Return of Rome: Mod Features - civilizations.json crashes game with any change

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

  • GAME BUILD #: 11179620
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

Modifying civilizations.json leads to game crash, e.g. when entering Skirmish.

Some other users are experiencing the same problem.

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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

:arrow_forward: REPRODUCTION STEPS

Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Change “hud_style” of any civilization, e.g. replace Roman’s hud_style with any other civilization’s.
  2. Restore stock civilizations.json. Change “emblem_image_path” of any civilization, e.g. replace Roman’s emblem_image_path with any other civilization’s.

:arrow_forward: EXPECTED RESULT

  1. Skirmish started with new hud_style.
  2. Skirmish started with new emblem.

:arrow_forward: ACTUAL RESULT

  1. Game crashed on clicking “Skirmish”.
  2. Game crashed on clicking “Skirmish”.

:arrow_forward: IMAGE

ror_crash_on_civ_json
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The file in the game folder is not modificable, it must be included in a data mod. We will log this for potential improvement of communication in the UI.