Triumph Studios will be releasing the first patch/update for the just-released Age of Wonders III ”in the coming days”, and they outline what’ll most likely be in it. Higher resolutions for one with boxes and blurriness gone.
The team will adjust AI difficulty, and will introduce a quick save option - a must for any PC game. Triumph promises they’ve ”many other updates and fixes” brewing in their alchemy lab.
They pledge support for Age of Wonders III ”for a long period of time,” having spent the past 39 months on it. DLC and add-ons are in the future with new features.
”The team is very happy and humbled with the overall reception so far: reviews, sales, but most importantly we’re happy with overall fan reaction. But of course we can always do better. We’ve spent 39 months developing Age of Wonders III, and we’re planning on supporting the game for a long period of time. We’ll release patches, free new features and dlc/expansion packs and we’re looking forward to implementing lots of feedback from the community,” said Triumph’s Lennart Sas.
Likely fixes:
▪ WQHD / QHD (up to 2560 x 1440 / 2560 *1600) native resolution display support (the Black & White boxes and blurry text should disappear)
▪ Frame Drops, particularly when having an army selected removed.
▪ AI Difficulty lowered for “Squire” – people dying in the first Elven Court mission is not good.
▪ AI Global Spell Disjunction Spamming is limited
▪ AI Leaving their walls less quickly in combat
▪ Disabling of controller / joystick input to avoid camera drift
▪ Saving profile – e.g. graphics settings – fixed for the ‘Guest’ account.
New features:
▪ Previous/Next Button for Cities (added to the city header)
▪ Quick Save Option.
This first update to Age of Wonders III should be in the next couple of days. ”Steam versions will update automatically, and a patch will be downloadable from GoG. This is just a start! We have many other updates and fixes in the works, including an option to disable observing multiplayer tactical combat between other players.”
Age of Wonders III is available on PC through Steam and GOG.com.
