Arena map script leaves holes

:play_button: GAME INFORMATION

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  • GAME BUILD #: 101.103.1211119.0
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10

:play_button: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

:backhand_index_pointing_down: DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL (below). LIMIT TO ONE BUG PER THREAD.
Arena map spawned with a hole in the wall, making it easy for my enemy to push into it.

:play_button: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

:backhand_index_pointing_down: How often does the issue occur? CHOSE ONE; DELETE THE REST!

  • 100% of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS)
    No kidding, this was the first time I played Arena in this patch and this is a 100% time so far…

:play_button: REPRODUCTION STEPS

:backhand_index_pointing_down: List CLEAR and DETAILED STEPS we can take to reproduce the issue ourselves… Be descriptive!

Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Start in Arena
  2. Look at walls
    3.Hope it didn’t happen

:play_button: EXPECTED RESULT

:backhand_index_pointing_down: What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not present?
Arena base is fully walled

:play_button: IMAGE

:play_button: GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING)

:backhand_index_pointing_down: Attach a SAVE GAME (.aoe2spgame) or GAME RECORDING (.aoe2record) of the match where you encountered the issue. Link it below if using an external file service.

MP Replay v101.103.12119.0 @2025.05.01 085504 (1).aoe2record (1.5 MB)

I’ve done 100 Random Map generations of 1v1 Arena in scenario editor.

Generation with seed 1512833422 has a hole. Making it again with Seed Map made the same hole.

Generation with seed 792536688 has a hole. Making it again with Seed Map made the same hole.

About 35% of the time a 3rd gate will spawn into a 0 or 1 tile gap that is closed off, some examples follow








4 player Arena, 100 generations.
10 instances of a 3rd gate into woodline, walls seem to be more forward in team games.

Seed -2125636507 has hole. Seeding map again keeps hole.


Weird backwall in seed 1982327745

6 player Arena. 100 generations.

0 holes.
7x 3rd gate into woodline.

8 player Arena. 25 generations, 0 holes.