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Update 56005

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Update 56005

Update released November 17, 2021, recording 177 change items across Stability and performance, Achievements, Graphics, Audio and other areas.

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Overview

Update released November 17, 2021, recording 177 change items across Stability and performance, Achievements, Graphics, Audio and other areas.

What this version records

Update 56005 is a version-specific change record for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, dated November 17, 2021. It records 177 changes. 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: 9 change items
  • Achievements: 8 change items
  • Graphics: 3 change items
  • Audio: 2 change items
  • UI: 17 change items
  • Settings: 3 change items
  • Hotkeys: 3 change items
  • General: 47 change items
  • Fixes: 2 change items
  • Art of War: 1 change items
  • Co-op: 15 change items
  • Indians: 1 change items
  • Map Balance: 15 change items
  • Random Map Scripting: 1 change items
  • Pathfinding: 2 change items
  • Scripting: 6 change items
  • Scenario Editor: 10 change items
  • XS Scripting: 1 change items
  • Cheat Codes: 4 change items

How to use this reference

Update released November 17, 2021, recording 177 change items across Stability and performance, Achievements, Graphics, Audio and other areas. Release record: November 17, 2021; 177 recorded change items. Areas covered: Stability and performance (9), Achievements (8), Graphics (3), Audio (2), UI (17), Settings (3), Hotkeys (3), General (47), Fixes (2), Art of War (1), Co-op (15), Indians (1), Map Balance (15), Random Map Scripting (1), Pathfinding (2), Scripting (6), Scenario Editor (10), XS Scripting (1), Cheat Codes (4). 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 56005
Focus
Game update
Signature / category
Update
Release / context
Definitive Edition
Classification
Update

Release record

Released
November 17, 2021
Change items
177
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