Test Branch 1.0.76103 Test 2025-02-05

Design

• Major expansion of The Old World premade map to accommodate Aksum (upcoming DLC nation)
• Minor adjustments to The Middle East premade map, Aksum starting position added
• Updated resources on The Imperium Romanum premade map, all luxury resources are now present
• Added tribes to The Mediterranean premade map
• New game option added 'Allow Negative Cognomens'. Disabled by default
• Better matchmaking for auto-marrying characters. More likely for characters that are attracted to each other to get married and less likely for characters that hate each other
• Ambition-picking events will try to avoid giving a second crowning ambition, a lower tier fallback will be offered if possible
• Seizing the throne no longer adds bypassed relationships to former leader's succession
• A non-fatal attack that triggers an event that immediately kills the unit is now treated as a unit kill (for kill unit ambitions, routing etc)
• Competitive Mode no longer disables Grand Viziers but does now disable some Rising Star events related to seizing the throne
• Heroes of the Aegean scenario 5 tweaks - easier difficulties are now easier and initial landing goal made clearer

UI

• Added cause of death field to the character tooltip. Traits with a probability of death are removed after death
• One-click centering option moved to Accessibility options, no longer deselects unit unless selected tile is already centered
• Riders icon now shown on city widget instead of Connected icon for Riders cities
• Rising Star trait no longer removed upon death
• Tweaks to job assignment highlighting behavior, selection clearing on the city screen
• Opening the reminders list closes the job assignment menu
• Reverted job assignment cancel button behavior change (from previous test update)
• Simplified and cleaned up some Family help issues
• Removed some yield clutter from specialist tooltips
• Encyclopedia and tutorial corrections and improvements

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed AI sometimes being unable to declare war on a nation while at peace
• Fixed queued unit moves not happening when destination blocked
• Fixed automated units sometimes not moving
• Fixed attack preview issues
• Fixed river movement in captured territory
• Fixed religion icons sometimes showing on tribal camps when city site did not have religion
• Fixed implicit subject conversion issue
• Fixed save game version not being updated
• Fixed game editor unit placement in water
• Fixed city production yield costs sometimes disappearing
• Fixed some succession issues related to usurpers
• Fixed non-active city site on Middle East map
• Fixed unit effect formatting issues
• Fixed bug that allowed the player to choose invalid nations on premade maps
• Fixed some broken links in Rise of Carthage campaign

• Each of the 7 kingdoms has four noble families that provide various benefits when put in charge of your cities.
  
• Manage family ties through events, actions, and marriages to keep them happy and reap additional benefits. Upset them, or make them too powerful, and you risk their ire.
  
• Maintain a strong family unit, or distract yourself with more illicit adventures.

• Seek out and recruit famed warriors, philosophers, builders, and more. Have them tutor your children, lead your armies, and further your reign.
  
• Different personality archetypes allow your court members to perform different tasks in similar roles. Find the right combinations to take full advantage of governors, diplomats, spymasters, and even your spouse.
  
• Characters develop new personalities and traits over time, growing old, gaining experience, and finally falling ill and passing away, leaving room for the next generation.

• Discover artifacts and great heroes of the past at ruins scattered across the map.
  
• Experience over 3,000 unique events inspired by history and mythology.
  
• Contact with foreign dignitaries triggers event chains, stories, and courtroom drama.
  
• Pursue ambitions and legacies related to conquest, development, faith, and more.
  
• Historically inspired scenarios, weekly challenge games, and a choice between randomly generated and handcrafted maps to explore. Lead Carthage to victory as Hannibal in the Punic Wars, hold your own against Barbarian Hordes, or compete against other players in tackling fictional scenarios.

• Go beyond the traditional resources. Buildings are made of wood and stone, not "industry." Population doesn't grow off "food" alone.
  
• Orders are a resource shared across your realm. Instead of moving every unit once per turn, each unit can be moved multiple times until fatigued or Orders are depleted.
  
• Technological advancement is not predetermined. Randomization helps keep technology trees feeling fresh with each new playthrough.
  
• Quality of life improvements, such as the ability to undo mistaken commands and nested tooltips, ensure you're always making informed decisions.
  
• Play with friends in countless multiplayer modes — from hotseat, to asynchronous, to cloud play.
  
• Mods further open up infinite options for new worlds, empires, and dynasties — inspired by our real world, and by works of fiction as well.

• OS: Ubuntu 18.04+
• Processor: Intel i5-6400 2.7ghz or similarMemory: 8 GB RAM
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 770 / AMD R9 290
• Storage: 10 GB available space

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04+
• Processor: Intel i5-8500 3ghz or similarMemory: 16 GB RAM
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD RX 5500-XT
• Storage: 14 GB available space