Rise of Nations: Patches

Patches are cumulative, so the latest patch contains the fixes from all previous patches.

Rise of Nations Patch 4 (version 02.04.04.2903) —

Gameplay Changes & Balance Fixes:

• Spanish scouts lose line of sight bonus
• Spanish goodie boxes now give +26 resources instead of +35 for each science tech
• Maya Building Timber bonus reduced to 20% from 33%
• Maya Building HP bonus reduced to 20% from 50%
• Maya Building speed bonus reduced to 20% from 50%
• Maya arrows fired from buildings down from 2 to 1
• All units that attack while moving do slightly more damage against units that attack while moving (up to 115% from 100%)
• Armored car line does 150% damage against: spy, supply wagon, scout line (up from 100%)
• Howitzer and Rocket Artillery made slightly weaker vs foot troops (only 100% damage, down from 115%)
• Armored car at 166% damage (up from 125%) vs siege
• Tanks at 115% damage (up from 100%) vs seige
• Mobile AA at 100% damage (up from 75%) vs helis
• Nerfed Modern Helicopters vs Tanks (2/3)
• Increased Catapult (75 to 80) and Trebuchet (92 to 100) Hitpoints
• Machine gun ramping cost reduced to a flat +10/+10 per unit
• Trebuchet and Heavy Flaming Arrow Upgrade premium reduced to 3/2
• All Longbowmen now have range of 12
• Tercios weakened (19 attack, 195 hits -> 18 attack, 185 hits)

Rise of Nations Patch 3 (version 02.03.11.0302)

Features:

• Quickmatch feature added for multiplayer
• New Info DeathMatch option in Game Rules
• CtW added randomize Nation location and bonuses
• The ability to save and exit once a player drops
• Now able to save multiplayer games
• "slash" chat commands added to game setup screen
• Improved MOD support
• Backwards compatibility for recorded games
• Now able to manually assign external IP
• Support for playing custom scenarios in multiplayer
• Support for specifying a script with any game as part of custom rules.

Gameplay Changes & Balance Fixes:

• Moderate difficulty now easier
• Balance fix to Barks and Triremes
• Siege and supply can now garrison in forts and cities. All other ground military units may garrison in any military producing building
• Units more effective against units three or more ages below
• Transport ships no longer receive +2 speed bonus from military bonus
• Scout line more likely to attack spies
• Exploit fixed for Nubian buy/sell to gain wealth
• Fixed exploit of Supercollider allowing instant razing of buildings
• Players now have the ability to declare war on nations that have resigned, and thereby take control of resigned nations' land
• Mongols now get two free Horse Archers when building stables with two military techs, and three at three military techs
• Can't upgrade to Commandos until Industrial Age now
• Mayan reduced timber costs for buildings no longer applies to military buildings
• Nubian rare resource bonus applies only in their own territory and not that of their allies
• Romans now get +15 wealth per city instead of +10
• Mobile AA units have range increased
• Helicopter bonus vs. tanks has been reduced
• Koreans no longer get free Taxation

Bug Fixes:

• Game performance improved for games running behind an ISA server
• User input delays due to lag have been reduced
• Game no longer crashes when a game is saved before patching, and loaded after
• Pathing issue fixed that caused citizens to ignore a build oil platform order
• Bug fixed that caused citizens to not work on oil platforms
• Fixed issue that caused incorrect number of players to be shown in a room
• Fixed exploit of units under building unable to be attacked
• Fixed bug that let you see garrison flags go up and down through the fog of war
• Cliffs now load properly from a saved game
• Warring states and Mediterranean moved to random sea map
• Fixed crash that occurred when loading a saved game from a tutorial
• Fixed hard lock occurring on skill tests
• Fixed various video card crashes
• Fixed bug that caused RISE.exe to not appear after reinstalling game
• Recorded games will playback correctly once RON has been patched
• Global Prosperity help text changed
• Fixed issue of helicopter guarding units
• "ForceStaticCursor" added to rise2.ini to fix issue with GDI cursors
• Fixed bug that caused buildings to auto-complete when bribed by enemy spies
• Removed a limit that prevented game event text and chat text from being shown after 1000 messages had been displayed
• Fix for crash occurring in CtW with an ATI Rage 128
• Fixed bug where players couldn't play bonus cards that they'd just purchased
• Loc issues fixed
• Script Log properly displays all script error messages
• Misc script editor fixes
• Fixed bug in get_starting_loc_x/get_starting_loc_y script functions
• Resolved Win98 end game achievements lock up
• Resolved player list scrolling bug in GameSpy lobby
• Resolved various menu lag issues in GameSpy lobbies
• Fixed potential crashes on launch into Gamespy games, Quick Battle, CtW, Editor.
• Fixed crashes related to changing game resolution
• Resolved compatibility issues with GameSpy Arcade
• Fixed crash bug resulting from misplacing resources in scenario editor

Misc Technical Improvements:

• Improved unit auto-targeting
• Achievements button now appears in the game menu of a recorded game
• Users with Intel 810, 815, 740, and 752 graphics cards now receive a popup message informing them that these cards are not supported (these cards to not meet the minspec printed on the box)
• Improved recorded game playback issues
• The update log appears now only appears when updates or changes are made
• Driver database updated
• Various hotkeys added
• Better Auto AI for citizens constructing buildings
• Changed the color of chat text after multiplayer game is finished to be consistent with team colors
• Various Gamespy UI adjustments
• Scenario Editor much improved
• Maps now easier to create
• Pause sound effect removed in solo game
• set_unit_scale/get_unit_scale script functions added for altering scale of individual units via script
• pause/unpause script functions added to allow auto-pause and unpause from scripts
• starting camera position in custom scenarios can be set per player [this last one can be appended to scenario editor much improved, as it sort of elaborates on that]
• ability to load single player custom scenarios through Quick Battle
• Resolved CTW crash bug
• Resolved Gamespy Lobby crash bug
• Resolved replace-with-AI crash bug
• Fixed several probems that prevented proper version updates
• Fixes to the Gamespy back-end record scripts
• Several Gamespy interface fixes
• Fixed MOTD crash
• Fixed pressing Alt + Tab in the host machine during launch causing the clients to get stuck in the "starting new game menu"
• Fixed the /away command
• Fixed the /whoami command
• Resolved several play-from-behind ICS issues
• Host of a MP game can now start a second game before the first ends.
• Gamespy games no longer showing up on LAN list
• Gamespy added characters no longer effect saved games
• "Slash Dialog" functionality is now advertised
• Several game save/load bugs fixed
• AI no longer hangs in Medieval Age in some rare occasions
• Mouse pointer no longer flickers on the ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 and 9000

Rise of Nations Patch 2 (version 01.14.06.0500)

Multiplayer & Technical Fixes:

• MP Lag seems to be fixed even for severe clock drift. The major MP lag issue was not related to network bandwidth.
• The major issues with hosting behind a NAT have been fixed.
• MP ratings are fixed. Ratings will be reset as the current ones are not meaningful.
• GameSpy Arcade and the in-game matchmaking services are now compatible.
• Chat message are now white with only the player name colored.
• Additional anti-cheat protection.
• Fixed ping-sorting for in-game matchmaking.
• Armageddon does not happen in "Sandbox" mode (1-player).

Auto-Patch System Updates:

• Much better support for pre-prelease patch testing.
• You can now check for updates without going into GameSpy.

Conquer the World:

• CtW crash related to 16-bit vs 32-bit color on battle loading has been fixed.

Color Adjustment Support:

• Added a semi-documented way of adjusting the colors as requested by some colorblind players. Thanks to Ike for putting it in and providing a sampleset of colors.

Rise of nations Patch 1 (version 01.14.05.0902) —

GameSpy Matchmaking:

• Settings no longer locked in setupwin.
• Lockable/unlockable game settings.
• Auto-kick ignored players, display host in green.
• Fix to peerIsReady when not in staging room.
• Using player name passed from Arcade.
• Fix to status text on popup for players.
• Check for player ready relative to arcade.
• Resetting focus to editbox when dialogs are closed, so that accidentaly pressing spacebar won't kick the player out.
• Removed ping beside player's name (now found in mouseover text)
• Fixed setupwin not taking gamespy requests.
• "Add to buddy list" popup keeping modality when launching fix.
• Refreshing ids in player listbox when entering and leaving rooms
• Profiles that are ignored are removed from your buddy list
• Group chat persisted when entering and leaving rooms
• Switching lobbies does not clear chat buffers
• Short map names added
• Long nicknames cropped in player listbox
• (LOC) Buddy list requests now in the language of the player receiving the request, rather than the one sending it.
• Icon for locked/unlocked game settings.
• Various sorting and other UI fixes

Scenario Editor:

• Pack state persisted in scenarios
• Added Groups::clear() when creating new map
• Fixed fighter bomber queue crash
• Unqueuing units no longer trashes resources.
• Disabling "create unit" buttons when the leader does not have enough tech to create the unit
• Some type editor values should be able to be reset to zero
• Line of Sight max limit added
• Limits for max_range and armor
• Rush rules now work in scenarios
• Fix for crashes when re-initing or clearing all in scen editor when mine placed on mountain
• Increasing the # of script timers
• Added sniper ability to script functions
• Gaining non-unit techs now also gains all prerequisites

Misc Fixes:

• CTW: overrun and card bug fixes
• CTW: purchasing territories fix, cheat key fix
• CTW: replay bug fixed
• CTW: crash fix
• fix script function has_cast_order to get sniping for scenarios working
• fix AI taunts directed toward other teams
• fix AI taunts when sound is disabled
• fix unpacking siege in scen editor
• fix to packet padding in MP (chat).
• fix crash bug in scenario loading
• fix for turkish merchants
• fix for save/load of units that were available but didn't actually exist in the world.
• rivers now try to connect out to edge of world if possible, so they don't just hang 1/2 wcoord inland, esp for scen editor
• Fixed OOS for alt+tab on Win98
• Added a text to rendermanager, added some emoticons
• Script bug fixes with use of find_capital
• Various anti-cheat fixes
• Removed unreferenced anims, added some siege mortar crew default animations
• ALL VERSIONS: Fix to possible infinite loops in ifacerendermanager tiling.