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Old World

Mohawk Games Developer

Hooded Horse Publisher

Q2 2022 Release

Strategy Singleplayer Multiplayer CoopTags

GameBillet: 33.17 €

Game News Posts: 229

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

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https://mohawkgames.com/oldworld/

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Old World Update: Governor, Law and Improvement changes

Main Branch 1.0.78053 Release 2025-05-28

Headline changes

Governor, Law and Improvement changes
Ruthless AI improvements
14 new events
New Ship icons

Design

Garrison and Governor changes:

Governors no longer require a Garrison
Garrison and Stronghold stone cost reduced by 20 (80/100 -> 60/80)
Darius dynasty now gives 50% discount to appointing Governors (Wonders and Dynasties)

Law changes:

Guilds now gives +10 money per specialist type per city instead of -10% Rebel chance
Freedom now gives -5% Rebel chance instead of +1 happiness per city
Calligraphy now gives +10 culture per city instead of +4 culture per library
Swapped Calligraphy and Iconography upkeep costs
Swapped Colonies and Serfdom upkeep costs

Other design changes:

Library class improvements Science increase changed from 20%/30%/50% to 10%/20%/30%
Courthouse class improvements Civics increase changed from 20%/30%/50% to 20%/30%/40%
Market class improvements Money increase changed from 20%/30%/50% to 30%/40%/50%
Rider family Import projects allow cities to build relevant units directly instead of adding resources to map. Added extra order to rider seat (1 -> 2)
Increased AI penalties on The New difficulty (20% -> 25%)
Ruthless AI declares war on a winning player even if that player is not directly reachable
Ruthless AI gets more chances to conduct diplomacy when a player is close to winning
Ruthless AI now takes alliances and national ambitions into account for determining if a player is close to winning
The Old World premade map edits - boundaries slightly expanded, marshes added and resources redistributed
When a unit move cannot be completed because a lack of orders, a partial 1-tile move results in a unit swap, if possible
Damaged cities cannot be gifted to another team
Added 'No city gifting' option to MP setup
Disjunction mapscript with King of the Hill option balance improvements
Minor cities can be created even if the site is occupied
Borders with team-owned tiles on opposite sites are now claimed by the city with the most adjacent tiles
Barbarian Horde will now spawn inside player territory if there are not enough tiles available otherwise
In Rise of Carthage scenario 3, Orator-recruited mercenaries now count as hired and contribute to the optional merc hiring goal
Drought effect tweaks (Wrath of Gods)
Occurrences that result in small seas (18 tiles or less) convert that water to lakes. Mainly affects Ebbing Sea mapscript (Wrath of Gods)
Occurrences can now cause terrain changes on improved tiles, as long as the improvement remains legal for that tile (Wrath of Gods)

New Events

14 new events added - 11 for base game and 3 for Behind the Throne DLC

A City Like No Other
Deadly Inheritance
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together!
New Front
No War Declaration
Not to Be Trusted
Offensive Remarks
Reaping the Whirlwind
The God Queen
Triple Cross!
Tutorial: Upgrade Mercenaries
No Longer of Use (x2) (Behind the Throne)
Support or Scheme (Behind the Throne)

Programming

The AI claims cleared city sites more urgently (with force march, if necessary)
Performance optimization
Replaced valid terrain fields by TerrainTargetType to make improvement requirements more flexible
Family bonuses now check whether the bonus player has that family
Improved AI chokepoint management and attacks with high unit density
Memory allocation improvements
Occurrence terrain change refactor, now more mod friendly
Changed opinion-calculating functions to return a tuple
Event triggers can now have an arbitrary number of subjects
Added EffectUnits miAdjacentDifferentModifier, maeBuyTile, mbPillage, mabHideTerrainTarget and miMarchCostModifier
Added EffectCity aiYieldRateSpecialistRural
Allow the road pathfinder to accept TeamType.NONE, returning a road path which ignores visibility or diplomacy
Promoted Infos validator from ModPath to GameFactory so mods can supply custom validators
Added support for Religions to have a law opinion directly, not just through theologies

UI

Ship unit icons replaced to make the differences between them clearer
Added improvement net yields in tooltip
Foreign city citizen and specialist numbers now shown if the city tile is visible
Foreign city tooltips no longer show defense and damaged state unless the city is visible
Jobs are no longer shown on foreign character tooltips, unless their unit is visible (for Generals) or player has an agent in the relevant city (for Governors)
Added missing improvement warning text to unique unit production buttons
Added opinion gain line to Make Agent tooltip
Improved German grammar for character relationships
Stacked worker count shown on tooltip even when not actively building an improvement
Added "Improvements (Special)" section to the Encyclopedia, to include non-buildable Improvements
Added dynamic helptext for Attribute effects and tweaked Attribute helptext
Added Prosperity to Wrath of Gods setup
Ambitions display no longer gets minimized when clicking on listed ambitions
Pin Character icon has higher saturation when character is pinned
General traits which only affect some unit types now display affected unit types
Character relatives display now left-aligned
Improved border expansion predictions
Leader now shown on Court tab
Leader concept added to Encyclopedia
Horse trait now shown in Encyclopedia
Improved Encyclopedia entry for Citizen concept
Religions now always show founding requirements in the Encyclopedia
Characters entries in Encyclopedia now list unique events and missions
Encyclopedia, when viewed in-game, show entries based on currently enabled DLC instead of owned DLC

Bugs Fixed

Fixed tribal diplomacy cooldown not being enforced
Fixed minor cities not always being created when they should be
Fixed Send Goods icon display
Fixed load/save error from border expansion
Fixed null reference when tribe sites sit outside map boundaries
Fixed incorrect default value for resource hill height offset
Fixed improvement culture prereqs not working with modded culture
Fixed family opinion penalty from the Imprison mission getting applied to the character instead
Fixed net yields for projects to include secondary effects
Fixed sign error in specialist net yield help text
Fixed occurrence notification localization when playing MP with players using different languages
Fixed tech names not showing up on cards in some languages
Fixed changing a tile improvement affecting city build queue specialists on other tiles
Fixed character card not selecting tribe leader
Fixed occurrence overlay getting stuck in some cases
Fixed temporary overlays not getting cleared when blocking popups are active
Fixed units being bounced by an Occurrence before taking damage from it
Fixed bug with Player.canEverHaveEffectCity
Fixed tile territory assignment in game editor
Fixed Grand Vizier interfering with automated unit management
Fixed camera zooming to fog when clicking foreign character with job
Fixed Towers giving extra height instead of extra range
Fixed movement bug that resulted in allied units not getting bounced out of your territory
Fixed some AI retreat confusion
Fixed promotion button icons not aligning to right of button
Fixed nation crest color issues
Fixed tooltip positioning issues with HUD scaling
Fixed missing source traits on some effectCity entries
Fixed Opulence project not granting family opinion bonus
Fixed tooltip for event options that marry away characters
Fixed city production text not updating after builds finish
Fixed founded city territory bug
Fixed extra mission buttons appearing in some cases
Fixed missing at sea bonus description
Fixed production text sometimes not appearing in some languages when city healthbar is visible
Fixed Chancellors with negative discipline not reducing money income
Fixed Learn to Play ambitions not displaying correctly in Hall of Fame
Fixed mods not showing in Upload tab in some cases
Fixed map mod attributes not being checked in setup screen
Fixed scenario victory achievements sometimes not completing
Fixed Heroes of the Aegean scenario 4 tech tree completion achievement triggering too early
Fixed Heroes of the Aegean scenario 4 state religion adoption
Fixed Pharaohs of the Nile scenario 2 Tribal peace/truce/war missions
Fixed Pharaohs of the Nile scenario issues with Urusalim not being a city site
Fixed Pharaohs of the Nile overlapping goals UI
Fixed unwanted VPs in The Hill scenario
Fixed "Wrath of Gods" map script showing with "show hidden map scripts" enabled and content not owned
Fixed occurrences causing rivers with deltas flowing into land tiles (Wrath of Gods)
XML ordering fixes
Text and event fixes

[ 2025-05-28 21:00:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

Old World is a historical strategy game where you lead your empire through multiple generations, building a grand legacy to last beyond your own years. This is an era of great leaders, from the revered to the feared. Which will you be?

Marry for politics, raise your heirs, and manage your relationship with the families of your kingdom. In the fast and furious world of kings and queens, family matters.

Each of the 7 kingdoms has four noble families that provide various benefits when put in charge of your cities.
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Seek out and recruit famed warriors, philosophers, builders, and more. Have them tutor your children, lead your armies, and further your reign.
Different personality archetypes allow your court members to perform different tasks in similar roles. Find the right combinations to take full advantage of governors, diplomats, spymasters, and even your spouse.
Characters develop new personalities and traits over time, growing old, gaining experience, and finally falling ill and passing away, leaving room for the next generation.

Unsettled tribes, barbarian marauders, and remnants of previous cultures are all waiting in the vast unexplored wilderness.

Discover artifacts and great heroes of the past at ruins scattered across the map.
Experience over 3,000 unique events inspired by history and mythology.
Contact with foreign dignitaries triggers event chains, stories, and courtroom drama.
Pursue ambitions and legacies related to conquest, development, faith, and more.
Historically inspired scenarios, weekly challenge games, and a choice between randomly generated and handcrafted maps to explore. Lead Carthage to victory as Hannibal in the Punic Wars, hold your own against Barbarian Hordes, or compete against other players in tackling fictional scenarios.

Why do things the way they've always been done? Old World brings a new take to key elements of the 4X strategy genre:

Go beyond the traditional resources. Buildings are made of wood and stone, not "industry." Population doesn't grow off "food" alone.
Orders are a resource shared across your realm. Instead of moving every unit once per turn, each unit can be moved multiple times until fatigued or Orders are depleted.
Technological advancement is not predetermined. Randomization helps keep technology trees feeling fresh with each new playthrough.
Quality of life improvements, such as the ability to undo mistaken commands and nested tooltips, ensure you're always making informed decisions.
Play with friends in countless multiplayer modes — from hotseat, to asynchronous, to cloud play.
Mods further open up infinite options for new worlds, empires, and dynasties — inspired by our real world, and by works of fiction as well.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 18.04+
Processor: Intel i5-6400 2.7ghz or similarMemory: 8 GB RAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 770 / AMD R9 290
Storage: 10 GB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu 20.04+
Processor: Intel i5-8500 3ghz or similarMemory: 16 GB RAM
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD RX 5500-XT
Storage: 14 GB available space

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