Hello, and thank you to everyone for all the excitement these past couple weeks – it’s been a delight seeing players enjoy Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition on PlayStation 5 for the first time, alongside Dynasties of the East across all platforms! We’re keeping a close eye on your feedback and are preparing for a larger upcoming patch to address balance concerns, map pool updates and more; however, there were a few fixes we wanted to roll out faster to maintain stability and ensure you can continue enjoying all the new content.
Thanks again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Empires what it is today!
—The Age of Empires Team
Remember that you’ll need to 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 show you on Build 15.1.7149.
If you are unable to launch the game after downloading the update, make sure you add (or re-add) the Age of Empires IV client or folder as an exception to your firewall and antivirus program. That’s it; you’re ready to play!
Remember that you’ll need to update your game in Steam:
- Open Steam.
- Click on Library to see your games list.
- Click Downloads at 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 show you on Build 15.1.7149.
That’s it; you’re ready to play!
Remember that you’ll need to update your game in the Xbox App for Windows.
- Open the Xbox app.
- Games that are installed show up on the left side of the app.
- Hover over the game or click it, and then select Update.
- [If the new build does not download automatically,] hover over the game, select More Options (…), choose Manage. Under the Files tab, choose the option to Check for Updates.
- Open the game. The title screen should show you on Build 15.1.7149.
That’s it; you’re ready to play!
- Under the games tab from the PlayStation Home Screen Locate the game and hover over it. Make sure not to select it!
- While hovering over the game press the Pause button (☰) on your controller.
- In the new pop up menu select the Check for Update option.
- If there is a new update available, this will automatically start the download. If your game is on the most recent version, selecting this option will confirm that information for you.
That’s it; you’re ready to play!
Still having trouble? Visit our support site!
Please Note: As part of updating to this latest build, any saved games and observable matches made on previous builds will be unable to be loaded or replayed.
The Crucible
- Fixed an issue where earned Perk Points would be lost after leaving and relaunching Age of Empires IV.
Note: We are still investigating reports of specific instances where Masteries do not complete as expected, or do not reward the correct number of Perk Points.
UX/UI & Menus
- Fixed an issue where pressing “R1” or “L1” on the Options menu wasn’t always detected on PlayStation 5.
- Fixed many occurrences of the main menu stuttering and blocking input when certain USB devices are plugged into the system.
General Changes and Bugfixes
- Fixed a new regularly occurring crash related to physics when Aging Up right after damaging a building.
- Fixed an issue where Art of War trophies (Challenge Taker, Precious Medals, and Record Breaker) would not unlock despite the requirements being met.
Variant Civilization Changes
While we have additional balance changes coming soon, we noticed a substantial enough amount of feedback regarding the Worker Elephant that we’ve made some changes in this patch to get started on improvements.
- Worker Elephant preview can no longer block projectiles.
- Worker Elephants can no longer spawn from incomplete structures that produce Worker Elephants.
Investigation
Please note that we are aware of and reviewing other known issues, which can be found at Age of Empires IV Known Issues & Solutions – Age of Empires Support. We wanted to highlight a known issue along with the workaround here:
- If you’re still experiencing a crash on launch on Steam following this update, please reach out to support and attempt to download Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2022 from the Visual Studio website. You can find other steps to try here: The game crashes shortly after it launches or when trying to start a game – Age of Empires Support
Your reports continue being crucial to our prioritization and implementation of fixes and features in the game. Keep them coming!
For other known issues, please visit this page to see what’s being tracked!
Coming Up…
We are thrilled to see the various strategies you have all uncovered so far with the new content in Dynasties of the East. In addition to important bug fixes, our balance team is preparing adjustments by taking a hard look at issues from overpowered units to underused strategies. You can look forward to a few crucial adjustments in an upcoming patch targeting Healer Elephants for the Tughlaq Dynasty, Yumi Ashigaru for the Japanese and Sengoku Daimyo, the Lords for House of Lancaster and more. Please continue to provide critical feedback across social platforms; we are listening.
DISCLAIMER
Please note that this list is subject to change and should not be considered a comprehensive list of all the known issues we’re tracking. The above is to inform you of the team’s current priorities, which will change as other issues arise or take precedence.
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