Old World July 16th Updated Test Build

Test Branch 1.0.78805 Test 2025-07-16

Design

Succession game support

• Added 'Send to Player' option to in-game menu for Single Player games

• This is designed to support Succession games and can also be used generally for sharing saves

• Select a friend from the dropdown or enter their platform ID

• Games will appear on both the sender and recipients Current Games list on the main menu

• The Current Games entry will be deleted automatically after the recipient loads the game and can be manually deleted in Host Controls by both parties

Other design changes

• Distant raid probabilities are now based on each player's Prosperity rather than global Tribe Level

• Added goal Declare War on Tribes Three Times to the Wrath of Gods scenario

Programming

• AI is less eager to buy tiles

• AI makes truce with other AI more easily when it detects a stalemate

• Adjusted the target number of units for the AI

• AI places more value on walls after reaching its unit target

• AI now tries to explore rival territory, if possible, to reveal cities

UI

• Added option to set default map overlay

• Added Governor Project reminder category for religious dissent (Sacred and Profane)

• Added custom helptext for Ebbing Sea occurrence (Wrath of Gods)

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed bug that could cause games to fail to start after selecting Learn to Play scenarios

• Fixed player count not resetting when switching from premade to random map

• Fixed units counterattacking when they could not have targeted the attacking unit on their own turn

• Fixed AI trying to start a Caravan mission over and over when it's not possible

• Fixed heir sometimes getting auto-married instead of getting a marriage offer

• Fixed Occurrence effect sometimes applying multiple times to cities

• Fixed portrait loading error when toggling mods in SP setup

• Fixed custom nicknames for leaders not being applied from events

• Fixed chat and pings not working when not your turn in network MP games

• Fixed players not being able to act after ending their turn when still their their teams turn with Strict (Teams) turn style active

• Text and event fixes