Description
Definitive Edition civilizations, balance and features.

Community Patch 1.6 will replace the original User Patch 1.5 in future and become the new official patch on Voobly. Unlike User Patch 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5, this patch was not created by AIScripters and is not affiliated with the User Patch project. To avoid any confusions, this patch will be called Community Patch 1.6 instead. Our goal is to keep up with the changes of the official DE release of the game. The new patch is using the original UP 1.5 RC + our own changes for AoE II DE. More than 100 community members have contributed so far!

How to Play, read more [You must login to view link]:

In order to play, you need the Patch v1.6 RC and the Data Mod v1.6 Game Data. Both, the patch and the data mod must be selected in your game room settings, else you will experience game crashes.



Manual installation
If you are experiencing an error where the download gets to 99% and then crashes, you can try to do a manual installation for the mod:

1. Download the mod https://www.voobly.com/files/prompt/82693748 .
2. Navigate to the folder "Voobly Mods/AOC/Data Mods", located in your AoE II folder.
3. Create the folder "v1.6 Game Data", exactly that name
4. Extract the contents of the zip file you downloaded into the new folder.

Visual & Content Mods
The mod has the old graphics as the default. If you prefer the look of Definitive Edition, download this other version of the mod.

The mod comes without any mods. If you want to add some of the usual ones, we recomend you use the following, as they have been tested:

• Visuals
  • Grid view DE Terrains with grid or DE Terrains with grid and no snow.
  • Short trees DE Small Trees, Trees with Grid Shadow or Bush Trees with Grid Shadow.
  • Short walls De Short Walls.
  • Short Houses DE Shorter Houses.
  • Short Docks Short Docks.
• Gameplay utilities
  • Helpful foundations DE Building Foundation Label.
  • Idle villager pointer DE Idle pointer.
  • Age of Mandala Adaptative Age of Mandala - no TC, Adaptative Age of Mandala - TC or Age of Mandala - Folwark.
  • Easy counting ez-counting.
  • Tech tree UI Tech Tree 1.6 UI or Tech Tree 16 UI ez-counting.
  • Health bars always visible HP always visible.
  • Ratha mode identifier Icons for Ratha Modes.
  • Monk Pointer Monk Pointer
• Game addons
  • Artificial Intelligence 1.6 RC AIs.
  • Music Definitive Edition Music.
• Maps:
  • 1.6 Map Pack. Additional maps to the common ones that come with the Community Patch by default.
  • Empire Wars. Maps where you start with a lot of villagers and get your economy going really fast.
  • DE Random Map Pool. Three random pools of maps updated monthly.
  • DE Longer Resources Maps. Maps with 10 times more resources.
  • DE No Onager Cut. Maps where Onagers can not cut trees.
  • DE Triple Tech. Maps where every technology can be researched three times.
  • 1.6 Custom Creator. Allows to create custom maps with lots of features, such as Allied Vision, Fixed Positions or Handicap.

New features, read more [You must login to view link]:

• 13 new civilizations from Definitive Edition.
• Interface that displays the number of villagers working on each resource.
• Mixed technology and unit queue.
• Toggles for automatic Farm reseeding.
• Hotkeys for technologies.
• "Select all" hotkeys.
• Fishermen drop food at Docks.
• Global queue display.
• Improved AI.
• New graphics.
• Mediterranean and East European sets reworked.
• Byzantines and Spanish now use the Mediterranean set.
• Vietnamese now use the East Asian set.
• Adaptative Age of Mandala (requires aditional mod).
• Health bars always visible (requires aditional mod).
• Handicap mode (requires additional mod).
• Empire Wars game mode (requires additional mod).
• Support for CBA Scenarios.
• Longer Lasting Resources (requires additional mod).
• No Onager Cut (requires additional mod).
• Triple Tech Mode (requires additional mod).
• Zoom functionality Won't Add (Can't Figure Out)