Well, you'll need it to play over ESO. (will download automaticly if you try to connect without it)
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Age Of Mythology(tm) v1.01
Patch Release Notes
November 12, 2002
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If you are having trouble connecting to ESO or to games and other users, please check out the Age of Mythology FAQ on http://www.eso.com
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Patch 1.01 - addresses multiplayer connection problems and fixes a few exploits. This patch version does not affect unit or civilization balance or scenario editor functionality.
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CLIENT FIXES
- Improved cheat checks for "zoom out" exploit.
- Fixed an Advanced Setup crash when changing public / private rapidly.
- Fixed a problem with Advanced Setup host dialog not closing when inviting others.
- Quick Setup games now default to 5 pauses maximum.
- Requests for in-game saves are now counted as a pause towards the maximum pause limit.
- Fixed DirectIP connection issues (see below for details).
NETWORK AND ESO FIXES
- Improved the ESO login code.
- Fixes for the stats upload (2,4) problem. If you continue to receive this error message, please try shutting down any other applications or services you have running before launching AoM - the problem may be related to having other processes running in the background. We are continuing to investigate this issue.
- Improved NAT/firewall support on ESO.
- Improved NAT/firewall support for DirectIP.