​Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Update 169123     ​

Welcome to a new update for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, headlined by the Naval Overhaul, to refresh water combat, economy, and ship balance (including a new Hulk-line counter to Fire Ships). Several civilizations also gain access to Catapult Galleons, further shaking up late-game naval pressure and shoreline siege options. Multiplayer gets a quality-of-life boost with the new cross-platform Voice Chat feature in lobbies, plus added accessibility options like text-to-speech and speech-to-chat. Visually, the update rolls out new regional garrison flags and civilization-specific waypoint/gather point flags, alongside new Profile Icons for every civilization. It also features an Inca overhaul to align with the new DLCs South American civilization lineup, plus a refreshed Pachacuti campaign and a broad sweep of bug fixes and balance changes driven by player feedback.While there are plenty of notable fixes and features to which to look forward in today’s build, here are some of the big highlights coming with this month’s update: Naval Gameplay Update New Voice Chat feature for Multiplayer lobbies New regional garrison flag graphics New civilization-specific flags for waypoints and gather points New Profile Icons for each civilization Pachacuti Campaign updateThis 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!💬 DISCUSS: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Forum🗣 JOIN: The Age of Empires Official DiscordThank you again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make Age of Empires what it is today!—The Age of Empires Team ◆ Update 169123 ◆GameStability & Performance Fixed a crash happening upon pressing the Restart button on the ESC menu while watching a replay. Fixed a crash happening upon using Assisted Farm Placement (Shift+Left Click on gather points). Using object-data-attack-delay in AI scripts can no longer cause a crash. Added a fix to prevent a crash that would occur when a new game is started while missing a player. Fixed a crash that would occur when launching a game with an invalid player configuration. Fixed a rare out-of-sync issue that could occur when starting playing on certain maps.Achievements Fixed the conditions preventing players from unlocking the “Tour d’ltalie” achievement.Graphics Added new graphics for Javelina: Fixed an issue showing wrong farm texture on certain ground types. Fixed Elite Caravels graphics from not displaying some elements. Fixed Central Asian Monk death sprites not showing properly on certain angles. Fixed Owls displaying the Hawk sprite when flying. Fixed water textures visualization on larger map sizes. Fixed water textures visualization when certain light reflections happened on the shoreline. Fixed water 3D textures not being rendered properly in the editor when the 3D Water setting is enabled in the Graphics Options. Fixed the flag, fire,