Old World test branch update 1.0.82566 Test 2026-03-04
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
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 1 Order)
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
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
UI
Added tech tree search
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
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