Gameplay changes
The Forgotten introduces various new gameplay features and tweaks, including the new game modes Capture the Relic and Treaty. Additional maps, including an expanded maximum map size that is four times bigger than the previous largest. Over 30 new technologies and 9 new units are included. Custom creations can be shared directly to the Steam Workshop. Artificial Intelligence has been improved, modeled on competitive players.
Campaigns
The Forgotten adds seven additional single player campaigns, which are partially based on the following historical events:
Alaric I:
The trauma of the Hun invasion in the 4th century has shaped Alaric, the fearsome warrior king of the Goths. But can the beloved king secure a new homeland for his people in the territory of the collapsing Roman Empire?
Sforza:
Always hungry for glory and wealth, Sforza wanders around 15th century Italy, offering his services to the highest bidder. Will he pick the right battles or make the wrong enemy? Take the fate of the young mercenary captain in your hands.
Bari:
400 years after the collapse of the Roman Empire, Italy is still up for grabs. Relive the tale of the port city Bari from the point of view of a Byzantine family, rising from the common soldiery to the nobility. Beware, for not only Bari is at stake, but also control of Southern Italy.
Dracula:
History forged an incredible legend around the man who ruled Wallachia in the mid-15th century. Holding his ground against the vast armies of the expanding Ottoman Empire, his cruel tactics made him the most feared man in all of Eastern Europe. Will his thirst for blood and the loyalty of his soldiers hold the Turks back for good?
El Dorado:
Join Francisco Orellana and Gonzalo Pizarro on their quest to find El Dorado, the legendary Lost City of Gold, thought to be hidden somewhere in the vast Amazon rainforest. Will their quest along the Amazon River lead to lifelong prosperity?
Prithviraj:
As the 12th century comes to a close, India is divided between the ruling Rajput clans. One of them, the Chauhans, have just been blessed with a new king. His name is Prithviraj and his determination to unite the rival states is unprecedented. But what happens when he falls in love with the daughter of his enemy? And does he have the strength to stop a full-scale Muslim invasion from the west?
Battles of the Forgotten:
Time has faded the names of many of the greatest leaders ever known. During their age they were famed for their fierceness on the battlefield, their just rule and their quest for power. Witness the path to glory of Richard the Lionheart, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Sultan Osman Ghazi, Khosrau and many more.
Online play
Multiplayer is supported on Steam. The Forgotten introduces an "observer" mode, allowing for spectators to view online multiplayer matches, and also allows for streaming direct to twitch.tv.
Technologies
The Forgotten introduces twenty-nine new technologies to Age of Empires II: the Conquerors. These technologies can be purchased from various in-game buildings, most notably the castle, and give the player an additional bonus depending on the technology.
General technologies
All of these technologies are available to more than one civilization.
Eagle Warrior - Upgrades Eagle Scouts to Eagle Warriors.
Gillnets - +25% speed for fishing ships.
Unique technologies
All of these technologies are unique to a specific civilization.
Andean Sling - Unique to the Incas. Skirmishers and Slingers have no minimum range.
Atlatl - Unique to the Aztecs. Skirmishers have +1 attack and +1 range.
Boiling Oil - Unique to the Persians. Castles do +9 extra damage vs. rams.
Chieftains - Unique to the Vikings. Berserker get +4 attack bonus vs. cavalry.
Chivalry - Unique to the Franks. Stables work 40% faster.
Couriers - Unique to the Incas. Kamayuks, Slingers and Eagles are 10% faster.
Druzhina - Unique to the Slavs. Infantry damage adjacent units.
Great Wall - Unique to the Chinese. Walls and towers have +30% hitpoints.
Greek Fire - Unique to the Byzantines. Fire Ships get +1 range.
Inquisition - Unique to the Spanish. Monks convert faster.
Ironclad - Unique to the Teutons. Siege weapons get +4 extra melee armor.
Madrasah - Unique to the Saracens. Killed monks return 33% of their cost.
Marauders - Unique to the Huns. Create Tarkans at Stables.
Mercenaries - Unique to the Magyars. Magyar Huszars cost no gold.
Nomads - Unique to the Mongols. Destroyed houses don’t lose their population room.
Orthodoxy - Unique to the Slavs. Monks get +3 armor.
Panokseon - Unique to the Koreans. Turtle Ships move 15% faster.
Pavise - Unique to the Italians. Genoese Crossbowman have +1 armor.
Recurve Bow - Unique to the Magyars. Cavalry Archers get +1 range.
Shatagni - Unique to the Indians. Hand Cannoneers have +1 range.
Silk Road - Unique to the Italians. Trade units cost -50%.
Sipahi - Unique to the Turks. Cavalry Archers have +20 hitpoints.
Stronghold - Unique to the Celts. Castles and towers fire 20% faster.
Sultans - Unique to the Indians. All gold production goes 10% faster.
Obsidian Arrows - Unique to the Mayans. Archer-line has +3 attack vs. buildings.
Warwolf - Unique to the Britons. Trebuchets do blast damage.
Yasama - Unique to the Japanese. Towers shoot extra arrows
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires_II:_The_Forgotten
Released the latest Update of “Age of Empires II HD The Forgotten” for PC. You do not need any other updates for this release. Click here to see what’s new.
AOE II HD - 3.8 patchnotes Patch 3.8 + Hotfix
3.8 HOTFIX
- fixed villagers not gathering resources properly when the "aegis" cheat was enabled
- a better fix for Saladin 5's Tiberias player not getting to the imperial age - one that shouldn't break other campaigns
- some fixes to Bapheus that didn't quite make it into the initial patch
- some small updates to the standard AI's resign behaviour
- fixed an issue where the AI could look for an idle building and get a building that was not idle if that building had already started training a unit that frame
3.8:
Bugfixes:
fixed several issues related to spectator mode causing out of sync errors
fixed an issue where commands could be executed out of order in multiplayer games causing out of sync errors
fixed an issue where the game would not handle mouse wheel messages when the game was on a secondary monitor in some cases
fixed an issue where the AI could crash when starting a game with multiple town centers (eg. a Budapest map)
fixed an issue where the scenario editor could paint invalid terrain
fixed an issue where the game could crash when a unit walked over invalid terrain
fixed an issue where villagers could "leak" food when they retask from a boar to another food resource
fixed an issue where teams were getting force-locked in multiplayer scenarios
fixed an issue where spectators were affecting wall generation in arena maps
fixed an issue where the background music would restart from the beginning when the game lost and then regained focus
fixed an issue where when a player's name started with a taunt number, the taunt would play during in-game notifications
fixed an issue where the file transfer progress bars in multiplayer lobbies were getting positioned improperly
fixed an issue where siege rams with the "Furor Celtica" upgrade could have abnormally high HP
fixed an issue where AI names could be blank in multiplayer games where there were empty lobby slots between the humans and AIs
fixed an issue where custom campaigns with the .cpx extension were not being found in the Forgotten in some versions of Windows
fixed an issue where the tech tree screen would come up blank in AoK/AoC HD, but not AoF
the history section in AoC HD no longer displays AoF history when using English.
fixed an issue where the AI facts and actions were not ignoring spectators, causing all spectators to be seen as enemies
AoK/AoC Campaign fixes:
fixed the enemy monks in El Cid 1 stealing the hidden relics
fixed the allies sending trading carts to the player's town in Saladin 2
fixed the blue enemy (Tiberias) in Saladin 5 not getting to the Imperial Age
Forgotten Campaign fixes:
fixed spawning treb in Prithviraj 2
fixes to Bukhara:
White Huns no longer build siege or monks before the war starts
Gaia camels replaced with wild camels
Trade route no longer gives gold if you lose the towers
Player can now progress after defeating the Pechenechs in the castle age in Honfoglalas
Dragon ship spawn fixed in Langshan Jiang
Various smaller fixes in:
El Dorado
Prithviraj
Sforza
Alaric
Standard AI Fixes:
taunting "100" to the AI will disable the AI's resign rules; taunting "101" will re-enable it: be sure that you're actually chatting to your AI opponents and not your allies
when the AI's resign rules are active, the AI will now resign later than it would previously
the AI will now sometimes request tribute from humans when teams are unlocked
minor optimizations and fixes
Other changes:
the "up-reset-units" AI action no longer resets civilian units when -1 is passed to it
When the host of a multiplayer lobby changes the lobby name, the name input field will be populated at first with the old lobby name
Selecting "chat" while watching a recorded game no longer pauses the game
Donkey graphics fixed
New Shah graphics (AoF only)
Wild elephant running sound fixed
Relic carts wheels turn while moving
Genre: Strategy
Publisher: Microsoft Studios
Developer: Hidden Path Entertainment, Ensemble Studios
Release Name: Age.of.Empires.II.HD.The.Forgotten.Update.v3.8-RELOADED
Size: 135.14 MB
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