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We have confirmed that some players may run into problems with some of their game options changing mid-game. This could happen if players owned the game prior to 1.04.00 and have since upgraded to a later version. Specifically, we were able to confirm a case where the game balance country national morale bonuses changed after an MP game was created. This could happen when an existing wargame.dat file was corrupted when the player upgraded to 1.04.00 or a later version. We do not think this issue is limited to Multiplayer server games, as we think it might happen in PBEM and other games. The situation is rare, but we cannot say exactly how rare it might be. We suggest players do the following:

1) On the 2nd player’s first turn, or later, check the game options screen while in each game to see if they match those that were set at the start of the game. If they do not, it is too late to change the settings. The game displays the game option settings that are in use in the current game.
2) We suggest you hold off starting a new MP or PBEM game until the next beta is released, which is expected next week. If you do start a new game, follow point 1 above to check to make sure your game is not being impacted by the issue.

The next beta will fix existing wargame.dat files so that any new games created should be safe from this problem, but it will not fix existing games that have been impacted by it. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and are working hard to try to fix this issue as soon as possible.

Joel Billings wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2026 4:54 pm We have confirmed that some players may run into problems with some of their game options changing mid-game. This could happen if players owned the game prior to 1.04.00 and have since upgraded to a later version.

Joel,

I first installed with GGWarInTheEast2-SetupRelease-v01.00.07.exe, and have only been doing updates. Are you saying that I need to uninstall the game and reinstall with the next beta or patch?

Thanks.

Will the fix protect games that are already underway and have not yet been affected by the bug?

Sammy5IsAlive wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2026 11:56 am Will the fix protect games that are already underway and have not yet been affected by the bug?

Games that have the issue will not be fixed by the next update. However, if you check your game options on the 2nd player turn or later, and they are as you expected, they should not change again for the rest of the game.

MarkShot wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2026 7:05 am
Joel,

I first installed with GGWarInTheEast2-SetupRelease-v01.00.07.exe, and have only been doing updates. Are you saying that I need to uninstall the game and reinstall with the next beta or patch?

Thanks.

You won't need to reinstall, just upgrade to the next patch that comes out and it will fix your files.

I believe this glitch may have affected my message delay level from 2 to 4, doubling my settings. This occurred about a week ago or ten days. Couldn’t understand initially why this setting was changed, and I don’t how I could have mistakenly changed it. Looked over my settings this seemed to be the only one affected. This is new purchase purchasing in May 2026, and updated with all patches.