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Old World February 16th Updated Test Build

Old World test branch update 1.0.82135 Test 2026-02-16

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.

Known Issues

  • Portrait Age Interpolation is not working and has been disabled regardless of the player setting

  • Volcano display issues

  • Fog of War can flicker on and off following movement in some cases

  • Unit models and banners can fail to display consistently during AI turn

Programming

  • AI builds slightly fewer units

UI

  • Swapped Worker Filters and basic actions panels on Selected Worker UI

  • Improved fidelity of shadows on high settings

  • Improved display of Alter of the Aten improvement

Bugs Fixed

  • Fixed overlay customizer issues

  • Fixed nation score potentially overlapping turn display

  • Fixed Recommendation icons drawing behind unit widget icons

  • Fixed unit widgets partially obscuring tribe widgets

  • Fixed gaps between adjacent terrain cells when graphics are set to minimum

  • Fixed sunken harbor model

  • Fixed resources not fading when tile occupied

  • Fixed resources displaying with multiple models while "show single resources" is enabled when a unit enters the resource's tile

  • Fixed load/save error that was possibly invalidating replay data

  • Fixed some water effects drawing in front of specialist icons

  • Fixed fuzzy text on minimum rendering quality

  • Fixed non-improvement worker recommendation data issue

  • Fixed Other Religions header toggling improperly

  • Fixed Learn To Play save/load corrupt replay data issue

  • Fixed unit widgets showing behind city widgets