asia Elephant-archer base speed reduced from 43 to 39.
base speedwestern asiaWestern Asia Armored elephant base speed reduced from 40 to 36.
base speedwestern asiaWestern Asia Elephant-rammer base speed reduced from 40 to 36.
base speedwestern asiaWestern Asia Elephant-Bashibuzuk base speed reduced from 36 to 33.
base speedwestern asiaMachine gunner damage increased from 16 to 19.
damageWestern Asia Battle elephant base speed reduced from 47 to 42.
base speedwestern asia
Content · 1
Vehicles and buildings now feature more varied appearances with different combinations of external details like tools and spare wheels.
appearance variety
System · 4
Reduced game stutters while models and other resources load in the background.
game stutterAdded the Asset Editor to the Steam package, offering resource previews and editing for models, materials, animations, and effects.
modding toolA private match room no longer waits indefinitely for a server response; the wait time is now displayed and retries become available after 30 seconds.
private match timeout handlingAdded network stutter smoothing to reduce the impact of brief connection delays on gameplay, which can be adjusted in the menu and during matches.
network stutter smoothing
UI · 1
Added a CPU warning message when processing falls significantly behind during an online match.
warning notification
Fix · 17
Fixed an issue where the friends list could fail to update when it was empty or large.
friends list updateFixed an issue where mouse clicks and shortcut keys could be lost while typing.
shortcut input lossFixed an issue where rejoining a match could cause desynchronization due to incorrect restoration of territory visibility.
match desynchronizationFixed an issue where smoke from the Longboat and Machine-gun longboat could become opaque black depending on the background.
smoke opacityFixed an error that could cause the game to close while finding paths for units.
game crashFixed an issue where fog of war could completely cover the visible area and minimap before a match started.
fog of war coverageFixed an error caused by using the symmetry brush near the map edge.
symmetry brush errorFixed an issue where the complaint form prevented entering descriptions, and updated the description field to support multiple lines.
complaint form submissionFixed an issue where double-pressing a control group number could fail to move the camera to its units.
control group camera movementFixed an issue where Town hall and Wonder icons appeared in incorrect positions on the minimap.
minimap icon positionFixed an issue where ground overlays for rocks, environment objects, and buildings disappeared inside the fog of war.
ground overlay visibilityFixed an issue where explosion flashes remained visible longer than intended.
explosion flash durationFixed an error caused by the replay seeking tooltip near the start of a recording.
replay seeking tooltip errorFixed an error that could occur when resizing a map in the map editor.
map resizing errorFixed an issue where changing the language without restarting could cause unit and environment object names to disappear.
missing name localizationFixed an issue in the old menu where the private match creation button remained disabled after a lobby refused a request.
private match button stateFixed an issue where some maps lacked nearby forests around starting positions.
starting position forest distribution