# Weird dark palce on map that units lost in there

**URL:** <https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/weird-dark-palce-on-map-that-units-lost-in-there/289899>\
**Category:** II - Report a Bug\
**Created:** [September 23, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/weird-dark-palce-on-map-that-units-lost-in-there/289899 "2026-09-23T17:32:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![torpedotornado7](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/torpedotornado7/32/32336_2.png) [@torpedotornado7](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/torpedotornado7)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/weird-dark-palce-on-map-that-units-lost-in-there/289899/1 "2026-09-23T17:32:57Z")

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### ▶ GAME INFORMATION

- **GAME BUILD #:** Update 185872
- **GAME PLATFORM:** Steam / Microsoft Store / Xbox / PlayStation
- **OPERATING SYSTEM:** Windows 10

### ▶ ISSUE EXPERIENCED

👇 _DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL (below). LIMIT TO ONE BUG PER THREAD._

### ▶ FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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

### ▶ REPRODUCTION STEPS

1.Open scenario editor

2.Add trigger

3.set to “create garrisoned unit”

4.set it to be garrisoned on a trasportship.

5.let it be any units

6.let the trigger fire.

7.it then create a dark circle in the corner left, that if your units get in, you lose control of it.

### ▶ EXPECTED RESULT

Not have a black hole on the map.

### ▶ IMAGE

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zAXR8pFlchQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Age of Empires II Definitive Edition 2026 09 24 00 39 24") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAXR8pFlchQ)

### ▶ GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING)

> **[BUG.aoe2scenario](https://drive.google.com/file/d/16uVf_kst5SQHMV2IsfdKGSicbyfzlBaJ/view?usp=sharing)**
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> Google Drive file.

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**Author:** ![RoyalForgotten](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/royalforgotten/32/156335_2.png) [@RoyalForgotten](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/RoyalForgotten)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/weird-dark-palce-on-map-that-units-lost-in-there/289899/2 "2026-09-23T21:06:24Z")

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This bug was here since 4 years ago but nobody understood how to trigger this bug, until now

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**Author:** ![BlakSan1](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/blaksan1/32/212508_2.png) [@BlakSan1](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/BlakSan1)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/weird-dark-palce-on-map-that-units-lost-in-there/289899/3 "2026-09-26T14:11:54Z")

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This bug was in HD version although worked bit different and was used in DE scenario “Deeds of the Father”, but was broken few updates ago. It’s interesting to see it working, but not in the official DLC scenario.

If devs plan to fix this, then I hope they will consider implementing a trigger recreating the fog of war manipulation as I planned to use it in my custom campaign and am sure some other custom scenario designers will agree with me on believing of this being a very useful tool for designing scenarios.