How Do I Change Map Default Settings?

[KingJohnVI]

I created a map that I want to have, by default, use starting Gold = 300 and gold per village = 3. When "use map settings" is selected, however, it currently defaults to 100 and 2. How can I alter the map so that it will use the correct defaults? Thanks for your help.

[Velensk]

You make those kind of modifications in the .cfg file that goes along with the map. If the map doesn't have one it defaults.

[KingJohnVI]

Ah so I need to make a .cfg file. Thanks very much!

[KingJohnVI]

EDIT 2: Problem solved, but see the last line below... A very odd solution.

Ok, So I made a .cfg file but the map is giving me an error when I try to load it for multiplayer; any help would be greatly appreciated.

What I am trying to do is make a .cfg file for a map I made called 18th Century Weldyn Channel. The file name for this map is 2p_Weldyn_Channel_18th_C.map, and the config file is named 2p_Weldyn_Channel_18th_C.cfg. I need the .cfg file to change starting gold to 300 and village gold to 3 by default. The following very short file is all the text directly from notepad:

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#textdomain wesnoth-multiplayer

[multiplayer]
id=multiplayer_Weldyn_Channel_18th_C
name= _ "2p - 18th Century Weldyn Channel"
map_data="{multiplayer/maps/2p_Weldyn_Channel_18th_C.map}"
description= _ "This vital supply route has played a key role in many of Wesnoth's greatest battles."
random_start_time="no"

{DEFAULT_SCHEDULE}
{DEFAULT_MUSIC_PLAYLIST}

[side]
[ai]
villages_per_scout=14
[/ai]
side=1
canrecruit=yes
controller=human
village_gold=3
gold=300
team_name=north
user_team_name= _ "teamname^North"
fog=yes
[/side]
[side]
[ai]
villages_per_scout=14
[/ai]
side=2
canrecruit=yes
controller=human
village_gold=3
gold=300
team_name=south
user_team_name= _ "teamname^South"
fog=yes
[/side]
[/multiplayer]
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What have I done wrong? Thanks very much for your help.
- King John VI

Edit: The files are located in the same directories as normal multiplayer maps, i.e. /multiplayer/maps for the .map file and /multiplayer/scenarios for the .cfg file. Could that be part of the issue? Should they be located elsewhere? Do I need to place them in other locations?

Edit 2: Ok so I solved the problem, but it seems like a very odd solution... I removed the .map from the .map file, making it simply 2p_Weldyn_Channel_18th_C with no extension, and changed the map data line to read: map_data="{multiplayer/maps/2p_Weldyn_Channel_18th_C}" again, simply removing the extension, and the whole thing now functions correctly. Is that... normal?

[zookeeper]

Edit 2: Ok so I solved the problem, but it seems like a very odd solution... I removed the .map from the .map file, making it simply 2p_Weldyn_Channel_18th_C with no extension, and changed the map data line to read: map_data="{multiplayer/maps/2p_Weldyn_Channel_18th_C}" again, simply removing the extension, and the whole thing now functions correctly. Is that... normal?

No, and the likeliest explanation is that it wasn't originally named 2p_Weldyn_Channel_18th_C.map as you thought, but rather, for example, 2p_Weldyn_Channel_18th_C.map.txt.

You could name your map 2p_Weldyn_Channel_18th_C.foo.map.1.bar and the game wouldn't care at all, as long its the same name as the one in the include path.