diff --git a/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameLogic/Object/Object.cpp b/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameLogic/Object/Object.cpp
index 60b5214dbc..eee44de2ea 100644
--- a/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameLogic/Object/Object.cpp
+++ b/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameLogic/Object/Object.cpp
@@ -3996,9 +3996,17 @@ void Object::removeUpgrade( const UpgradeTemplate *upgradeT )
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void Object::onCapture( Player *oldOwner, Player *newOwner )
 {
-	// Everybody dhills when they captured so they don't keep doing something the new player might not want him to be doing
+	// Everybody chills when they captured so they don't keep doing something the new player might not want him to be doing
+	// TheSuperHackers @tweak Stubbjax 19/11/2025 Except when the new owner is an ally, so that Hackers keep on hacking, etc.
 	if( getAIUpdateInterface()  &&  (oldOwner != newOwner) )
+	{
+#if RETAIL_COMPATIBLE_CRC
 		getAIUpdateInterface()->aiIdle(CMD_FROM_AI);
+#else
+		if (oldOwner->getRelationship(newOwner->getDefaultTeam()) != ALLIES)
+			getAIUpdateInterface()->aiIdle(CMD_FROM_AI);
+#endif
+	}
 
 	// this gets the new owner some points
 	newOwner->getScoreKeeper()->addObjectCaptured(this);
diff --git a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameLogic/Object/Object.cpp b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameLogic/Object/Object.cpp
index f65afacd15..8cff59b5d0 100644
--- a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameLogic/Object/Object.cpp
+++ b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameLogic/Object/Object.cpp
@@ -4517,9 +4517,17 @@ void Object::removeUpgrade( const UpgradeTemplate *upgradeT )
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void Object::onCapture( Player *oldOwner, Player *newOwner )
 {
-	// Everybody dhills when they captured so they don't keep doing something the new player might not want him to be doing
+	// Everybody chills when they captured so they don't keep doing something the new player might not want him to be doing
+	// TheSuperHackers @tweak Stubbjax 19/11/2025 Except when the new owner is an ally, so that Hackers keep on hacking, etc.
 	if( getAIUpdateInterface()  &&  (oldOwner != newOwner) )
+	{
+#if RETAIL_COMPATIBLE_CRC
 		getAIUpdateInterface()->aiIdle(CMD_FROM_AI);
+#else
+		if (oldOwner->getRelationship(newOwner->getDefaultTeam()) != ALLIES)
+			getAIUpdateInterface()->aiIdle(CMD_FROM_AI);
+#endif
+	}
 
 	// this gets the new owner some points
 	newOwner->getScoreKeeper()->addObjectCaptured(this);