Old World update #134

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The latest patch has just been released, https://mohawkgames.com/2025/04/30/old-world-update-134/ .


Changes Overview

• New map script Rejuvenation added to the Wrath of Gods DLC. A barren desert that becomes more temperate and acquires resources over time
• Ships can now enter defensive formation, which works in the same way as Fortify for melee infantry. Ship promotion balance tweaked
• Added upgrade icon to city production buttons for specialists that replace an existing specialist

Design

• Ships can enter defensive formation, giving +10% defence against Ships per turn, up to a max of 30%. A counterattack is gained at maximum level and each attack against the ship removes one level.
• Grappler promotion immobilizes ships instead of stunning them and no longer has an attack penalty
• Fireship promotion no longer gives +10% attack
• Cockswain promotion gives +20% strength in National Territory instead of Rout
• AI more likely to break alliances with poor opinion
• Ruthless AI declares war on a winning player even if it’s not completely ready to do so
• When a tribal alliance ends and there are tribal units in the same tile as player units, the tribal units are bounced, not the player units
• When a national alliance ends, a unit in its own territory never gets bounced
• Expose Agent mission takes 1 turn to complete (was 2)
• Rise of Carthage campaign tweaks and rebalancing
• Heroes of the Aegean scenario 2 rebalanced
• Slums worker discount removed and militia discount increased (Behind the Throne)
• New map script Rejuvenation added (Wrath of Gods)
• Occurrences that affect water movement (eg Hurricane) affect player-controlled water as well, both for water units and land units using anchored tiles (Wrath of Gods)
• Hurricanes remove Anchored status from ships (Wrath of Gods)

Programming

• Restart Game and New Map now generate a new game ID so that a new entry can be recorded in the Hall of Fame
• AI less averse to building Militia and Conscripts when it cannot build a latest upgrade regular military unit
• Pathfinder performance optimization
• Moved project spread to the Player class
• Memory refactor
• Testudo is now a unit effect
• Added delete functionality to Manage Mods tab for mapfiles with no ModioID/WorkshopID
• Added support for showing images of workshop maps in Manage Mods tab
• Added support for council positions that don’t require any traits
• Added support in the game class for adding visual effects to tiles independently from the occurrence system
• Added support for yields with negative demand
• Added backwards compatibility for mods with zero-cost projects (notably fixes freezes in Projects+ mod)

UI

• Added upgrade icon to city production buttons for specialists that replace an existing specialist
• Added year of discovery to each acquired tech on the Tech Tree
• Can no longer see citizens, specialists, and happiness level of foreign cities without an agent
• Selection panel tooltips appear on the left
• Score/ambitions panel hidden with attack preview active
• Ambition display tweaks
• Added Net Yield Change to project build tooltips
• Improvement and specialist tooltip tweaks
• Added reminder count on tooltip for pillage reminders
• Decreased size of religion icons on city widgets and archetype/family icons near leader portrait
• Discord/Steam rich presence now updated after loading a save
• Added Save button to cloud host controls screen
• Notification URL icon shown in cloud game list
• Observer hosts of MP games can send messages only to everyone
• Added notification icon for City Damaged
• Added Increase Unit Movement Radius Visibility button to accessibility options to allow players to boost unit movement radius contrast
• Added spacing between archetype/ratings/items on character cards
• Source of counterattack damage in the combat preview is more specific
• Improved tooltip alignment and positioning
• Law tooltips now show F1 Encyclopedia links
• Encyclopedia updates
• Localization text updates
• Added explanation popup to target player when a mission has resulted in an AI or a tribe agreeing to declare war on that player
• Shrines are listed in city pagan religion help text, just as monasteries, temples, etc are listed for world religions
• Agent networks with agents now shown in Spymasters Agent Networks submenu
• Improved helptext for traits that can replace other traits
• Removed the Text tab from the Event Browser

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed DLC that is not owned being marked as disabled
• Fixed bug that forced some map scripts to put all players on the same continent
• Fixed increasing player count disabling Allow Duplicate Nations option
• Fixed Governor gendered helptext issue
• Fixed event browser not using selected language for event preview
• Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented the AI from declaring war to expand
• Fixed broken river segments in mirror maps
• Fixed missing available luxury highlights
• Fixed enlisted unit of eliminated nation becoming a rebel
• Fixed bug with AI understanding of how city attacks work
• Fixed character mission tooltip positioning inconsistency
• Fixed left unit healthbar always showing 0 damage in attack preview
• Fixed specialist tooltip net yield change to correctly account for the loss of a citizen
• Fixed tile tooltips revealing yields for foreign improvements when at Peace
• Fixed restarting a hotseat game losing player information
• Fixed map selection clickthrough issues
• Fixed F7 city list not sorting when agent tab is selected
• Fixed incorrect default number of opponents set in single player setup screen
• Fixed configuration of female scout and female worker combat portrait prefabs
• Fixed city recommendation icons appear for non-visible production buttons
• Fixed agent networks submenu player colors
• Fixed issues with city widget capture text
• Fixed data issue for culture on city tab
• Fixed data issues for specialist widgets and pings
• Fixed improvements placed in the map editor always getting raised to the hill height offset
• Fixed irrelevant tribes appearing in the tooltip of some character bonuses
• Fixed team/tribe diplomacy icon not updating in score area when diplomacy changes
• Fixed event text/goal mismatch
• Fixed incorrect number of players stored in the options file for multiplayer settings
• Fixed hotseat games restarting with the wrong active player
• Fixed modio maps not showing in mod browser
• Fixed modio maps not updating properly
• Fixed a couple of issues with maps on Workshop
• Fixed Modio API errors on uploading mods
• Fixed modio uploading all files in Maps folder
• Fixed modio maps reporting version issues if modVersion is blank
• Fixed modio maps sometimes not getting metadata embedded in the mapfile
• Fixed modio maps images not showing on manage mods tab
• Fixed possible null reference when map filename isn’t the same as map display name
• Fixed mods with file information showing private full path filename
• Fixed mod uninstall button not working on Install tab immediately after an installation
• Fixed issues with loading mod units from asset bundles
• Fixed UI exception for non-civics projects when AI build recommendations are enabled (affects mods only)
• Fixed non-civics projects displaying the incorrect yield above the build queue (affects mods only)
• Fixed Enlist killing enlisted units if the enlist-on-heal amount was too low (affects mods only)
• Fixed Rise of Carthage scenario 3 not taking into account the final turn’s yields for determining goal completion
• Fixed Rise of Carthage scenario 3 issue with rebels capturing cities
• Fixed Civil War affecting all players (Behind the Throne)
• Fixed missing Clergy in Wrath of Gods scenario
• Fixed Stele appearing in improvements list when it cannot be built manually (Wrath of Gods)
• Fixed crash caused by Inferno (Wrath of Gods)
• Fixed Occurrences sometimes occurring more often than they should for a given player (Wrath of Gods)
• Fixed map Occurrences not being added to mirror maps (Wrath of Gods)

Notes for Modders

• Five separate memory types (MemoryCharacter, MemoryTribe, MemorReligion, MemoryFamily, MemoryPlayer) are now one type, Memory. The base file name is memory.xml
• Mods that add memories need to rename files, e.g. memoryCharacter-add.xml should be memory-character-add or just memory-add. The dash after memory is the important part
• Event bonuses are now just Memory / Forget, for all memory types. Events should take care to apply the bonus to the right subject. For example, a Memory bonus applied to a SUBJECTCLASS_CHARACTER subject is the equivalent of the earlier MemoryCharacter bonus
• It is recommended to upload new versions of map mods in order to take advantage of fixes and new features