. This can occur mid-match, leading to crashes, or upon launch, greyout out menu buttons and preventing play. Common Causes Security Software Interference:
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"A running process may be interfering with the correct operation of AoE2 DE. This may be caused by anti-virus software, malware, game overlays, or other active processes on your PC" Steam Community age of empires 2 definitive edition tampering detected
Discord, Steam, or NVIDIA overlays can sometimes cause conflicts by "hooking" into the game’s visuals. . This can occur mid-match
Issue persisted in some cases, especially with overlays or after using mods that modify UI or textures. leading to crashes