I hope this helps, if someone has already posted this, feel free to delete my post. Thank you.
GAME INFORMATION
I was having FFA community games and the games went out of sync 3 of them in a row (some more last week) so we decided to see what could be the reason and (apparently) we found it.
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GAME BUILD #:
101.101.44834.0 6148570 -
GAME PLATFORM:
Steam -
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Windows 10
ISSUE EXPERIENCED
Usually this happens in FFA games and in 2v2v2v2 because in team games or 1v1s this situations are not usual, when you (Player A) is trying to escape to find a new base and you place foundations of something in a place that already has the LOS of Player B’s unit (not building) and Player B gets to see the “dust” of the building, the game goes OOS.
FREQUENCY OF ISSUE
- 100% of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS) when this happens
REPRODUCTION STEPS
List CLEAR and DETAILED STEPS we can take to reproduce the issue ourselves… Be descriptive!
Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:
- Play multiplayer FFA, 2v2v2, Diplomacy or other kind of non-common game settings with at least 3 teams present
- Explore the map (or use explored)
- Build something in an already explored area where an opponent has LOS of a UNIT (after at least some time into the game, not inmediately and the opponent has to have particles on apparently to see the “dust”)
- OOS
EXPECTED RESULT
No OOS
VIDEO OF HOW WE FOUND THE PROBLEM
Desync moments (just look at this timelines, I was not able to cut the everything)
- Game 1: 6:19
- Game 2: 10:58
- Game 3: 24:34
GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING)
Attach a SAVE GAME (.aoe2spgame) or GAME RECORDING (.aoe2record) of the match where you encountered the issue. Link it below if using an external file service.
*MP Replay v101.101.44834.0 @2021.02.02 112700 (1).aoe2record (2.2 MB) MP Replay v101.101.44834.0 @2021.02.02 120038 (1).aoe2record (2.4 MB) MP Replay v101.101.44834.0 @2021.02.02 123653 (1).aoe2record (1.9 MB)