Old World News

Test Branch: 1.0.72276 Test 2024-05-08

[h2]Design[/h2]

• You can now buy water tiles that are adjacent to land in the same way as land tiles (with Colonies / Landowners seat)
  
• Removed restriction on Shrines not being adjacent and the adjacency requirements for Cathedrals and the Courthouse line of improvements
  
• Temples now give +1 happiness per adjacent Cathedral
  
• Unit vision is now consistently equal to their movement plus 2
  
• Removed VP cap. Large and Huge maps with few players can now have a victory point requirement of more than 100 VPs on Normal Points to Win setting
  
• The AI now builds fewer units at the lower aggression settings
  

[h2]Programming[/h2]

• AI now takes into account improvements and specialists already being built when evaluating border expansions
  
• AI now saves kills for units that can gain XP, all else being equal
  
• AI now less eager to replace improvements
  
• AI no longer swaps unit positions
  
• AI no longer treats vacant city sites as available to settle unless it has visibility, or unless they are reserved sites
  
• Fixed AI valuation of Divine Rule
  
• Fixed AI effectCity valuation for units that require resources
  
• Better recovery from network games being unlisted from Unity's relay servers
  

[h2]UI[/h2]

• Added a new improvement ping 'Resource' for specifying the location of new resources (i.e. from Riders Import Horses project)
  
• Moved Scenario button from single player to main menu
  
• Added button to start multiplayer scenario games to the scenario screen
  
• World map scenarios now have all game options available
  
• Multiplayer specific game options are now always available for MP scenarios
  
• Moved map options up so that they are next to the scenario dropdown in the MP setup screen
  
• MP scenario setup screen defaults to having the maximum number of teams and players for the scenario, with players assigned to random nations.
  
• Connected foreign cities at Peace now show an icon, its tooltip lists connection yields
  
• Clicking on a gift unit/city notification now pans the camera to the location of the gift
  
• Tooltip behavior when hovering over links now more consistent
  
• Tooltip now warns if a character who's about to leave a job is currently running a mission
  
• Added suitor opinion to marriage tooltip
  
• Moved land unit vision bonuses to effectUnits, so that they are more visible on the UI
  
• VP breakdown now combines endgame techs as one line
  
• Disabled word wrapping for city production button cost line for potential mods with additional costs
  
• History values for military power and yield rates are now set to zero on the turn a player is eliminated so they display correctly on the Records screen after the game has finished
  
• Expanded river clutter splats to improve river visibility in vegetation
  

[h2]Bugs Fixed[/h2]

• Units from eliminated players that are inside another player's borders are bumped before turning into Rebels
  
• Fixed improvement pings producing log entries and sound effects for teammates
  
• Fixed turn style and turn timer dropdowns bug
  
• Fixed hotseat selection cycling
  
• Fixed Fortify and Testudo actions not immediately triggering the relevant unit animation
  
• Fixed default teams on MP Scenario setup screen
  
• Fixed Opulence VPs showing in the VP tooltip if Behind the Throne isn't active
  
• Fixed council conversion ambitions counting council slots from unavailable DLCs
  
• Fixed language mods not displaying some icons on first load
  
• Fixed encyclopedia vision value
  
• Fixed missing links in turn summary and notifications
  
• Fixed portrait editor failing to load portraits on second load
  
• Fixed culture reduction bug in game editor
  
• Fixed Destroy Fleet goal not completing in Heroes of the Aegean scenario 2
  
• Fixed Carthage 2 resource goal not completing
  
• Fixed Carthage 3 scenario Epic victory not being granted if Messana is not owned
  
• Fixed multiple influence icons showing in events and goals in Learn to Play 3
  
• Fixed unset player language causing Unity text asset unload from worker thread
  
• Text and event fixes
  

Main Branch: 1.0.72162 Release 2024-05-01

[h2]Headline Changes[/h2]

• Archipelago map script improvements
  
• Event tweaks and improvements
  
• Changes to how players starting reserved city sites are calculated and displayed
  

[h2]Design[/h2]

• Archipelago map script improvements. Maps are now 20% bigger than normal maps (down from 40%), large islands are bigger and added Water Size map option
  
• The number of reserved city sites (sites near start location not occupied by Tribes) is now set by the Tribal Strength setting
  
• The percentage of reserved city sites that are occupied by Barbarians is set by Difficulty
  
• Empty reserved sites are revealed on founding your capital
  
• Many events restructured and tweaked
  
• Events that offer ambitions are no longer canceled if the ambition is completed before dealing with the event
  
• Most missions that can result in an event no longer do so on Minimal event level
  
• Launch Offensive now costs 800 training, up from 600
  
• Peaceful nations borders now count as neutral instead of friendly territory for the purposes of healing
  
• Tribal invasions can occur only if one of the player's cities is reachable from one of the tribe's settlements
  
• Minor Cities now give +10% defense and no longer give Discontent
  
• Removed Cult events from Competitive mode (Sacred and Profane)
  
• Removed Kush's nation opinion modifier with Egypt
  
• Added difficulty restriction (minimum the Just) for some events that might contain only war options
  
• Improvements now allowed to be replaced by improvements of the same class (relevant for shrines)
  

[h2]Programming[/h2]

• Increased AI value for walls
  
• Added InfoCulture.mePrevCulture/meNextCulture so culture levels are properly moddable.
  
• Game editor can now decrease city culture by right-clicking
  
• City starting culture now properly defined through InfoGlobals (for modders use)
  
• Added bAbandonCity bonus (for modders use)
  
• Better network match check logging
  
• Added GreeceCampaign source folder and LearnByPlaying xml folders to the public reference folders
  
• Recommended builds performance optimization
  

[h2]UI[/h2]

• Turn summary now always shows birth of royal children
  
• Events are now included in cloud game turn summary emails
  
• Changed attack preview UI to be a tooltip so it can be locked
  
• Removed redundant job line in character tooltip
  
• Character tooltip no longer shows agent status for characters on other teams
  
• Added new construction states for the Great Cothon and the Colosseum
  
• Player turn text now shown in cooperative MP games
  
• Cloud game descriptions now stored in the correct language for each player
  
• Increased text ping character limit from 40 to 255
  
• Removed heir-naming popup when the leader is not the parent
  
• Notification header text can no longer wrap to a new line
  
• Technology display is now right justified
  
• Tooltip verbosity and formatting improvements
  
• Changed 'no worker suggestions' option to 'no action suggestions'. Enabling this option removes all unit, city and research recommendations.
  
• Improvement ping dropdown improvements
  
• In-game options popup shows the email address for that game, can be different per save
  
• UI now updates after you kick a player from a cloud game through host settings
  
• Added Occurrence log category for notifications and PBC emails
  
• Tribal cities (not camps) now show player diplomacy status icon on the city banner
  
• The power/knowledge display is now unambiguous in who it refers to
  
• Help text for the spread religion option now shows yields that will be gained (from the Oracle, Tolerance etc)
  
• Improved display of dropdowns on setup screen when scrolling
  

[h2]Bugs Fixed[/h2]

• Fixed issue with animated resource display on AMD GPUs
  
• Fixed some family icon issues
  
• Fixed bonus ship cards not being shown on tooltips and the tech tree when the player has no coastal cities
  
• Fixed automate button being shown in non-player cities
  
• Fixed some UI interactions with canceling missions
  
• Fixed null reference on religious council goal helptext
  
• Fixed AI assigning a governor upon settling a new city, when it doesn't have the orders to do so
  
• Fixed enter/return not interacting with save browser prompts
  
• Fixed Disjunction One Continent per Team maps sometimes having multiple teams on the same continent
  
• Fixed duplicated tech prereq indicators
  
• Fixed newly arrived characters past the fertility age being fertile
  
• Fixed some asserts and null references when converting a cloud game to network
  
• Fixed city links not spawning tooltips in some cases
  
• Player and game names can no longer include multiple lines
  
• Fixed children sometimes becoming infertile before adulthood (introduced in last weeks test update)
  
• Fixed difficulty level tooltip
  
• Fixed issues preventing missions from being canceled
  
• Fixed mini tech display button not respecting tech tree settings
  
• Fixed build recommendation stars not appearing
  
• Fixed map script boundary tiles sometimes blocking out important sections of the map
  
• Fixed Pharaohs of the Nile scenario 3 major victory not triggering on turn 40
  
• No longer possible to rewind a cloud game to a surrendered player
  
• Fixed Alt key sometimes getting stuck down, preventing keyboard shortcuts from working correctly
  
• Fixed city screen recommendation assert errors
  
• Fixed Arid Plateau random map settings
  
• Fixed councilors not being selectable if slot is disabled (i.e. Spymasters after Agrippina dies)
  
• Fixed city sort issues
  
• Fixed city build recommendations and improvement ping icons not always updating immediately
  
• Fixed lateral and dynastic succession when the founder is not related to the current leader
  
• Fixed leader tooltip not locking on timeline screen
  
• Text and event fixes
  

Test Branch: 1.0.72075 Test 2024-04-24

[h2]Design[/h2]

• More Archipelago map script changes, large islands are bigger and added Water Size map option
  
• Most missions that can result in an event no longer do so on Minimal event level
  

[h2]Programming[/h2]

• Recommended builds performance optimization
  

[h2]UI[/h2]

• The power/knowledge display is now unambiguous in who it refers to
  
• Help text for the spread religion option now shows yields that will be gained (from the Oracle, Tolerance etc)
  
• Improved display of dropdowns on setup screen when scrolling
  

[h2]Bugs Fixed[/h2]

• Fixed Alt key sometimes getting stuck down, preventing keyboard shortcuts from working correctly
  
• Fixed city screen recommendation assert errors
  
• Fixed Arid Plateau random map settings
  
• Fixed councilors not being selectable if slot is disabled (i.e. Spymasters after Agrippina dies)
  
• Fixed city sort issues
  
• Fixed city build recommendations and improvement ping icons not always updating immediately
  
• Fixed lateral and dynastic succession when the founder is not related to the current leader
  
• Fixed leader tooltip not locking on timeline screen
  
• Text and event fixes
  

Test Branch: 1.0.71978 Test 2024-04-17

[h2]Design[/h2]

• Added difficulty restriction (minimum the Just) for some events that might contain only war options
  
• Improvements now allowed to be replaced by improvements of the same class (relevant for shrines)
  
• Archipelago map script improvements. Maps are now 20% bigger than normal maps (down from 40%)
  

[h2]Programming[/h2]

• Increased AI value for walls
  
• Added InfoCulture.mePrevCulture/meNextCulture so culture levels are properly moddable.
  
• Game editor can now decrease city culture by right-clicking
  

[h2]UI[/h2]

• Technology display is now right justified
  
• Tooltip verbosity and formatting improvements
  
• Changed 'no worker suggestions' option to 'no action suggestions'. Enabling this option removes all unit, city and research recommendations.
  
• Improvement ping dropdown improvements
  
• In-game options popup shows the email address for that game, can be different per save
  
• UI now updates after you kick a player from a cloud game through host settings
  
• Added Occurrence log category for notifications and PBC emails
  
• Tribal cities (not camps) now show player diplomacy status icon on the city banner
  

[h2]Bugs Fixed[/h2]

• Fixed children sometimes becoming infertile before adulthood (introduced in last weeks test update)
  
• Fixed difficulty level tooltip
  
• Fixed issues preventing missions from being canceled
  
• Fixed mini tech display button not respecting tech tree settings
  
• Fixed build recommendation stars not appearing
  
• Fixed map script boundary tiles sometimes blocking out important sections of the map
  
• Fixed Pharaohs of the Nile scenario 3 major victory not triggering on turn 40
  
• No longer possible to rewind a cloud game to a surrendered player
  
• Text and event fixes
  

[h2]Known Issues[/h2]

• Assert error messages can occur on the city screen with action suggestions enabled
  

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