Update 118476 is an update for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition which was released on July 19, 2024. It is focused exclusively on addressing player-reported issues with the Empire Wars maps created for the Red Bull Wololo: El Reinado ladder.
Random maps[]
- Cliffbound: Fixed Villagers sometimes not generating in the appropriate number.
- Dunesprings: Decreased the chance of Villagers generating trapped inside forests.
- Golden Stream: Decreased the chance of Villagers generating trapped inside forests.
- Hollow Woodlands: Fixed Villagers sometimes not generating in the appropriate number.
- Isthmus: Fixed resources sometimes failing to generate or generating imbalanced between the players.
- Karsts: Decreased the chance of Villagers generating trapped inside forests.
- Mountain Dunes: Decreased the chance of Villagers generating trapped inside forests.
- The Passage: When playing on a tiny map with two players, two narrow passages now generate between the landmasses, allowing players to access each other’s islands without using Transport Ships.
- Fixed forests sometimes failing to generate for one player.
- The patches of shallows in the water now can generate closer to the shoreline to better accommodate Relics.
- The Monk has been replaced by a regular scout unit.
- River Divide: Fixed resources sometimes failing to generate or generating imbalanced between the players.
- Sandrift: Fixed forests sometimes failing to generate for one player.
- Shrubland: Fixed player’s gold and stone deposits sometimes generating in an inaccessible part of the map. Decreased the chance of Villagers generating trapped inside forests.
Stability and performance[]
- Fixed a freeze that could occur during the Match Found screen in Quickplay games, if a certain number of Team maps were banned.
- Fixed a crash related to Intel Graphics drivers.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when Villagers were trying to reach an obstructed area near the corners of the map.
Multiplayer[]
- Fixed an error when attempting to update SSL certificates.
Xbox[]
- Fixed a freeze that could occur during multiplayer games.
- Fixed a freeze that could occur during long gameplay sessions, if any of the Narration options, such as Chat Narration, were enabled.
- Fixed an issue where some special units and technologies from Victors & Vanquished scenarios would not appear in the radial menu when playing with a controller.
- Fixed an issue in Victors & Vanquished where certain scenario-specific buildings had their Command Menus disabled when playing with a controller.
