Posted by Björn April 14, 2006
A new patch for "Age of Empires III" has been released, updating the RTS game by Ensemble to version 1.06.
The 14.5MB patch can be downloaded from
us (local mirror),
3dgamers,
FileFront,
FileShack,
VGPro, or
Worthplaying.
ChangelistNEW FEATURES
- Chat Member List can now be sorted by Clan Name
- Added server maintenance notification that will display when the servers are down
CLIENT FIXES
- Added checking that prevents players from joining game rooms which are in a bad state and can not launch, fixing the source of a crash
- Several Home City Card tooltip updates
- Hispaniola water flags and whale placement fixed
- Hispaniola now displays correct thumbnail
- Sonora herds now balanced for both sides of the map
- Advanced Market Card effects now get applied when shipped
- Fixed 'This game is not rated' message that was popping up in rated games
- Number on Home City Cards now displays the correct number of units to be sent
- All ranged cavalry units now do double damage vs. artillery
- Mercenary shipments now cost 1000g and have fewer units
- Military shipments from the homecity decreased for 3rd age shipments and increased for 4th age shipments
- Numerous balance changes
NETWORK AND ESO FIXES
- Quick Search now displays the correct number players during search
- Custom Games List sorting fixed for sorting by Rank
- Fixed exploit that allowed more then 20 cards in ESO decksustom game setup now shows if a game is rated, not rated, no XP