Old World March 11th Updated Test Build

Old World test branch update 1.0.82651 Test 2026-03-11

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.

Design

• Monasteries can be built in Clerics family cities without Monasticism

• Clerics no longer start with Divine Rule

• Baths can no longer be built on sand (except for Clerics)

• Events that spread a religion now contribute to religion spread goals

Programming

• Added support for mapscripts to set a maximum number of teams

UI

• Rural and Urban worker filters now show improvements that are not currently valid due to culture level restrictions

• Dynasty entries in Encyclopedia are labelled with Dynasty name instead of first ruler name for clarity

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed Point Symmetry city sites and resources not always being symmetric near the center

• Fixed visual issue where units that exit fog of war and make an attack immediately during AI's turn disappear after attacking

• Fixed Suppress Dissent projects only being completable once per city

• Fixed yield previews sticking when cycling units

• Fixed unit crit chance not updating properly on attack preview

• Fixed doubled notifications for starting/ending tribal alliances

• Fixed One Continent per Team map option with multiple players per team

• Fixed tile ownership not being revealed to an agent player when new tiles are added to the city territory

• Fixed some terrain tiles not rendering their normals correctly

• Fixed flickering fog of war from allied vision

• Text and event fixes