EE2.eu - News

Empire Earth 2 ver. 1.5 News

Apr 08 2020 - 00:04:11

EE2 closes on launch, but the expansion pack works fine?
FATAL PROBLEM: -> Can't open main game directory. Make sure your "My Documents" folder is available.
SOLUTION: https://www.ee2.eu/help/#closesonlaunch

Apr 05 2020 - 09:04:47

According to the UP1.5 Usage Statistics, yesterday (04.04.2020) the game was started 2176 times, from 1158 unique users. It has crashed with "Unhandled Exception" error 20 times, which is only 0.91%. It shows how important are "under the hood", not noticeable changes in UP1.5.

Mar 29 2020 - 05:03:00

Zootopia - Empire Earth II Multiplayer Gameplay YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5fhpKfmR74

Mar 23 2020 - 02:03:27

Evil Plan - Empire Earth II Multiplayer Gameplay YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Ad2zhrJvI

Mar 21 2020 - 23:03:31

Today (21.03.2020) there were over 112 players online on the Multiplayer Lobby. Due to heavy Server load, I was forced to prepare a Lobby update to reduce the number of database queries (cache instead of individual). For that, lobby will be restarted at night or in the morning.

Mar 21 2020 - 08:03:02

Minor Update 157033 for Unofficial Patch 1.5 has been released! Changes list: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#157033

Mar 16 2020 - 00:03:03

#Coronavirus made EE2.eu Multiplayer Lobby as active as never before. On 15th of March 2020 at 21:00 we had max. 75 players online at the same time. The previous best activity (before pandemic) was on 27th December 2017 with only 38 players online.

Mar 11 2020 - 12:03:19

For all shit-talkers, who after so many years with Unofficial Patches for EE2 still don't trust it, and even dare to insult on the Support Chat - here is a response from Microsoft regarding the latest false-positive detections of EE2.exe and EE2X.exe in Windows Defender:

Mar 10 2020 - 14:03:19

The Support Chat from UP1.5 Launcher has been integrated with a #❓-support-chat channel on Discord! This will speed up helping process, and prevent fragmentation. You can join our Discord at: https://www.ee2.eu/discord/

Mar 08 2020 - 13:03:21

Changes in the Ministry of Game Affairs since 07.03.2020: https://forum.ee2.eu/viewtopic.php?p=25507#p25507
- Department of History. New Minister: Laetitian.
Congratulations!

Mar 08 2020 - 04:03:01

Behind every successful woman is Herself. Have a wonderful Women's Day!

Mar 07 2020 - 06:03:58

Multiplayer Lobby - Audio Taunts for certain messages - additional information & a list of taunts: https://forum.ee2.eu/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=5314

Feb 26 2020 - 21:02:02

Minor Update 157031 for Unofficial Patch 1.5 has been released! Changes list: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#157031

Feb 05 2020 - 15:02:43

An old RTS game from 2005: Empire Earth 2 & Empire Earth 2: The Art of Supremacy with Unofficial Patch 1.5 supports the Tobii Eye Tracker devices for panning the screen when looking at the edge/corner of the screen. Learn more at: https://www.ee2.eu/blog/018-tobii-eye-tracker-in-empire-earth-2.php

Feb 05 2020 - 02:02:40

On 27th of January 2020 - Minor Update 157030 for Unofficial Patch 1.5 has been released! Changes list: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#157030

Jan 25 2020 - 17:01:06

MULTIPLAYER: Jokes (or rather insults) against Chinese players with messages about the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV will be awarded with 3 months ban. No discussion, no approval of Department of Justice needed.

Jan 22 2020 - 09:01:41

EE2 Prayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3e-9RbDyV0

Jan 06 2020 - 10:01:10

Minor Update 157028 for Unofficial Patch 1.5 has been released! Changes list: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#157028

Jan 03 2020 - 21:01:33

Wilparra Gets Super ICBMed in a Game with "No Nukes" Rule (YouTube video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzInXYDxI6Y

Dec 31 2019 - 20:12:49

Happy New Year 2020!

Dec 29 2019 - 05:12:32

IMPORTANT: The Multiplayer Lobby Peerchat Server TCP port has been temporary replaced from the default IRC port 6667 to 28955. It's to test if random "ping timeout" disconnects still occur. The UP1.5 Launcher will automatically overwrite this port in game process on game start.

Dec 24 2019 - 08:12:55

Merry Christmas 2019!

Dec 18 2019 - 05:12:46

Minor Update 157027 for Unofficial Patch 1.5 has been released! Changes list: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#157027
Multiplayer issues fixes & improved support for Tobii Eye Tracker devices.

Dec 15 2019 - 22:12:38

Empire Earth 2 & Empire Earth 2: The Art of Supremacy with Unofficial Patch 1.5 now supports the Tobii Eye Tracker devices for the on borders/corners camera scrolling. Learn more at: https://www.ee2.eu/blog/018-tobii-eye-tracker-in-empire-earth-2.php @tobiigaming

Dec 15 2019 - 22:12:09

Minor Update 157026 for Unofficial Patch 1.5 has been released! Changes list: https://ee2.eu/patch/changes/#157026
The update adds support for Tobii Eye Tracker devices. @tobiigaming

Dec 01 2019 - 19:12:57

Minor Update 157025 for Unofficial Patch 1.5 has been released! Changes list: https://www.ee2.eu/patch/changes/#157025
The update re-balances Tanks & Hercs and adds Summer textures for Tundra trees!

Nov 29 2019 - 17:11:40

The best way to spend money on Black Friday is making a donation: https://www.ee2.eu/overview/#donate

Nov 26 2019 - 07:11:26

I'm aware of the random Multiplayer Lobby disconnects that occur since 3rd of October 2019 (after the Server migration). It seems to be Ubuntu 18.04's systemd-resolve related. Today I applied a new workaround. Hopefully it will solve the problem... https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058750/new-alert-keeps-showing-up-server-returned-error-nxdomain-mitigating-potential

Nov 20 2019 - 10:11:10

We managed to "collect" 50 users on the new Discord, within just 4 days! It's only 20 less than before, where we "collected" users for over 10 months! Thanks to everyone for the support and for the incredible activity during the last days.

Nov 16 2019 - 04:11:18

Dear Discord users! The owner of the old EE2 Discord has kicked me out, causing integrations with EE2.eu / lobby to stop working due to lack of API/webhooks permissions. Setting it back took 6 hours of work. Please join a new Server using: https://www.ee2.eu/discord/

Nov 14 2019 - 08:11:17

I don't know if it's not placebo, but for me it feels like Minor Update 157024 resolved lags in game completely (those little 0.5sec+ freezes, not the low FPS issue). Maybe increasing the maximum sound memory from <5MB to 100MB really was the key? What are your thoughts about it?

Nov 13 2019 - 05:11:35

Minor Update 157024 for Unofficial Patch 1.5 has been released! Changes list: https://forum.ee2.eu/viewtopic.php?p=25368#p25368

Nov 06 2019 - 17:11:33

Good News! MonaNAT® Server in the USA is again online. It was down since ~20th of October 2019 due to unstable provider.
The Multiplayer Services Status can be checked at: https://www.ee2.eu/status/#multiplayerload

Nov 01 2019 - 09:11:15

Minor Update 157023 for Unofficial Patch 1.5 has been released! Changes list: https://forum.ee2.eu/viewtopic.php?p=25362#p25362

Oct 31 2019 - 17:10:05

Happy Halloween 2019!

Oct 29 2019 - 04:10:47

The EE2.eu Multiplayer Lobby has been integrated with a Discord channel. It allows to see the list of online players and send messages between those platforms, even from mobile devices. More information: https://forum.ee2.eu/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=5288

Oct 27 2019 - 03:10:33

The Multiplayer Lobby Languages Translator has been improved to prevent unnecessary translation from the "exotic" languages. More information: https://forum.ee2.eu/viewtopic.php?p=25324#p25324

Oct 26 2019 - 07:10:01

EE2, EE2X - Language Changer has been updated to version 1.0.3.000 to a fallback to HTTP protocol, when modern version of TLS for HTTPS is unsupported on the Operating System (for example Windows XP).
https://ee2.eu/download/languagechanger/

Oct 25 2019 - 10:10:26

The "Cycle Time of Day" option has a minimal impact on the game "freeze" during time switching. The real "lag" is caused by Autosaves which are done at exactly the same time (by default every 5 minutes). It's just a coexistence of those two features that makes user think negative

Oct 23 2019 - 13:10:31

All graphics settings in EE2 should be set to highest possible, except Shadow Detail (Medium), and Lighting Detail (Low). EE2 is a CPU-intensive game, and GPU usage is usually low. By using lower settings, we get an effect opposite to the intended, because CPU gets more load.

EE2NEWS TWEETS: