Game crashes when playing co-op vs ai

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

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  • GAME BUILD #: Version 101.103.22566.0 (#153638) 19603495
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10

:play_button: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

:backhand_index_pointing_down: DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL (below). LIMIT TO ONE BUG PER THREAD.
It has now happened 3 times, on two different computers, that the game crashes around feudal age when I am playing co-op with another person vs. the AI. The other person (controlling and viewing the same player I am) doesn’t give any inputs and just observes while I play.

When we switched to me just playing singleplayer and streaming my perspective to him through a third-party application, the crashes went away.

: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

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Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Host a lobby
  2. Invite a friend
  3. Share the same player with the friend by selecting same colour, same team, and same civ.
  4. Put one AI as opponent.
  5. Play while the friend gives no inputs and just observes.
  6. The game crashes likely around or just before feudal age.

:play_button: EXPECTED RESULT

:backhand_index_pointing_down: What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not present?
The game is not supposed to crash.

:play_button: IMAGE

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:play_button: GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING)

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MP Replay v101.103.22566.0 @2025.08.26 172300 (1).aoe2record (2.2 MB)

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theres so many crashes and out of syncs atm not even sure if they’re all somehow related. death match games are getting 95% desync rate after like 30+ games and can never finish, mods have 90% out of sync and crash rate also never finish but only crashes when its online multiplayer game, when it comes to skirmish the crash can never be reproduced..

game is butched up hard by this latest patch they mostly only seem to hard prioritize 1v1 tournament view experience

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I am having the same problem!

I think for me it happened when I tried to place a farm, with the Khmer If it made a difference.

me and the other player were playing on the same color just like described and the crashes did happen in feudal I believe.

got this game to play with my dad who can’t handle the micro on his own, so I really hope there is a fix or solution.

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Yeaaaah i just noticed it happens when you places farms as well! That is quite strange. Maybe it is less about feudal, and more that that is when your ( and I ) are placing farms.

now… if that is the issue… not sure what the fix is… can’t stop building farms…

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Same exact problem for this person as well. Happens when placing farms

Game crashing when placing farm in Multiplayer
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This is already being tracked by the team.

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