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Steam News21 July 20232y ago

Update 4.40.357 - Fair-Play, Clan & Bugfixes

Grace Period: there is a 1 turn grace period for when someone joins a rated game when no rating points are assessed if the player is eliminated within that period.

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Full Age of Conquest IV update

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What changed

0 fixes9 additions7 changes2 removals
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Performance
addedClan Owners: owners can now leave the clans if there's another owner on the clan.
changedSound FX: max. simultaneous sound FX increased to 64 (from 32) to make sure all relevant ones can be played.
addedCutscene Music: the music volume for cutscenes can now be adjusted manually.
changedAudio Output: it's now possible to select the desired audio output channel in the game's settings, i.e. which speakers etc. (desktop only)!
changedGame Guide: ONLINE Policy section updated, explaining that you generally shouldn't buy accounts (you carry full responsibility and also should notify the moderators).
removedSettings: option to enable or disabled handicaps by default in newly created games (rather than manually adjusting them every time).
simultaneous sound FX3264simultaneous sound FX increased, buff

Age of Conquest IV changes

addedClan Owners: owners can now leave the clans if there's another owner on the clan.
changedSound FX: max. simultaneous sound FX increased to 64 (from 32) to make sure all relevant ones can be played.
addedCutscene Music: the music volume for cutscenes can now be adjusted manually.
changedAudio Output: it's now possible to select the desired audio output channel in the game's settings, i.e. which speakers etc. (desktop only)!
changedGame Guide: ONLINE Policy section updated, explaining that you generally shouldn't buy accounts (you carry full responsibility and also should notify the moderators).

  • Grace Period: there is a 1 turn grace period for when someone joins a rated game when no rating points are assessed if the player is eliminated within that period.

  • Team Games: for fair-play, sending and requesting assets is not possible anymore across teams. You can only send assets to your team members (or receive from team members).

  • Clan Games: clan members are placed into the same team if they play a game with random join option.

  • Clan Games: clan members need to join the same team as their clan mates when going into a team game.

  • Clan Games: max. number of clan members for teams games needs to be equal or smaller to the average team size (fairplay).

  • Clan Owners: owners cannot expel or change privileges of other owners.

  • Clan Owners: owners can now leave the clans if there's another owner on the clan.

  • Clan Owners: owners cannot leave the clan if there are other players and there is no other owner. They need to designate another owner before leaving.

  • Clan Owners: owners leaving the clan and being the last members means the clan will get deleted after a confirmation.

  • Clan Member (or not): now also shown in friend's list.

  • Clan Member (or not): also showing for teams (e.g. moderators).

  • Clan Member (or not): also showing in search.

  • Teaming Flag: will be ignored & hidden if a player joins a clan. The regular clan rules will apply and the teaming flag will have no effect.

  • Fullscreen Mode: auto-fullscreen mode at startup when run via Steam (unless it's not the first time you run the game).

  • Sound FXmax. simultaneous sound FX increased to 64 (from 32) to make sure all relevant ones can be played.
  • Cutscene Musicthe music volume for cutscenes can now be adjusted manually.

  • Audio Output: it's now possible to select the desired audio output channel in the game's settings, i.e. which speakers etc. (desktop only)!

  • Home Indicator: home indicator hidden be default on iOS.

  • Immersive Mode: immersive mode by default on Android.

  • Game GuideONLINE Policy section updated, explaining that you generally shouldn't buy accounts (you carry full responsibility and also should notify the moderators).
  • Settingsoption to enable or disabled handicaps by default in newly created games (rather than manually adjusting them every time).
  • Settings"Join Anytime" option in settings which determines the default for new games you create, i.e. if they are unlimited as to when other players can join.

  • Chat Bans: moderator accounts cannot be banned from the chat by regular players (e.g. that created a game).

  • Moderator Emailnow available via the "Moderators" group profile!
  • ManualIn-Game FAQ updated to let everyone know that randomly banning players in the chat goes against the fair-play policy amongst other.

  • Manual: Clans playing team games should join the same team. Joining opposing teams on purpose will be appropriately handled by the moderators.

  • Languagemissing texts added for official maps of Africa and the Mini World conquest (so the texts can be translated also).
  • Languagelatest translations added - Thanks :-D

  • UI: "Search Utility" popup now auto-focus the text cursor in the input field when the popup is opened.

  • UI: larger file selector.

  • Pending Translations (Moderators): original and translated messages can now be copied (via popup menu).

  • Performance: speed update for misc. functions to reduce ANRs.

  • Moderation: password resets by moderators are now displayed in the moderator notifications (password is obviously not displayed).

  • Moderationremark added to disabled accounts, i.e. the cannot login, but the login attempt will still show up in the logs.
  • Maintenancenews DB & I/O removed as it isn't used

Source

Steam News / 21 July 2023

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