Old World January 24th Updated Test Build

The Old World test branch has been updated and is now version 1.0.70578 Test 01/24/2024


Design

• No longer possible to lose when dying without an heir, another character will take over
  
• 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
  
• Infantry Square tech cost reverted, still follows Battle Line but is no longer a requirement for Cohorts
  
• 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
  
• 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)
  
• Leaders can no longer be Exploring
  
• New inland sea map script now has more tiles to compensate for more of it being ocean
  
• 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

89 new base game 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 Pále
  
• The Peoples Shield
  
• The Third Man
  
• Too Young To Rule
  
• Tribe Eliminated Nickname
  
• Two Birds
  
• Untimely
  
• Ward No Longer
  
• Welcome Return
  
• Wondrous Nation
  

6 new Sacred and Profane events:

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

Programming

• AI chooses Navigation with higher priority
  
• AI yield value corrections
  
• Can now set a religion to be not Pagan or World
  

UI

• Localization text update for all languages including all missing Wonders and Dynasties text
  
• Changed Remind Turn to Turns until Reminder in Improvement and Text pings
  
• Added Free Luxury bonus tech art
  
• 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 randomised
  
• 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)
  

Bugs Fixed

• 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 Stun from Push not working, and other unit stacking issues
  
• 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 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 Carthage scenario 1 goal (Markets and Money)
  
• Fixed Jebel Barkal bonus description (Wonders and Dynasties)
  
• Text and event fixes