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Game Version: v. 100.18.28714.0 (553002R)
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Build Number: 18579198
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Platform: Steam
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Operating System: Windows 11
Issue:
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When you create a multiplayer game with a scenario, you have to fill all the player slots with players.
If there are fewer players, you simply can’t play. The game won’t let you continue.
It should be possible to fill the remaining slots with inactive AIs, as in Age of Empires 2 and 3.
The current way of working is annoying for scenario creators. If you want to make a special map, for example, for 12 players, you have to generate the scenario 12 times with the right number of players (a version for 1 player, another version for two players, another for three players etc.).
A hell of a thing to manage. Especially when you have to make a modification to the map after publication (you have to recreate this scenario 12 more time). In addition to increasing the size of the mod unnecessarily).
A screen with a scenario featuring four player slots. If I want to play alone or with just one friend, I can’t, the game prevents me from continuing or putting an AI in the empty player slots:
