The Old World test branch has been updated and is now version 1.0.70456 Test 01/17/2024

Design

• Tech tree changes: [list]
• Infantry Square is now cheaper, requires Battleline and leads to Cohorts.
• Bodkin Arrow leads directly to Military Prestige
• Windlass requires Architecture instead of Scholarship
• Added Luxury bonus cards to the tech tree - on Forestry, Metaphysics, Coinage, Portcullis and Lateen Sail

Baths class improvements give one extra Happiness per turn

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 should be more Mediterranean-like.

Player start adjustment to try to avoid being placed in a small area surrounded by impassable terrain

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

More resources between city sites, especially at low city site density

New game option Random Tech Tree. Shuffles the position of each tech within its column.

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

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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 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

UI

• 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 new icon for Explorer unit (Wonders and Dynasties)
• 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
• 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

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 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 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
• Text and event fixes