The latest Age of Wonders 4 update is now available for PC. According to the official Age of Wonders 4 patch notes, the latest update adds new options, changes and improvements. Furthermore, the Age of Wonders 4 patch also includes general stability and quality-of-life fixes.
Following its positive reviews upon release, players encountered several glitches, including a black screen, sprint bug, high temperature, and audio issues, after installing the Age of Wonders 4 day 1 patch. Today’s AOW 4 update aims to fix some of these problems.
Here are more details about the update:
Age of Wonders 4 Patch Notes – June 20, 2023
Dragon Dawn Content Pack
The Dragon Dawn Content Pack brings exciting new features and additions to Age of Wonders 4. Embrace the cold-blooded Lizardfolk race, awaken as a powerful Dragon Ruler, explore new Tomes of Evolution and Dragons, immerse yourself in the cataclysmic Ashen War realm, and much more.
New Form: Lizardfolk
The Lizardfolk make a triumphant return, accompanied by their reptilian brethren. Take on the role of a Lizardfolk ruler or create your own lizard-like character using a range of heads, from Snakes to Alligators to Geckos. Experience Age of Wonders 4 from a fresh and unique perspective.
New Godir Origin: Dragon Ruler
Awaken from a deep slumber and reclaim control over your creations as a Dragon Ruler. Harness powerful Dragon Skills, accumulate additional Gold for unequipped items, and strengthen your connection to your Affinity as you evolve. With extensive customization options, you can finally become the dragon you’ve always dreamed of.
- 6 Affinity Attunements that influence your dragon’s breath weapon
- Unlock a unique Dragon Skill tree to devour enemies or inspire allies with a magical roar
- Earn additional Gold for unequipped items, amassing your very own Dragon Hoard
- Undergo 6 unique Transformations through Signature Skills, evolving your dragon further
New Tomes
Delve into the power of Evolution and Dragons with the Chaos & Nature Tomes. The Tome of Evolution, a Tier 1 Tome, focuses on nurturing primal forces and transforming them into formidable allies. The Tome of Dragons allows you to revel in the might of dragons and channel their flames to empower your people.
New Realm: The Ashen War
Immerse yourself in the epic battle of The Ashen War, a captivating Realm Template. Six Elder Dragons with unique powers clash in a cataclysmic struggle. Choose to align with the Reshapers, guardians of the Cosmic Balance, or join the Dawnwardens, who fight to preserve the beauty of life and spirit. Alternatively, stake your claim and strive for world domination.
Even More Content
In addition to the aforementioned highlights, the Dragon Dawn Content Pack offers even more exciting features:
- Encounter 4 new Premade Rulers, including the return of Tempest and his Stormborn Draconians
- Engage in new Dragon Ruler Events and explore Event Options tailored specifically for Dragon Rulers
- Encounter a wider variety of units with new Wildlife Compositions
- Explore the enhanced World Map with additional Ruler Origin events
- Utilize the new Dismantle City Ruin Operation to remove City Ruins
- Experience the revamped Castle Ruins Ancient Wonder on a brand new Combat Map
- Discover hidden resource Nodes and Magic Materials while excavating Diggable Earth in the Underground
Don’t miss out on the Dragon Dawn Content Pack, where you can reign as a powerful Dragon Ruler and embark on thrilling adventures in the fantastical world of Age of Wonders 4.
Age of Wonders 4 Update Patch Notes – May 26, 2023
After the Minor Patch yesterday, which aimed to improve back-end integration, due to an error in our Build Process, several fixes from Hotfix #2 were indeed no longer present in version 1.002.004.78935.
A new Update for the game rectifies this issue.
Age of Wonders 4 Update Patch Notes – May 24, 2023
General
- Added mitigation for GPU related issues
- Fixed a crash that could occur when a player was defeated and they had a Routed Hero 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 a 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 a 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
- Fixed a crash that could occur due to Team changes for the Host not being synced
- Disabled Quick Save in Multiplayer
- Cleaned up NetSession better after a disconnect
- Disabled generation of a MultiplayerTicks File
Microsoft Store
- Added a setting for Monitor & GPU switching
- Added a setting to Limit Framerate when the game window is not active
Age of Wonders 4 Hotfix Patch Notes – May 11, 2023
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 Routed Hero 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 a 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 a 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 not being able to be loaded/recognized.
- Fixed an issue where Cloud Locations would result in mods not being loaded/recognized.
Epic
- Re-enabled Cloud Saving
- This will automatically sync the \Documents\Paradox Interactive\Age of Wonders 4\Storage Folder. This backs up the sessions you’ve started since the previous patch.
Age of Wonders 4 Update Patch Notes – May 4, 2023
Graphics
- Added Display Selector in Settings
- Added GPU Selector in Settings
- Added Driver Workaround in Settings
- This setting has been live on the Steam Hotfix branch already
- This setting is not localized/translated
- This setting is default enabled on the following GPU’s:
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
General
- Disabled the DLC Tab in the Paradox Launcher
- Included additional .dll files for Game Launch failures
- Fixed several issues causing Game Launch failures
- Fixed a crash that could occur on loading saves
- Fixed a Combat/Animation Crash that could occur on Combat End
- Fixed Duplicate Rulers being chosen on the Fields of Rebirth
- Fixed a crash that could occur in the AI Behaviour
- Fixed a crash that could occur during the Age of Shadows Spell
- Updated the “Contact Us” url in the Crash Reporter
- Fixed a crash that could occur when losing connection in the World Setup screen
- Fixed a crash that could occur when no valid position was found for a Quest Stack
- Fixed a crash that could occur in Tutorials due to two popups opening simultaneously
- Fixed a crash that could occur in the Objective Complete animation of the Tutorials
- Fixed a crash that could occur when invalid units were still being moved
- Fixed a crash that could occur due to the Outpost icon being readded to the World Map after turning into a City
- Fixed a crash that could occur in the Heroes Overview when the captor of a Hero is a Vassalised Ruler
- Fixed a crash that could occur in the Build Province Improvement Quest
- Fixed a crash that could occur when viewing “Player has won/lost a Battle” events in Multiplayer
- Fixed a common crash that could occur when viewing Tooltips
Interface
- Disabled “Generate Random Rulers” in Multiplayer due to Out of Syncs
- Fixed Last Name not accepting spaces
- Fixed Last Name reassigning a Last Name if left empty
- Fixed Lock Mouse setting not locking the mouse cursor to the screen
- Fixed the World UI appearing in Combat when the Pause Menu was opened at specific moments or after accessing the Keybindings Menu
- Fixed Tomes not being able to be chosen through the Tome Library when using Controller
- Fixed a issues with non-Latin Languages and opening Tooltips in Tooltips
Units
- Fixed Knight Model being broken for several Forms when combined with the Unicorn Mount Form Trait
- Fixed Spellbreaker Casting Animations being broken when combined with the Unicorn Mount Form Trait
- Fixed Node Defenders not being able to upgrade in certain situations
Steam
- Increased Save File limit per Session to 50
GoG
- Fixed Potential Save Game issues with Foreign Characters in the PC Name
- Fixed Achievements unlocking incorrectly
Epic
- Fixed Save Games not being able to be deleted
- Fixed Save Games unable to be made after approx 70 min of continuous play
To enjoy a better gaming experience, download the free Age of Wonders 4 patch for your PC.
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