Error messages breaking games

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

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  • GAME BUILD #: 101.103.12119.0
  • 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.

: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. Open Kurikara or Saladin 2
  2. Get error message
  3. Entire PC freezes

:play_button: EXPECTED RESULT

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

Being able to play

: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.

SP Replay v101.103.12119.0 @2025.05.01 191714.aoe2record (2,7,MB)

It makes Kurikara completely unplayable, but I’ve also gotten these error messages in Saladin 2. The messages say the error might be caused by mods, but the file names make it clear it’s the new elite unit skins.

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This is the SLD file error that many people including me are now experiencing. It happens at least on campaigns and skirmish games. Editor doesn’t have this issue.

There were some solutions for this:

  1. If you have any mods activated, then deactivate them.
  2. In most cases, people said that it is due to the UHD graphic pack. So, uncheck it and then restart the scenario.
  3. If it doesn’t help, then uninstall the UHD pack and reinstall it, and test it.
  4. If it still doesn’t help, remove the entire game and reinstall it.

To me, neither of these helped. It isn’t related to the UHD in the first place. The developers should check the log and see what was going wrong.

I also posted this issue yesterday with my replay and log files. I hope this will be fixed soon. :frowning: