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Update 54480

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Update 54480

Update released October 10, 2021, recording 138 change items across Stability and performance, Achievements, Audio, UI and other areas.

Update 54480 Age of Empires II update artwork
Update 54480 Age of Empires II update artwork

Overview

Update released October 10, 2021, recording 138 change items across Stability and performance, Achievements, Audio, UI and other areas.

What this version records

Update 54480 is a version-specific change record for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, dated October 10, 2021. It records 138 changes in the Dawn of the Dukes release. The section labels below identify which parts of the game were touched; consult the current unit, building, or technology entry for values that may have changed again in a later patch.

  • Stability and performance: 10 change items
  • Achievements: 2 change items
  • Audio: 3 change items
  • UI: 19 change items
  • Settings: 1 change items
  • Hotkeys: 2 change items
  • Fixes: 5 change items
  • General: 44 change items
  • Co-op: 13 change items
  • New maps: 7 change items
  • Map balance: 10 change items
  • Random Map Scripting: 1 change items
  • Lobbies and matchmaking: 8 change items
  • Pathfinding: 1 change items
  • Scripting: 1 change items
  • Scenario Editor: 4 change items
  • XS Scripting: 2 change items

How to use this reference

Update released October 10, 2021, recording 138 change items across Stability and performance, Achievements, Audio, UI and other areas. Release record: October 10, 2021; 138 recorded change items. Areas covered: Stability and performance (10), Achievements (2), Audio (3), UI (19), Settings (1), Hotkeys (2), Fixes (5), General (44), Co-op (13), New maps (7), Map balance (10), Random Map Scripting (1), Lobbies and matchmaking (8), Pathfinding (1), Scripting (1), Scenario Editor (4), XS Scripting (2). Read this entry as a version-specific record; a later update may have changed the current values of affected units, buildings, or technologies.

Also known as
Update 54480
Focus
Game update
Signature / category
Update
Release / context
Definitive Edition
Classification
Update

Release record

Released
October 10, 2021
Change items
138
Release context
Dawn of the Dukes
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