Impossible to lay foundations of a building after using cheatcode "marco"

Age of Empires II: DE II - Report a Bug
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:arrow_forward: GAME INFORMATION

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  • GAME BUILD #: 6228353
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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It is impossible to lay the foundations of a building in the fog of war after using the cheatcode “marco”. Note: after using the cheatcode “polo”, the issue does not disappear as some visible areas suffer from the some problem.

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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  • Less than 25% of the time / matches I play (RARELY)

:arrow_forward: REPRODUCTION STEPS

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Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Start a Skirmish game vs AI.
  2. Type cheatchode “marco”
  3. Try to lay the foundations of a building in the fog of war.

:arrow_forward: EXPECTED RESULT

:point_down: What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not present?
The player would be able to lay the foundations of the building.

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I think this is the same behavior as from the oldest version of the game (meaning legacy feature or bug)

even though marco and polo reveal the area, they don’t count as you having actually explored it

you have to walk there to properly explore it