Battle Royale - "Corruption" terrain plain black instead of lava-like

Age of Empires II: DE II - Report a Bug
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:play_button: GAME INFORMATION

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  • GAME BUILD #: 141935
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 11

:play_button: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

:backhand_index_pointing_down: DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL (below). LIMIT TO ONE BUG PER THREAD.
In Battle Royale mode, the so-called “Corruption” gradually consumes the map. Normally, it appears as dark red, lava-like and animated terrain.

But since a while, already before update 141935, it’s plain black and no longer animated.

It doesn’t matter whether I use maximum or minimum graphics settings. I also verified integrity of game files once, it didn’t fix the issue. I’m not using mods.

:play_button: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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  • 100% of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS)

:play_button: REPRODUCTION STEPS

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Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Start a Skirmish game in Battle Royale mode.
  2. Use the “marco” and “polo” cheats to reveal the map.
  3. Watch the expansion of the Corruption, which appears as plain black terrain.

:play_button: EXPECTED RESULT

:backhand_index_pointing_down: What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not present?
The Corruption should appear as the dark red lava-like terrain again.

:play_button: IMAGE

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What the Corruption looks like now, indistinguishable from the “Black” terrain:

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What it used to look like:

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The second image is taken from the official introduction video:
Age of Empires II: DE - Battle Royale Deep Dive - YouTube

: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.

New scenario editor elements (units, terrain, gaia)
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Still not fixed. Am I the only one affected? Can anyone else confirm that the Corruption terrain is no longer properly displayed?

Its texture file, g_kf1.dds, is still there, and appears to be unchanged since the game’s installation.

I’m missing the cool effects that were possible with the terrain in custom scenarios. When painting Water on the Corruption in Layering Mode, the former would regularly “descend” into the lava and resurface. Nice for scenarios with supernatural elements.

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Thx for the report, we are now tracking the issue