Patch 4.3 Released! — Age of Empires II (Retired) Steam update #784847

AGE2: Patch 2F: Version 4.3.729236 Discussion thread Performance: Vastly improved overall performance by enabling the renderer to update separately from the World Update. Text rendering has been improved and combined into a single pass (down from 5). Virtually all text in the game used to render 5 different passes to create the text outline effect. Command inputs now feel responsive when entered quickly. One common example was when the player would select a villager and quickly hit “build” “house” but the house command would not register. Upgrade and Build progress bars should appear smoother. The game will no longer take up 100% CPU, which will reduce heat buildup and energy consumption, which is mostly a problem with laptops. Large native fps improvements under Windows 10 (In some cases, more than 200% frame rate improvements have been experienced). NOTE: Only applies to people upgradi...