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Age of History 2: Definitive Edition - What's New, 210+ Changes

Age of History II - Łukasz Jakowski Games

What's New - Age of History 2 Definitive Edition

Add to Wishlist Now - AoH2: DE

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3381680/Age_of_History_2_Definitive_Edition/

New world map with 13,892 provinces, 23 scenarios, and 225 formable civilizations.
New province border drawing system with smoother border lines.
Province names displayed directly on provinces.
Civilization and province name animations appear after zooming out.
Multiple army selection and movement: Press and drag with the middle mouse button to
Select and move multiple armies at once.
Using the "Move to" action or right mouse button, you can now move and split an army into multiple provinces.

Religions

Religions will be included in the Age of History 2: Definitive Edition
Religions will influence diplomacy, relations, and more.
New map mode: Religions

Technology

Technology points can be allocated to increase the number of movement points per turn.
Technology points can be spent to reduce assimilation costs.
Technology points can be spent to increase recruitable population in all provinces.
More technology points can now be allocated.
It is possible to see how each Civilization has allocated its technology points.

Atomic Bombs / Nukes

Atomic Bombs have been added.
To construct an atomic bomb, a Civilization must reach a certain technology level.
Construction takes X turns, depending on the total number of nukes the civilization already has.
It costs Y gold, with the cost decreasing as technology increases.
Technology level limits how many nukes a civilization can build.
Nukes can only be used against civilizations you're officially at war with.
A dropped nuke will cause casualties to population, economy, and military forces

Radiation

After an atomic bomb is dropped on a province, a disease called 'Radiation' will begin to spread.

Systems and Features

A peace treaty will be accepted if a civilization loses over 75% of its provinces.
New government types.
Classic AoH2 map with more detailed sea-bordering province backgrounds.
New wonders.
New scenarios.
New formable civilizations.
Rebels strength can be set from 10% up to 1000%
War exhaustion will grow four times slower when at war with only rebels
The army's Defensive Position will not be reset if the new army differs in size by no more than 50%
Added option to shorten large army numbers with a user-defined minimum value (e.g., 10K, 1M+).
Players can enable or disable "Show Battle Reports" in the settings menu to control battle report display.
A new "Show Combat Movement" option lets players skip the visualization of all combat movements.
Added 'Skip All' button to skip showing all combat movements during a turn.

Map Overlays

Added map overlays to improve map visuals.

Age of Chaos

Age of Chaos is a new way to play Age of History.
Every X turns, you will have to change the Civilization you control and switch to a new one.
You will be given four random Civilization to choose from.
Pick one and continue your journey even if it means one day fighting the empire you once ruled.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGOzBgfDhos

Visual & UI Improvements

Modernized UI.
New icons
Much higher resolution for all flags
Larger flag frames with dynamic wave animation
Improved flag visuals on the map
Unique images for over 175 provinces.
Over 1,700 new civilizations.
Improved text scaling.
More standardized button dimensions.
Spark animations.
Translation improvements.
New supported languages.
It is now possible to load your own background into the main menu UI.
New info box for wars, truces, and other important messages.
Ranking menu visual improvements

Map & Gameplay Visuals

Armies in provinces displayed in a new style.
Clouds over the map.
Smooth zooming in and out.
Improvements to map movement and scrolling
New system for drawing civilization names.
New Graphs
Customizable Army Number Formatting

Mods & Steam Workshop

Modding & Steam Workshop Support
Full Steam Workshop implementation.
In-game mod management.
Mod dictionary support
Generate a mod for the Steam Workshop based on the selected scenario
The game now prioritizes mod files, then subscribed Workshop items, and finally base game files when loading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJAWa5HCIAw

AI & Performance

General performance improvements
Optimized AI turn calculation time.
Improved AI behavior.
Optimized revolution mechanics.
General performance improvements.
Step-by-step scenario loading for faster performance.
Step-by-step save/load for saved games.
Timelapse storing and saving data improvements

Diplomacy & Government Mechanics

New system for storing all Civilization's relations, and:
Defensive pacts
Non-aggression pacts
And more
AI aggression range can now be set from 0% to 1000%.
New peace talk options: Demand government type changes either via diplomacy or ultimatum.
In the diplomacy view, all neighbors of civilizations will be shown.

Diplomacy Flavor Text

The game will display flavor text for several diplomacy actions, including
Declare War
Send Insult, Improve Relations
Offer Alliance, Form Union
Defensive Pact, Non Aggression Pact

Share Technology

Transfer a portion of your civilization’s technology level to another nation.
Use it to support allies, influence weaker neighbors, or shift the global balance of power.

Send Volunteer Army

You can now select a specific number of units to send from one of your provinces to a chosen province of another civilization.
A great way to support allies without directly joining their wars.

Province & Economy Management

Remastered province information menu.
Right-click diplomacy view toggle.
Right-click treasury button opens loan menu.
Mass province actions: Instantly:
Assimilate
Launch festivals
Make investments
Quick overview panel for stability, happiness, and army locations.
"More" menu in provinces: Quick build, assimilate, invest, organize festivals.
Map modes now include quick action buttons for common province tasks.
Use A, S, D, F keys to recruit 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% of troops in a province.
The province information displays income taxation and production, minus the administration costs.

Buildings

New Building: Market
Farms can now be built in provinces with up to a -10% growth rate. Previously, it was not possible to build in deserts, but now it is.
Added a special menu to build the selected type of building in all provinces at once.
Each building level of the farm, workshop, and market now has a unique name.

Gameplay Features & Quality of Life

Movement points can accumulate up to 150% of their default value.
Scenario selection menu now includes preview images.
Support for maps with multiple background images.
New config option: MapScaleExtra: 1.0 to allow map scaling without increasing province size.
In the diplomacy view, the 'Offer Alliance' button shows whether the alliance offer will be accepted.
Many hover elements now display more information and have improved visuals.
In income map mode and while building workshops, the list now stays in place instead of returning to the top.
The province action menu will remain visible even when the 'More/Build' menu is open.
The province action menu stays visible even when the Civilization Info or Diplomacy menu is open.
In Diplomacy view, clicking on the diplomacy button will now open all of the civilizations from that button in the ranking view.
Balance of the game
Golden Age Military
Fixed 32-bit integer overflow in population and economy count on Civilization view.
The Treasury text will be shorter if it's over 1 million. You can change the limit in GameValues.
The game will store players' battle reports from the last turn so they can view them again. This is useful if player missed an important battle.
A battle report will be shown only if a battle took place. it won't appear if there were no defenders.
Troops no longer switch sides after defeating rebels on enemy territory.
New statistics menu for the world economy and economy by continent.
Added the ability to change the alliance name and its color in the alliance menu.
War reparations will now last for 18 turns and the income percentage increased to 12%.
Sending a gift can reduce a vassal's liberty desire by at least 1%, up to 10%, depending on the amount of gold sent.
Ports now provide an increased income bonus: 5% (up from 2%).
Changing government type will decrease happiness in all provinces by 10 points.
Defense bonus for Rebels increased from 2% to 8%.
AI will no longer plunder provinces where it has a core.

Build & Invest in Your Vassal Provinces

Construct all types of buildings in vassal provinces
Invest in economy
Invest in development
Organize festivals
Assimilate
The Lord will automatically start Core Construction in all vassal provinces.

Peace Treaty - Vassals

During peace deals, vassals that are not war leaders will now transfer their victory points to their overlord if they participated in the war.
This can be changed in the GameValues file.

Right-Click Province Actions

Right-click on specific buttons in the province information menu to quickly perform actions:
Economy button -> Instantly Invest in Economy
Development button -> Instantly Invest in Development
Happiness button -> Instantly Organize Festival
Stability button -> Instantly Assimilate Province

Additional Army Management Options

Move All Armies to One Province - Instantly orders all your armies to move to a selected province.
Cancel All Army Movements - Instantly stops all active army movements

Recruit in Multiple Provinces

You can now recruit units across multiple selected provinces at once, instead of managing each one individually.
The system automatically distributes units based on each province’s available recruitment limit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZTSoOKLpV4

Population Relocation

Relocate population from one province to another.
Select which nationality to relocate from the province.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z4WA2U1N5s

Map Modes Interface

In the population map mode, it is now possible to see all civilizations ranked by their population.
The economy map mode now displays all civilizations ranked by their economic strength.
Development map mode can display all civilizations ranked by average development in their provinces.
And much more!

Spectator mode is now more like God mode

After selecting a civilization, you can:
Perform diplomacy actions
Respond to Messages
Release vassals
Assimilate, invest, etc.
Manage world diplomacy
Create alliances
Create defensive pacts, non-aggression pacts, truces, etc.
Control armies
Recruit / disband armies
Build buildings
And much more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1PsyMhR8y0

Events

New option for scenario event to play music when the event pops up.
Fix the condition of the 'Controls provinces' event.
Event since date, fix to run when is not set uped
Event data is standardized, but some events might not be usable in a AoH2:DE from AoH2

Audio

36 New Songs
The audio menu lets you select a song to play.
Improved mouse click sound.
New movement sounds for units.

Map Editor & Scenario Editor

New map editor feature: auto-generate connections between all provinces.
Scenario Editor: You can now copy scenarios
In the Scenario Editor, you can set up occupied provinces

New console cheats/commands -> hi

gold X - Sets the player's gold to X
move X - Sets the player's movement points to X / 10
diplo X - Sets the player's diplomacy points to X / 10
army X - Adds X units to the province
pop X - Sets the province's population to X
setarmy X - Sets army in province to X
md - Redirects you to the Manage Diplomacy menu, where you can create alliances, vassals, pacts, and adjust relations
Use the id command to find civilization IDs
annex X Y – Civ X annexes all provinces of civ Y
union X Y - Unites the civilizations with IDs X and Y
alliance X Y - Creates an alliance between civilizations with IDs X and Y
vassal X Y - Civilization with ID Y becomes a vassal of civilization with ID X
as - Assimilates all provinces owned by the Player
ww X - Sets the war weariness of the civilization in the active province to X
relation X Y Z – Sets the relations between civilizations X and Y to Z
invest - Perform free invest action in all provinces of active province Ciivlization
chaos - Toggles "Age of Chaos" mode.
nuke - Player gets one atomic bomb
nuke X - Player gets X atomic bombs

Example use:

pop 12500
union 1 243

Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility: Most Mods mods from AoH2 will work in the Definitive Edition.
Maps, scenarios, Civilizations, formable Civilizations, leaders, flags, terrain, etc. will work.

Game Values - Change game values in the JSON file

Assimilate
Defensive Position
Diplomacy, Diplomacy Points, Diplomatic Treaties (Truce, Non-Aggression, Guarantee, Military Access, Defensive Pact, Call to Arms, Union, Vassalization, Alliance Offer, Transfer Control)
Movement Points
Military Upkeep
Technology, Research
Rebels, Support Rebels, Rebels Independence, Revolutionary Risk
Civilize
Happiness, Stability
Loans, Taxation, Goods, Trade
Development, Invest in Development, Invest in Economy
Population Growth, Economy Growth, Economy, Income, Income Taxation, Income Production
Plunder
Government
Relations, Relation Improve, Relation Decrease, Relations Reactions
Peace Treaty, Ultimatum, Gift
Province, Province Animation, Province Border, Province Not Supplied
Colonize
Festival
Golden Age, Golden Age Prosperity, Golden Age Military, Golden Age Science
Difficulty
Timelapse
Holy Roman Empire (HRE)
Battle, Army Recruit, Army Recruitable, Army Disband, Military Movement
Capital, Move Capital
Buildings
Armoury, Fort, Watch Tower, Port, Supply Camp, Farm, Library, Workshop, Market
Form Civilization
Dices
Vassal
Capitulation
Game Update, Update
Rank Stars, Rank Score
Migrate
And much much more!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3381680/Age_of_History_2_Definitive_Edition/

Mar 1, 2024

Steam Achievements - Bug Fix

Age of History II - Łukasz Jakowski Games

Steam Achievements - Bug Fix

Feb 20, 2024

Fixed an issue with saving and loading the game.

Age of History II - Łukasz Jakowski Games

With new version 1.24 of the game the problem with saving and loading games should be fixed.
Fixed an issue with saving and loading the game.

If something stopped working you can post here:
http://www.ageofcivilizationsgame.com/topic/238775-age-of-history-2-fixed-an-issue-with-saving-and-loading-the-game/

In your free time, check out Age of History 3!

Dec 22, 2020

New map of Asia with 4431 provinces!

Age of History II - Łukasz Jakowski Games

New map of Asia with 4431 provinces!

Changing to the a new map in the game:
Games -> Map -> Asia -> X5

Feb 12, 2020

Europe - New Map

Age of History II - Łukasz Jakowski Games

The newest map for Age of Civilizations II has over 1787 provinces, it's one of three available maps For AoC II.

More great maps available on official forum of the game: www.AgeofCivilizationsgame.com