Old World April 22nd Updated Test Build

Old World test branch update 1.0.83288 Test 2026-04-22

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

• Units can repair any improvement they can build (affects Disciples and Brahmins)

• Ship build queue options added for each harbor in a city, in addition to each body of water that does not have a harbor, to allow choosing where the ship spawns

• Improved city site distribution for 2-team maps

• Added Phidias, a Builder Artist, as a starting courtier to the Pericles dynasty (Heroes of the Aegean / Wonders and Dynasties)

• Can no longer recruit Fanatic Raid units in the Wrath of Gods scenario (Wrath of Gods)

Programming

• Improved performance when rendering timeline GIFs

• Moved the minimum number of non-trashable techs offered to XML (MIN_NON_TRASHABLE_TECHS_AVAILABLE)

• Stale network games are cleared from the database on failed connection

• Potential improvements to Bluetooth audio output

UI

• Added Tech Tree to Extras menu, to allow viewing the tree without being in a game

• Pressing ALT now shows health bar damage preview of non-hostile units, in addition to the damage preview text that is displayed without ALT

• Specialists on pillaged tiles are now shown in most city UI counts, with warning color

• Map cameras now adjust the center of their view to avoid featuring large out-of-bounds areas

• Handling of possessive character names now language dependent

• Updated Map Size tooltip to show the actual maximum player count

• Bridges now only render over rivers when a road segment is present on the tile leading up to it

• AddImprovement bonus is no longer valid when the only valid tiles already have improvements

• Added warning text and hint to use CTRL when placing a bonus improvement on a tile with an existing improvement

• Religion overlay is now displayed, at a lower opacity, for cities that will soon have a religion (eg via Shrine construction)

• Added Ruthless AI text explanation to AI opinion due to being close to winning or having an alliance

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed network games sometimes not getting relisted after getting unlisted

• Fixed Allied Tribes being able to respawn settlements that are being claimed by player units

• Fixed Map Search player dropdown options

• Fixed disciple construction animation not being affected by Disable Idle Animations

• Fixed minimum detail rivers occluding unit widgets

• Fixed positive yield modifier on negative yield issue

• Fixed issue when two volcanic eruptions overlap

• Fixed some river materials having an incorrect stencil buffer value

• Fixed Tribes paying tribute while at war

• Fixed Close button being hidden behind Console in Game Editor

• Fixed tech buttons not updating in Game Editor consistently

• Fixed mission cooldown helptext issue

• Fixed SP setup display on ultrawide resolutions

• Fixed tooltips spawned from Reminders panel not being lockable

• Fixed yield rates not updating after getting units from events

• Fixed Hall of Fame Regenerate HOF issues

• Fixed mirror map generation artifacts

• Fixed scouts getting stuck in foreign territory after Schemer leader change

• Fixed some ZOC issues related to visibility

• Fixed Heroes of the Aegean scenario 5 fire display issues (Heroes of the Aegean)

• Fixed Elephant Archer achievement text (Empires of the Indus)

• Fixed Attila the Hun appearing as a player character instead of a Hun (Empires of the Indus)

• Event and text fixes