Characters disappearing in shadows but counts to max

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

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  • GAME BUILD #: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Version: 101.103.2359.0
  • GAME PLATFORM: Xbox PC
  • 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 Ragnar (850), in the western-most corner there is an area that is not cleared when I moved Ragnar and a few units but all of the characters disappeared. In hitting the ‘,’ key, it actually located the characters but didn’t show them and I couldn’t click to move them out of the shadowed area. So these units are non-playable and they count against my max units.

: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)

: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 the game
  2. Load up characters in a transport
  3. Go to the western area
  4. Disembark
  5. Move the units to the far left corner

:play_button: EXPECTED RESULT

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

Well, naturally, NO units should be swallowed up by the blackened out areas of ‘any’ map.

:play_button: IMAGE

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: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.

Game file AOE2SPGAME

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fGmATEuEDCqiITZ3Pxncp7Mk4f5upyGf/view?usp=drive_link

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Thanks for the report @Scatmanicus. I could reproduce with the provided savegame and informed the team about the issue.

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Felizon89,

Just to let you know but I have seen the exact same issue on other campaigns. I’ll check and come back with a list as soon as I can check them out.

Scatman

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I don’t know about regular campaigns and historical battles, but apparently this bug is happening on all missions from Victors and Vanquished.

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