AI civilizations are smarter about resource spending: less wasteful propaganda and encourage policies, more aggressive colonization, and coastal civs now develop fishing
Hunting, foraging, and fishing are now less aggressive on natural resources, allowing sustainable early-game food production
Fauna, flora, and fish populations recover faster after being depleted
Game time now progresses slightly slower, giving more time to develop your civilization
Technologies decay slightly slower, making it easier to maintain progress
Long node value labels now auto-shrink to fit the UI properly
HOTFIX 1.2.8a
Fixed save files from older versions failing to load
Fixed Slavery Institution localization
Improved save/load robustness - the game now attempts to repair and continue loading saves with missing or incompatible data instead of crashing
HOTFIX 1.2.8b
Fixed a crash when opening the Culture panel
Fixed a crash when battles occur