[RoR] Cracks eye candy object still appears above unit graphics

Grandy02 · March 11, 2026, 8:43am

GAME INFORMATION

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GAME BUILD #: 169652
GAME PLATFORM: Steam
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 11

ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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In the base game, the eye candy object Cracks no longer appears above unit graphics since update 153015. But it still does in Return of Rome, which just looks weird.

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:

Open the Return of Rome Scenario Editor and place some units for Player 1, e.g. Villagers and Trade Carts.
For Gaia, place some Cracks objects (found under “Others”) in the same area.
Test the scenario and move around the units, let them walk over the terrain cracks. The cracks can appear above the unit graphics.
Repeat the above in the base game. The difference is that the units will generally be above the cracks.

EXPECTED RESULT

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Since this aspect of the terrain cracks was fixed in the base game, the same should happen in Return of Rome.

IMAGE

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In the base game, it looks fine…

…but in RoR, the terrain cracks still appear above units.

GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING)

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