Welcome back to an exciting patch for Age of Empires IV! On August 4th, we’ll be rolling out balance changes, bug fixes, and more. And yes, that means we’re also including the Prelate Attack move bug you’ve reported! We’re also adding more improvements to hotkey features, including the ability to batch-queue units properly when using shift, mapping more hotkeys for civ-specific commands. Here are a few highlights that you can look forward to in this update!
- Remappable Hotkey Fixes
- Map Balance Changes
- Other Balance Features
- Quality-of-Life Bug Fixes
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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
NOTE: Upon updating to this patch, you will no longer be able to utilize replays from previous updates. At times, saves will also be impacted, though we’ve taken additional steps to ensure your campaign saves are not impacted by this particular update. Skirmish saves from the previous patch are impacted and will no longer be accessible after you update.
This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!
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Remappable Hotkeys
- When using the Fully Remappable hotkey layout, holding down Shift key and unit production commands will correctly batch produce units.
- When using the Fully Remappable hotkey layout, holding down a hotkey now correctly queues up multiple units in a production building, and buys/sells large quantities of resources at the market.
Fixes to Remappable Key Bindings
- Cancel Construction hotkey is now remappable.
- Wooden Fortresses now respect bindings made under the Outpost category.
- Golden Gate keys are now properly mapped to match the Market.
- Khan Attack Speed Arrow is now remappable.
- Mongol Town Center double production keys now mirror the Town Center keys properly.
- Professional Scouts (Improved) now mirrors the base hotkey.
- English unique technology Admiralty is now remappable.
- White Tower unit production hotkeys now update properly.
- Wynguard Palace unit production is now remappable.
- Astronomical Clocktower siege is now remappable.
- Barbican of the Sun emplacement upgrades are now remappable.
- Palace of Swabia Prelates now mirror the Town Center binding.
- Burgrave Palace is now fully remappable.
- Delhi Sultanate Assign Scholar Directly is now remappable
NEW Mods!
We’ve added additional terrain types for modders that spawn just one instance of each main resource type:
- Gold (small and large), Stone (small and large), berries (small and large), deer (small and large, so 3 and 7) and sheep (single, double, triple).
This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!
:alertalert: DISCLAIMER
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. For the latest updates and announcements, please visit our social channels.