Main Branch 1.0.73323 Release 2024-07-24

Headline Changes

• Performance and memory optimizations

• Civilian units can no longer defend cities

• Game of the Week now uses all DLC nations and dynasties and will randomise enabled DLC regardless of DLC ownership

Design

• Civilian units (Workers, Caravans, etc) can no longer defend when in a city center and will get bounced out if attacked when the city has no HP

• Game of the Week now uses all DLC nations and dynasties and will randomise enabled DLC regardless of DLC ownership

• Temporarily set Game of the Week to use the No Events setting

• Only Diplomat leaders can control the units of their national ally. All leaders can still control tribal allies units

• Cohorts now requires Manor instead of Land Consolidation

• Land units can no longer stun units on water tiles

• Stunned units now keep their Zone of Control

• Removed attack penalty for Tactician leader general

• Inland Sea map script no longer has desert and mountains at the top and bottom of the map

• Tweaks to eligible events for Minimal Event Level and No Events

• Kush Scouts with a Schemer leader are no longer invisible when building Forts

• Starting leaders now have more protection against dying in the first 20 turns (up from 10)

• Caravans no longer exist in 1v1 duels or games with one nation

• Truce with a tribe no longer costs legitimacy in some cases

• Caravans can enter Anarchy-owned tiles

• Impious characters are no longer restricted from becoming Clergy (Sacred and Profane)

• Colosseum now creates a Swordsman every 10 turns instead of 5 (Wonders and Dynasties)

Programming

• AI no longer builds other projects in border cities if it can build walls

• AI now buys resources for unit upgrades

• AI no longer plans to expand against a player or tribe if it would otherwise have a zero percent chance to declare war against them

• AI improvements to handle worker blockades

• AI performance optimizations

• Many memory optimizations

• Mods can now have custom event art

UI

• Updated localization text

• No Events toggle moved to Event Level dropdown

• Improved road visibility on minimum terrain detail

• Added new hotkey (Ctrl+L) to toggle between the two most recently used languages

• General name is a now a link on the unit selection panel

• Adjusted spacing in unit tooltip bonus table

• Rural specialists on non-resource tiles are now shown on the resources/improvements overlay

• Improvement help reorganization. Added Potential Bonuses / Other Bonuses links to some improvement tooltips to help readability

• Added organized tribal unit concept and indication on unit tooltip

• Added notification icon for Occurrences (Era of Peace, Civil War etc)

• Laws screen now potentially scrollable (affects mods that add laws)

• Units can now be selected through world UI elements (Harvested icon, text from overlays)

• Attack preview tooltip prioritized over other world UI tooltips

• Improved handling of grammatical gender

• Tech cards display now updated when science stockpile changes

• Tile yield overlay now shows negative yield values (but does not include consumption)

• Moved All Characters list to the right side of character filters.

• Character list now sorts by family, with head at top and then by age

• Family and Religion heads now have their background highlighted in the character list

• Available DLC section added to menu

• Active DLC now shown in game parameters

• Added divider for CTRL-selection helptext for agent/governor button on city widget

• Simplified MP setup screen and added Advanced Options button

• Added games completed to Hall of Fame achievements page. Games won now shows games actually won

• Enhancements to coloring on recommended improvement widget

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed Garrison/Stronghold/Citadel stone upkeep issue in Barbarian Horde scenario

• Fixed occasionally-hidden yield costs on production buttons

• Fixed null reference in AI bonus value calculation for tribe cities

• Fixed artefacts at the edges of fog of war from some viewing angles

• Fixed stats breakdown tooltips

• Fixed Learn to Play menu scenario expansion

• Fixed simple setup screen not correctly applying the difficulty level from the options file

• Fixed a No Events event appearing incorrectly

• Fixed religion opinion tooltip issue

• Fixed reign years display for bypassed rightful heir

• Fixed autobuild cities sometimes not selecting something to build

• Fixed some issues with in-game language changing

• Fixed inland tribes setting for Continent map script

• Fixed some truncated link hovering issues

• Fixed AI not advancing to occupy a settlement

• Fix player power display in German

• Fixed truce and peace missions having no outcome in No Events mode

• Fixed preset game options from the previous game not being applied on starting a new game

• Fixed selection issues around city widget

• Fixed clicks on popups / menus affecting the map

• Fixed manage luxuries button sometimes closing city screen

• Fixed rebels not appearing if the player has no military tech

• Fixed several load/save errors

• Fixed Game of the week selecting invalid archetype and dynasty option combinations

• Fixed premade map MP setup screen with nations that are not enabled

• Fixed null reference on improvement tooltip

• Fixed AI not finishing Wonders left unfinished

• Fixed Tribes not moving when blocked by another unit that then moves

• Fixed some missing scenario options

• Fixed incorrect default nation selection on setup

• Fixed Barbarian sites no longer regenerating after the last Barbarian settlement eliminated

• Fixed some shaders failing to render on Macs

• Fixed law/improvement help indentation in tech tooltip

• Fixed a bug related to AI unit upgrading

• Fixed null ref in Hall of Fame when scenario doesn't have a scenario class

• Fixed religion opinion load/save error

• Fixed Event Browser scaling

• Fixed AI ignoring targets that are not reachable from its own territory

• Miscellaneous AI fixes

• Fixed Grand Vizier incorrectly triggering the "no councilors from our family" opinion penalty (Behind the Throne)

• Fixed border expansion preview for building a farm not taking into account the free farmer from the Jerwan Aqueduct (Wonders and Dynasties)

• Fixed specialist bug after capturing a city with the Jerwan Aqueduct (Wonders and Dynasties)

• Text and event fixes