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by macxcool
February 6th, 2013, 6:34 pm
Forum: Users’ Forum
Topic: Can the name Wesnoth be used in a novel?
Replies: 9
Views: 3197

Re: Can the name Wesnoth be used in a novel?

Elvish_Hunter wrote:I'd prefer to leave both topics open
That's good enough for me. I wasn't sure how these things were usually handled. I read a lot but don't post much.
by macxcool
February 6th, 2013, 3:50 pm
Forum: Users’ Forum
Topic: Can the name Wesnoth be used in a novel?
Replies: 9
Views: 3197

Re: Can the name Wesnoth be used in a novel?

I've started up a discussion in the Writers forum. I'll post Isaac's questions there and his responses. We discussed what you said Dixie and he agrees but I'll let him speak for himself. Here's the new thread in the Writers forum. http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=38286 BTW. Is this...
by macxcool
February 6th, 2013, 3:47 pm
Forum: Writers’ Forum
Topic: Working on a Wesnoth Novel - discussion of details
Replies: 8
Views: 3286

Working on a Wesnoth Novel - discussion of details

My 14-year old is working on a novel based in Wesnoth. He'd like to discuss characters, scenes, race details etc. if anyone's interested. This started at http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=38282 I think it makes more sense to continue it here. I had an idea that magi are only slightly...
by macxcool
February 5th, 2013, 7:21 pm
Forum: Users’ Forum
Topic: Can the name Wesnoth be used in a novel?
Replies: 9
Views: 3197

Re: Can the name Wesnoth be used in a novel?

Here's a blurb from Isaac I was thinking that I would tell a story about a mage boy, who finds an magical artifact. The story is centered in Wesmere Forest, but it would start at the Isle of Alduen Academy. It would have some elements in it that are not in the game so far. For instance, magi are by ...
by macxcool
February 5th, 2013, 6:57 pm
Forum: Users’ Forum
Topic: Can the name Wesnoth be used in a novel?
Replies: 9
Views: 3197

Re: Can the name Wesnoth be used in a novel?

He's working through a curriculum that has him create a novel from start to finish and, since he's been playing Wesnoth for years and loves it (he's only 14 now) he immediately wanted to do a Wesnoth novel. He's working on character development right now. I think he's making up his own characters bu...
by macxcool
February 5th, 2013, 4:12 pm
Forum: Users’ Forum
Topic: Can the name Wesnoth be used in a novel?
Replies: 9
Views: 3197

Can the name Wesnoth be used in a novel?

My son is working on a novel for school. We don't know what's going to happen with it, but it's based in the Wesnoth universe. Can he use the name Wesnoth in the title and/or text?
by macxcool
April 9th, 2011, 7:59 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: wesnothd 1.9.5 crashes with malloc error
Replies: 0
Views: 604

wesnothd 1.9.5 crashes with malloc error

I'm running wesnoth 1.9.5 on Arch Linux (2.6.37). It compiled fine and wesnoth runs just fine. wesnothd crashes and gives me on both computers on which I have it installed: malloc.c:3096: sYSMALLOc: Assertion `(old_top == (((mbinptr) (((char *) &((av)->bins[((1) - 1) * 2])) - __builtin_offsetof ...