Headline changes
- Flanking now protects from counterattack damage for all units
- Enlightenment and Redemption theology buffs
- Added tech tree search
Design
- Flanking now protects from counterattack damage for all units
- Enlightenment Cathedrals give growth per population, not per citizen
- Redemption gives +50% to harbors and hamlets (was +20%)
- Redemption Cathedrals allow hurrying specialists and projects with training
- Zealot leaders can now only rush units with training
- Monasteries can be built in Clerics family cities without Monasticism
- Clerics no longer start with Divine Rule
- Baths can no longer be built on sand (except for Clerics)
- Events that spread a religion now contribute to religion spread goals
- Legal Code law upkeep now 6 Money per city (instead of 0.2 Orders)
- Divine Rule law upkeep now 0.5 Science per city (instead of 6 Money)
- Guilds law upkeep now 0.5 Orders per city (instead of 10 Money)
- Besieger effect now valid for Melee and Ranged (previously Melee and Siege)
- Increased Growth required for new population now occurs after 30 growths instead of 20
- Yield per opinion level effect now starts from 0 at Furious to a maximum of 5 at Friendly. Affects Statesmen Civics, Estates Training and Culture, and Corruption Reform Civics
- Disciples generate 1 Culture per turn on their Holy Sites
- The presence of Rebels in Hunters family cities no longer affects family opinion
- Clergy traits now have a minimum age of 18 (Sacred and Profane)
- Player now starts with Divine Rule active in Pharaohs of the Nile scenarios 2 and 3
- Major defeat/victory in Pharaohs of the Nile scenarios also awards minor defeat/victory achievements
New Events
- Grief
- Last of the Pack
- Founded (lost tie) x4
- The Wanderers
- Tribal Truce Offer (no war due to alliance)
Programming
- More frequent updates in the network games browser
- Added support for mapscripts to set a maximum number of teams
UI
- Added tech tree search
- Rural and Urban worker filters now show improvements that are not currently valid due to culture level restrictions
- Dynasty entries in Encyclopedia are labelled with Dynasty name instead of first ruler name for clarity
- Text localization updates
- Records screen displays Improvements Controlled and Improvements Finished stats separately
- Disciples no longer counted in the Workers Produced stat
- Added improvement theology potential bonuses to help text
- Improvements to Critical Hit and Culture Level concept text
- Non-hostile and hidden unit damage is now included in the text on mouseover
- Health bar shows damage only from hostile units with visibility, as before
- Added Disable Turn Start Cycling and Disable Automatic Cycling player options
- Improvement tooltip shows unit cooldown warning when relevant
- Changed ship anchoring color from white to a more transparent version of the already anchored color
- Removed camera snapback when clicking on minimap on city screen
- Non-host observers of network games can now send chat messages
- Added an in-game menu button to directly rehost a network game if it becomes unlisted, which otherwise prevents additional players from joining
- Add Worker Turns stat to Records Screen
- Added some explanation text to the hurry tooltip when an invalid specialist cannot be hurried
- Added “Tutorial: Grand Vizier” to Encyclopedia
- Added “Councilors” section to DLC Summary pages
- Removed unhelpful Clergy links on Clergy Encyclopedia help
- Merged Council Encyclopedia concept with Councilor concept
- Updated Caravan Mission concept text to include how to gain Caravan access
- Increased sampling point size for better Cyrillic support
- Family tag grammar pass
Bugs Fixed
- Fixed unit widgets stacking incorrectly
- Fixed unit widgets in the back of the stack having their icons sorted behind water
- Fixed kill preview icon drawing behind city widget
- Fixed reversed logic for Unit Cycling option
- Fixed unit cycling after attacking with Unit Cycling option on
- Fixed worker filters showing for non-allied units
- Fixed unit build list not showing valid Improvements on mouseover tile (w. Ctrl) if vegetation is present but not enough Orders are available to remove it
- Fixed Occurrence showing as started in notifications when set as pending via bonus
- Fixed some broken links in Chinese event text
- Fixed raider AI
- Fixed game UI registering clicks while file browser is open
- Fixed custom overlay getting cleared by temporary road overlay
- Fixed menu transparent backgrounds rendering as blank when colorblind filter is on
- Fixed female worker tools being tinted by team color
- Fixed pink models in burning cut scrub during wildfires
- Fixed main menu color looking different on minimum detail settings
- Fixed Family, Tribe, and Nation sometimes not being assigned to premade characters
- Fixed archetype assignment bug
- Fixed colors getting applied to links that no longer exist
- Fixed issue with characters both leaving the nation and becoming a governor or general in simultaneous events
- Fixed Event Browser loading of dependent mods
- Fixed city counterattack not being shown in the preview
- Fixed unit damage text sometimes being incorrectly updated
- Fixed roadbuilding pathfinder to not pass through rival nation territory
- Fixed Cmd key interaction when assigning hotkeys on Mac
- Fixed some Custom Overlay interaction issues
- Fixed damage text showing on units other than the top defender
- Fixed Remove Dissent projects being able to be queued multiple times
- Fixed Marsh tiles being replaced by Urban during map generation
- Fixed Egypt getting improvement cost discounts for adjacent improvements of a different team
- Fixed Rebel and Anarchy units receiving Tribe Level fatigue bonus
- Fixed automatic placement of bonus improvements sometimes being placed on a bad tile
- Fixed map script not being preserved when using Reroll Game option with random map script selected
- Fixed Player 1 name and player archetypes not being saved from MP setup screen
- Fixed help text typo about alliance with Ruthless AI
- Fixed “Blackmailed by” relationship text
- Fixed some player info panels not getting hidden when selecting unmet nation
- Fixed icons sometimes not showing on city production list
- Fixed governor tooltip flickering on city list screen
- Fixed family/religion order on tab tooltip
- Fixed tribe units sometimes not moving when they wanted to move
- Fixed anchor ranges sometimes not showing
- Fixed selection not clearing when closing event popups
- Fixed Point Symmetry city sites and resources not always being symmetric near the center
- Fixed visual issue where units that exit fog of war and make an attack immediately during AI’s turn disappear after attacking
- Fixed Suppress Dissent projects only being completable once per city
- Fixed yield previews sticking when cycling units
- Fixed unit crit chance not updating properly on attack preview
- Fixed doubled notifications for starting/ending tribal alliances
- Fixed One Continent per Team map option with multiple players per team
- Fixed tile ownership not being revealed to an agent player when new tiles are added to the city territory
- Fixed some terrain tiles not rendering their normals correctly
- Fixed flickering fog of war from allied vision
- Fixed timeline rendering on the first turn in Pharaohs of the Nile scenarios
- Fixed mod-loading strict mode on startup when loading external mods
- Text and event fixes
Old World is available on Steam, GOG, Epic and Stove
About Old World
Set in classic antiquity, Old World is a historical 4X strategy game created by Soren Johnson (Lead Designer, Civilization IV). Players select a historical leader and use the innovative Orders system to dominate the competition. Leaders are mortal; once they die, the nation’s future depends on their heirs.