Rise of Nations 1.03 Patch

Rise of Nations patch 1.3 focuses on multiplayer (MP) issues

Rise of Nations changelist for version 01.14.06.0500 (retail patch 2)

Multiplayer Technical Fixes
- MP Lag seems to be fixed even for severe clock drift. The major MP lag issue was not related to network bandwidth.
- The major issues with hosting behind a NAT have been fixed.
- MP ratings are fixed. Ratings will be reset as the current ones are not meaningful.
- GameSpy Arcade and the in-game matchmaking services are now compatible.
- Chat message are now white with only the player name colored. Armageddon does not happen in "Sandbox" mode (1-player).
- Additional anti-cheat protection.
- Fixed ping-sorting for in-game matchmaking.
Auto-Patch System Updates
- Much better support for pre-prelease patch testing.
- You can now check for updates without going into GameSpy.
Conquer the World
- CtW crash related to 16-bit vs 32-bit color on battle loading has been fixed.
Color Adjustment Support
- Added a semi-documented way of adjusting the colors as requested by some colorblind players. Thanks to Ike for putting it in and providing a sample set of colors.

Patch 1 Fixes, version 01.14.05.0902 —
Rise of Nations changelist for version 01.14.05.0902 (retail patch 1)

GameSy Matchmaking
- Settings no longer locked in setupwin.
- Lockable/unlockable game settings.
- Auto-kick ignored players, display host in green.
- Fix to peerIsReady when not in staging room.
- Using player name passed from Arcade.
- Fix to status text on popup for players.
- Check for player ready relative to arcade.
- Resetting focus to editbox when dialogs are closed, so that accidentaly pressing spacebar won't kick the player out.
- Removed ping beside player's name (now found in mouseover text)
- Fixed setupwin not taking gamespy requests.
- "Add to buddy list" popup keeping modality when launching fix.
- Refreshing ids in player listbox when entering and leaving rooms
- Profiles that are ignored are removed from your buddy list
- Group chat persisted when entering and leaving rooms
- Switching lobbies does not clear chat buffers
- Short map names added
- Long nicknames cropped in player listbox
- (LOC) Buddy list requests now in the language of the player receiving the request, rather than the one sending it.
- Icon for locked/unlocked game settings.
- Various sorting and other UI fixes
Scenario Editor
- Pack state persisted in scenarios
- Added Groups::clear() when creating new map
- Fixed fighter bomber queue crash
- Unqueuing units no longer trashes resources.
- Disabling "create unit" buttons when the leader does not have enough tech to create the unit
- Some type editor values should be able to be reset to zero
- Line of Sight max limit added
- Limits for max_range and armor
- Rush rules now work in scenarios
- Fix for crashes when re-initing or clearing all in scen editor when mine placed on mountain
- Increasing the # of script timers
- Added sniper ability to script functions
- Gaining non-unit techs now also gains all prerequisites
Misc Fixes
- CTW: overrun and card bug fixes
- CTW: purchasing territories fix, cheat key fix
- CTW: replay bug fixed
- CTW: crash fix
- fix script function has_cast_order to get sniping for scenarios working
- fix AI taunts directed toward other teams
- fix AI taunts when sound is disabled
- fix unpacking siege in scen editor
- fix to packet padding in MP (chat).
- fix crash bug in scenario loading
- fix for turkish merchants
- fix for save/load of units that were available but didn't actually exist in the world.
- rivers now try to connect out to edge of world if possible, so they don't just hang 1/2 wcoord inland, esp for scen editor
- Fixed OOS for alt+tab on Win98
- Added a text to rendermanager, added some emoticons
- Script bug fixes with use of find_capital
- Various anti-cheat fixes
- Removed unreferenced anims, added some siege mortar crew default animations
- ALL VERSIONS: Fix to possible infinite loops in ifacerendermanager tiling.