Old World September 3rd Updated Test Build

Test Branch 1.0.79611 Test 2025-09-03

Design

• Tribe unit behavior is less predictable

• Bypassed events are less frequent and tied to event level

• Bypassed relationship penalty increased from 60 to 80

• Automatic (non-event) marriage will prefer candidates with a lower age difference

• Removed orders for refusing tribal truce in No Characters

Programming

AI improvements:

• Tweaks to exploration and retreat

• Keep potential danger separate from actual danger

• Increased value of heir tutor mission

• No longer guards starting empty city sites unless there is another player nearby

• No longer imports horses until they can build horse units

• Hittite Scouts avoid chopping trees that will unhide them

• Further reduced AI emphasis on tile buying

• Tribe AI improvements

• Missing shaders in asset bundles are now replaced with game versions where possible (affects mods)

• Updated Epic dev tools and SDK

UI

• Learn to Play is removed from the main menu after completing all the LTP or LBP scenarios or on disabling the tutorial

• Added help text for event options that give archetypes in Roleplaying mode

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed city and culture limits not showing on Encyclopedia entries for relevant improvements

• Fixed uneven distribution of tribal unit types

• Fixed some bugs with AI use of missions

• Fixed converting a game to play-by-cloud not working when not your turn in Strict turnstyle

• Fixed missions continuing for dead target character

• Fixed camera focus on tile bug

• Fixed changing capital clearing sent luxuries

• Fixed modded asset bundles not loading in some cases

• Fixed load/save error from adjacent unit effects

• Fixed bug with AI exploring units trying to harvest when they cannot

• Fixed unbuildable units and tech cards showing on the tech tooltip (affects mods)

• Fixed foreign occurrence effects on units, movement and visibility not being applied immediately (Wrath of Gods)

• Fixed some occurrence load/save issues (Wrath of Gods)

• Fixed some non-global Occurrences showing as global in helptext (Wrath of Gods)

• Fixed wrath from difficulty not being applied in the Wrath of Gods scenario

• Fixed displayed prosperity level not matching effect in the Wrath of Gods scenario

• Text and Event fixes