Patch 1.05 is a patch for Age of Empires III.
New Features[]
- Added Power Rating to ESO.
- Added Stand ground to the game.
- Attack move button and hotkey added.
- Hispaniola, a new random map, has been added.
- Recorded game playback improved significantly.
- Added Option for minimized multiplayer chat.
- Added games list filtering options.
- Added Option to save games list filter settings.
Client fixes[]
- Numerous fixes to the attack move command.
- Numerous balance changes.
- Numerous changes to Home City Cards.
- Deathmatch games now have reveal map on.
- Deathmatch - Starting crates removed from most maps.
- Fixed an issue where watching a recorded game overwrote Home Cities.
- Playing an old saved single player game should no longer revert the Home City to the older state.
- Ranged Cavalry Caracole now applies to all ranged cavalry.
- Native American Treaties card now creates the right number of Natives.
- Added support for removing the larger pause dialog. Add 'hidepopups' to the user.cfg.
- Added support for modifying custom random map names and text.
Network and ESO fixes[]
- Custom game setup now shows if a game is rated; not rated, no XP.
- Added mouse wheel scroll and double click functionality to numerous spots in ESO.
- Changing #players will unready everyone.
- Typing in chat and switching to a different ESO window no longer erases the text.
- Many Clan chat fixes.
- Clan change, players may only demote someone that is below their rank, they may only promote someone that is two ranks below them.
- Two players that do not have their routers properly set up can no longer join the same game.
- Fixed numerous issues with joining and creating a clan.
Balance Changes[]
- Abbasid Market upgrade now reduces prices appropriately
- Skirmisher speed reduced by 1
- Jaeger speed reduced by 1
- Town Center hit points increased by 1000
- All Villagers maximum range set to 12
- Engineering school has less effect on cannons created from the factory
- Portuguese start with 1 more Villager
- French start with 1 less Coureur
- Cassadore cost changed to 80 food 35 gold
- Cassadore line of sight increased
- Quarter Master Politician now delivers 400 wood instead of 500
- Abus Gun range decreased to 18 and line of sight decreased to 22
- Mercenaries now take 60 seconds to send from the Home City
- Crossbows cost changed to 40 food 40 wood
- Janissary attack reduced
- Livestock Pen cost reduced to 200 wood
- Wallenstiens Contracts tech cost increased to 4000 gold
- Envoy build limit increased to 5
- No longer allowed to build trade posts near opponents' starting Town Centers
- Culverin range and line of sight increased
- Russians start with 1 extra food crate
- Dutch start with 1 extra gold crate
Home City Cards[]
- Native American Treaties card now sends 600 resources worth of units
- Cards that sent sheep now send more sheep
- Card that sent cows now send more cows
- Northwest Passage card coureur bonus vs treasure guardians boosted
- Explorer Cards for all civilizations now give increased hitpoints and damage for explorers
- 20 Pikemen card now sends 24 Pikemen
- 20 Crossbowmen card now sends 24 Crossbowmen
- Fencing School card further decreases infantry train time
- Riding School card further decreases cavalry train time
- Improved Buildings card boosted from 30 to 40% bonus hitpoints to buildings
- Extensive Fortifications now also increases tower hitpoints
- Stonemasons card increases building speed of buildings by 65%
- Stockyards card boosted livestock fatten rate
- Fulling mills card increased livestock gather rate
- Royal Mint card boosted mine and plantation rate from 1.15 to 1.2
- Rum Distillery card boosted Plantation gather rate
- Textile Mills card boosted Plantation gather rate
- Rendering Plant card boosted Fishing boat gather rate
- Team Envoy card now sends more envoys per player
- Advanced Frontier Defenses card now sends 4 tower wagons
- Team Cheap Market card effect increased
- Medicine card makes villagers train even faster
- Dutch Raiding Fleet now delivers an extra Fluyt
- Spanish Riding School card (a German card) bonus changed; now affects cavalry speed and no longer effects cavalry train time
- Team Fatter Sheep card effect increased
- Team Fast Houses card effect doubled
- Cheap Manors card makes manors even cheaper now
- Native Warriors card for Germans now affects the cost of native units correctly
- Advanced Trading Post card now drops wood cost of trade posts by 40%
- Recruit Privateer Armada card now sends 5 ships but the cost is also reduced
- Schooners card effect increased
