Multiplayer save file restore download only 1 player at a time?

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

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  • GAME BUILD #: latest (and past as well)
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam / Microsoft Store (both)
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10 / Windows 8 and win 11

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

:point_down: DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL (below). LIMIT TO ONE BUG PER THREAD.

when restoring multiplayer save game (either from manual save file, or auto save due to game crash or desync), the restored lobby transfer save files extremely slow.

game was designed for dial up back in the days and transfer file 1 or 2 players at a time at most, and at an extremely slow pace. the save files at best are 4-5MB in size but takes over 1 min sometimes, please fix.

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

:point_down: How often does the issue occur? CHOSE ONE; DELETE THE REST!

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

:arrow_forward: REPRODUCTION STEPS

:point_down: List CLEAR and DETAILED STEPS we can take to reproduce the issue ourselves… Be descriptive!

Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. have 8 players in a game, play till mid game.
  2. save game and restore
  3. watch all 8 players download VERY slowly, and only 1 or 2 players download at the same time.

:arrow_forward: EXPECTED RESULT

:point_down: What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not present?

multiple players all download automatically and download instantly as save file are tiny in size.

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Hi @thieftdp8498 !

Sorry for the delay. We are now tracking this issue!

Do you have a video where this issue is shown? It could help us a lot to ilustrate the problem

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I will record a video next time we restore, but normally wouldn’t restore unless game desync so I’ll keep thread updated

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@IkoKnight

heres a video recorded today restoring. showing how slow the download is and it doesnt do all player at the same time. this definitely need some improvement.

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Thanks for this! I have attached the video to our internal ticket ^-^

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