Hello,
I’m encountering a critical bug that prevents progression in the “Chronicles: Battle for Greece” campaign, specifically in Mission #9: “Raise Sails.”
Problem Description:
After a new set of high-tier naval upgrades (including the Ballista Ship Range upgrade, and other concurrent technologies) becomes available upon accumulating sufficient naval points in this mission, the following occurs:
- I select any of these newly unlocked upgrades at the Dock and initiate its research.
- The research completes successfully.
- Immediately upon the research completion, the Dock’s user interface (UI) becomes permanently stuck on the screen.
- The Dock’s image remains constantly displayed as if I am still interacting with it.
- I cannot switch to any other UI elements (e.g., other buildings or units).
- The pause menu cannot be opened (pressing the ESC key does not work).
- I cannot exit the game through normal means.
- Crucially: The game itself continues to run in the background. I can “blindly” select other units on the map (without their UI appearing) and issue commands, but the main interface remains locked to the Dock.
- The only way to close the game is to force-quit the process via Windows Task Manager.
This bug makes further progression in Mission 9 and, consequently, the entire campaign impossible.
My Configuration and Troubleshooting Steps:
- Game Version: 101.103.16877.0 (#147949) - Confirmed as the latest as of July 11, 2025.
- DLC: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Chronicles: Battle for Greece
- Platform: Steam
- Enhanced Graphics Pack: Disabled from the start.
- Xbox Profile: I am not logged into an Xbox profile in-game.
- Game File Integrity: Verified via Steam, no issues found.
- Additional Steps: I have tried pressing ESC and various hotkeys, but the UI remains unresponsive. I’ve also tried different upgrades from this “tier,” with the same result.
Please investigate this issue, as it severely impacts the gameplay experience and blocks access to DLC content.
Thank you!