Age of Wonders 4 - PC Hotfix - 04/05/2023

[Thesharingan312]

Epic Cloud Saves are encrypted, there is no method to retrieve or use them outside of the Cloud System. The fact that you were able to play is quite impressive as almost all our users reached the point where they'd crash on starting the game.

Even so, the 20 HRs discarded hurt me ..... I already had 4 well-equipped rulers .... T_T

 

[DragonZee]

The beta hotfix was only available for a subset of players. No one on Epic got it (granted, Epic does not even offer beta channels), but neither did GOG players (and GOG does offer beta channels).

I still cannot play and have not played at any point because Triumph does not manage to get the basic startup going for non-insignificant subset of users.

As someone who does not go for the twitchy mainstream games: this is definitely the worst release in the last decade for me, possibly longer.

Well, it's unfortunate that you had such an expierience, but I think you should give them more credit. You mentioned yourself there are some technical limitations that might come from specific platforms as far as hotfixes go. Triumph devs are working on them, they even respond to issues reported here on this very forum on an individual level - they are normal programmers, not magicians. Maybe they effed-up something, maybe there were some last-minute changes in graphic drivers which broke the game, but imo it's the dilligence with which they work to fix them that shows their work culture (even if it's a bit messy on the communication side). I personally work in IT and I know that it's usually not that easy to communicate changes.adress issues on every channel.

I might sound like a shill, but my opinion of them is not based on this release alone, I've been following their games and I can vouch for their responsiveness. If they are still the same team I know from these very forums, they will make things right.

 

[grel]

Alright that explains the error. The launcher keeps a reference to the last played save which is no longer accessible. As BitMaster mentioned we've pushed a update (version 78192) due to continued issues on the Epic version of the game. In this update we've temporarily disabled Cloud Saves, which means that the cloud saves are inaccessible and saves will be made Local only.

We understand that this is a incredibly frustrating situation but we deemed this the best solution to get you guys playing in the short term. A long term fix is still being worked on but this should allow you to enjoy the game over the weekend. We are really sorry for the inconvenience this has caused.

In the long term fix can we expect our pantheon to return? And will any pantheon progress we make now be added to the returning pantheon?

 

[Cainist]

Will there be a console hotfix soon? Main issues I've seen so far are crash after battle and the tome library not working with controller thing.

 

[Mourioche]

AoW4 was working yesterday and this afternoon.
This evening I launch it and a series of crashes at startup.
No update neither on the PC nor on the game,
Except an update of the STEAM client.

So either it crashes, or is marked "launched" in the Steam client but is not launched and moreover is running indefinitely when you try to stop it.

Any explanation ?

Maybe this hotfix was applied by itself in secret (UNDER STEAM!!!). I already regret when I was playing under GoG and when I had the control to apply or not a patch, and to play off line.
What I need now is to be able to run this game BEFORE this hotfix that makes nothing work anymore.
Is it possible to do that ? cancel this "hotfix" ?

 

[PIisBullShit]

Hot-fix it's more like hot-mess. All my saves, lords, and Pantheon progress is gone.

 

[stigmund77]

Just had a crash in a multiplayer game, the crash caused the game to go unresponsive for all players, now whenever we try to join the game the game hard crashes into an unresponsive state.

We also both experienced desync crashes. Most crashes are fine due to how easy it is to rejoin multiplayer games, however this crash doesn't let anyone play that game anymore.

The online game still exists but if you join it the game crashes out.

 

[TGS600]

I have been having the same problem in every multiplayer game i've played in, at the end of every turn every player desyncs. Every single turn. we did not have generate random rulers on. we all verified our game files, tried remaking the lobby, nothing has worked.

Please help

 

[ufozhou]

Now qame is payable under lowest setting with
GTX1080 gpu
still too many steps back away from awo pf.

 

[Raven100]

After 5 or 50, sometimes by just starting the game restarts my computer. I have the beta branch and all the settings advised by you but still its crashing. As it is causing a windows restart cannot generate bug logs. Very disappointing. Seems this studio did not even playtest their game before but have the guts asking money for a season pass.

 

[Raven100]

After 5 or 50, sometimes by just starting the game restarts my computer. I have the beta branch and all the settings advised by you but still its crashing. As it is causing a windows restart cannot generate bug logs. Very disappointing. Seems this studio did not even playtest their game before but have the guts asking money for a season pass

 

[General_Nuisance]

Strangely enough for me to get AOW4 playable is i have to turn off antivirus. Something i would not recommend normally , but Trend micro AV does not seem to play well with the game.