Hello Myth players and community – we’ve got a minor update in store for you along with some of those fixes called out in this last patch. Thank you to those who brought those to our attention and for the patience of players while we fixed these issues. We try to ensure all changes are correctly reflected in the patch notes. Sometimes errors do slip through, or changes don’t make it in at the last minute. Please do continue to report issues if you find any!
Thanks again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Mythology: Retold a success thus far!
—The Age of Mythology 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 18.42553.
If you are unable to launch the game after downloading the update, make sure you add (or re-add) the Age of Mythology: Retold 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 18.42553.
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 18.42553.
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!
Please note that custom mods may not be compatible with the latest game update. If you are experiencing issues launching or playing the game after downloading the new build, try disabling your installed mods before trying again.
Still having trouble? Visit our support site!
Stability & Performance
- Fixed a freeze and crash that could occur on PlayStation 5 after players disconnected or resigned during a multiplayer match with voice chat enabled.
- Improved stability on PlayStation 5 from updating to a newer version of the libraries used for voice chat. This update fixes some unsafe operations that could have led to situations where the game freezes or crashes unexpectedly.
Fixes
- Fixed a bug that caused the Bronze God Power to consider all targets in the cast range as valid instead of only those owned by the casting player.
- Fixed a bug where Pharaohs became confused while tasking them with Egyptian Laborers. Pharaohs are properly tasked to foundations alongside Egyptian Laborers, when placing down buildings while having both selected.
- Researching military upgrades as Fuxi, while Yang is active, no longer causes units to end up weaker when switching into Yin.
General
The following changes were listed in the previous patch notes and not applied, or changes that were made without mention in the patch notes, with a subsequent fix.
- Migdol Stronghold (Egyptian) cost has been reverted from 600 gold to 500 gold. The previous change to 600 gold was unintentionally left in from some testing.
- Hill Fort’s (Norse) build points increased from 130 → 135. (was changed from 120 → 130 in the last patch, but should have been 135 as was listed on the notes).
- Baolei’s (Chinese) build points and damage now match the notes that appeared in the last patch notes:
- Build points increased from 120 → 135.
- Damage reduced from 12 → 10 pierce.
- Raiding Cavalry (Norse) now has the shorter 12 → 10 second training time change applied that appeared in the last patch notes.
- Rage of Slaughter (Chiyou) now has the changes that were listed in the last patch notes:
- Research time reduced from 40 → 30.
- Cost reduced from 200 wood 10 favor → 150 wood 10 favor.
- Kuafu and Kuafu Hero now have the changes that were made to other villagers in the last patch:
- No longer have a 1.5x multiplier vs siege weapons.
- Bonus damage multiplier vs towers increased from 2.5x → 4x.
- Asgardian Hill Fort’s internal resource cost was updated during the previous patch to match the normal Hill Fort. This change only affected the bounty and does not impact the cast cost.
- The <PowerPlayerRelation> tag for defining powers now accepts “Own” and “Self” as valid variations to use when specifying that the allowed target is the casting “Player”.
Investigation
As always, we are continuing to track issues reported by the community for future updates.
For other known issues, please visit this page to see what’s being tracked!
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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Hotfix 18.44294
- Update to the game client backend to help improve possible connection issues in specific scenarios.
Hotfix 18.46960
- Implemented backend client updates to ensure infrastructure support for the upcoming Age of Mythology: Retold – Heavenly Spear DLC release.