Star Wars Empire at War

For PC: 1.05 update 

Patch Name: EAWUpdate1_5.exe

Platform: PC

Format: CD-ROM

Size: 21.6 MB

Min. Requirements: N/A

Posted: 07/19/06

Installation: After downloading the update, double click on EAWUpdate1_5.exe to install. The installer will automatically search for the folder where you originally installed STAR WARS: EMPIRE AT WAR and install the update. If the update does not locate STAR WARS: EMPIRE AT WAR on your system, you may need to reinstall the game and then run EAWUpdate1_5.exe again. This update addresses the following:

This update addresses  the following:

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General Bug Fixes
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• Corrected a saved game issue that occurred after installing the 1.04 patch.
  

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Space Tactical Changes
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• Millenium Falcon Invulnerability duration was reduced from 10 seconds to 6 seconds
• Corellian Corvettes and Tartans now become available at Tech Level 2 instead of Tech Level 1
• The Corellian Corvette price was reduced from 1850 to 1800 credits
• The Imperials now starts with 2 TIE Fighter squadrons instead of 3
• Tartan All Power to Weapons duration was reduced from 10 seconds to 7 seconds
• Acclamators only spawn 1 TIE Bomber squadron (down from 2) and 3 TIE Fighter squadrons (down from 4)
• Victory Star destroyers now only spawn 2 sets of TIE Bombers squadrons (down from 3)

File: EAWUpdate1_5.exe - (LucasArts FTP Site)

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NOTE: this update includes all previous updates for Empire at War

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Patch 1.04 Update Information
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New Features
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• Players can now play on maps made with the STAR WARS: EMPIRE AT WAR editor.
  NOTE: The Editor is available through a separate download.
• Support added for auto-downloading of custom maps. Players who need to download a custom map in order to play in a particular game will automatically download that map when joining the game.

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General Bug Fixes
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• Corrected several issues related to spaces being used in player names
• Corrected issue for players getting kicked from a game due to the game host clicking on their name
• Corrected an issue for missing Japanese characters in the disconnect screen

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General Balancing Changes
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• Reduced the accuracy of corvettes (both Empire and Rebel) vs. fighters/bombers by 15%
  
• Reduced Corellian Corvette shield health by 10%
  
• Increased shield strength of Corellian Gunship by 15%
  
• Reduced Corellian Gunship hit points by 15%
  
• Corvette class ships (both Empire and Rebel) now do slightly less damage to mining facilities
  
• Accuser tractor beam now holds Corvettes and Frigates in place
  
• Imperial Star Destroyer tractor beam now reduces frigate and corvette speed by 85%
  
• Adjusted Empire space station shield generator hit points to be balanced properly with the Rebel space station shield generator hit points at all tech levels.
  
• Increased shield generator hit points on Rebel and Empire level 4-5 stations by 100 points
  
• AT-ATs now do 15% damage to T4Bs
  
• SPMA-Ts now do 15% more damage to T2-B tanks, T4-B Tanks, turrets and structures
  
• Reduced T4-B rocket damage by 25%
  

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Space Tactical Changes
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• Rebellion now starts with 2 X-wing squads instead of 3
  
• Imperial Star Destroyers price has been reduced to 5000 credits, down from 5200 credits
  
• Accusers price has been reduced to 5800 credits, down from 6200 credits
  
• Nebulon B Frigates now do 20% less damage to mining asteroids and space defense satellites
  
• Redesigned mining asteroid layout on Bothan Frenzy map
  
• Resized Battle over Geonosis map
  
• Acclamators price has been increased to 2350 credits, up from 2200 credits
  
• Acclamator build speed increased from 15 to 18 seconds
  
• Corellian Corvette and Tartan Cruiser damage reduced vs. mining facilities by 15%
  
• Fixed Rebel starting unit spawn issue on map Alderaan Defense
  
• Corrected an issue where capital ships would be invisible during space combat
  

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Land Tactical Changes
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• Corrected an issue with Turrets shooting at the ground on the Corellian Countdown map
  
• Heavy Reflective armor (level 1) upgrade is now available at Tech level 2
  
• Level 1 Rebel Combat Armor price has been increased to 700 credits, up from 450 credits
  
• Level 2 Rebel Combat Armor price has been increased to 875 credits, up from 675 credits
  
• Level 1 Rebel T4B Firepower upgrade price has been increased to 1000 credits, up from 700 credits
  
• Level 1 Rebel T4-B Firepower upgrade build speed increased from 20 to 25 seconds
  
• Level 2 Rebel T4-B Firepower upgrade build speed increased from 25 to 35 seconds
  
• Level 2 Rebel T4-B Firepower upgrade price increased from 1100 to 1450 credits
  

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Previous Update Information (1.01 - 1.03)
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General Issues
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• Corrected several text issues including the removal of references to the Venator and missing text.
  
• Corrected an issue that allowed Empire Heroes to be placed on the Death Star.
  
• Corrected an issue that allowed multiple turrets to be built on the same build pad.
  
• Corrected an issue that caused AT-ATs to become stuck when deploying troops over build pads.
  
• Corrected an issue where AT-ATs would stop moving when tow cabled by Rebel Speeders allowing players to stop the unit from suffering a successful tow cable attack.
  
• Corrected an issue in which the Death Star could be sold.
  
• Corrected an issue with server disconnection.
  
• Corrected an issue that could prevent progress past mission 4 in the Rebel Campaign.
  
• Added AI improvements for Land Control games.
  
• Corrected an issue to count troop transports towards unit cap in space tactical battles.
  
• Improved AI to move units within firing range when using Tractor Beam/Proton beam weapons.
  
• Corrected an issue where proton torpedoes would ignore hardpoints when applying damage.
  
• Corrected an issue in tutorial mission 5 that caused hint Voice Overs to stop repeating if the reinforcements objective has not been completed.
  
• Corrected multiple text and voice issues in Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Polish versions of the game.
  
• Corrected an issue that prevented two Force-sensitive heroes from targeting the same building.
  
• Corrected an issue that caused ground troops to be destroyed in space tactical battles when using Auto-Resolve.
  
• Corrected an issue that prevented enemy units from displaying their team color in the mini-map.
  
• Corrected an issue with the magnapulse cannon that required double-clicking in order to target enemies.
  
• Corrected a collision issue with Land Skirmish map "Clash on Tatooine" that allowed units to fire through the terrain.
  
• Disabled Save/Load functionality when in tutorial missions.
  
• Corrected an issue that allowed AI to use Luke Skywalker's special ability without waiting for the recharge timer.
  
• Corrected multiple issues with the cinematic camera.
• Corrected an issue that allowed the Interdictor Cruiser's Gravity Well to remain active after it was destroyed.
  
• Corrected an issue that prevented multiple units from using the Barrage ability on the same target.
  
• Corrected an issue that allowed the Death Star to fire after a tactical battle completed.
  

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Performance Issues
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• Corrected performance issues with particle effects.
  
• Improved path-finding and collision for troop transports in space maps.
  
• Corrected performance issues caused by ToolTips in tactical battles.
  
• Improved load times.
  

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Graphics Issues
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• Corrected an issue with the shadow mesh for X-wings.
  
• Improved accuracy for auto-detection of graphics Detail Level.
  
• Corrected an issue that did not pause the demo-attract cutscenes behind full-screen menus.
  
• Corrected a sizing issue with ToolTips in menu screens after changing the Video Resolution.
  
• Corrected issues with the Fog-of-War in the Collector's Edition bonus maps.
  
• Adjusted the tactical camera for widescreen aspect ratios.
  

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Additional Multiplayer Content
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• Added new Multiplayer Land Skirmish map "Corellian Countdown"
  
• Added new 43 Planet Multiplayer Campaign Map "Lines are Drawn"
  

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Multiplayer Issues
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• Added an ignore button to the Internet lobby
• Ignored player chat is not seen in any Internet dialog, and Ignored players are shown in a different color in the player list.
  
• Corrected several issues that caused quick match to hang indefinitely.
  
• Corrected an issue where quick match would connect more than 2 players to a game resulting in a sync error.
  
• Added Quality Lights to the game setup screen to indicate connection performance between players. Detailed ToolTips will also display when the mouse cursor is hovering over the quality lights.
  
• Added a test connections button to the game lobby that allows players to test out their connections with other players in a match before starting.
  
• GameSpy Arena 1v1 Space Skirmish, 1v1 Land Skirmish and 1v1 Campaign ladders have been reset due to several stat exploit corrections that have been made.
  
• Corrected an issue that caused CD-Keys to become invalid when playing on Limited-User Windows profiles.
  
• Corrected an issue for missing map names in the Multiplayer Lobby.
  
• Victory movies can now be skipped in multiplayer games.
  
• Corrected an issue where player count would display incorrect information like 59/2 when a game is first listed.
  
• Corrected several general connectivity issues with multiplayer improving connectivity performance.
  
• Client player in a match is now allowed to change color/faction after pressing accept.
  
• Increased Multiplayer stability for LAN and Internet games
  
• Changed light up buttons to check marks in the Host Game Setup menu.
  
• Increased Multiplayer stability for LAN and Internet games.
  
• Disabled the Fast Forward and Play buttons in Multiplayer games.
  
• Corrected an issue that caused Game Speed settings to revert to defaults when changing modes in Multiplayer.
  
• Corrected a crash issue caused by clients joining a game without selecting the same map as the host.
  
• Corrected multiple issues that caused text to word wrap in Multiplayer screens and menus.
  
• Added a message in the lobby to inform clients when they were missing maps for some hosted games.
  
• Corrected Save/Load issues in Multiplayer Campaign games.
  
• Added a message box to state when players leave Galactic mode in Multiplayer Campaign games.
  
• Corrected an issue that prevented double-clicking to select all of a unit type in Multiplayer games.
  
• Corrected an issue that allowed two players to use the same player color.
  
• Corrected an issue that allowed the droid log to retain information from previous Multiplayer games.
  
• Corrected an issue that caused players to lose Skirmish battles when a different player would quit the game.
  
• Corrected an issue that caused custom game names to display incorrectly.
  
• Corrected an issue that caused the mini-map to appear black after completing successive Multiplayer games.
  
• Corrected an issue that allowed too many AI units in Multiplayer games.
  

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New Multiplayer Content
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• Added new Multiplayer Land Skirmish map "Corellian Countdown"
  
• Added new 43 Planet Multiplayer Campaign Map "Lines are Drawn"
  

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Balance Issues
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• Improved targeting priority for AI when fighting Star Destroyers.
  
• Increased the tractor beam hard point health from 100 to 150 for Star Destroyers.
  
• Increased the Garrison spawn time from 15 seconds to 25 Seconds for most buildings.
  

• Updated Tech Level build times for Command Centers
  


Tech 2:
• Previous Build Time 40 seconds
  
• New Build Time: 60 seconds
  


Tech 3:
• Previous Build Time 50seconds
  
• New Build Time: 85 seconds
  


• Updated Tech Level 3 costs for Command Centers
  • Previous Cost: 3800
    
  • New Cost: 4000
    
• Reduced the amount of time that Force Corrupt will affect vehicles.
  • Previous Time: 120 seconds
  • New Time: 90 seconds

• Reduced fighter laser damage against capital ship and space station shields.
  
• Reduced damage caused by AT-ST units against infantry.
  
• Increased the cost of AT-ST units in Skirmish games.
  
• Increased the recharge timer for the Millennium Falcon's special ability.
  
• Reduced Millennium Falcon's shields and health.
  
• Increased the cost of Emperor Palpatine in Skirmish Multiplayer games.
  
• Increased the cost of Colonel Veers in Multiplayer games.
  
• Adjusted the radius and recharge timer for Colonel Veers' special ability.
  
• Increased Vader's TIE Advanced fighter to have 50% more health and double the firepower.
  
• Increased the amount of shield damage caused by the larger ion cannons.
  
• Increased the health for Mineral extractors.
  
• Increased Anti-Aircraft damage against airspeeders.
  
• Reduced AT-AA damage against infantry.
  
• Increased the rotation speed for the turret of AT-AA units.
  
• Corrected an issue with Fighter damage verses armor.
  
• Increased the health of Darth Vader's escort fighters.
  
• Increased the amount of damage Obi-wan does to buildings.
  
• Increased the cost and build time of missile cruisers.
  
• Decreased the amount of damage to turrets, vehicles, and buildings caused by airspeeders.
  
• Corrected an issue that prevented Colonel Veers from being vulnerable to the cable attack.
  
• Increased the recharge timer for Red squadron's lucky shot.