Old World September 30th Test update

Old World test branch update 1.0.84897 Test 2026-09-30

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

• Disbanding Workers/Disciples gives the same opinion penalty as having them killed

• Sword of the Gods now gives +50% attack vs infantry (was +50% strength)

Programming

• Eliminated some unnecessary network traffic

UI

• Added player notification for rejection of human proposal for alliance/peace/truce/map sharing

• Added headers for pinned and notable characters

• Savegames from completed named games will include the game name in the filename

• Mod Editor property buttons expand vertically to cater for text wrap

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed AI losing the game due to no heir

• Fixed UU card being moved from draw pile to discard pile on culture growth

• Fixed Nation/Tribe crest being shown twice in "unit seen" notifications

• Fixed an issue where Occurrence Ready events could happen on back-to-back turns

• Fixed AI overvaluing border expansion

• Fixed ursurper succession load/save bug

• Fixed Exchange map (with human player) mission issues

• Fixed duplicate Sin-Muballit name