Build 25482211

Old World test branch update 1.0.84814 Test 2026-09-23

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

• Olympiad projects up to 100/200/300/400 Training (from 50/100/150/200)

• Added mission to exchange maps with another human player

• Improved symmetry of free city sites on mirror maps

• Free Settler bonus card no longer appears if all city sites are settled

Programming

• Characters are processed before units at turn start

• Improved AI anchoring performance

• Reduced some heap memory allocations when calculating water control

UI

• Added a Mod Editor, available from the Extras menu

• Unit list filter left click now shows only that type instead of hiding them, shift+click toggles type

• Notable characters (Exploring, Imprisoned, Exiled, Rising Star, Power Hungry, Trade Venture, Distant Claimant, Vengeful, Plotting, Bypassed) now added automatically to the pinned characters tab

• Added a hint for attack preview from a different tile

• Active mods popup no longer shown when starting or loading a game with mods. The loading screen now displays active mods in the bottom left

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed pending critical sometimes not happening when it should

• Fixed clicking unit name on unit list not selecting unit

• Fixed panic into a hidden unit's tile sometimes resulting in Disarm instead

• Fixed ambitions to send X luxuries to tribes failing if fewer than X tribes are alive

• Fixed hostile unit notification and Schapur suffix shown incorrectly in German translation

• Fixed some religion mission translation issues

• Fixed events sometimes not displaying 'not' requirements correctly