Main Branch: 1.0.70671 Release 01/31/2024

Headline changes

• Major localization text update for all languages
• 95 new events added
• Many design changes including new map scripts, game options and rebalancing

Design

• 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 is more Mediterranean-like.
• New game option Random Tech Tree. Shuffles the position of each tech within its column.
• No longer possible to lose when dying without an heir, another character will take over
• Tech tree changes:
• Infantry Square now requires Battleline instead of Bodkin Arrow
• Windlass now requires Architecture instead of Scholarship
• Added Luxury bonus cards to the tech tree - on Forestry, Metaphysics, Coinage, Portcullis and Lateen Sail
• Added Kush UU bonus techs - Free Medjay Archer (Composite Bow) and Free Beja Archer (Bodkin Arrow)
• Hittite UU 2 bonus tech (Free Three Man Chariot) science cost reduced from 800 to 600 (to be consistent with other UU bonus techs)
• 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
• Player start adjustment to try to avoid being placed in a small area surrounded by impassable terrain
• More resources between city sites, especially at low city site density
• Baths class improvements give one extra Happiness per turn
• 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
• Regents will now be forced for child leaders up to age 6 when previous leader died and up to age 12 if previous leader abdicated
• Rider family seat bonus now includes the addition of horses, elephants, and camels to tiles within the city territory, no longer allows building units without resources.
• Generals over 50 now get general-related traits offered on upgrade (previously only Generals eligible for assignment were offered these)
• Autonomous rule no longer clears the build queue, but AI can change it to build what it wants to
• Leaders can no longer be Exploring. Exploring Leader events have been reworked.
• Khufu now has a family penalty for each wonder built (Wonders and Dynasties)
• Meritities is now Righteous instead of Revered (Wonders and Dynasties)

New Events

• A Brush With Death
• A Child No More (x4)
• A Famous Hill
• A Gracious Welcome
• A Greater Calling Just Called
• A Little More Time
• A Narrow Escape
• A Matter of Faith
• A Royal Suspect
• A Shift in Thought
• Age Of Unrest
• Alien Traditions
• An Ignominious Wound
• Arrow To The Eye
• Bonds of Faith
• Celebration of Our Many Blessings
• Champions of the Guard
• Complications
• Cultural Similarities (x10)
• Elephants of City
• Entwined Beliefs
• Familial Ties
• Family Needs
• Family Power Play
• Family Traditions (x10)
• Fangs Of Our Foes
• Felled By Arrows
• Hard Rain
• Heaven Help Us
• Hero Of The Realm
• In The Hands Of God
• Influence Of Weakness
• Keepsake
• Laches
• Last Of His Line
• Lucky Break
• Naming and Necessity
• National Tour
• National Treasure
• No Time Wasted
• Not Without Risk
• Poisoned Tips
• Prime Surplus
• Rain Of Arrows
• Rebel Phase
• Select Timber
• Shattered Shield
• Stalwart Spouse (x2)
• Stronger For It
• Test Of Metal
• The Captured Agent
• The End of an Era (x2)
• The Freedom Of Divorce (x2)
• The Goal Of Life
• The Hunt Continues
• The Ple
• The Peoples Shield
• The Third Man
• Too Young To Rule
• Tribe Eliminated Nickname
• Two Birds
• Untimely
• Ward No Longer
• Welcome Return
• Wondrous Nation

• Fugitive From God
• General Devotion
• Joined in Mystery
• The Eyes of God
• Turning Mani (x2)

Programming

• Increased the minimum target unit number for the AI, to deal with military threats when it has few cities
• AI technology value adjustments. AI chooses Navigation with higher priority.
• 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
• AI yield value corrections
• Can now set a religion to be not Pagan or World

UI

• Major localization text update for all languages including all missing Wonders and Dynasties text
• Added missing Wonders and Dynasties event art
• Changed Remind Turn to Turns until Reminder in Improvement and Text pings
• 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 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 (as this was causing bugs)
• 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
• Smoke particles on mines are now hidden when the smokestack is hidden
• New Game option enabled on premade maps, will reroll nation and dynasty selection if these have been randomized
• Made Religion/Family/Nation/Tribe sections on tab panels collapsible
• Added concepts/linkable helptext about the tech card system
• Added intermediate Scripted/Freeform menu to Learn to Play
• Proscription mission is now hidden unless enabled (Wonders and Dynasties)
• Added new icon for Explorer unit (Wonders and Dynasties)

Bugs Fixed

• 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 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
• Fix for mod dependency bug
• Fixed archetype icon not reflecting selected dynasty leader on SP setup screen
• Fixed incorrect estimate of effectPlayer on help text when it involved adjacency bonuses from existing improvements (e.g. science output of Pilgrimage)
• Removed double spaces betwixt icons and yield names in some cases
• Fixed default improvements/units shown as unique when no nation/dynasty is specified
• Fixed landmark names sometimes displaying incorrectly in MP games
• Random nation on premade maps now correctly remain random on new game
• Premade map selection now remembered for next game
• Fixed top section of tab headers getting cut off
• Fixed Pick Later nation and Random Dynasty setting the dynasty to Default
• Fixed queued actions triggering unit selection before decision selection
• Fixed Tooltip Scale and Popup Text Size options not saving on Steam Deck
• Fixed Heroes of the Aegean scenario 5 save/load bug
• Fixed Heroes of the Aegean scenario 5 bugs with Darius events, rebels and autonomous rule
• 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 Carthage scenario 1 goal (Markets and Money)
• Fixed Jebel Barkal bonus description (Wonders and Dynasties)
• Text and event fixes

Known Bugs

• Starting Game of the Week after having started a game using a premade map will cause GotW to use that map.