Old World News

Test Branch 1.0.74025 Test 2024-09-11

[h2]Design[/h2]

• Two new 1v1 premade maps added:
  
• Punic wars: Rome against Carthage
  
• Median wars: Greece against Persia
  
• These are accessible using the Premade Map option on the setup screen and from the Scenario menu under World Maps
  
• Slums and Estates are now permanent and cannot be built over or pillaged (Behind the Throne)
  

[h2]Programming[/h2]

• Performance improvements relating to unit movement and reminders
  
• AI no longer declares war on tribes to expand when it's already actively fighting other players
  
• AI is now more likely to build farms around the Jerwan Aqueduct and less likely to build the Cothon in small seas
  
• Added randomization of player start selection on premade maps
  
• Achievement code cleanup
  

[h2]Bugs Fixed[/h2]

• Fixed grammar on Unit Killed notification
  
• Fixed nested link issue in unit type link with promotions
  
• Fixed many Rise of Carthage and Heroes of the Aegean scenario bugs
  
• Fixed Regenerate HOF button and dropdowns incorrectly showing on Achievements screen
  
• Fixed Regenerate HOF excluding existing modded games when mods are not active
  
• Fixed assert from using waypoints to move units
  
• Fixed critical hit icon sometimes briefly appearing before a unit goes on cooldown
  
• Fixed undo crash
  
• Fixed AI building ships where it should not be building any i.e. in small seas
  
• Text and event fixes
  

Test Branch 1.0.73918 Test 2024-09-04

[h2]Design[/h2]

• Slavery Law now gives +4 Iron and +4 Stone per city (down from +5)
  
• Improved player start selection on premade maps that do not dictate specific starting locations
  
• Tribal unit movement AI is now somewhat more sophisticated
  

[h2]UI[/h2]

• All laws and theologies now show yield previews where relevant
  
• Moved the generic improvement pings to the top of the dropdown list
  
• Ambitions and goals with multiple requirements now show progress for each requirement on separate lines
  
• Added yield name and sign in some bonus helptext
  
• Improved text selection in ping and bug reporting popups
  
• Heroes of the Aegean scenario 6 now highlights goal cities on the map
  

[h2]Bugs Fixed[/h2]

• Heroes of the Aegean campaign polishing pass, many bugs fixed
  
• Fixed Rise of Carthage campaign save import bug
  
• Fixed Pharaohs of the Nile scenario 4 not completing when playing in Hotseat against the AI
  
• Fixed errors with portrait interpolation enabled when portraits are not setup for it
  
• Fixed portraits of characters without a tribe or nation
  
• Fixed AI hang
  
• Fixed inheritance preview showing wrong character when there will be no heir
  
• Fixed AI danger calculation for units that need to be unlimbered
  
• Fixed AI unit protection bug
  
• Text and event fixes
  

Test Branch 1.0.73826 Test 2024-08-28

[h2]Design[/h2]
[h3] Law changes:[/h3]

• Slavery now gives +5 Iron and +5 Stone per city instead of increasing Mine and Quarry output. No longer gives +1 Discontent
  
• Freedom now gives +1 Happiness and +20% Growth instead of Money per Specialist
  
• Tyranny now gives +20% Training in all cities instead of a global Training boost. Money per unit in territory increased from 8 to 10
  
• Divine Rule now gives +1 Order per Pagan Religion in all cities instead of Happiness per Shrine
  
• Pilgrimage now gives +25% State Religion spread. Holy City Money per Religion boost increased from +5 to +10. No longer affects Science from Groves
  

• Grove improvements now always give +2 Science in addition to previous effects
  
• Money Boost bonus card increased from 2000 to 4000 money
  
• Ambition tier adjustments to match tech tree changes from last update
  

[h2]Programming[/h2]

• Add virtual function for sorting of city site candidates, better for mods
  

[h2]UI[/h2]

• Added sorting and filtering dropdowns to Hall of Fame
  
• Hall of Fame now has a SP/MP (Singleplayer / Multiplayer) column and this is shown on the game tooltip
  
• Hall of Fame now shows icons instead of text for Load and Delete
  
• Added audio option for continuing audio track when switching fullscreen tabs
  
• Added obsoleting information to unit encyclopedia entries
  
• Added Religion Opinion tracking to stats screen
  
• Goals/Ambitions with time limits now show limit in bonus text
  
• Removed some details of unlocked missions from tech tooltips
  
• Tiles are now highlighted when hovering over event options that affect specific tiles
  
• In Rise of Carthage scenario 4 the anchor command will now show an explanatory tooltip if ships can't anchor due to scenario rules
  

[h2]Bugs Fixed[/h2]

• Fixed damaged unit healthbar not always showing
  
• Fixed resources staying faded when a unit exits a tile
  
• Fixed Inheritance screen not updating
  
• Fixed some reminders starting dismissed
  
• Fixed "No Team Movement" game option
  
• Fixed autonomous rule cities not repairing
  
• Fixed units not fully resetting their animation queue when an undo or redo occurs
  
• Fixed loading of lost games from the Hall of Fame
  
• Fixed bug preventing the hire of allied tribal units when in a player city
  
• Fixed loss of existing border expansion preview after selecting an event option
  
• Fixed credits popup null reference on application close
  
• Text and event fixes
  

Test Branch 1.0.73713 Test 2024-08-21

[h2]Design[/h2]

Tech tree changes:

• Moved Free Akkadian Archer card to Forestry
  
• Moved Free Battering Ram and Exotic Fur cards to Spoked Wheel
  
• Free Battering Ram, Akkadian Archer and Hoplite card costs brought in line with other nations free level 1 unique unit cards (200 -> 100)
  
• Moved Free Scholar tech card from Forestry to Metaphysics
  
• Moved Architecture and Vaulting back a tier in the tech tree
  
• Increased the cost of all 7th tier techs to compensate for the reduction in cost of Architecture and Vaulting (1500 -> 1600)
  
• Architecture requires Drama instead of Portcullis
  
• Portcullis no longer requires Drama
  
• Stirrups requires Portcullis instead of Citizenship
  
• Martial Code now requires Citizenship
  
• Windlass requires Manor instead of Architecture
  
• Siege Tower bonus card requires Windlass
  
• Free Perfume card requires Architecture instead of Portcullis
  

• Most map scripts in multiplayer now place all human players on the same landmass.
  
• Exceptions are Archipelago, Continents, Player Islands and Disjunction
  
• This is optional on Mediterranean and Lakes and Gulfs maps using 'Connected Player Starts' as this can significantly affect player starting positions
  
• In MP games using the Player Development setting, extra cities have to obey the connection requirements of starting locations. If they can't the player will not get them
  
• Significantly increased the effect of Ruthless AI on player opinion and war declaration modifier
  
• Laurion Mine now enables a Miner specialist on the tile
  
• Undo is no longer available in cloud games using the Strict (Teams) turn style. This does not affect cloud games using Strict (Players) which still have undo.
  

[h2]Programming[/h2]

• Improved AI unit danger estimate
  
• AI now helps their allies count down the capture timer for cities
  

[h2]UI[/h2]

• Added notification for units that you kill during your turn
  
• City borders now pulse when hovering over the city center
  
• Pin Character mission removed. Pinning is now performed with a new star icon found under character actions
  
• Leader icon changed to a crown and non-succession royals to an asterisk to differentiate them from the pin icon
  
• Notable characters filter now only shows manually pinned characters and is ordered by turn pinned
  
• Harvested resource tooltip now shows regrow chance as a percentage instead of a die roll
  
• Family tree toggles now remember their previous state
  
• Yields are now shown for all agent network cities regardless of agent status when sorting by base yields
  
• Added support for a more complete set of stats in No Characters mode
  
• Refactored ignore reminders code. Now supports ignoring reminder types separately for characters with multiple roles
  
• Smaller tech status icons to reduce overlap on mini tech tree
  

[h2]Bugs Fixed[/h2]

• Fixed fatigue increasing effects (Swift, Zealot leader) not always affecting hired tribal units
  
• Fixed raiding units not raiding after making peace with their original tribe
  
• Fixed pinned characters getting removed on leaders death
  
• Fixed tribe widgets being occluded by terrain in some cases
  
• Fixed the effect of multiple holy cities in the same city not stacking
  
• Fixed abdication sometimes leaving permanently exploring leaders
  
• Fixed mirror maps sometimes not having symmetric vegetation on resource tiles
  
• Fixed events not popping up on start of turn in hotseat
  
• Fixed clicks on locked tooltip links not registering actions (e.g. selecting a character)
  
• Fixed Rise of Carthage scenario 4 goal to cross the alps sometimes not completing
  
• Fixed hover effect not showing on tech cards
  
• Fixed nation/tribe opinion not updating immediately after diplomacy changes
  
• Fixed city camera state not resetting at start of turn when selecting a city between turns
  
• Fixed Royal characters sometimes not appearing in family tree
  
• Fixed Assyrian capital combat preview being blocked by buildings on adjacent tile
  
• Fixed invalid index exception from rebels spawning from a city without a family
  
• Fixed raiders disappearing while inside city territory or adjacent to Kemet/Aten units in Pharaohs of the Nile scenario 3
  
• Fixed dynastic mechanics of Ptolemy, Ashur-Uballit, Khufu and Mursili in No Events mode (Wonders and Dynasties)
  
• Text and event fixes
  

A hotfix update to the main branch has been released which is now 1.0.73676 release 2024-08-20

[h2]Bugs Fixed[/h2]

• Fixed issue with game getting stuck due to looping attack animation
  
• Fixed hidden units being visible on minimap and selectable.