GAME INFORMATION
These details are CRITICAL; DO NOT skip them or your issue may not be reviewed.
- GAME BUILD #: 100.15.59076.0
- GAME PLATFORM: Steam
- OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10
ISSUE EXPERIENCED
DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL (below). LIMIT TO ONE BUG PER THREAD.
AI cannot account for the increased loading time of artillery in ships. When artillery tries to load, it gets caught in a loop trying to repeatedly load.
FREQUENCY OF ISSUE
How often does the issue occur? CHOSE ONE; DELETE THE REST!
- 100% of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS)
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 on a water map requiring naval transport (Caribbean, Amazonia, etc)
- Wait for the AI to try and load an army with artillery
EXPECTED RESULT
What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not present?
AI should wait for the artillery to load.
IMAGE
ALWAYS attach a PICTURE (.jpg, .png, .gif) or VIDEO (.mp4, YouTube link) that highlights the problem.
This video from @EntombedCurve02 happens to be with a mod enabled, though it happens without them enabled also, I just don’t have a good video of it:
Recordings and screenshots are without mods enabled.
- The first recording:

- The Second Recording:
GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING)
Attach a SAVE GAME (.aoe3Ysav) or GAME RECORDING (.aoe3Yrec) of the match where you encountered the issue. Link it below if using an external file service.
- In this recording, it happens at about 8:50, again with the red player and then with the purple player at about 10:30
Record Game 2024-02-23 10-38-57.age3Yrec (16.5 MB) - At about 5 mins into the game you can see the red ship failing to load the artillery, though this game may go out of sync:
Record Game 2024-02-23 10-24-23.age3Yrec (16.4 MB)

