Players who recently logged-in Multiplayer Lobby can enjoy the Enhanced Features for free during the Halloween season! Their version will be identified as: "Enhanced (Seasonal)".
Happy Halloween! Although I personally don't "celebrate" it, I don't find the second deep or "evil relations" in this day. I treat it more as a fun-day.
The UP1.6 Enhanced Feature users can now enjoy the Seasonal Lobby Textures :) https://ee2.eu/patch/enhanced/#SeasonalEnhancedFeatures
The Epoch 13's "Ground to Air Missile bug" is now fixed in all previous versions of UP1.6 thanks to the live-update system. The Launcher will download additional ~50KB file on the next launch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgVHFnGxhGo
Empire Earth II - Epoch 13's Ground to Air Missile bug (incorrect rotation / turret heading). Before & After Unofficial Patch 1.6.0.020: https://youtu.be/CgVHFnGxhGo
Information about the recent Paratrooper Planes balance changes in Unofficial Patch 1.6: https://ee2.eu/t5830
Minor Update 160019 for Unofficial Patch 1.6 has been released! Update Type: Monthly Update. Changes: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#160019
Players who upgraded Windows 11 to version 24H2 might experience lower FPS (max. 60) when using G-Sync and EE2 is running in the Exclusive Borderless Windowed Mode. To fix this issue, it's required to reinstall the newest NVIDIA graphics drivers (even if it's the same version).
The Enhanced Features Trial is back! This time you can test the Enhanced Features for 48 hours. To activate it, please simply click a button on the popup website.
My city was flooded on 15th of September 2024. I had no electricity for many days, and there are still outages. This is why my support on EE2 is limited these days, and will probably slow down as there are more important things to do.
Minor Update 160018 for Unofficial Patch 1.6 has been released! Update Type: Monthly Update. Changes: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#160018
I've received information that players from Iran, who were previously unable to access the EE2.eu Multiplayer Lobby due to their ISPs blocking UDP ports, are now able to log in successfully. Hopefully Iranian ISPs won't cause more issues in the future.
Magic TILDE` Key: Auto Missile Silo Switching (SHIFT + TILDE`): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe4xlfwIC1g
Minor Update 160016 for Unofficial Patch 1.6 has been released! Update Type: Feature Update. Changes: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#160016
Magic TILDE` Key and Smart Building Hotkey Memory updated: https://youtu.be/tzwrYrn0Fj0
Minor Update 160015 for Unofficial Patch 1.6 has been released! Update Type: Monthly, Feature Update. Changes: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#160015
It includes the new Enhanced Feature: Smart Building Hotkey Memory.
Empire Earth II: Smart Building Hotkey Memory (Enhanced Feature):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz82YdfHNNM
Version 160014 is a stable release (it resolves all of bugs present in the previous 3 versions). The status of this update has been changed from the Optional Update to a Regular one.
First insight on "The Guadalcanal", also known as "The Battle of Guadalcanal", which is being developed by Loewenherz as a part of his WW2 Pacific campaign. It is still in the middle of development.
The limits of the EE2 engine are being explored again.
Optional Minor Update 160014 for Unofficial Patch 1.6 has been released! Update Type: Hotfix Update. Changes: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#160014
Windows Defender is dumb. It seemed to detect "Trojan:Script/Sabsik.FLA!ml" in EE2X.exe.safe155 archive (from Minor Update 160013). I added an empty "test.txt" file to that archive, and magically it's no longer detected. This AV makes no sense. It probably detects by file size...
Optional Minor Update 160013 for Unofficial Patch 1.6 has been released! Update Type: Hotfix Update. Changes: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#160013
Minor Update 160012 for Unofficial Patch 1.6 has been released! Update Type: Monthly Update. Changes: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#160012
Good news for players using Mac OS with M1/M2 ARM processors ("Parallels Desktop" or "Porting Kit"); Linux with "Wine" or Windows with ARM processor. It's now possible to ignore the OOS (Out of Sync) errors in your Multiplayer games, following the guide: https://ee2.eu/multiplayer/help/#oos
The newest Unofficial Patch 1.6 version (1.6.0.011) seems to crash on Steam Deck for some users. We detected what causes the issue (boost interprocess mutex in a pointer, for optimization), and prepared a fix for it. If you need the fix, please send message on the Support Chat.
Minor Update 160011 for Unofficial Patch 1.6 has been released! Update Type: Monthly Update. Changes: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#160011
Major Change: Fixed the "Spy Glitch" in Multiplayer. Please read the changelog for details.
It is now possible to activate the free UP1.6 Enhanced Features trial using the popup website that opens with the Launcher. This allows players to test how it works on their computer and see any changes in the game on their monitor.
Minor Update 160010 for Unofficial Patch 1.6 has been released! Update Type: Monthly Update. Changes: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#160010
IMPORTANT: The Multiplayer Direct Connection port changed from "26000" to "16060".
At some point, the Enhanced version of UP1.6 will include the AI-Enhanced units & buildings textures. However, at the current stage and AI-models development speed, it's better to wait a few months / years to get the best possible results. It's not like I forgot about it.
Please do not use "Low" graphics settings in EE2. Differences between "High" and "Low" are minimal, often 0 FPS. Please use everything on "High", except "Shadow Details" - "Medium", and "Lighting Details" - "Low" (in EE2: AOS). It's not the GPU that limits the FPS, but the CPU.
This is exactly how anti-missiles work in EE2. All ICBMs in EE2 are flying in the atmosphere. This is why after interception there's no radiation risk. EE2's anti-missiles added in Unofficial Patch are long range, expensive interception technology, not the short range ones.
Happy Easter! The Enhanced Features have been enabled for all UP1.6 users since 31.03.2024 04:00 CET to 01.04.2024 04:00 CET. Please test how you like them and decide if you want to unlock them permanently.
https://ee2.eu/patch/enhanced/
Happy Easter 2024!
The UP1.6 users that donated can now enjoy the Enhanced Seasonal Lobby Textures for Easter. More details: https://ee2.eu/patch/enhanced/#features
Minor Update 160009 for Unofficial Patch 1.6 has been released! Update Type: Monthly Update. Changes: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#160009
Major feature: Unofficial Patch IES System: https://ee2.eu/t5779
Today, the minimum donation amount that unlocks the Enhanced Features has been implemented.
Donations made before 1st of December 2023 are respected without the minimal value.
The information about the minimum value was visible in advance at: https://web.archive.org/web/20231201072900/https://ee2.eu/patch/enhanced/#howtounlock
It's now possible to request the EE2.eu Multiplayer Lobby restart, using our Status website: https://ee2.eu/status/#voterestart
Thanks to that, in case of Dr.MonaLisa's inactivity, players who logged-in to the MP lobby within the last 7 days can vote to restart it.
Due to recently detected downtime issues with our server, the provider has offered a migration to another one. This might result in another short downtime today (18.02.2024). Sorry for the inconvenience.
Please do not send to me more videos of protesters throwing a soup in Mona Lisa painting at Louvre. The entire EE2 community is already spamming these links all day long.
Minor Update 160008 for Unofficial Patch 1.6 has been released! Update Type: Hotfix Update. Changes: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#160008
Happy New Year 2024!
The Seasonal Enhanced Features improve the Multiplayer Lobby theme for special occasions: https://ee2.eu/patch/enhanced/#SeasonalEnhancedFeatures
Check our Loew's Ambient Pack Developer Diary! https://forum.ee2.eu/viewtopic.php?p=28095#p28095
Merry Christmas! 🎄
Every player who logs-in to the Multiplayer Lobby on 24 and 25 December 2023 can enjoy the Enhanced Features during this time. It included new Lobby textures, terrain textures (700+), UI textures (2300+) and custom mouse cursor scale! https://ee2.eu/patch/enhanced/
Seasonal Enhanced Features in Unofficial Patch 1.6 give you a better Christmas atmosphere in the Multiplayer Lobby! Get yourself a Christmas gift and unlock them! https://ee2.eu/patch/enhanced/
Minor Update 160006 for Unofficial Patch 1.6 has been released! Update Type: Hotfix Update. Changes: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#160006
We added the Cryptocurrency donation option: https://ee2.eu/overview/#donate on request of some players who claim to be unable to use PayPal in their countries. It's surprising that nobody reported this issue for the past 10 years, just now when there are special features to unlock...
Minor Update 160005 for Unofficial Patch 1.6 has been released! Update Type: Monthly, Feature Update. Changes: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#160005
IMPORTANT: Since 1st Dec 2023, the minimum donation amount that unlocks Enhanced Features is the value of $5 USD, and since 1st Jan 2024 - $10 USD. Smaller donations will only unlock e.g. info about BETA updates & color on the chat. Donations made before are respected normally.
In the next version of Unofficial Patch 1.6 (160005), it will be possible to set more rotation angles for buildings and to remember the angle for the next building.
Screenshots of the Enhanced Terrain textures in Unofficial Patch 1.6: https://ee2.eu/patch/enhanced/#EnhancedTerrain
Minor Update 160004 for Unofficial Patch 1.6 has been released! Update Type: Optional Hotfix Update. Changes: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#160004
There are issues in EE2: AOS in ver. 160002.
1. The Tundra climate crashes the game on start.
2. The Temperate climate causes a huge performance degradation on the Enhanced Version.
The small size hotfix update will be released ASAP but I'm still trying to fix issue no. 2.
Minor Update 160002 for Unofficial Patch 1.6 has been released! Update Type: Monthly Update. Changes: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#160002