Add-ons not appearing

[westward_ho!]

First of all, this isn't an issue with an add-on itself--just installing them. If this should STILL be posted in that forum, feel free to move/lock/redirect.

I have downloaded a couple of add-ons through the game (not through the direct site http://wolff.to/campaigns/list.html?sort=downloads_down << here) and have not been able to play them. They appear in C:\Program Files\Wesnoth 1.4\userdata\data\campaigns but do not appear in the campaign list. A few websites said to make sure to "restart" Wesnoth after downloading each add-on, which I have done to no avail. I'm not sure what's going on here; I'm not a coder or developer but I do enjoy this game and would like to try a few of the user campaigns.

The add-on will download completely and install, and then the loading/install screen appears, and it always says that the add-on has been installed successfully, but again, does not appear in the campaign list.

Interestingly, the campaign (.cfg) files are identified as "Microsoft Office Outlook Configuration Files." I suspect that this is why they're not appearing but I'm not sure how to change that either. I tried the "Open With..." function, and selected wesnoth.exe, and a new "userdata" file was created in the folder, but the program did not automatically open, and STILL did not appear in the campaign list. An example:

In: C:\Program Files\Wesnoth 1.4\userdata\data\campaigns
Open "C:\Program Files\Wesnoth 1.4\userdata\data\campaigns\A_New_Land.cfg With: ("Select a program from a list") wesnoth.exe
Happened: "userdata" file created in C:\Program Files\Wesnoth 1.4\userdata\data\campaigns, campaign still not listed

I've reinstalled the program, which I downloaded from the sourceforge.net mirror. I have no trouble with package campaigns. The version (where can I find that? o_O) I believe is 1.4.2, which is available for download from the front page.

Running:
Windows XP Professional
Erm, not sure what else you need. About 2GB ram, on a laptop. McAfee antivirus, but the program has been showing no issues.

Thanks for the help in advance!

[Mist]

It's simple and it keeps showing up like a bad penny.

Not all add-ons on the server are campaigns.
In fact most of them are content designed and playable only in Multiplayer Mode (anything with Era/Map Pack/Faction etc. in name/description)
So unless it says Campaign somewhere in the add-on description it'll be most likely not playable in Single Player mode and not visible on campaign list (makes sense doesn't it? )

Yes we know the current system is confusing, and we do work towards making it more sane.

And a cookie to you for a good problem description, it keeps my faith in people alive in the flood of 'it doesn't work and I have xp' type of submisions Have fun playing the game, and check 'Scenario and Campaign development' forum for a list off add-ons that are actually a campaign.

[nataS]

List of campaigns is in my signature, all other content is for the multiplayer server.

[Iris]

BTW...

Interestingly, the campaign (.cfg) files are identified as "Microsoft Office Outlook Configuration Files." I suspect that this is why they're not appearing but I'm not sure how to change that either. I tried the "Open With..." function, and selected wesnoth.exe

CFG files are plain text files containing WML. You can open them with WordPad or other plain-text editors that support UNIX line endings with UTF-8 encoding.

For the "MS Office config file" identification, it means nothing to Wesnoth. It only affects Windows applications that try to use shell functions to open a file with its associated program (one of those apps would be Windows Explorer itself).

You can change file association if you want, but that is explained in Windows' Help instead.

[westward_ho!]

Thanks very much for the replies, all, that makes perfect sense! I'm off to try that now, and I'll bookmark that list nataS, it's very useful.

Mist: I currently work as a mod on another game-based forum, and I know how frustrating "itz brokin fix pleeeze!!!!1" can be, so I wanted to make double sure I made the problem easy for you to diagnose and understand

Everyone's help is very much appreciated! Thanks again!