Problem moving "Heir to the Throne" to another folder.

[pedros]

I have linux, debian 9.3, which has Battle for Wesnoth v1.12.6.

The first code copies Heir_To_The_Throne to an empty campaign folder, and everything works.

The second code copies Heir_To_The_Throne to an occupied campaign folder. It should overwrite anything that conflicts, and there are no messages about it. But when I try to run the campaign, it displays an error message.

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mkdir -p /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/test3
cp -r /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns//Heir_To_The_Throne/* /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/test3
rpl "id=Heir_To_The_Throne" "id=test3" /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/test3/_main.cfg
rpl "Heir to the Throne" "test3" /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/test3/_main.cfg
rpl "Heir_To_The_Throne" "test3" /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/test3/_main.cfg
rpl "CAMPAIGN_HEIR_TO_THE_THRONE" "CAMPAIGN_TEST3" /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/test3/_main.cfg
wesnoth --campaign=test3 --campaign-difficulty 1 --nosound --data-dir /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12

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mkdir -p scratch3
cp -r /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/* scratch3
mkdir -p /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/all3
cp -r scratch3/*/* /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/all3
cp -r scratch3/Heir_To_The_Throne/* /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/all3
rpl "id=Heir_To_The_Throne" "id=all3" /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/all3/_main.cfg
rpl "Heir to the Throne" "all3" /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/all3/_main.cfg
rpl "Heir_To_The_Throne" "all3" /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/all3/_main.cfg
rpl "CAMPAIGN_HEIR_TO_THE_THRONE" "CAMPAIGN_ALL3" /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/all3/_main.cfg
wesnoth --campaign=all3 --campaign-difficulty 1 --nosound --data-dir /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12

Error loading game configuration files. The game will now exit.
Details:
Macro/file 'ABILITY_INITIATIVE' is missing
at campaigns/all3/units/Battle_Princess.cfg:26
included from campaigns/all3/_main.cfg:84
included from _main.cfg:24

So how to fix this? These two files are the same.
/usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/test3/utils/abilities.cfg
/usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/all3/utils/abilities.cfg

[Shiki]

It doesn't matter if you move the folders, it will still load many things from the original location.

See https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/blob ... in.cfg#L81

[zookeeper]

If you really want to move it, then you also need to replace all instances of "campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne" in its .cfg files.

[pedros]

to Shiki, Developer. The rpl command in my code above edits the origional _main.cfg file, which prevents the campaign from loading many things from the original location. It changes these lines:
path=data/campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne
campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/utils
campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/units
campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/scenarios

to zookeeper, WML Wizard. Yes, I really want to move it, and break links to the origional. This is so I can edit things and see the result. I found only one .cfg file with instances of Heir_To_The_Throne: /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns//Heir_To_The_Throne/_main.cfg, and I edited that in my code above. What other files are you talking about?

[beetlenaut]

If I understand correctly, you are copying HttT, not just moving it. It seems like this would lead to errors. I think it would be better to treat your new HttT like any other add-on. Copy HttT to your add-ons folder, and change its name. Change the campaign id and campaign define to something different, and have the paths point to your add-ons folder. (I've done this before and it works fine.) Your modified HttT will show up in the campaigns list as a separate entry.

[pedros]

to beetlenaut, Developer. Yes, the first thing I want to do is copy HttT. That is what my first code does, and it works. I even found a slight error in my code, // should be /. The only diffrence between my code and your instructions is my folder name is test3, your folder name is add-ons. Here is my code, with the changes. The code language is debian bash, and some lines require super user privledge, and some require non-privledged user. cp is the command to copy.

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mkdir -p /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/add-ons
cp -r /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/Heir_To_The_Throne/* /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/add-ons
rpl "id=Heir_To_The_Throne" "id=add-ons" /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/add-ons/_main.cfg
rpl "Heir to the Throne" "add-ons" /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/add-ons/_main.cfg
rpl "Heir_To_The_Throne" "add-ons" /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/add-ons/_main.cfg
rpl "CAMPAIGN_HEIR_TO_THE_THRONE" "CAMPAIGN_ADD-ONS" /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/add-ons/_main.cfg
wesnoth --campaign=add-ons --campaign-difficulty 1 --nosound --data-dir /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12

After the copy of HttT, I want to copy some non-conflicting files from other scenarios to the folder you call add-ons. To narrow down the problem, I did this. It works.

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cp -r /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/Two_Brothers/images /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/add-ons
cp -r /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/Two_Brothers/maps /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/add-ons
cp -r /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/Two_Brothers/scenarios/01_Rooting_Out_a_Mage.cfg /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/scenarios

Next I did this, and it gives the first error message.

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cp -r /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/Two_Brothers/scenarios /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/add-ons

Error loading game configuration files. The game will now exit.
Details:
Macro/file 'TB_BIGMAP' is missing
at campaigns/add-ons/scenarios/01_Rooting_Out_a_Mage.cfg:77
included from campaigns/add-ons/_main.cfg:87
included from _main.cfg:24

So it seems a file in /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/Two_Brothers/scenarios stops wesnoth from working, when the file is copied to /usr/share/games/wesnoth/1.12/data/campaigns/add-ons/scenarios. I could copy each file individually until I find the culprit. Then what? Any help here?

[beetlenaut]

I didn't say to use, "A folder named add-ons," I said, "Your add-ons folder." That's in a different place (userdata/data/add-ons), uses a different path (~add-ons), and won't have any permissions problems. It will also be easier to be sure that you aren't using parts of the original campaign and parts of the copy at the same time. I think that is what's causing your problems.

I highly recommend that you follow the Create link at the top of this page, and read about editing Wesnoth and the add-on structure. Our responses will make more sense, and you might actually be able to solve all your problems yourself.