Attention Officers!

Today we’d like to announce the launch of our mod.io integration! Starting today, users will be able to browse and download mods in-game using our new menu system! To start we’ve communicated with a little under a dozen of the modding communities most prolific and capable modders and mappers to fill up our roster of mods to start.

In the previous announcement we had mentioned that only maps would work in the first implementation of mod.io, the developers have been hard at work since that announcement and now ALL MODS THAT ARE IN .PAK FORM NOW WORK. This includes guns, player skins, AI tweaks, etc.

Ready or Not - mod.io page

At the same time we’re going to be announcing our first modding competition! The winners will be furnished with an array of prizes, with the grand prize being permanent inclusion into the game and the universe!

All the information regarding the contest will be posted on the Discord in the #contest-rules channel, located here!

[https://discord.com/invite/readyornot]

• Changed AI behaviour
  
• Only 1 monster that gets more aggressive while the game progress
  
• Improved spawn behavior to avoid quick deaths
  
• Performance improvements

*Please do not connect to the game servers until the end of maintenance is announced.

*Please note that if the 24 hour period after a Character Deletion Request passes during the maintenance, the character will be deleted.

*Characters that have completed the “Application for Ship Transfer During Scheduled Maintenance” will be transferred. AC will not be consumed until the Ship Transfer is complete.

*Ship Transfer applications will be processed according to the order in which they were submitted. However, some Ship Transfers may be postponed until the next Scheduled Maintenance if the number of submitted applications is excessive.

*If you do not have enough AC at the beginning of the Scheduled Maintenance, Ship Transfer will not occur, even if you purchase AC during the Scheduled Maintenance.

*For more details on Ship Transfers, such as the requirements, please check here.

New mechanics:
- Added new timing system
- Added a new object management system
- Added a system for optimizing objects on the game scene
- Added information about the item in the store: icon, price, description
- Added calculation of the maximum possible amount of goods when buying
- Added order list of each individual customer
- Added new mechanics of transferring items to the merchant, both individually and all at once
- Added dirt on tables from visitors
- Traders at the start of each day collect $40 of their previous business day's fee
- Added the ability to get an achievement from an early status, but for this you need to be careful and enter the correct combination
- Added several combinations with different effects


Changes in mechanics:
- Removed air temperature
- Removed the binding of food spoilage rate to the current temperature in the game
- Increased in-game day time from 15 minutes to 20
- Increased the waiting time for orders by units
- Removed items dropping from hands when trying to put them in a full fridge
- Inventory expanded to 20 slots
- Added notification that the refrigerator is full
- The system for choosing the quantity of goods when buying has been redesigned
- Sausages no longer have a burnt status
- Hot dog buns, ready kebab, cutlets no longer disappear when burned, but remain a burnt object that can be used
- The user will be dissatisfied with the quality of service if you give him burnt food
- Daily profit now shows the daily income of both the employee and yours at the current point
- Now hired employees automatically open their outlet
- Now the user pays for the received goods even if the outlet was closed or the waiting time expired
- You can now name your game save
- Completely redesigned tutorial system


Bugs fixed:
- Fixed bug with negative timing of clients on chairs
- Fixed a bug where a chair would save all modifiers for a given point when it was moved
- Fixed bug with shelves. Clients will bypass them
- Fixed a bug with buying certificates ahead of time
- Fixed a bug where weekly payments were not made after 91 days
- Fixed a bug with the ability to set prices for goods that do not have a certificate
- Fixed a bug with the ability to sell goods for which there is no certificate
- Fixed a bug where the outlet did not change its name
- Fixed a bug where spoiled kebab meat was not removed
- Fixed bug with french fries basket when interacting with fries storage
- Fixed a bug where the top of the burger didn't want to cover the finished burger
- Fixed a bug where the last piece of pizza remained raw
- Fixed a bug that caused users to stop leaving trash behind
- Fixed bug with incorrect display of date and time on saves
- Fixed a bug with a memory leak after customizing an outlet



Minor edits:
- The city system was rebuilt. Some buildings have been replaced. Changed non-key building locations
- Reducing the number of calls to draw the camera to improve fps stability
- Removed old timekeeping system
- Redesigned localization system
- Added a notification when trying to open a store without items on sale
- Fixed UI error for water, milk and coffee when adding them to the coffee machine
- Slightly changed the mechanics of burger buns
- Now the game settings menu returns to the top position every time you open it
- Fixed glitch re-entering the settings menu, buttons were not pressed.
- The upper fps limit is limited for the stable operation of the application and the reduction of the number of crashes
- Removed old skyboxes that cut performance on low-end PCs
- Changed skyboxes morning/afternoon/evening/night
- Cooked pizza can no longer be frozen

There are quite a few changes this time around. Most are behind the scenes, but there should be a noticeable difference in the difficulty for some players.

The goal is not to make the whole game easier, but to smooth the difficulty curve just a bit.

Act 3

• Foamflowers can now only produce 1 enemy at a time. (This change can also be seen in Act 9.)

Act 5

• A checkpoint has been moved from Scene 6 to Scene 5.
  
• An additional checkpoint has been added in Scene 7.
  
• The placement of some geysers, platforms, and bells have been moved for clarity.
  
• Geysers and raindrops now melt at a decreased rate when interacted with. (This change can also be seen in Acts 7 and 11.)

Misc.

• The snowflake/freezing animation is now quicker to better match hitbox durations.
  
• Fixed a bug that occurred in some enemy types when falling off a ledge.
  
• Fixed a bug where ice shards lingered during a screen transition.

Please let me know if any additional bugs pop up and be sure to stay tuned. More exciting news is on the way!

Thank you to everyone for the continued support!

• Fixed bugs related to collision work (primarily in 2D).
  
• Fixed bugs related to Sky Sphere in 3D mode with lighting.
  
• Adjusted how 2D renders tile layers to whole numbers, with the last in that series rendering objects.
  
• Annotation effects greatly expanded and working. Number Formatter, Negative, Font, Color, etc, are all available.
  
• Including help documentation on some items in the database. More to come.

Welcome back for another exciting update for Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition!

This time, we’re celebrating the Age of Empires 25th Anniversary! We’ve got a fun event in store, plus some awesome new improvements!

While there are plenty of notable fixes and features in today’s update, here are some of the big highlights of what you can expect to see:

• Ageiversary Event
  
  • New profile icons
    
  • New Hero customizations
    
  • New official mods
    
  • New cheats
• Tons of Balance changes
  
  • Standard units
    
  • Outlaws & mercenaries
    
  • Water balance
• Native & Mercenary cards
  
• Brand-new cards
  
• New politicians
  
• Modding improvements
  
• Deck renaming & Hero name randomizer
  
• Photo Mode Update
  
• 6 new special maps and Special map set
  
  • Black Forest – Arena
    
  • Black Forest – Forest Nothing
    
  • Eurasian Steppe – LOST
    
  • Eurasian Steppe – Survival
    
  • Unknown – LOST
    
  • Unknown – Survival
• Map changes

During the event, the appearance of the Town Center and Resource Crates will be altered. These cosmetic effects can be disabled from Options/Game Options under the Game section. The event cosmetic effects will automatically be disabled once the event has concluded.

Thank you for sharing in yet another major milestone for Age of Empires with us! We hope you enjoy all the changes and look forward to sharing in all the adventures yet to come!

—The Age of Empires Team

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[h4]This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming! [/h4]

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Ageiversary Event

💥 October 25th – November 20th 💥

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition is celebrating 25 years of Age of Empires with the coming of the new community event, Ageiversary! For a limited time, you can unlock new portraits and explorer customizations by completing the community challenges!

🡒 NEW REWARDS!

Starting October 25th through November 20th complete daily in-game tasks within the time limit to unlock exclusive rewards!

New Cards & Units!

Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Age of Empires we wanted to give each Age of Empires III civilization some much needed attention as some of them still have been missing out so far! To make up for your time of waiting we are delivering gifts to many civilizations in the form of new cards and units! Here is a small selection of 5 new exciting cards:

French Royal Army (French, II)

“Enables your Musketeers and Halberdiers to benefit from Combat promotions to receive extra hitpoints and damage for each defeated enemy military unit.”

• Hitpoint and damage tiers for both units: +5% / +15% / +25%.

Prince-Electors (Germans, I)

“You may choose a German Royal House as an ally that will allow you to recruit and upgrade units at the Royal Embassy.”

• You may only pick ONE ally.
• Allied units will now cost population in the Royal Embassy and home city.
• Each alliance costs 50f 50w.
• Alliance options are: Hanover, Habsburg, Oldenburg, Wettin, Wittelsbach.

Mughal Elephant Armors (Indians, IV)

“Improves different resistances of Indian elephant units, +1 Villager.”

• Card costs 500 coin, 500 wood.
• Siege Elephant +10% ranged resistance.
• Flail Elephant +10 % siege resistance.
• Mahout Lancer +10% melee resistance.
• Howdah +10% melee resistance.

Forty-Seven Ronin (Japanese, IV)

“All your Villagers and Shrines turn into Masterless Samurai guardians. Castles are replaced by Wokou Ronins. Wonders and Town Centers are replaced by Ronin mercenaries.”

• Card costs 1000 food, 1000 wood, 1000 coin.
• Masterless Samurai guardians will assume a default formation.

Sovnya (Russians, III)

“Notably increases the melee damage of Cavalry Archers, Streltsy, and Halberdiers. Cavalry Archers inflict area damage in melee.”

• Cavalry Archer +15% melee damage and +1 area damage radius.
• Strelet +30% melee damage.
• Halberdier 25% melee damage.

6 New Special Maps!

🌐 Black Forest - Arena[expand type=showmore]

Knights of the Mediterranean

Each player's starting town is well protected behind stone walls while local settlements and extra resources can be found in the central clearing.

Description: On this classic map, a dense forest rings the perimeter of the map and gives way for a large central clearing containing extra resources. You are safe to boom your economy behind stone walls, but don't wait too long before you try to establish a presence on the map, otherwise you will find yourself pinned down and your economy struggling.

Settlements: variable

Outlaws: variable

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🌐 Black Forest - Forest Nothing[expand type=showmore]

Knights of the Mediterranean

Players battle on a map with no natural resources other than wood.

Description: On this classic map, players spawn into a vast thick forest. There are no other natural resources available, only wood as far as the eye can see. Players will need to chop their way toward the enemy, and sometimes even toward their teammates. Small pockets of treasures may appear all over the map. There is no trade route here.

Settlements: Bourbon, Habsburg, Wittelsbach

Outlaws: Inquisitor, Crabat

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🌐 Eurasian Steppe - LOST[expand type=showmore]

Knights of the Mediterranean

You're LOST in the Eurasian Steppe! Explore the steppe to gather the treasures needed to get your town started in this harsh region! Players begin with only a few of their usual starting units and an extra scout scattered across this vast steppe.

Description: Your expedition got dispersed in the vastness of the Eurasian Steppe, and you are LOST! A few of your starting units are scattered across this extensive landscape. Once you've collected enough wood using your heroes and three villagers, construct a base to establish a foothold in this harsh region. In this remote place you will not receive your usual starting crates and villagers once your first Town Center has been constructed. Plan accordingly and use your resources wisely!

Settlements: Oldenburg, Jagiellon, Tengri

Outlaws: Wokou Horseman, Cossack Daredevil

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🌐 Eurasian Steppe - Survival[expand type=showmore]

Knights of the Mediterranean

Players spawn into a nearly empty map with only some Villagers, a Shipment from their Home City, and their first Town Center. Defeating the enemy will require a unique deck and strategy.

Description: Players spawn into a barren region with only some Villagers and their first Town Center. That's right, no hero or scouting units and no natural resources are present on this map! A starting shipment which arrives quickly and some early infrastructure has been granted to you to help you get started.

Settlements: Oldenburg, Jagiellon, Tengri

Outlaws: Wokou Horseman, Cossack Daredevil

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🌐 Unknown - LOST[expand type=showmore]

Knights of the Mediterranean

You are LOST in the mysterious Unknown!

Description: You are lost in a mysterious uncharted wilderness without even the resources needed to establish a town! Snow or desert, land or water, Trade Routes or Natives or both - you never quite know what you're going to get. It is crucial that your starting hero unit remains alive and as always, expect the unexpected!

Settlements: variable

Outlaws: variable

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🌐 Unknown - Survival[expand type=showmore]

Knights of the Mediterranean

Players spawn into a nearly empty map with only a few Villagers, a Shipment from their Home City, and their first Town Center. Defeating the enemy will require a unique deck and strategy.

Description: Players spawn into a barren mysterious region with only a few Villagers, a starting shipment, and their first Town Center. That's right, no hero or scouting units and no natural resources are present on this map!

Settlements: variable

Outlaws: variable

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[h4]This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming! [/h4]

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:alertalert: DISCLAIMER

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.

For the latest updates and announcements, please visit our social channels.

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• A fix for an out of sync that occurs when ransoming your Hero/Explorer
  
• A fix for an out of sync error in recorded games for civilizations that have two Hero/Explorer units
  
• A fix for an issue that invalidated some player generated UI mods
  
• Added missing home city cards that were intended to go out with the previous patch
  
• Functional fixes for new cards
  
• Various balance tweaks
  
• Localization improvements
  
• Minor inconsistencies in Hero cosmetic visuals
  
• A fix for Ottoman villagers not showing up in player score
  
• A fix for missing Galley card icons
  
• A fix for the deck rename dialogue showing up in other areas than the deck list
  
• A fix for several missing legacy hotkey bindings for new units
  
• A fix for missing visuals of Sansculottes in the French Revolution
  
• A fix for erroneous train time reduction on the Indian Gunpowder card

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• Fixed Ransom Explorer OOS
  
• Add missing Idle animations to Kunoichi and Nakano second cosmetic
  
• Add missing precomps for Humbaraci and Deli
  
• Additional balance fixes

Hello everyone!

Right and Down is now available with a launch discount! We are very excited that finally you can play the complete version of the game and would love to hear your opinion!

If you have any feedback, problem or want to ask us anything, remember to join our discord!

Thank you!

Kiko

• Access to F2P server (Caribbean) will be open to all paid version users during maintenance on the 19th of October.
  
• Free to play version of Naval Action will be launched on Steam 19th of October at approximately 4-6 PM UTC time/ 9-11 am Seattle (PST) when Valve would manually launch the Free version of the game in the Steam Store.
  
• Unfortunately due some technical specifics of the Steam side and our server tech, War and Peace server will TEMPORARILY be closed for several days. Valve will have to manually support access to old servers for paid users and this will require from several hours to several working days. We apologize for the inconvenience caused. If the temporary shut down will last for more than several hours - compensation will be provided once servers reopen.

• Caribbean is a seasonal server which will accept all incoming players starting today.
  
• Caribbean server will have 4 seasons:
  • Jan-March
    
  • April-June
    
  • July-September
    
  • October-December.
• First season will start on launch of Caribbean server and will end at the end of December 2022.
  
• Caribbean server will have 4 nations:
  • Britain
    
  • Spain
    
  • France
    
  • Pirates
    
  • Dutch might be added in the next seasons.

• Seasons bring renewal. New players will never again face insurmountable walls of skill, overpowered ships and upgrades. Every new player wave will have the chance for a fresh start every season.
  
• Each new season, you and your clan will be able to choose a new tactic and approach to conquer cities. New clans, new alliances, new wars, a new approach to conquering strategic and profitable places.
  
• First season will start on launch of Caribbean server and will end at the end of December 2022.
  
• The following content will reset on season end:
  • XP and Crafting XP and Skill Books - will be reset in the first season
    
  • All assets - will be reset in the first season
    
  • All player investments in crafting - will be reset in the first season but compensated at the beginning of the new season
    
  • Naval Service Medals - all accumulated naval service medals will be sent to the player money wallet account in Season 2.
• At season 2 start all players on the Caribbean will start at lvl 0 and will have earned NSM in store

Patch changes

• Caribbean Server Port ownership leaderboard points will only come from 2 regions
  • Hispaniola
    
  • Bahamas
    
  • Combat for these regions will create a more defined compact active war. At the same time, small clans or groups of players who do not want to take part in a fierce war for prestige and service medals will be able to capture regions and cities all over the map for crafting and taxation.
• Ship crafting changes
  
• All ships will require permits to craft.
  • Permits can be gained from open world and mission NPCs and rarely from ship disassembly.
    
  • Permits will have an increased chance of drop from special events when they happen.
• Upgrades can no longer be placed into the upgrade chest at Sea.
  
• Leaks and structural leaks have been rebalanced.
  
• Crew on pumps and crew during leaks numbers have been changed. Crew on survival will not grow so drastically when the ship has taken a lot of water.
  
• NPC stats and rank changes.
  • Experimental ranks added.
    
  • Captain/Admiral of the Red - uses damage and reload mods, weak hull strength
    
  • Captain/Admiral of the White - uses hull and structure strength mods, weak damage output
• Cost of the port battle flag has been reduced to 100 combat medals
  
• Port battle flags are removed from loot. Flags can only be purchased from now on.
  
• Ship hull repairs have been increased to 40%
  
• St Kitts pump bonus lowered to 80%
  
• Grape damage increased by 25%
  
• Ship structure hitpoints have been slightly increased
  
• Costs of warehousing, outposts, additional docks, warehouse space and tow permits have been changed.
  
• Port defense no longer grants points for the Port Battle Leaderboards - to fix arranged defense exploit
  
• PVP Leaderboard (accessible from map) bugs fixed.

*Spotlight image from Captain Looxie from the screenshot competition in June 2021.

Please note that we are using presence to gauge the popularity of an Operator. This notion had to be introduced to reflect the implementation of the pick & ban.

Presence definition: pick rate of an Operator when not banned. Win Delta: The Win Delta is aggregated from Operator’s Win Deltas per Bomb Site.

• Logic bomb now affects defenders in Support Mode.
  
• Population targeted by this change: All.

This change is meant to curb the advantage of eliminated or Joining-in-progress defenders sitting on cams, particularly at bomb sites. Dokkaebi can now more reliably create openings in the defenders' network for diffuser plants and other strategies.

• Armor Vests grant withstand.
  
• Population targeted by this change: All.

The impact of Armor Vests are difficult to measure in most encounters. To make them more interesting to use and useful in tough situations we've added the withstand ability.

• Each projectile heals 200 hp (from 40)
  
• Add Balif as 3rd Secondary
  
• Population targeted by this change: Casual.

The effectiveness of Doc's healing ability suffers greatly from the newly enhanced functionality of Rook's armor plates. So, it's been increased to better match the skill required to hit friendly allies with healing projectiles.

• Add M45 Meusoc
  
• Population targeted by this change: All.

We wanted to add a weapon choice for Castle's 3rd weapon slot.

• Increase damage to 135 (from 127)
  
• Population targeted by this change: All.

To provide a counter for Rook's new utility we've increased Kali's damage output.

• Increase maximum ammo to 121 (from 71)
  
• Population targeted by this change: All.

Ammo has been increased in order to make the TCSG 12 a more attractive option.

• Increase maximum ammo to 121 (from 71)
  
• Population targeted by this change: All.

Ammo has been increased in order to make the TCSG 12 a more attractive option.

• Reduce maximum Overheal to 20hp (from 40)
  
• Population targeted by this change: All

We hoped to reduce any frustration caused by boosted characters as well as normalizing the limits of Oveheal.


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