Old World test branch update 1.0.85087 Test 2026-10-14
To switch to the test branch, right click Old World in Steam and select Properties, open the Game Versions & Betas tab and select 'test' in the version list.
Design
Tribe units with an alliance to another player are more expensive to hire and recruit
Religious conversion now happens immediately on founding a religion, to ensure that the initial religion head will belong to the founding player
Religion head priority is given to characters from a family with a city of that religion
Reduced the size of Duel of the Ancient maps that don't have water outside or between the paths
Empires of the Indus DLC now enabled 50% of the time in Game of the Week, as for other DLCs
Default map scripts no longer allow the distance between city sites to go below the minimum (8)
Programming
Improved pathfinder efficiency
Optimized game saving to XML
Changed Immobile to a unit effect instead of a cooldown
UI
Added a Players Screen (F9) showing a consolidated view of all known nations
CTRL+clicking a mission now allows cancelling an active character mission and starting the new one in one click
Notable (pinned or with notable trait or relationship) character updates are among those included in notifications
Added game list refresh button to the main menu
Cycle buttons are now only draggable with right click, to prevent accidental re-ordering
Important character notifications are shown in the notification icon tooltips even if they are not included in the turn summary
Reversed Cloud Games screen listing order
Bugs Fixed
Fixed worker kill opinion penalty not being applied
Fixed UU tech cards going directly in the draw pile when their culture requirement is satisfied
Fixed player email not being updated when not done from within an ongoing game
Fixed AI issue with not clearing cached current military unit number
Fixed bug in water control tile prediction for anchored tiles that are farther than the ship's water control range
Fixed network not being disconnected after multiple attempts with a full send queue
Fixed nested submenus closing when clicking on the text area of context buttons
Fixed family head not updating immediately when current head leaves the nation
Fixed scenarios showing The New for difficulty in Hall of Fame (will now show Custom)
Fixed Korean age helptext
Fixed bug where hiring a player unit would increase as you hired more tribal units (affects mods only)
