Graphics choice
The mod has the old graphics as the default. If you prefer the look of Definitive Edition, download this other version of the mod.

Description
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 50 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/77193411 .
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 Mods
The mod comes without any visual mods. If you want to add some of the usual ones, we recomend you use the following, as they have been tested:

• 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.
• Helpful foundations DE Building Foundation Label.
• Idle villager pointer DE Idle pointer.
• Age of Mandala Adaptative Age of Mandala - no TC or Adaptative Age of Mandala - TC.
• AI 1.6 RC AIs.
• Music Definitive Edition Music.
• 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.
• Maps 1.6 Map Pack,
  Longer Resources Maps, De Random Map Pool, Handicap mode and Empire Wars.

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

• 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)
• Global queue display
• Mixed technology and unit queue
• Hotkeys for technologies
• Interface that displays the number of villagers working on each resource
• "Select all" hotkeys
• Toggles for automatic Farm reseeding
• Fishermen drop food at Docks
• Improved AI
• Handicap mode (requires additional mod)
• Empire Wars game mode (requires additional mod).
• Support for CBA Scenarios.
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Maps
We now have a Common section of maps with the most played ones, like Arabia, Nomad or Black Fores. These maps also come with Allied Vision and Fixed Position versions.

We maintain a [You must login to view link] (requires aditional mod) that is regularly updated.