diff --git a/tests/dGameTests/dGameMessagesTests/GameMessageTestUtils.h b/tests/dGameTests/dGameMessagesTests/GameMessageTestUtils.h
index 4a230f532..4f8dd591e 100644
--- a/tests/dGameTests/dGameMessagesTests/GameMessageTestUtils.h
+++ b/tests/dGameTests/dGameMessagesTests/GameMessageTestUtils.h
@@ -79,6 +79,24 @@ namespace GameMessageTestUtils {
 		return copy;
 	}
 
+	// Reads a whole game message packet copied from a live capture (hex), requires its header to carry T's message ID
+	// and the payload to be consumed up to the byte padding, and requires the struct to write the same bytes back.
+	template<typename T>
+	T FromLiveCapture(const std::string& hex) {
+		auto live = FromHex(hex);
+		RakNet::BitStream bitStream(live.bytes.data(), live.bytes.size(), false);
+		T msg;
+		LWOOBJID target{};
+		MessageType::Game msgId{};
+		EXPECT_TRUE(GameMessages::NetGameMsg::ReadPacketHeader(bitStream, target, msgId));
+		EXPECT_EQ(msgId, msg.msgId);
+		EXPECT_TRUE(msg.Deserialize(bitStream));
+		EXPECT_LT(bitStream.GetNumberOfUnreadBits(), 8u);
+		msg.target = target;
+		EXPECT_EQ(StructPacket(msg).bytes, live.bytes);
+		return msg;
+	}
+
 	// Checks that every strict prefix of msg's serialized payload fails to deserialize.
 	template<typename T>
 	void ExpectTruncatedFails(const T& msg) {
diff --git a/tests/dGameTests/dGameMessagesTests/PropertyMessagesTests.cpp b/tests/dGameTests/dGameMessagesTests/PropertyMessagesTests.cpp
index d268572cf..d5402e6f4 100644
--- a/tests/dGameTests/dGameMessagesTests/PropertyMessagesTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/dGameTests/dGameMessagesTests/PropertyMessagesTests.cpp
@@ -221,6 +221,32 @@ TEST_F(PropertyMessagesTests, DownloadPropertyDataMatchesLegacy) {
 	}
 }
 
+// A packet from a 2011/2012 live capture: DownloadPropertyData (716) for an unclaimed Nimbus Station medium
+// property (no owner, so no player data). Every complete 716 packet in the captures decodes with this layout.
+TEST_F(PropertyMessagesTests, DownloadPropertyDataMatchesLiveCapture) {
+	const auto msg = FromLiveCapture<GameMessages::DownloadPropertyData>(
+		"5305000c000000009847000000400004cc02000000000000000065620000e304b004000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+		"0000000000000000000000000000e8030000010000000000000000000000e803000000000000000000000d0000004e0053004d00"
+		"65006400500072006f007000650072007400790000000000000000000600000000000000010000000000000000000000000000"
+		"000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000080b4c3000090430000e0420000004300000000000000000004000000"
+		"cdcc8a42cd8ce343cd4c1f4300008ac2cd8ce343cd4c1f4300008ac2cd8ce343cdcc0242cdcc8a42cd8ce343cdcc0242");
+	EXPECT_EQ(msg.target, 0x0400400000004798LL);
+	EXPECT_EQ(msg.propertyId, LWOOBJID_EMPTY);
+	EXPECT_EQ(msg.templateId, 25189);
+	EXPECT_EQ(msg.mapId, 1251);
+	EXPECT_EQ(msg.vendorMapId, 1200);
+	EXPECT_EQ(msg.ownerId, LWOOBJID_EMPTY);
+	EXPECT_EQ(msg.rent, 1000u);
+	EXPECT_EQ(msg.rentalPeriod, 1u);
+	EXPECT_EQ(msg.rentAmount, 1000u);
+	EXPECT_EQ(msg.spawnName, u"NSMedProperty");
+	EXPECT_EQ(msg.rentDuration, 6u);
+	EXPECT_EQ(msg.durationType, 1u);
+	EXPECT_EQ(msg.zonePosition, NiPoint3(-361.0f, 288.0f, 112.0f));
+	EXPECT_EQ(msg.maxBuildHeight, 128.0f);
+	EXPECT_EQ(msg.pathPositions.size(), 4u);
+}
+
 TEST_F(PropertyMessagesTests, PropertyRentalResponseMatchesLegacy) {
 	for (const auto target : g_Targets) {
 		for (const auto value : g_Ints) {