Scenario Editor: Effect "Damage Object" does not give bonus HP to buildings when using negative values

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

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  • GAME BUILD #: According to Main Menü 101.101.50700.0 7006804
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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So since the start of this year (to be exakt the Patch which was released in 26th January), it was made possible to give Units more than 32767 HP (Some Integer limit) by using “Damage Object” with negative values. However this does not seem to work for Buildings

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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

:arrow_forward: REPRODUCTION STEPS

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  1. Create a Scenario and add a Trigger
  2. Add “Damage object” in that Trigger, set an Area with a Building and one Unit,
  3. Add any Negative Value except -1 (which is the default)
  4. Compare the Health change of both units after testing the Scenario

:arrow_forward: IMAGE

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You would expect the Damage Object to also work on Buildings. But as seen in the Pics, it doesnt

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Since apparently there is much more activity on the behalf of the developer team and they seem to answer under bug reports more often. I would like to Reply to my bug report in order to push it to the top.
I would like to do this with every of my 6-7 Bug reports with 1 push per day -
If this is against the Rules of this Forum, please let me know.
From my perspective, I really need those bugs fixed to advance with my personal projects, and I am sure many others as well.

Kind Regards

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Hey @BouffantBloom32
thanks for the report, the issue is luckily already being tracked!
have a nice day