Old World News

[h2]Test Branch 1.0.74986 Test 2024-11-13[/h2]

[h3]Design[/h3]

• Childbirth rate: leaders with no children now have a higher chance to have kids
  
• VP calculation: Points required to win are now affected by projects that grant VP (i.e. Opulence in Behind the Throne)
  
• Permanent improvements: Shrines, Slums, and Estates are now permanent improvements that can be pillaged but do not get destroyed, and cannot be replaced
  

[h3]Programming[/h3]

• Diplomacy methods: now take players as arguments instead of teams, to that events are triggered for the most relevant players
  
• AI improvements:
  
• Less aggressive in saving yields for many turns, when spending results in an immediate, albeit lesser, benefit
  
• Better evaluation of laws to properly take into account the unlocking of unique units
  
• Increased the value of growth for a city that is building Settlers/Workers
  
• Decreased value of disciples, AI avoids building them if has no use for them
  
• Revised AI build hurrying priorities
  
• Improved AI danger assessment and retreating
  

[h3]UI[/h3]

• Researched bonus techs: now included in the timeline and turn summary
  
• Hall of Fame: added difficulty to game tooltips and sort dropdown
  
• Turn/scenario text: now sorted behind research popup
  

[h3]Bugs Fixed[/h3]

• Fixed potential crash for players using Simplified Chinese language
  
• Fixed AI development not adding tile improvements
  
• Fixed missing Sand Pits event project icon
• Fixed map overlays not updating immediately on improvement changes
  
• Fixed tribe leader info showing in no characters mode
  
• Fixed some minor issues with Learn to Play scenarios
• Fixed peace with Thracians blocking completion of Learn to Play 4
• Fixed bugs with VP threshold calculation
• Fixed religion heads getting duplicated in religion characters list
• Fixed potential issues with save/load dialog system
  
• Fixed non-deterministic event seeds in Pharaohs of the Nile scenarios
• Fixed AI bug that was placing undue attack priority on cities
  
• Fixed AI bug that caused it not to build enough units in some cases
  
• Fixed AI improvement priority for stacking workers
  
• Fixed AI supporting attacks
  
• Fixed AI tactics bug where it was not taking full advantage of adjacent unit bonus
  
• Fixed Assassination missions not getting canceled if the target becomes a leader
  
• Fixed fields on Mods Upload page not height expanding when text entered
  
• Fixed researched bonus techs no longer showing on the tech tree after loading a save
  
• Fixed build queue information being visible on a foreign nation's cities tooltip
• Text and event fixes
  

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[h2]Test Branch 1.0.74860 Test 2024-11-06[/h2]

[h3]Design[/h3]

• Tribal Divorces: Divorcing a tribal spouse now results in a negative opinion with that tribe
  

[h3]Programming[/h3]

• Headless autoplay: Added support for AI auto-runs in headless mode
  
• Run OldWorldAutorun.bat in the same folder as the game executable
  
• All players in the save are controlled by the AI for the specified number of turns, after which the game exits
  
• Can examine runs by opening the autosaves that are placed in the Auto folder
  
• Improvement and Project Legitimacy: now tied to effectCity and always converted to orders in no characters mode
  
• Added triggers: EVENTTRIGGER_PLAYER_DIPLOMACY_CHANGED and EVENTTRIGGER_TRIBE_DIPLOMACY_CHANGED
  

[h3]UI[/h3]

• Family tab icons: removed player color
  
• Marriage missions: now grouped together
  
• Inheritance and Tech Tree screens: now scrollable with camera keys (WASD)
  
• Religion Tooltips: Active Clergy and Current Followers no longer shown if there are none. Added +2 civics to Holy City line
  
• City Tooltips: Added tile tooltip content to bottom of city tooltip
  
• Royal characters: Changed 'fellow Royal' to 'A Royal'
  

[h3]Bugs Fixed[/h3]

• Fixed the AI broken in last test release
  
• Fixed lnfo loading bug that could cause new games to fail to start
  
• Fixed undo/redo related to tribal invasions
  
• Fixed bug with random seed for event story trigger test not matching the seed of the actual triggered event
  
• Fixed bug with bSingle effectCity effects that spawn rebels possibly being counted multiple times (affects mods only)
  
• Fixed silent event failures caused by type cast issue
  
• Fixed units failing to spawn from improvements in Barbarian Horde games after the invasion had started
  
• Fixed disable environment audio toggle not taking effect immediately
  
• Fixed Fickle Band effects not triggering when divorce happened from an event
  
• Fixed ships exiting Great Cothon not always getting their size updated
  
• Fixed multiple selection highlights
  
• Text and event fixes
  

[h2]Test Branch 1.0.74752 Test 2024-10-30[/h2]

[h3]Design[/h3]

• Distant raids: No longer include ships
  
• AI unit building: The traits of Grand Viziers and AI leaders now influence their decisions of how many units they build
  
• Heroes, Commanders, Tacticians, and Warlike characters build more units and Builders, Scholars, Diplomats, and Timid characters build fewer units
  
• AI is more likely to build units in cities that give unit promotions and experience
  
• Alliance events: Most alliance and tribal alliance events now either require a diplomat leader or are disabled in competitive mode
  
• City reveal: Cities are now revealed from a greater distance, like settlements
  
• City capture: Cities now take 1 turn longer to capture
  
• Unit spawn location: Rebels from Slums spawn on Slum tiles and Religious Dissent rebels spawn on religious buildings, if possible
  
• Starting units no longer spawn on the same tile, even if they are allowed to do so
  

[h3]Programming[/h3]

• Performance optimizations: Improved performance of terrain rendering, tile ownership changes and event processing
  
• AI unit selection: Improved AI unit build selection
  
• Moving capital: Added support for moving the capital. Player's original capital is now remembered and exposed to the event system
  
• Roads from improvements: Added support for improvements adding roads to the tile
  
• ZOC changes from improvements: Added support for improvements allowing units to ignore enemy ZOC
  
• Mission bonus rework: InfoMission.miXP replaced with SubjectCharacterBonus
  

[h3]UI[/h3]

• Nation tooltips: Now always show number of cities on nation tooltips
  
• Honey resource audio: Reduced volume of honey environmental audio
  
• Custom campaign audio: Added custom sounds for priest attacks in Pharoahs of the Nile scenario 3
  
• Tutorial events: Adjusted timing and added more to No Events mode
  
• Button dragging: Disabled unnecessary button clone when dragging buttons
  
• Laurion Mines: No longer show extra text on map
  
• Royal characters: Changed 'your Relative' to 'fellow Royal'
  

[h3]Bugs Fixed[/h3]

• Fixed title of MP setup screen when coming from Mod selection screen
  
• Fixed improvement spawned units not respecting DLC checks
  
• Fixed project ambitions not respecting DLC checks
  
• Fixed border expansion preview not updating when selecting option in minimized event
  
• Fixed issues with unit list scrolling and units becoming unselectable
  
• Fixed AI value placed on Strongholds and Citadels (will now be built more often)
  
• Fixed spurious assert triggering when a nation is eliminated
  
• Fixed graphical display issue affecting Arid Hills
  
• Fixed incorrect iTriggerExtra in EVENTTRIGGER_CITY_CAPTURED
  
• Fixed city capture turn inconsistencies
  
• Fixed eliminated tribes being eligible for forming an alliance
  
• Fixed improvement max player count not working for improvements with no improvement class
  
• Fixed exception when submenus scrolled off-screen
  
• Fixed goal subject weight resulting in an ineligible subject being chosen
  
• Fixed acquired techs cost in Encyclopedia and added cost to tooltips in tech tree
  
• Fixed rebel spawn issues
• Fixed event cache bug
  
• Fixed modified collection exception
• Fixed sort exception
• Text and event fixes
  

Main Branch Hotfix 1.0.74722 Release 2024-10-29

[h2]UI[/h2]

• Improved resolution of icons on family list
  
• Added stability warning popup for i9-13900K CPUs
  

[h2]Bugs Fixed[/h2]

• Fixed Timeline map display after game is completed
  
• Fixed Offer Tribute for Truce and Demand Tribute for Truce missions silently failing
  
• Fixed Map Editor cursor position
  
• Fixed issue with load dialog not working in some cases