Game Launcher now functions correctly with Windows 10.

Players are no longer able to delete their last Profile.

Players are no longer able to make Player profiles with the same name.

Campaign background images no longer appear corrupted in the dark/shadow areas.

Campaign Difficulty setting is now saved correctly.

Campaign Difficulty popup text no longer cuts off in localized languages.

Tech Tree images now correctly display the player color.

Checkboxes in the Multiplayer Lobby now appear correctly when selecting Ready.

Selecting Random Civilizations should now function correctly with minimal duplications.

Main Menu music now has new logic to determine which music variation to play depending on which combinations of DLC the player owns.

Civilization sounds now play correctly at the start of a game and the delay has been removed so the game starts quicker.

Bright fonts and highlight colors have been toned down.

Hotkeys now correctly display and use special characters without corruption or crashing.

Restore Multiplayer game should now function correctly.

Record game is always enabled by default for multiplayer matches.

Old Saved games and Replays should now load correctly without desyncs.

Large native fps improvements under Windows 10 (In some cases, more than 200% frame rate improvements have been experienced).

The game will no longer take up 100% CPU, which will reduce heat buildup and energy consumption, which is mostly a problem with laptops.

Upgrade and Build progress bars should appear smoother.

One common example was when the player would select a villager and quickly hit “build” “house” but the house command would not register.

Command inputs now feel responsive when entered quickly.

Virtually all text in the game used to render 5 different passes to create the text outline effect.

Text rendering has been improved and combined into a single pass (down from 5).

Vastly improved overall performance by enabling the renderer to update separately from the World Update.

Feel free to join the discussions on the Steam forums as well and let us know what you think 🙂 The long awaited patch 4.3 is out, you can check the changelog below.

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