Units lose their description after conversion

Grandy02 · February 28, 2026, 9:37am

GAME INFORMATION

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

ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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When extended tooltips are enabled, one can read a unit’s description (if it has one) by hovering over its icon after selecting it. Works for both the own and other players’ units. But a unit’s description is gone after converting it.

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:

Enable extened tooltips, if not enabled yet.
Open the Scenario Edtior and place some Monks (Player 1) and an enemy unit (with description, e.g. Battle Elephant) they can convert. Block the enemy’s movement with its own Palisade Walls. Add an Invisible Object for the enemy player as well, to prevent the AI’s defeat after conversion.
Test the scenario, order the Monks to convert the enemy unit. Right after that, select the enemy unit and view its description by hovering over its icon. Don’t move the mouse pointer until the conversion is complete.
Once the unit is converted to your side, the description disappears. Only the unit’s name and stats remain available.

EXPECTED RESULT

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A unit’s description should still be accesible after it changed sides.
This also happens for units converted via triggers and Gaia units that are automatically converted.

IMAGE

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Viewing an enemy Battle Elephant’s description before its conversion:

The moment it becomes my unit, the description disappears, save for the name and stats:

GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING)

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