The huge Winter Update 8324 brings tens of improvements for UI, balancing, minimap and much more! We have all the info and patch notes for you.
As a belated gift for the 1st Advent, the developers of Age of Empires 4 have released the big Winter Update 8324. The package is so extensive that they put great emphasis on the name update to emphasise the difference to a regular patch.
What’s in the Winter Update? Plenty! There’s hardly an aspect of the game that hasn’t been tweaked. But not all of the changes have met with a positive response from fans. We present the highlights of the update to you in the following section.
The highlights of the Age of Empires 4 Winter Update
Indicatable player scores
Many players have requested the display of player scores since release. However, as the developers are aware that this information gain can affect the way you play, they have disabled this option by default. If you want to activate the display, the developers have provided (a short guide).
The activation is simple: Go to the UI tab in the game settings and set the switch for the corresponding option to On. Important: If you are the host in multiplayer matches, you must also activate the option of the same name in the match settings.
Improved Mini-Map
Until now, it has been difficult for many players to see what is happening on the mini-map. Therefore, a whole series of visual and functional improvements have been made. For example, the icon sizes have been reduced across the board. In addition, some colour has been added to the game: Icons for relics and fish deposits have been given their own colour to make them stand out better. In addition, small gold deposits are given the same icon as large deposits, but it should still be easy to tell them apart.
More changes in the overview
- The Chinese dynasty button and its window have moved to the bottom left.
- Numerous balancing changes across all races.If a single-player mission fails, you can now directly load an older savegame instead of having to go back to the main menu.
- Trees, killed animals, sheep, fish deposits and relics should now be easier to select with the mouse.
- The population overview has been updated. It now shows depleted and remaining housing.
