Infinite farm food bug

:play_button: GAME INFORMATION

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  • GAME BUILD #: 153015
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10

:play_button: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

:backhand_index_pointing_down: DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL (below). LIMIT TO ONE BUG PER THREAD.

:play_button: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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

:play_button: REPRODUCTION STEPS

Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Good luck, the save game is attached
  2. Probably have AI make a farm
  3. Steal it (buggy right now have to click twice)
  4. Chance farm becomes infinite

:play_button: EXPECTED RESULT

Farms are supposed to have food that is a natural number.

:play_button: IMAGE

:play_button: GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING)

MP Replay v101.103.22566.0 @2025.08.30 162023 (2).aoe2record (15.6 MB)

Turns out this is more severe than expected, as farms which are claimed by someone else refresh the food on them to the maximal amount. For example Sicilian with Chinese ally can turn almost depleted farms back into 1100 food farms. This makes this a severe exploit.