Periodic late-game crashes

:arrow_forward: GAME INFORMATION

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  • GAME BUILD #: 16271343
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 11

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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The game periodically crashes to the desktop in the late game.

No error messages, no crash logs, the corresponding folder in the “C:\Users{USERNAME}\Games\Age of Empires 2 DE\logs” only contains an empty “Main” file.

Crash event in the Event Viewer says:

Faulting application name: AoE2DE_s.exe, version: 101.102.62906.0, time stamp: 0x6725806f
Faulting module name: AoE2DE_s.exe, version: 101.102.62906.0, time stamp: 0x6725806f
Exception code: 0xc0000409
Fault offset: 0x0000000002bb002d

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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

  • 25% of the time / matches I play (SOMETIMES)

:arrow_forward: REPRODUCTION STEPS

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Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Start a new game (multiplayer or singleplayer)
  2. Play for half an hour
  3. The game crashed

:arrow_forward: EXPECTED RESULT

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

The game doesn’t crash

:arrow_forward: IMAGE

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No image sorry

:arrow_forward: GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING)

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Game recording, event log, crash dump and dxdiag info in Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/180BKvkMPSOFnDBDsTSKNsB0Z5BwLhWnI?usp=sharing