How do I disable the "profanity" filter?

[ARCAGNELL0]

I was trying to type "Initiate Ram Ranch Protocol" in all chat as I was about to exit a stalth forest in age 2 playing Abbasid with half a dozen rams and a dozen and a half of both spearmen and archers which led to basically half that text being censored, which is when I realized the "censoring" of all chat is rather strict, which would be fine in it of itself if it was not for the fact I don't think we can disable it.

I may just be dumb enough to not have found a way to disable it in the options, but I am going to be reaaaally dumbfounded if there actually isn't a way to disable it. I'm pretty sure it even censors quite a plethora of non-swear words too, not to mention combinations of otherwise innocent words like the above mentioned "Ram Ranch", which I'm pretty sure most people don't even know where it came from or what it means.

Make yourself a favour and..uh..don't google it if you're under 18 years of age or are especially sensible about S. stuff. Then again it's just a bloody song. What are we going to censor next? Niki Minaj because she sang Anaconda or something?

Heh. Anyway I'm back to training to be less and less bad every day. I basically never played RTSs and I'm having a blast in this third day of playing AOE4.

Post Scriptum

They better nerf the bajeesus out of French Royal Knights next patch on monday. I luckily only see tryhards that sometimes play them because they simply want to win no matter the cost, but I'd like to play French when I know they're...you know...balanced?

[Banknes]

ranch ram works ;)

[Quintem]

There should totally be a toggle for the chat filter.

"Profanity" filters are comically, historically ALL bad. (If somebody can point me to a game with a working one that would be amazing). I remember Starcraft 2's one turning on once for me (Blizzard lets you turn them off, something they do right :P ) and it censored the words "white" and "black" I kid you not. Who signed off on those in the filter. I literally was trying to say a player name in chat "white-ra", not like he was a professional player or anything.

/rant

[Sir Clavius]

We cant even use word ,,noob'' - whats wrong with this word?

Noob - a person who is inexperienced in a particular sphere or activity.

[Quintem]

Originally posted by Ulrich:

We cant even use word ,,noob'' - whats wrong with this word?

Noob - a person who is inexperienced in a particular sphere or activity.

Noob is used as an insult as well.

[Elriadon]

I heard that it censors the word yellow. Seriously?

[Sir Clavius]

Originally posted by Quintem:

Originally posted by Ulrich:

We cant even use word ,,noob'' - whats wrong with this word?

Noob - a person who is inexperienced in a particular sphere or activity.

Noob is used as an insult as well.

Well, EVERY word can be used as insult...So lets ban whole dictionary?

Such mindless censorship is the biggest insult from all these insults. Lets ban the censorship.

[🍮]

Originally posted by Ulrich:

We cant even use word ,,noob'' - whats wrong with this word?

Noob - a person who is inexperienced in a particular sphere or activity.

they most likely did this because some people use it in a toxic way to try and insult other players. you probably know that already. so while some may say you're a noob for whatever reason, many toxic players say it as an insult to the player. it's nice to see as much moderation as we can get to stop toxic players. they're the worst part of online gaming.

[🍮]

Originally posted by Ulrich:

Well, EVERY word can be used as insult...So lets ban whole dictionary?

Such mindless censorship is the biggest insult from all these insults. Lets ban the censorship.

the real solution is to ban toxic players who think it's ok to insult team members and be abusive. the only reason it doesn't happen constantly is that it's hard to moderate.

[MVRK99]

The profanity filter seriously needs adjustment

I was playing 2v2 last night and I sent a scout forward. I spotted the enemies HORSES. I am not kidding when I say this.

I could not tell my teamate. "His horses are here."

It was *** ****** *** ****

This is beyond ridiculous. What are you guys trying to prove by blocking word after word? How is it we live in a society where violence and sex is glorified, yet I can't say "His horses are here." Get a grip already. Society already props children on a pedestal as if they were adults, who gives a ♥♥♥♥. I've seen kids as young as six running around this world speaking like a sailor. Is that what you guys are afraid of? Some kid is gonna see bad words? I DONT get it. And why in a game where you slaughter and conquer, you bleep out words like HATE or HORSES!

[MVRK99]

Oh, I got a better one for ya. I could not type in a 2v2 game to my teammate.

"His horses are here."

It was....

*** ***** *** ****

Anyone else getting fed up with censorship?

[MVRK99]

Originally posted by quork:

Originally posted by Ulrich:

Well, EVERY word can be used as insult...So lets ban whole dictionary?

Such mindless censorship is the biggest insult from all these insults. Lets ban the censorship.

the real solution is to ban toxic players who think it's ok to insult team members and be abusive. the only reason it doesn't happen constantly is that it's hard to moderate.

THEY ARE WORDS DUDE, WORDS. "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."

WHO CARES? You do not know this person, its just a video game. THEY ARE WORDS. Get over yourself. MY GOD the world has become soft.

[Sheep]

1) Go to C:\Users((USERNAME))\Documents\My Games\Age of Empires IV
2) Scroll down to and open up this file, configuration_system.lua ,in notepad
3) Scroll down to line 135: Setting filterchat
4) Change ‘True’ to ‘False’

[ARCAGNELL0]

Originally posted by Sheep:

1) Go to C:\Users((USERNAME))\Documents\My Games\Age of Empires IV
2) Scroll down to and open up this file, configuration_system.lua ,in notepad
3) Scroll down to line 135: Setting filterchat
4) Change ‘True’ to ‘False’

Hey hello again, thanks for the resons but if already read the same comment you wrote in the "official" censored word thread :)

[Riddle of Steel]

Woke web designers from reddit. Even the word "yellow" is banned wtf??????? Ban the whole dictionnary norrons cause every word can be used as an insult. When i say ducking ninnas everybody understand.

[why are we here? just to suffer?]

and I wont buy this game now

thanks guys