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Hotfix 43210 is a patch in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, released on November 24, 2020.

Game[]

Stability and performance[]

  • Implemented fixes for the situation where a player experiencing a performance spike in later stages of the game would cause degradation in animation smoothness for the remainder of the match. Note that this does not fix all lag issues everywhere: as individual PC performance, match settings (i.e. high pop, high participant games), and the random turmoil of internet gremlins can still have an adverse affect on the playability of the game.
  • The game will no longer crash if the ranked queue pops while viewing the tech tree.
  • Likewise, the game will no longer black-screen if a match drops or fails to connect while viewing the tech tree.
  • The game UI no longer freezes when the "Failed to Join Match" modal pops while the Select Civilization menu is open.
  • The game UI no longer freezes when the the UGC warning appears while the Select Civilization menu is open.
  • Fixed an issue which could cause the game to hard-lock when a player disconnected on the victory or defeat screen.
  • Fixed an uncommon crash when queuing to join a Battle Royale Quick Play game.
  • Implemented several additional fixes for uncommon crashes.

UI[]

  • Added the new Battle Royale option to the Game Mode filter in the Lobby Browser.
  • Halved the animation time of the new UI windows and confirmation prompts within the game.
  • Unique Unit icons have been added to each civilization on the Select Civilization screen playing in non-English languages.
  • Fixed an issue where using the arrow keys or tab to cycle through the Select Civilization menu would fail to update the details of the currently-selected civilization.
  • Fixed an issue where the "Lobby Full" popup would constantly reappear after inviting a user to a lobby that subsequently fills.
  • Fixed an issue which could prevent a player's selected civilization from showing up on the match loading screen.

Settings[]

  • Added menu narration to the tooltip text for each civilization on the Select Civilization screen.
  • Added menu narration to the new Quick Play screen elements.
  • Added menu narration to the Respond buttons in the Pending Invitations modal.
  • Added menu narration to the Accept and Decline buttons in the Clan Requests menu.
  • Added menu narration to the Close (X) button on the Yes/No dialogue that appears when exiting the queue.
  • The narrator now reads the title and tooltips of the Settings Cog, Invites, and Profile UI elements on the home screen.

Gameplay[]

  • Monks can no longer be used to cheat death in the Battle Royale game mode.
  • Fixed an issue where the object named "Invisible object that keeps player alive" would, contrary to its purpose, slowly inflict death upon nearby player units and buildings. This affected a number of custom maps and scenarios.
  • Fixed a bug where attempting to remove a technology from the global queue would result in units being removed instead.

Campaign[]

The Art of War[]

  • In timed scenarios, the bronze medal timer is now properly displayed when the silver medal timer expires.

Civilization balance[]

Burmese[]

  • Arambai: The increased reload time added in the November Update now only applies to non-elite Arambai, as intended. So, the reload time of Elite Arambai is 2.0 and 2.2 for non-elite Arambai.

Lobbies and matchmaking[]

  • Fixed an issue which could prevent game invitations from displaying properly for the receiving user.
  • Restored games will now populate the invite list with the players that were in the original game rather than the full list of players who cannot join the game.
  • Advanced game settings will no longer be displayed and configurable in Restored Game lobbies.

Localization[]

  • Added the missing translation text for an objective in The Falcon's Nest (Pachacuti 4) scenario.
  • Spanish (ES-ES, ES-MX): Corrected several percentage numbers which displayed the incorrect values when using the Spanish or Latin American Spanish languages.
  • French (FR-FR): Updated the description of the Saracen archer bonus to clarify that it affects only archers, not cavalry archers.
  • German (DE-DE): Updated the Magyar civilization description to clarify that a Blacksmith is not needed to benefit from the free Forging, Iron Casting, and Blast Furnace technologies.

Modding[]

  • SHIFT+Clicking the Priority Up and Priority Down buttons will now, once again, allow players to quickly prioritize the selected mods as the highest and lowest priority, respectively.
Patches/Updates/Hotfixes
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Aoe2 hb HD Edition 2.1 ยท 2.2 ยท 2.3 ยท 2.5 ยท 2.6 ยท 2.7 ยท 2.8
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AoE2-DLCicon-3 The African Kingdoms 4.4 ยท 4.5 ยท 4.6 ยท 4.7 ยท 4.8 ยท 4.9
AoE2-DLCicon-4 Rise of the Rajas 5.0 ยท 5.1 ยท 5.3 ยท 5.4 ยท 5.5 ยท 5.6 ยท 5.7 ยท 5.8
AoE2-DLCicon-5 The Last Khans 32708 ยท 32911 ยท 33059 ยท 33164 ยท 33315 ยท 34055 (34223 ยท 34397) ยท 34699 (34793 ยท 35209) ยท 35584 ยท 36202 ยท 36906 ยท 37650 (37906) ยท 39284 (39515) ยท 40220 ยท 40874 ยท 41855 ยท 42848 (43210)
AoE2Icon-LordsWest Lords of the West 44725 (44834 ยท 45185) ยท 46295 ยท 47820 ยท 50292 (50700)
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AoE2Icon-MountainRoyals The Mountain Royals 95810 (96976) ยท 99311 (99404) ยท 104954
Aoe2 hb Victors and Vanquished 107882 ยท 108769 (109739) ยท 111772 (113358 ยท 114480) ยท 117204 ยท 118476 ยท 125283 (127161)
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Aom original icon Mac 1.0.1 ยท 2.0 ยท 2.01
AoM The Titans icon The Titans 1.01 ยท 1.02 ยท 1.03
AoM Extended icon Extended Edition 1.5 ยท 1.6 ยท 1.7 ยท 1.8 ยท 1.9 ยท 1.10 ยท 1.11 ยท 1.12
AoM Extended icon Tale of the Dragon 2.0 ยท 2.1 ยท 2.2 ยท 2.3 ยท 2.4 ยท 2.5 ยท 2.6 ยท 2.7 ยท 2.8
AoMIcon-Retold Retold 17.18697 ยท 17.22308 ยท 17.27932 ยท 17.30764 (17.31993) ยท 17.36100 (17.38008)
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3WCIcon48px The WarChiefs 1.01 ยท 1.02 ยท 1.03 ยท 1.04 ยท 1.05 ยท 1.06
3ADIcon48px The Asian Dynasties 1.01 ยท 1.02 ยท 1.03
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Age3DE Icon The African Royals 38254 (39346) ยท 43871 ยท 47581 ยท 50830 ยท 54545 ยท 56860 ยท 61213 ยท 13.690 ยท 13.4412
Age3DE Icon Knights of the Mediterranean 13.9057 ยท 13.10442 ยท 13.12327 ยท 13.18214 ยท 13.27885 (13.29366 ยท 13.29985) ยท 13.38085 ยท 13.58326 ยท 14.3853 ยท 14.43676 ยท Update 15.30007 ยท Patch 15.30007 ยท 15.59076 (Data Patch)
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Season One Season One Update ยท Server-Side Patch 12973 ยท Patch 14681 ยท Patch 15965
Season Two Season Two Update 17718 ยท Patch 20249 ยท Patch 23349
Season Three Update 24916 ยท Patch 5.1.148 ยท Server-Side Patch 5.1.148.1 ยท Patch 5.2.131
Season Four Update 6.0.878 ยท Patch 6.1.130
Season Five Update 7.0.5861 (Hotfix 7.0.5976 ยท Hotfix 7.0.6026) ยท Patch 7.1.113
Xbox release Update 8.0.185 ยท Patch 8.1.276 ยท Patch 8.2.218
Season Six Update 9.1.176 ยท Patch 9.1.370 ยท Patch 9.2.628
Season Seven Update 10.0.576 ยท Patch 10.1.48
Season Eight Update 11.0.782 ยท Patch 11.1.1201
Season Nine Update 12.0.1974  ยท Patch 12.0.2246
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