Game crashes at launch since recent updates, text mod isn't working anymore

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

  • GAME BUILD: update 51737
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

Hi there,

we created a mod to translate the game in Breton language and it worked fine, but since recent updates it appears that it makes the game crash after the intro vid.

It’s in a local mod repository :

→ C:\Users[my name]\Games\Age of Empires 2 DE\76561199036560832\mods\local\test\resources\fr\strings\key-value\key-value-modded-strings-utf8.txt

I tried to change the texts in it by the French official translation (in order to check if it was a problem from our translation) but it also crashes.

If anybody has some ideas, they’re welcome :wink:

PS :
When overwriting the French lines for the official translation with my own ones in :

→ C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\AoE2DE\resources\fr\strings\key-value\key-value-strings-utf8.txt

and deactivating my mod, it works…
But I think it won’t last and as soon as new lines will be added to the file, I’ll have to replace the file again.

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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

:arrow_forward: REPRODUCTION STEPS

Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Suscribe to a text mod
    (for instance : https://www.ageofempires.com/mods/details/22883/ but I tried with other translations)
  2. Restart the game.
  3. It crashes during the intro vid.

:arrow_forward: EXPECTED RESULT

The game would launch with the texts translated in Breton language (as it did before).

:arrow_forward: IMAGE

I don’t have any since there is nothing to see.

Thanks for your help :wink: