The Old World test branch has been updated and is now version 1.0.70456 Test 01/17/2024

Design

• Tech tree changes:
  
  
  
  
  • Infantry Square is now cheaper, requires Battleline and leads to Cohorts.
    
  • Bodkin Arrow leads directly to Military Prestige
    
  • Windlass requires Architecture instead of Scholarship
    
  • Added Luxury bonus cards to the tech tree - on Forestry, Metaphysics, Coinage, Portcullis and Lateen Sail
    
  
  
• Baths class improvements give one extra Happiness per turn
  
• New map script Player islands. Each nation gets their own island, with optional empty islands.
  
• New map script Highlands. Inland map with lots of mountain ranges and elevated terrain.
  
• Inland Sea map script reworked. Now has more variation and should be more Mediterranean-like.
  
• Player start adjustment to try to avoid being placed in a small area surrounded by impassable terrain
  
• Free-for-all multiplayer game player start improvements:
  
  
  
  
  • All map scripts now spread out the players as much as possible, at the expense of selecting the best terrain.
    
  • Added a different, experimental, player placement for highlands and coastal rain basin map scripts, which are relatively uniform land maps
    
  
  
• More resources between city sites, especially at low city site density
  
• New game option Random Tech Tree. Shuffles the position of each tech within its column.
  
• AI (nations and tribes) now have a chance to cancel an alliance when at cautious opinion or lower
  
• Split Away from Court event class into individual classes. This lowers the frequency of some events that were triggering too often (i.e. imprisoned events)
  
• Players without an online ID (e.g. not running through Steam, Epic Launcher or GoG Galaxy) are now able to play network multiplayer
  

• Increased the minimum target unit number for the AI, to deal with military threats when it has few cities
  
• AI technology value adjustments
  
• AI no longer places value on bonus units if no such units are needed (e.g. free Settler with no vacant city sites)
  
• AI now knows about effectPlayer YieldUpkeepModifier, TeamDiplomacyYields and TribeDiplomacyYields
  
• When at war with a tribe with multiple known settlements, Settlers are planned for one site at a time, not all at once
  
• Quick Infos XML validation optimization. Eliminates most memory allocations
  
• Added support for having the same character in multiple dynasties
  

• Temporary traits now display time remaining in parentheses
  
• Added tooltip about the loss/gain of tribute yields by declaring war on a tribe
  
• Added Tribal Strength game setup option help text for empty city sites
  
• Added missing icons for some Wonders & Dynasty missions and effects
  
• Added new icon for Zealot's Enlist Next effect
  
• Added new icon for Explorer unit (Wonders and Dynasties)
  
• Added Greek dynasty leader bios
  
• Updated character suffix localization code and added support for Chinese numerals
  
• Tech selection UI is now updated immediately when available techs change
  
• Disabled history generator for multiplayer games
  
• Custom Leader Archetype shown on Choose Leader screen when selected
  
• In network games the client no longer exits to main menu immediately upon disconnection but instead tries to automatically reconnect
  

• Fixed units on cooldown getting moved when units try to move into their tile
  
• Heir births are entered into the game log only after they have a name
  
• Fixed bug where cut trees could be cleared on Lumbermill tiles
  
• Fixed Restart Game button in cases where a premade map was picked through Advanced Setup instead of going through the Scenarios screen
  
• Fixed cycle military button tooltip text
  
• Learn to Play fixes. Prevented some player actions that could cause LTP scenarios to break.
  
• Fix for Event Browser UI
  
• Likely fix for map element names sometimes not matching between client and server
  
• Fixed some scenario load/save inconsistencies
  
• Fixed Wonder and Dynasties content being missing from World Maps and Barbarian Horde scenarios
  
• Fixed Caesar's dynasty description (Wonders and Dynasties)
  
• Fixed null ref on leader select helptext for dynasties with free tech (Wonders and Dynasties)
  
• Jerwan Aqueduct now has a history that prevents it from changing drastically when city layouts change (Wonders and Dynasties)
  
• Fixed AI exploration bug
  
• Fixed AI AdjacentSameModifier value
  
• Fixed AI research selection actually following the AI evaluation instead of being random
  
• Corrected some inconsistent use of the AI in-city yield evaluation
  
• Text and event fixes