We wanted to share a larger update highlighting all the larger changes we've been working on since our Steam launch! Improvements to Game Balance Our community helps build a better Old World and we have made various adjustments to game-play balance based on your feedback. This includes adjustments to family bonuses, archetype abilities, unit and law balance, unit consumption and the ability to trade unimproved tiles between owned cities.
Dynasty System added for Greece: For our players with the Heroes of the Aegean DLC they can now play as four additional starting Dynasties: Ptolemy, Leonidas, Pericles, Alexander allowing more distinctive starts for Greece with full family trees.
Four new Learn-By-Playing Scenarios A set of standard games with curated maps. Learn by Playing allows new players to learn the game within a context that is close to the default experience and lets experienced/competitive players benchmark their play. Interface improvements We have made various adjustments to our interface in the months since Steam release. This includes adjustments to the Multiplayer lobby and an updated luxury management panel which can be viewed from reminders or top bar interface
Localization: Since Steam release we have added support for six languages (French, German, Spanish, Russian, Chinese- simplified, Chinese- traditional, and Japanese) and have improved localized text throughout the game. Mac Support: We have added native support for M1 chips on Steam, and added improvements for the experience for our players on Mac Steam Deck Playable: We are playable on Steam Deck so you can now take Old World with you on the go! We will continue to make improvements for our players using Steam Deck Thank you for your continued support during the development of Old World, we look forward to continued improvements and hope everyone has been having a lovely summer. Here are the build notes for today's update: Design Four Learn-by-Playing Scenarios have been added Free Worker bonus card now unlocks with Administration instead of Polis Egyptian improvement cost bonus now only tests for finished improvements Events that reduce discontent have had the discontent reduction value doubled Blessed and Curse now remove opposing effect Choose law events now occur less frequently, when player has a higher civics threshold Show Resources and Improvements has been adjusted Programming: Improved rivers on lowest detail setting Minor improvements to AI Improvements to disciples AI more intelligent about succession and reassigning jobs UI All Improvements worker filter now shows improvements in a grid Bridge model appears when roads cross rivers with Engineering Law When going from simple to advanced settings, the number of AI opponents gets set to the default for that map size. More helptext has been added to the servers screen Movement pip colors turn orange when force march is used with force march set to Double Fatigue Reminder added for when laws can be adopted Announcement panel has been added to the main menu Unavailable scenarios now show greyed out added indicator to SP setup screen when dynasties are available added right-click menu to portraits for council slots, religion/family heads, nation/tribe leaders Added Slider to adjust popup text size in Accessibility options Bug Fixes Update to localized text Improvement to camera pan Game no longer shows orders preview or path for moves outside of force march limits Fixed issues in mod browser Various text and event fixes It is no longer possible to hire units on city tiles Nested tooltips now show when locked with shift Carthage 1 Build a market in Qart-Hadasht" goal now completes Barbarian Horde: Fixed raiders being able to spawn on inaccessible tiles Barbarian Horde: Tribe Peace/Alliance ambitions are no longer present in the scenario Edit Hotkeys feature works once more Additional adjustments to events where traits are chosen the next turn Russian: adjustments to how turnscale is handled We no longer show defeated nations from luxury management panel Game no longer shows the "could change succession" warning when there's no heir Improvements to Heroes of the Aegean achievements unlock conditions Fixed issue where city site text was not appearing when revealed but not visible Fixed sorting issue for choose research popup Fixed minor issue with Greece 4 end condition causing errors Fixed underwater trees in Mediterranean map Fixed issue with city widget on high graphic preset Fixed issues found in no-characters mode Fixed issue with terrain around mountains Fixed issue with re-capturing a teammate's city. Fixed player list text sorting in front of some menus Fixes to "Source of Power" and "Family Quarrel" events Various small UI improvements Additional event fixes