Return to Ruins SP Campaign

[Ulfsark]

Last Updated 1/21/13

Hello, My name is Jeff, I go by Ulfsark online . I recently got my first Wesnoth campaign to a playable state and would like some feedback on it.



This campaign now has original music by Paul Fredericks

You can find more of his work as well as contact him at http://www.paulfredericksmusic.com

If the campaign does not work on your machine please e-mail me at jeffstevensdev@gmail.com thanks!

Overview
The humble farmers of Vertegris are summoned by Erik the General of Weldyn to put an end to an orcish raiding party. If they knew what would befall their former home... They never would have left. This is a relatively short campaign with 8 scenarios, It is still undergoing changes.

You can find it by searching for Return to Ruins on the Add-Ons server.

It is currently in beta here are the things I am working on at the moment. I will upload updates semi-frequently, thank you very much for your feedback I appreciate it.

Spoiler:

-Hard difficulty tweaks
-Improving maps
-Balance
-Mid Scenario dialogue to make things more interesting
-Improving dialogue

Here are some questions for those who play my campaign, Any other feedback is greatly appreciated as well.

Spoiler:

What difficulty level did you play on?

Did you find the campaign fun?

Did you beat the campaign?

Were any scenarios too easy too hard?

What can be added to the loyalist versus loyalist battles unit wise to make them more diverse?

Is the story too dark or too sad?

How can the maps be improved? Both visually and game play wise.

Is the dialogue boring or cliche at any points?

Any bugs or errors?

Change log

Version 0.5.1 (1/21/13)

Spoiler:

-Added original music to Scenario 1 by Paul Fredericks (paulfredericksmusic.com) He is working on more for the other scenarios as well

Version 0.5.0 (12/16/12)

Spoiler:

-Fixed a bug that would not allow the player to recruit spearman in scenario 4
-Updated portrait for Harold (Thanks Adamant14!)
-Made slight game play tweaks to the map in scenario 3
-Implemented hard difficulty (still needs some balancing)
-Harold should now gain hitpoints when advancing.

Version 0.3.0 (11/3/12)

Spoiler:

-Updated Add-On Server image
-Replaced placeholder story images with maps showing scenario locations
-Small dialogue tweaks
-Reduced the turn limit in scenario 4 from 25 to 20 on Easy and from 20 to 17

Version 0.2.0(10/29/12

Spoiler:

-Fixed the multiple character bug in scenario 7
-Nyland and Harold should advance properly (Should...)
-All gold will now carry over after scenario 2(Story only scenario)
-Reduced starting gold for enemy leader on scenario 4 (Easy difficulty only)
-Minor fixes/Dialogue changes

Version 0.1.2 (10/26/12)

Spoiler:

-Increased turn limit in Scenario 6
-Removed cored images (sorry about that guys)
-Made Nyland and Brian more recognizable as loyal units
-Fixed Harold blinking on attack (thanks Adamant14!)
-Fixed gold carry over in early scenarios
-Reimplemented Peasants
-Fixed a bug in scenario 8 where gold could be farmed by exploiting a move to event

Version 0.1.12 (10/25/12)

Spoiler:

-Fixed game breaking recruitment bug (removed peasant from the recruitment list)

[Eugen]

I can't recruit in the first scenario and after the first turn there's an error which ends the game. What version of BfW is your add on for?
But I like the main character

[Ulfsark]

I can't recruit in the first scenario and after the first turn there's an error which ends the game. What version of BfW is your add on for?
But I like the main character

Spoiler:

damn, Thanks for trying! I made it using version 1.10.3 What version did you use? And what difficulty?

Edit Okay I fixed it, It should work, Thanks for the heads up I really appreciate it. I had to get rid of the peasant from the recruit list since the game did not like having to recruit peasants for some reason.

New version has been uploaded with this fix.

[TheScribe]

I know the reason. You forgot to capitalize the word peasant.

You had:

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recruit= Footpad,Bowman,Spearman,peasant

It should be:

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recruit= Footpad,Bowman,Spearman,Peasant

I tested it, it works.

[Adamant14]

Your campaign is really nice to play.
Skirmish with just a few units, that is how I like it.
A few things I noticed:


- Most of the images are already in core, so there is no need to have a copy in the add-on's folder.

- There is no early finish bonus for the first scenarios.

- Scenario 02 (talk only) ends with 80% gold carryover. My proposal is 100%.

- Scenario 03 / Brian is not easy recognizable as a loyal unit; a loyal overlay would be great.

how easily this is to do:

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        [unit]
            id=Brian
            name= _ "Brian"
            unrenamable=yes
            type=Spearman
            profile=portraits/spearman.png
            side=1
            x=21
            y=21
            [modifications]
                {TRAIT_LOYAL}
                {TRAIT_INTELLIGENT}
            [/modifications]
            {IS_LOYAL}    ### this macro makes the job
        [/unit]

- Scenario 06 / The turn limit is at least two turns to low (imho)

- Scenario 07 /

Spoiler:

Nyland is on my recall-list and already on the map, so I had him two times, one time as enemy, and one time as friend.
You can prevent this by setting side 2 with no_leader=yes, then recall Nyland in prestart, and modify him to side=2 and to canrecruit=yes

code attempt:

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    [side]
        no_leader=yes
        controller=ai
        side=2
        team_name=Nyland
        user_team_name=Nyland
        recruit= Footpad,Bowman,Spearman
        gold=40
    [/side]

    [event]
        name=prestart

        [recall]
            id=Nyland
            x,y=40,2
        [/recall]

        [modify_unit]
            [filter]
                id=Nyland
            [/filter]
            side=2
            canrecruit=yes
        [/modify_unit]

        [objectives]
            side=1
            [objective]
                description= _ "Put Nyland in his place!"
                condition=win
            [/objective]
            [objective]
                description= _ "Death of Harold"
                condition=lose
            [/objective]
            [objective]
                description= _ "Turns run out"
                condition=lose
            [/objective]

            [gold_carryover]
                bonus=no
                carryover_percentage=20
            [/gold_carryover]
        [/objectives]
    [/event]

- Scenario 08 /

Spoiler:

the player earns 5 gold everytime he steps on a village (even if he steps a second time, a third time, a fourth time, and so on, on the same village), I cannot believe this is intended, maybe you should set first_time_only=yes.

I played on NORMAL difficulty / BfW 1.10.3

[TheScribe]

- Most of the images are already in core, so there is no need to have a copy in the add-on's folder.

Actually, it's best to copy them anyway, that way if they get moved you don't need to update, IIRC.

[Ulfsark]

Thanks for the feedback guys I will implement everything this weekend sometime. I really appreciate it

[Crendgrim]

- Most of the images are already in core, so there is no need to have a copy in the add-on's folder.

Actually, it's best to copy them anyway, that way if they get moved you don't need to update, IIRC.

No.
Files being moved in the core directory happens almost never; and by including them you are pushing your add-on's size. Nobody likes to download the same stuff over and over again.

[TheScribe]

I guess I remembered wrong. The post I was basing that on was from a long time ago. Thanks for clearing that up.

Incidentally, I'll be playing RtR once I get more time.

[Sneezy]

Hi-- I downloaded and tried the first few scenarios of RtR (I think it is 0.1.12) with BfW 1.10.0 and win2k with SP4.

I noticed a couple of odd things: Harold starts out with max XP= 1; and after he destroys an enemy unit, he's at XP= 8/1; but he doesn't advance(!). That seems wrong. Is it intended?

Also, Nyland started out as a lev-1 lawful unit. In scenario 3, he advanced to trapper, and became a chaotic unit. Was that intended?

The first few maps are attractive, and I, too, prefer stories where the early parts are small skirmish-like affairs. I.e., so that events can build up to a cresendo down near the end. With maybe some twists & turns along the way. My impression so far is pretty positive. But I'm a little confused for the moment about how Harold & Nyland advance.
--sneezy

[Adamant14]

Harold starts out with max XP= 1; and after he destroys an enemy unit, he's at XP= 8/1; but he doesn't advance(!). That seems wrong. Is it intended?

Harold is a level 1 unit and advances_to=null , that means he doesn't level up to a level 2 unit, but he shouldn't start with experience=0 .
@Ulfsark: Set Harolds experience to something between 30 and 60, so he can use AMLA

Also, Nyland started out as a lev-1 lawful unit. In scenario 3, he advanced to trapper, and became a chaotic unit. Was that intended?

That is because of a wrong setting in Nylands unit_type.cfg
Current setting:advances_to=Trapper
Right setting:advances_to=Nyland_Upgrade

And for level three uses Nyland the mainline units Huntsman or Ranger, and those units are chaotic.

@Ulfsark: Why don't you give Nyland a own level 3 unit_type.cfg?
You can use [base_unit]

Sorry for hijacking this thread.

[Ulfsark]

Harold starts out with max XP= 1; and after he destroys an enemy unit, he's at XP= 8/1; but he doesn't advance(!). That seems wrong. Is it intended?

Harold is a level 1 unit and advances_to=null , that means he doesn't level up to a level 2 unit, but he shouldn't start with experience=0 .
@Ulfsark: Set Harolds experience to something between 30 and 60, so he can use AMLA

Also, Nyland started out as a lev-1 lawful unit. In scenario 3, he advanced to trapper, and became a chaotic unit. Was that intended?

That is because of a wrong setting in Nylands unit_type.cfg
Current setting:advances_to=Trapper
Right setting:advances_to=Nyland_Upgrade

And for level three uses Nyland the mainline units Huntsman or Ranger, and those units are chaotic.

@Ulfsark: Why don't you give Nyland a own level 3 unit_type.cfg?
You can use [base_unit]

Sorry for hijacking this thread.

Haha no worries Adamant!

Thanks for playing and providing feedback Sneezy I really appreciate it! You are correct that those are mistakes and that I need to fix them. And thanks for the advice Admant it is always appreciated!

I am going to try and post another update tonight with those changes and a few other minor tweaks to dialogue and stuff like that as well.

[Chris NS]

Not sure if it's just me, but I downloaded the updated version and it doesn't work at all.

Let me know whether you are getting the same. If not, I'll supply the error message.

[Adamant14]

Works fine here.
Version 0.2.0
BfW 1.10.3


EDIT:

The new travelmap-images blew up the (download) size of your campaign enormous.

11,3 MB!!! only for the those images.

The whole campaign has 11,7 MB ( with the travelmap images incuded )

[Ulfsark]

Works fine here.
Version 0.2.0
BfW 1.10.3


EDIT:

The new travelmap-images blew up the (download) size of your campaign enormous.

11,3 MB!!! only for the those images.

The whole campaign has 11,7 MB ( with the travelmap images incuded )

Yeah I noticed... Are they not worth it you think? 11mb is big in comparison, but I feel its not that big.. Hmm Maybe just use them more sparingly?


Edit: Totally did not think to just lower the quality on them. I Can do that this weekend, That should decrease the size by a fair amount. Thanks for the heads up!