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Triumph Studios has kicked out the PC Hotfix 2 update for Age of Wonders 4; now, fans can dive into patch notes and see what has arrived. Instead of bringing new features and changes, the latest version focuses on the issues that harm the gameplay. The update contains stability fixes in several of the Rendering and Animation systems, fixes for AI hangs, and a variety of Gameplay crashes. Let’s take a look at the Age of Wonders 4 PC Hotfix 2 update patch notes.
Patch Notes for the Age of Wonders 4 PC Hotfix 2 Update
Here are the official patch notes for the Age of Wonders 4 PC Hotfix 2 update via Paradox Interactive:
Fixes
Graphics
- Added a setting for Monitor & GPU switching
- Added a setting to Limit Framerate when the game window is not active
- Added mitigation for GPU-related issues
General
- Fixed a crash that could occur when a player was defeated, and they had a The 1.2.2 update patch notes have arrived for Age of Wonders 4. Here are the patch notes of the latest Age of Wonders 4 update. as governor of a city.
- Fixed a crash that could occur on Realms with Regenerating Infestations
- Fixed a crash that would occur when a unit was trying to find a path into an inaccessible area (like Lava tiles)
- Fixed multiple issues that would occur when a city was razed or lost while a Whispering Stone was assigned to it
- Fixed that embarked units would be killed if the water hex they were on was terraformed
- Fixed a crash that could occur on Faction Saving
- Fixed a Session Limit bypass when using Quick Start
- Fixed an issue where reaching 4+ Cities over Cap would remove the Income Penalties
AI
- Fixed a hang that could occur in the AI when they initiate an attack with a Human player in the reinforcement range
- Fixed a hang that could occur where a Vassal would attack a Player, and both would be Attacker and Defender.
- Fixed AI hangs that could occur due to AI being unable to move units between stacks.
- Fixed an AI hang that could occur when a Mission Target was no longer valid
- Fixed an issue where AI would be unable to raze Outposts
Animations
- Fixed a series of crashes that could randomly occur in the animation system
- Fixed a crash that could occur in the Animation System when a reference was already removed
- Fixed a crash that could occur in Hex Behaviors
Interface
- Fixed a crash that would occur when you rename a city while the city screen is closed
- Fixed a crash that could occur in the Hero Panel
- Fixed a crash that could occur when hovering over a ruler portrait when a new round starts
- Reduced likelihood of driver crashes occurring during story events and the victory scene.
- Fixed Broken Unit Icon after casting Inquisitors Zeal
- Fixed a crash that could occur when constructing Hyperlinks
Combat
- Fixed a crash that would occur when a unit takes an opportunity attack from a unit that applies slow with its attacks while moving
Events
- Fixed an issue where Story Realm Quests would not resolve if an objective was completed before the Quest was received
- Fixed an issue where Story Events wouldn’t trigger if they reached specific Alignment brackets
Multiplayer
- Fixed a crash that could occur in Multiplayer when Observe Combat was set to never
- Disabled Quick Save in Multiplayer
- Cleaned up NetSession better after a disconnect
- Disabled generation of a MultiplayerTicks File
Modding
- Fixed that modded-in armor colors would cause a memory leak
- Fixed an issue caused by unexpected Symbols in a folder name resulting in mods being able to be loaded/recognized.
- Fixed an issue where Cloud Locations would result in mods not being loaded/recognized.
Known Issues
- Non-Functional Safe Area Ratio Slider
- AI Behaviour causing “Opponents are Moving” hangs or End Turn crashes
- Custom Titles reset in the finalize screen when editing a Custom Faction
- Province with Underground Water cannot construct Special Province Improvements
- Frequent Multiplayer Out of Sync, especially during Combat
The PC Hotfix 2 update for Age of Wonders 4 is available on Windows.
