Purchasing the Game. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition on Steam; Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition on Windows 10; Tips for Optimizing your Age of Empires Experience. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Update 32911. Thank you all for being here for the first days of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition!As is the case with any game release, issues will inevitably arise as the live community begins running through the campaign or flocking to the multiplayer servers at the same time.
Hello, and welcome to our first Age of Empires: Definitive Edition update of the new year!
Today’s build features several crash fixes, performance optimizations, game improvements, and even a few new features that are now available in the game: such as an Eye Candy slider to modify how much foliage shows up in the game, an ELO pop-up at the end of ranked matches, and new cross-platform invitations so you can more easily play with your friends on Steam and the Microsoft Store. Give it a download, then come join our community to talk about your experience or any ideas you have for Age: DE:
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🗣 JOIN: The Age of Empires Official Discord
We hope you enjoy the latest changes, and will see you on the battlefield!
—The Age of Empires Team
Remember that you’ll need update your game in the Microsoft Store:
- Open the Microsoft Store.
- Click the [ ∙ ∙ ∙ ] symbol next to your profile picture.
- Select Downloads and updates.
- Press the Get updates button to automatically detect, download, and install the latest changes to your game!
- Open the game. The title screen should read Build 34483
That’s it; you’re ready to play!
Remember that you’ll need update your game in Steam:- Open Steam.
- Click on Library to see your games list.
- Click Downloadsat the bottom of the Library window.
- [If the new build does not download automatically,] click the Download Now button to manually download the new update.
- Open the game. The title screen should read Build 34483
Age Of Empires 2 Definitive Edition Updates
That’s it; you’re ready to play!
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General
- Implemented several performance optimizations for lower-end systems.
- Added a performance setting to select how much Foliage is displayed in the game. Look for the Eye Candy option in the settings menu.
- Added the ability to send cross-platform invitations to join a match.
- Improved the rate at which game lobby settings communicate and replicate to other clients.
Gameplay
Aoe2 Patch
- Added a pop-up displaying your ELO changes following a ranked match.
Bug Fixes
Aoe 2 Definitive Edition Update
- Implemented fixes to address several game crashes.
- Fixed an issue which prevented the lobby browser from properly refreshing.
- Implemented a potential fix for firewall issues with LAN servers on certain setups.
- Improved loading times when starting up the game.
- Improved the contrast of text lettering on several screens.
- Fixed several minor UI and localization errors.