Old World February 4th Updated Test Build

Old World test branch update 1.0.81964 Test 2026-02-24

To switch to the test branch, right click Old World in Steam and select Properties, open the Game Versions & Betas tab and select 'test' in the version list.

Known Issues

• Portrait Age Interpolation is not working and has been disabled regardless of the player setting

• Improvement building animations missing texture

• Volcano display issues

Design

• Negative opinion for civilian unit loss now applies only to Workers and Disciples, changed to -40 opinion for 20 turns

Programming

• Better AI legitimacy evaluation

• Added support for bonus cards to use bonus names in tooltips (affects mods only)

UI

• Added hotkey for suppressing tooltips (hold Ctrl + X)

• Added Unimproved Resources overlay to Overlay Customizer

• Improvements to Luxury Management display, especially when no luxuries available

• End Turn button now always active, clicking it will cycle to decisions preventing turn from ending

• Free improvement bonuses now show as normal event popups first

• Place improvement overlay not shown while bonus event is active

• When placing free improvements, ctrl+click is required to replace existing improvements

• Games with custom victories are skipped for unloaded scenario mods in Hall of Fame

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed unit promotion icon rendering behind unit banners

• Fixed tile production icons drawing behind city widgets and transparent elements

• Fixed unit icons drawing partially behind city widgets sometimes

• Fixed scenario selection getting cleared when moving to MP setup screen

• Fixed missing theology info on tech tooltips

• Fixed bonus yield text bug

• Fixed Unit Seen notification not firing if unit becomes visible mid-move

• Fixed Default Governor bugs

• Fixed Peaks adjacency requirement being ignored by Clerics on Sand tiles

• Fixed encyclopedia display issue

• Fixed Research UI not showing after renaming landmark

• Fixed the Low graphics preset using the minimum rendering quality

• Fixed dirt particle effects causing pink cubes to appear in the center of the map

• Fixed MP games one human team getting stuck after victory

• Fixed Ask to Declare War mission helptext

• Fixed tile tooltip to show improvement defensive modifier in neutral territory