Article: Q273397
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.0
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Last Modified: 09-NOV-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, version 2.0
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SUMMARY
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This article describes the enhancements and fixes that are included in the Age
of Empires II: The Age of Kings Update 2.0a for Microsoft Age of Empires II: The
Age of Kings.
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The enhancements and fixes included with the Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Update 2.0a are:
- Single-Player Performance Improvements - The performance of single-player
campaign games has been improved, especially on computers that contain slower
processors.
- Limited Pauses - The total number of pauses available to each player in a
multiplayer game is limited. The total number of pauses remaining is
displayed each time someone pauses the game.
- Display Name of Out of Sync Player - In a multiplayer game with three or more
players, if a player's computer becomes out of sync, that player's name is
displayed in an out of sync message on all the other player's computers.
- Stability Improvements - A number of hanging and multiplayer out of sync
problems are fixed, which results in improved game stability.
- Computer Player Does Not Resign - The computer player no longer resigns after
a few minutes of play. (Previously available in the AI Update.)
- Fish Trap - You cannot build a Fish Trap on top of an existing fish resource.
- Fishing Ship - You cannot use a Fishing Ship to construct buildings other
than a Fish Trap.
- Flare and Waypoint - The game does not stop responding (hang) when you set a
flare or waypoint location at the very Southern-most point on the map.
- Cooperative Farming - When you take over a farm foundation that was built by
an ally, you cannot extract more than the standard amount of food from that
farm.
- Farming on Forest - You cannot build a Farm or Wall on top of a partially cut
section of forest.
- Unit Ignoring Orders - Units do not ignore orders under some circumstances.
- Multiplayer Restore from Zone - The ability to save and restore a
disconnected or out-of-sync multiplayer game on Zone.com has been improved.
- Foundation Outline - Building foundations now have outlines, so you can click
them when they are behind trees or other objects.
- Trebuchet Firing - Trebuchets do not miss targets that are at a different
elevation.
- Single-Player Campaign After Regicide - A single-player game does not
automatically end immediately after you play a multiplayer game of Regicide.
- Computer Player - The behavior of the computer player in multiplayer games
has been improved.
- Scenario Editor - A number of Scenario Editor problems have been fixed.
For additional information about how to download the Age of Empires II: The Age
of Kings Update 2.0a, click the article number below to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q273414 Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings Update 2.0a Available for
Download
Additional query words: 2.00 msgame aoe aok aoeii aoe2 upgrade patch
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Keywords :
Technology : kbHomeProdSearch kbGamesSearch kbAOESearch kbAOE2Kings
Version : WINDOWS:2.0
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