Old World March Update: Flanking changes, Theology buffs and Tech Tree search

Main Branch 1.0.82741 Release 2026-03-18

Headline changes

• Flanking now protects from counterattack damage for all units

• Enlightenment and Redemption theology buffs

• Added tech tree search

Design

• Flanking now protects from counterattack damage for all units

• Enlightenment Cathedrals give growth per population, not per citizen

• Redemption gives +50% to harbors and hamlets (was +20%)

• Redemption Cathedrals allow hurrying specialists and projects with training

• Zealot leaders can now only rush units with training

• 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

• Legal Code law upkeep now 6 Money per city (instead of 0.2 Orders)

• Divine Rule law upkeep now 0.5 Science per city (instead of 6 Money)

• Guilds law upkeep now 0.5 Orders per city (instead of 10 Money)

• Besieger effect now valid for Melee and Ranged (previously Melee and Siege)

• Increased Growth required for new population now occurs after 30 growths instead of 20

• Yield per opinion level effect now starts from 0 at Furious to a maximum of 5 at Friendly. Affects Statesmen Civics, Estates Training and Culture, and Corruption Reform Civics

• Disciples generate 1 Culture per turn on their Holy Sites

• The presence of Rebels in Hunters family cities no longer affects family opinion

• Clergy traits now have a minimum age of 18 (Sacred and Profane)

• Player now starts with Divine Rule active in Pharaohs of the Nile scenarios 2 and 3

• Major defeat/victory in Pharaohs of the Nile scenarios also awards minor defeat/victory achievements

New Events

• Grief

• Last of the Pack

• Founded (lost tie) x4

• The Wanderers

• Tribal Truce Offer (no war due to alliance)

Programming

• More frequent updates in the network games browser

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

UI

• Added tech tree search

• 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

• Text localization updates

• Records screen displays Improvements Controlled and Improvements Finished stats separately

• Disciples no longer counted in the Workers Produced stat

• Added improvement theology potential bonuses to help text

• Improvements to Critical Hit and Culture Level concept text

• Non-hostile and hidden unit damage is now included in the text on mouseover

• Health bar shows damage only from hostile units with visibility, as before

• Added Disable Turn Start Cycling and Disable Automatic Cycling player options

• Improvement tooltip shows unit cooldown warning when relevant

• Changed ship anchoring color from white to a more transparent version of the already anchored color

• Removed camera snapback when clicking on minimap on city screen

• Non-host observers of network games can now send chat messages

• Added an in-game menu button to directly rehost a network game if it becomes unlisted, which otherwise prevents additional players from joining

• Add Worker Turns stat to Records Screen

• Added some explanation text to the hurry tooltip when an invalid specialist cannot be hurried

• Added "Tutorial: Grand Vizier" to Encyclopedia

• Added "Councilors" section to DLC Summary pages

• Removed unhelpful Clergy links on Clergy Encyclopedia help

• Merged Council Encyclopedia concept with Councilor concept

• Updated Caravan Mission concept text to include how to gain Caravan access

• Increased sampling point size for better Cyrillic support

• Family tag grammar pass

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed unit widgets stacking incorrectly

• Fixed unit widgets in the back of the stack having their icons sorted behind water

• Fixed kill preview icon drawing behind city widget

• Fixed reversed logic for Unit Cycling option

• Fixed unit cycling after attacking with Unit Cycling option on

• Fixed worker filters showing for non-allied units

• Fixed unit build list not showing valid Improvements on mouseover tile (w. Ctrl) if vegetation is present but not enough Orders are available to remove it

• Fixed Occurrence showing as started in notifications when set as pending via bonus

• Fixed some broken links in Chinese event text

• Fixed raider AI

• Fixed game UI registering clicks while file browser is open

• Fixed custom overlay getting cleared by temporary road overlay

• Fixed menu transparent backgrounds rendering as blank when colorblind filter is on

• Fixed female worker tools being tinted by team color

• Fixed pink models in burning cut scrub during wildfires

• Fixed main menu color looking different on minimum detail settings

• Fixed Family, Tribe, and Nation sometimes not being assigned to premade characters

• Fixed archetype assignment bug

• Fixed colors getting applied to links that no longer exist

• Fixed issue with characters both leaving the nation and becoming a governor or general in simultaneous events

• Fixed Event Browser loading of dependent mods

• Fixed city counterattack not being shown in the preview

• Fixed unit damage text sometimes being incorrectly updated

• Fixed roadbuilding pathfinder to not pass through rival nation territory

• Fixed Cmd key interaction when assigning hotkeys on Mac

• Fixed some Custom Overlay interaction issues

• Fixed damage text showing on units other than the top defender

• Fixed Remove Dissent projects being able to be queued multiple times

• Fixed Marsh tiles being replaced by Urban during map generation

• Fixed Egypt getting improvement cost discounts for adjacent improvements of a different team

• Fixed Rebel and Anarchy units receiving Tribe Level fatigue bonus

• Fixed automatic placement of bonus improvements sometimes being placed on a bad tile

• Fixed map script not being preserved when using Reroll Game option with random map script selected

• Fixed Player 1 name and player archetypes not being saved from MP setup screen

• Fixed help text typo about alliance with Ruthless AI

• Fixed "Blackmailed by" relationship text

• Fixed some player info panels not getting hidden when selecting unmet nation

• Fixed icons sometimes not showing on city production list

• Fixed governor tooltip flickering on city list screen

• Fixed family/religion order on tab tooltip

• Fixed tribe units sometimes not moving when they wanted to move

• Fixed anchor ranges sometimes not showing

• Fixed selection not clearing when closing event popups

• 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

• Fixed timeline rendering on the first turn in Pharaohs of the Nile scenarios

• Fixed mod-loading strict mode on startup when loading external mods

• Text and event fixes