The latest patch for Empire Total War has just been released and it contains improvements for the battle AI. Here is the description from Empire's official website; We're pleased to announce that Empire: Total War update 1.6 will soon be released containing the much anticipated Battle AI improvements.

1. Empire: Total War is a turn-based strategy and real-time tactics video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. The fifth installment in the Total War series, the game was released in 2009. The game, which focuses on the early modern period of the 18th century, was announced at the Leipzig Games Convention in August 2007.
2. The game folder ('Data') is usually in: C: Program Files (x86) Steam steamapps common empire total war data. View Profile View Posts. Jan 16, 2014 @ 6:00pm. Originally posted by Borden: Patch 1.6 is actually called v.1.5.0 build 1332.21992 due to a mistake of The Creative Assembly.
3. Creative Assembly Promises Another Empire Total War Patch Creative Assembly’s strategy game shipped with its fair share of flaws. The previous patch was not enough to fix them all, so a new release will be coming soon.
4. A new patch has been released on Steam for Empire Total War. Whilst only fixing a few minor issues it is certainly a good sign another patch was released so quickly. The updates are applied automatically once you next start Steam up and it only takes a minute or two. The specific details of the fixes are quoted from the Steam website below.

Empire: Total War is a great title. The reasons are well explained in our review of the game. The same review mentions the fact that many players experience a lot of bugs, most of them related to Crash To Desktops, which happen when clicking on some units or structures. Until now, Creative Assembly and SEGA have put out some patches, via Steam, but most of the issues have not gone away and some players even say that they are experiencing new problems after having gotten the most recent patch.

Now, after a period of silence, a representative of the development team has posted info on the official forums, showing off some of the fixes that would be coming in the next patch for Empire: Total War. The following list is by no means exhaustive and more stuff might be included when the patch goes live.

One of the main reasons for CTDs, the pathfinding related ones that are important for trade routes, will be eliminated from the game, while a problem with spectators leaving unranked matches has also been fixed, dropping a CTD source for multiplayer matches.

The developers have stated that “several code issues causing crash to desktop” are also now fixed, including one regarding the way agents like Gentlemen and Rakes behaved on the campaign map. The problem of corrupt save games should also be alleviated so that players can complete a long Grand Campaign without too many restarts.

Sound issues have also been addressed by Creative Assembly, including some related to the apparent lack of sounds in tactical battles and to an animation glitch that has been causing repetitive sounds.

Unfortunately, SEGA and Creative Assembly have not mentioned the period they plan to release the new patch and it seems that, although stability issues are addressed, there are no signs that the patch will fix problems with naval invasions, Artificial Intelligence or diplomacy.

posted 03-31-10 01:17 PM EDT (US) The latest patch for Empire Total War has just been released and it contains improvements for the battle AI.

Latest Total War Empire Patch

Here is the description from Empire's official website;

We're pleased to announce that Empire: Total War update 1.6 will soon be released containing the much anticipated Battle AI improvements.
The AI has been improved to allow it to handle formations better, form and maintain lines and reduce the occurrence of unnecessary melee behavior. It also reduces non reactive fort assault behavior.
Whilst this is not the improved AI system from Napoleon Total War, it does make a significant advancement on Empire's current Battle AI.
Thank you all for your patience and constructive feedback, we're keen to continue to support you in the manner you support us.
The update will go live at approximately 1700GMT today 31 March 2010.

Many thanks to Scipii for the heads up on this one!

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