Malta 8 Xbow card broken after patch

tallison720 · November 9, 2023, 3:01am

GAME INFORMATION

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**GAME BUILD #:**15.30007
GAME PLATFORM: Steam
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 11

ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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Malta 8 Crossbowmen card does not send any, does not increase population counter when sent

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

Play Malta
Age 2
3.Send 8 Crossbowmen card

EXPECTED RESULT

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I would have 8 crossbowmen

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Sagetbh · November 9, 2023, 5:21pm

So this also is a bug for France. The xbows never arrive.

HaRRiiS0N · November 9, 2023, 8:00pm

malta 10inf xbow broke, port 8 xbow broke. weirdly malta 12 20 and 24 xbows work

HaRRiiS0N · November 9, 2023, 8:01pm

Im so grateful there is a thermometer in the main menu to make up for this

coffeeco01 · November 10, 2023, 3:48am

Found the reason

the 8 and infinite xbow card is shared with port and due to the changes to the ChurchBestieros tech the card now requires the civ to have this line in the Age0 starting tech

 <effect type="TechStatus" status="obtainable">DEHCShipCrossbowShadow</effect>

This tech has only been added for Port and Germany

Thats why its only the 8 and the 10 infinite that is affected cause they are the only ones shared with Port

This needs to be fixed quick and it should be simple

BonnyMountain91 · November 10, 2023, 7:42am

I love how players not only point out bugs but also how to fix it. Devs better patch it fast.

coffeeco01 · November 10, 2023, 7:55am

and someone made a mod for it already lol by the time i commented

TheDunamai · November 10, 2023, 2:59pm

The release cycles are out of the devs’ hand most of the time. Hence my mod

moonshineaoe · November 10, 2023, 5:31pm

maybe Age of Empires should hire you as a volunteer dev xD I feel this would give the game a bit more advantage ^^

Lichtkang · November 11, 2023, 10:57am

I noticed the same bug, on 8 crossbows shipment, with Malta and France

TheDunamai · November 13, 2023, 4:28pm

You cannot compare a hobbyist doing high-level XML code in its free time to a dev working on low-level (as in closer to machine code) C# code working under pressure. That is not fair.

Thank you, still !

But I do admit I would not mind talking to FE about lending a hand, just to see the other side…

Plac23 · November 19, 2023, 8:25am

It is still not fixed after the latest patch. Intolerable, since you already offered solution.

Plac23 · November 19, 2023, 8:39am

sorry my bad, i thought new patch was released today.

stephensundin · November 25, 2023, 7:27am

Unfortunately, I have found this bug also impacts the infinite 8 xbow shipment only available to France in the “Land Battle” Art of War Scenario. This is particularly concerning as this directly impacts new players in what is likely their first interaction with the game. This bug needs a patch immediately.

matazombis4087 · December 3, 2023, 9:07am

omg 24d with this bug…

ArrivedLeader22 · December 3, 2023, 2:26pm

Next community challenge would be to reach 200k unique players each month to earn the bugfix.

AssertiveWall20 · December 3, 2023, 3:39pm

Why not? The dev who f’d this up was doing high level XML code, and the ones who missed it in QA might not even be programmers.

synchronos5 · January 28, 2024, 12:31pm

This bug also affects the campaign, at least the Act 1, where Morgan Black leads the Knights of St. John. While technically Malta, it doesn’t have anything to do with the new Malta faction; the faction is made as a copy of the Spanish, I believe. Unfortunately, even the Crossbow Baaalance Patch mod doesn’t fix it. Would really help some scenarios, where the enemy immediately attacks, to get some early crossbowmen.

TheDunamai · January 28, 2024, 6:38pm

Thanks ! I will try and update the patch.

EntombedCurve02 · March 1, 2024, 5:44am

Yes, I wanted to report this too. Is it gonna be fixed on the next patch?