Old World April 29th Updated Test Build

Old World test branch update 1.0.83396 Test 2026-04-29

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

• Crossbows now have +50% strength against melee, instead of +50% attack

• AIs will no longer have child leaders, instead using the next adult in the succession or generating a new character if needed

• All Hindu cities can now build Brahmins, without requiring Holy City/State Religion/Tolerance (Empires of the Indus)

• Decreased Indian Unique Unit vision to be in line with other units, with the exception of Steppe Riders which retain extra vision (Empires of the Indus)

• The owner of the unit, not the upgrading player, needs Polis to upgrade Steppe Riders (Empires of the Indus)

• Mahapadma's unknown mother now has a name (Empires of the Indus)

UI

• Added banded overlay effect for cities that will soon have a religion due to building a shrine when the religion is selected

• Reworked event helptext for "subject not" - "Not Character is X" is now "Character is not X"

• Added more detailed mission menu button info

• Premade map selection with restricted nations is no longer saved, to prevent issues with leaders not appearing on Choose Leader screen

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed double client initialization on network reconnection that could crash the host

• Fixed tribes not capturing other tribes' settlements

• Fixed improvements that spread religion not being highlighted when a religion is selected

• Fix a rare Hall of Fame regeneration issue

• Fixed some AI issues

• Fixed missing opinion rate for marriage help when Tribal suitor marries heir

• Fixed event portrait tooltip positioning

• Fixed being able to push a an allied unit from its own territory

• Fixed water control previews not updating with changes in vision

• fixed some main menu Tech Tree issues

• Fixed event helptext issue with Player/Leader/IndexSubjectNotAny

• Fixed TRIBE_F, RELIGION_F, and TRAIT_F event text tags not working

• Fixed some ambiguous map element name types

• Fixed some Spanish text localization issues

• Fixed map terrain not reverting correctly after closing timeline screen

• Fixed Modio & local maps not showing in mod browser

• Fixed Modio upload not including mod version number (fixes incorrent update ! on install tab for local up-to-date mods)

• Fixed null reference when clicking on maps in Mods Manage tab

• Fixed leader customization panel breaking if characters exist with fixed portraits but no names (affects mods)