Scenarios completely broken and hardly possible to host, broken colors

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

:backhand_index_pointing_down: These details are CRITICAL; DO NOT skip them or your issue may not be reviewed.

  • GAME BUILD #: 162286
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 11 / Windows 10 / Windows 8 / Windows 7 / Mac / Linux

:play_button: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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

When hosting custom scenarios with fixed player colors, player colors differ between the lobby/server and in-game. This leads to severe hosting, playing and replaying issues.

Also the map displayed (and probably behavior) is broken, For example, when starting hosting if the map was selected is Kirby, then it will show up in the lobby browser, in game and in replays.

:play_button: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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

  • 50% of the time all or some players disconnect or crash
  • 100% of the time all colors are incorrect

:play_button: REPRODUCTION STEPS

:backhand_index_pointing_down: List CLEAR and DETAILED STEPS we can take to reproduce the issue ourselves… Be descriptiv e!

Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Make a scenario with fixed colors

  2. Create a multiplayer lobby and play with AI / real players

  3. During hosting, in game and after the game the information is broken.

:play_button: EXPECTED RESULT

:backhand_index_pointing_down: What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not prese nt?

  1. At least matching colors.
  2. Ideally add a possibility to refer to player’s numbers (colors) instead of their position in lobby in scenarios, RMS and XS. With that players will not be forced to have specific colors.

:play_button: IMAGE

:backhand_index_pointing_down: ALWAYS attach a PICTURE (.jpg, .png, .gif) or VIDEO (.mp4, YouTube link) that highlights the prob lem.

The map name is wrong in replays:

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Mismatching colors in lobby:

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Mismatching colors in AoE2 lobby, replays and CA replays (same file)

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This match lasted 1:27:00 without issues but cannot be replayed. I suspect this is caused by the XS script being modified after the game, as the replay likely does not store the exact script version used during the match

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:play_button: GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING)

:backhand_index_pointing_down: 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 ser vice.

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Update.

Not Sure what changed, but latest games are now:

  • consistently possible to host and play (if no errors in the scenario itself)
  • consistently NOT possible to replay (previously 50%-50%)
  • colors are still broken (as always)