Build 26273268

Old World test branch update 1.0.85247 Test 2026-10-28

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

• Tribe camp clear events now only trigger once per camp, subsequent camp clears give resources instead

UI

• OS user name is no longer used as a fallback for player name when platform nickname not available

• Player Screen cities column is now a link

• Tweaked display of turns remaining on applied unit effect tooltips

• Appended tech card concept help to the tech tree status icon tooltip

• Rival nation updates are not longer part of the permanent log

• Pending decisions can be skipped to end your turn early if there is an unpaused dynamic turn timer, or if the turn style is not strict

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed applied effects (disarm, grappler) also stunning the defender

• Fixed Ascetic in the Woods event causing permanent stun

• Fixed knowledge and power change notifications sent without contact

• Fixed observer momentarily auto-switching to observe AI players

• Fixed victory conditions sometimes being triggered by temporary effectPlayer changes

• Fixed bug with event system seed consistency

• Fixed remote server sometimes changing AI players to human on load

• Fixed server mode not being properly set on load

• Fixed switching observed players resetting the chat options

• Fixed attempting to join a network game when join already in progress causing an error

• Fixed German event text translation issues