BUG: Restored MP Game Replaces Human Player Slot With AI

:arrow_forward: GAME INFORMATION

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  • GAME BUILD #: 12626487
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 11

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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Restoring a crashed multiplayer game against AI results in one of the HUMAN PLAYERS being shown as AI even though savefile says the human player’s name

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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

:arrow_forward: REPRODUCTION STEPS

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Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Host Multiplayer Game Against AI with friends
  2. Let the game play out
  3. Game crashes (in my case, I was the host, the game crashed for me)
  4. Game creates save file on one of my friend’s computers which is then sent to me to restore the game. (Copy pasting the save file into the mp savegame folder)
  5. “restore” MP session again.
  6. One of the slot has AI instead of my friend (Can’t even invite said friend)

:arrow_forward: EXPECTED RESULT

:point_down: What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not present?

Multiplayer session would be restored with Human Players and AI Players in their respective places.

:arrow_forward: IMAGE

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Here the list mentions my friend avalokbb2141 playing as Mayans as PLAYER 2


Here his position is replaced by AI and I cannot even invite him or anything. Its locked.

:arrow_forward: GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING)

:point_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.

Update: used Savegame file from Avalokbb2141, same problem