Game Version:
- Build 35584
- Platform Steam
Issue:
I am a mod developer for AOE2DE. Whenever I create a data mod that contains additional techs, and specifically with a large number of techs (2000 < #techs < 32767), researching those techs can sometimes crash the game. The same happens for everyone I talked to, so it doesn’t seem like it’s on my end.
I’ve identified two main exceptions at the root of this:
Exception type 0xc0000005 occurred at 00007ffxxxxxxxxx crashes the game immediately once I start researching some techs (appears random, one tech may crash the game in one match and work fine in another)
Exception type 0xc00000fd occurred at 00007ffxxxxxxxxx happens mainly in the late game and is apparently not associated with starting a new research
Ill just remind you that all those mods worked well in AOE2HD and previous versions of the game. This issue started with DE
Please work on this, 256x tech mod is one of the 10 most popular mods in the mod manager and it doesn’t even work, so I think the community would appreciate a fix
Reproduction Steps:
- Start a game with a datamod (specifically multi tech mods). I created this mod just as a demonstration of the issue. https://www.ageofempires.com/mods/details/3756
Another mod you could try is 256x tech mod - Trinh, which is currently the 9th most popular mod in the mod manager - Start researching technologies until it crashes the game. Warning! Do not use the aegis cheat while researching techs, because it appears to not crash in this circumstance