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Ageless Era - Current Version: 4.41

Last post by Bad_tactics « 16 minutes ago
Posted in Faction & Era Development
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by mnewton1 » April 29th, 2009, 8:47 pm » in Faction & Era Development
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Ageless Era is a compilation of the most popular eras and factions on the add-on server. It is more than an era pack than an era.
The current version of the era is in thread title. It is currently being worked for version 1.18 of Wesnoth.
The most important thing for anybody to know about Ageless...

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Okay, looking forward to the fix. Bone beast is a favourite of mine.
And thanks for the clarification on Divine protection. The description falls short in communicating what it really does.
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SXRPG Version 7.7.2 -- 1.18 Server

Last post by Skyend « 26 minutes ago
Posted in Multiplayer Development
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by Mabuse » September 1st, 2021, 6:10 am » in Multiplayer Development
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SXRPG now on 1.18. server

NOTE:
CHECKSUM Errors using Replays from older 7.X.X Version can be savely igored as units stats didnt change
but some Units get new Spell-Abilities, which may change Unit Checksums.

(HOW TO PLAY SXRPG in SECOND POST of this Thread)

(TIPS AND STRATEGIES SXRPG in...

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You mean turn 2? Why should turn 2 matter? When there are still 65 for you to play. (or 60 max for me :p)
Warrior dosen't need that much dmg it has 3x duration, yeah with that slow and 50% armory on offense is wanted or Regen something.

But beeing forced to buy more dmg, do you think that's makes...
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New art commission : Dunefolk

Last post by LordBob « Today, 2:24 pm
Posted in Art Contributions
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by LordBob » April 11th, 2025, 3:05 pm » in Art Contributions
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Hi folks ! Has it been 4 years ? After another extended leave, a new LordBob has been summoned.

Sometime last year, the team contacted me to ask if I would be willing to create commissionned artwork for the Dunefolk faction. We agreed on terms quickly enough, but I needed a while to clear my pile...

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Alright, thanks for the feedback on the Herbalist line. I've fixed the captain's upper body, he should be fine now, time to move on.

I will be on holiday the next 2 weeks, keep tuned late august for what comes next.
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Today, 2:24 pm
Wesnoth Tournaments and Ranked site

Last post by clmates « Today, 2:19 pm
Posted in Users’ Forum
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by clmates » March 7th, 2026, 4:27 pm » in Users’ Forum

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Dear all

Today we have launched the Wesnoth Torunaments and Ranked sites

production site: https://tournament.wesnoth.org
test site: https://tournament-test.wesnoth.org

This is a migration of Wesnoth Tournament Manager site at wesnoth.playranked.org that is now disabled

Major changes

No need to...

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Hi

I think this was for another thread, do not?

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Today, 2:19 pm
Dusk of Dawn - Campaign

Last post by Numero « Today, 11:42 am
Posted in Scenario & Campaign Development
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by GreenScarab » October 20th, 2024, 12:35 pm » in Scenario & Campaign Development
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Deep underground in the Heart Mountains, a new tribe of trolls is born. Help the trolls grow and fulfill Ougl Firstborn biggest dream.

These are the notes collected from the Book of Crelanu, also known as the Book of Omniscience.

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- 3 BATTLE scenarios and 2 STORY only

- NOVICE...

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also this is probably not an issue with your campaign, but the italic text meant on my pc the last letter was always have cut-off in the story scenes
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Today, 11:42 am
Soulless custom advancement not working 1.19

Last post by WarDead0 « Today, 6:22 am
Posted in Technical Support
Replies: 4
by WarDead0 » Yesterday, 11:02 pm » in Technical Support

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System: Windows 10 Wesnoth 1.19.25 en-AU (system default)
Providing a modified advancement type for Soulless does not work (just gives default +3hp advancement). I have included a test project to demonstrate this. This advancement is used by the popular addon LotI. Other custom advancement lines...

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I've updated my demo so that the enemy recruits bats and, guess what, they fail!

If you recruit a Soulless you get a "normal" one and it has the updated advancements but if you plague-kill a bat and advance it to Soulless it does not. The save file here has a recruited Soulless on a village with...

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Today, 6:22 am
Father and Sons – A 13-Scenario Ogre Campaign

Last post by Refumee « Today, 4:36 am
Posted in Scenario & Campaign Development
Replies: 13
by mcanliman » July 21st, 2026, 8:11 pm » in Scenario & Campaign Development

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Father and Sons is a completed, story-driven ogre campaign for Battle for Wesnoth 1.18.

The campaign follows Afatsum, the son of Chieftain Ghoruk, in the Heartfangs during 536 YW. What begins as a simple hunt caused by hunger gradually turns into a struggle involving family, old debts, magic,...

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mcanliman wrote: Yesterday, 9:22 pm
SpenceLack wrote: July 29th, 2026, 10:57 pm I played it for a bit.

I liked the emphasis on choices, and the choices actually matter!

Mission objectives were varied. Combat was generally fair, if a bit unorthodox.

English grammar and spelling were fine from...

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Last post by Refumee
Today, 4:36 am
Duncan's Sprite Gallery

Last post by Resistor « Today, 2:55 am
Posted in Art Workshop
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by DuncanDill » May 4th, 2024, 5:33 am » in Art Workshop
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Some of my art... (some stuff might be broken)

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If you want to remake Vigilante, I suggest looking at "ox guard" (or "ochs guard") in historical swordsmanship. It looks similar to the stance you seem to be going for.
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Today, 2:55 am
How probable is extreme (un)luck? A mathematical study

Last post by mgwest « Yesterday, 9:08 pm
Posted in Strategies & Tips
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by dwarftough » September 27th, 2025, 12:59 am » in Strategies & Tips

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After a game you often see chatlines like "I was soo unlucky, -20% inflicted" or "he was too lucky, +10% over the whole game" and so on, and so on. Luck in Wesnoth is a never-ending source of emotional comments. And at some point, the question arose in my head: How much luck/unluck is really too...

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dwarftough's ±200/√n is a large-n result — it leans on the normal approximation, which is the right tool for a whole game's worth of strikes. It's worth spelling out what it implies for the point you made to Tonepoet, though: that a critical moment is short and therefore wide. At small n the...

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Yesterday, 9:08 pm
Era of Magic (EoMa) 4.9 - now on Ko-fi!

Last post by IPS « August 5th, 2026, 8:31 pm
Posted in Faction & Era Development
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by inferno8 » February 23rd, 2008, 8:44 am » in Faction & Era Development
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Greetings! My name is Inferno8, and I'm thrilled to introduce you to my add-on - Era of Magic (EoMa). Since 2007, I've been working tirelessly to create an immersive and visually stunning addition to Battle for Wesnoth. With over 8 playable factions boasting more than 290 fully animated units, EoMa...

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ForestDragon wrote: July 10th, 2026, 11:11 am @IPS Hello. I wasn't currently proposing giving fearless to lvl4 Divine Executor, just Temple Guard to make him more distinct from other saurians and to have fearless matter more there.

with your 20% fire/cold and 40% arcane idea, I assume you are...
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Last post by IPS
August 5th, 2026, 8:31 pm
Teleporting the AI...

Last post by Ravana « August 5th, 2026, 5:23 pm
Posted in WML Workshop
Replies: 18
by kurt751 » August 4th, 2026, 2:43 pm » in WML Workshop
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I have noticed the standard [teleport] doesn't work for the AI: They can land right on a teleporter tile and nothing happens.
But an even bigger problem is they don't know how to use them (that they have to step on them to go somewhere), even if those teleporters worked...

Now it happens I have a...

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[random_placement] accepts [command], and sentence is about that same. Container means variable which consists of wml tag, so with variable=container you can use container.x.

Mainline campaigns have examples for many situations.
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Last post by Ravana
August 5th, 2026, 5:23 pm
[Open] The Quality Tournament

Last post by Hejnewar « August 5th, 2026, 10:23 am
Posted in Tournaments
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by Hejnewar » August 3rd, 2026, 5:05 pm » in Tournaments

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After years of hard work we are closing in on releasing the best update this game has ever seen*. Yet we still are lacking... Because of that there is a need to do a bit more and check the quality of work! And for that we need people. It doesn't matter how good you are, your pc is or...

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momom2 wrote: August 4th, 2026, 12:40 pm Niiiice! Count me in!
Not sure how to get 1.19 without perturbing my 1.18 install (needs to remain fixed to avoid breaking my AI training), any advice is welcome.
Yeah what guys already said. You also can download from...

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Last post by Hejnewar
August 5th, 2026, 10:23 am
Strange Legacy - 1.16 RPG World (Markets Upgrade)

Last post by Heindal « August 5th, 2026, 8:18 am
Posted in Scenario & Campaign Development
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by Heindal » November 4th, 2011, 8:35 pm » in Scenario & Campaign Development
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Strange Legacy

What: Fantasy Trading Sim, RPG
Wesnoth Versions: 1.10.7; 11.13, 12.4, 13.4, 14, 16+
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The orcish invasion came so quickly and the human kingdom was so unprepared, that half of the northland fell into the hands of the orcs within one year. The winter had stopped their approach,...

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Hi glory raven,

Thanks for playing.
The difficulty scales with your level. You can deactivate scaling difficulty in the settings. You can also reduce the level in the bounty hunter guild. The effects of your level can be reviewed in the compendium inside the hero menu.

Have fun

Heindal
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August 5th, 2026, 8:18 am
Custom unit not working

Last post by WarDead0 « August 5th, 2026, 5:12 am
Posted in WML Workshop
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by WarDead0 » August 4th, 2026, 11:05 am » in WML Workshop

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Is someone able to tell me what I've done wrong? I wanted my hero to be based on a level 0 unit so at first I just used a Peasant as the type in [side] but then I thought I'd try to make them a new custom type of "Civilian" instead...

I added {~add-ons/my_first_campaign/units}in my _main.cfg...

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thanks, the [units] in main was missing.

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Last post by WarDead0
August 5th, 2026, 5:12 am
WML question(s)

Last post by kurt751 « August 4th, 2026, 1:41 pm
Posted in WML Workshop
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by kurt751 » August 2nd, 2026, 11:54 am » in WML Workshop
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Exploring existing WML code and trying to figure out how it works.

Pray tell, what exactly does #[/abilities] do?

Or #[+abilities] for that matter?

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Yes, of course, thanks.
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Last post by kurt751
August 4th, 2026, 1:41 pm
Legend of the Invincibles

Last post by WarDead0 « August 4th, 2026, 11:46 am
Posted in Scenario & Campaign Development
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by Dugi » December 8th, 2010, 6:51 pm » in Scenario & Campaign Development
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This is the feedback forum for the Legend of the Invincibles singleplayer campaign. If you have played the campaign and have any comments regarding it (bugs, difficulty), feel free to post about it here, I am interested in reading it, even if it is a petty thing. Because of the size of the...

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found my github account from 15 years ago and proposed the changes... now to see if I can find some other bugs
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Last post by WarDead0
August 4th, 2026, 11:46 am
Hopefully easy WFL query

Last post by Spannerbag « August 4th, 2026, 11:37 am
Posted in WML Workshop
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by Spannerbag » August 3rd, 2026, 3:16 pm » in WML Workshop

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Hi,
Just want to check that a unit doesn't have any more advancements.
Using BfW 1.19.24 on Windows 11.

This code works fine: But I can't seem to get the formula syntax correct?
I'd prefer to use WFL if possible so I can and it with a working formula already in [filter that references a different...

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Thanks for all the advice, really appreciated!

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Last post by Spannerbag
August 4th, 2026, 11:37 am
EoMa drone appearance not changing

Last post by gnombat « August 4th, 2026, 1:50 am
Posted in WML Workshop
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by UncreativeName131 » August 2nd, 2026, 1:30 am » in WML Workshop

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Hi!

I wanted to make an abbility that would automatically give a constructed drone (from the EoMa_Constructor) the 'additional armour' upgrade for free. Eventhough the stats work, the design doesn't actually update to show said additional armour.

Here is the code, which is copy pasted from EoMa...

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Celtic_Minstrel wrote: August 4th, 2026, 12:33 am Broadly speaking, [modify_unit] is better for changing temporary values such as moves, current HP, or variables, while [object and friends is better for permanent or semi-permanent values such as max HP, abilities, or resistances.
There's a...

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Last post by gnombat
August 4th, 2026, 1:50 am
War Of The Gods, its a good day to post here feedback.

Last post by ShadowMHP « August 3rd, 2026, 8:39 pm
Posted in Faction & Era Development
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by ChaosRider » April 4th, 2015, 9:16 pm » in Faction & Era Development
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On Wesnoth 1.10 you may find WOTG v2.5.1 (was quite long not updated), soon I should upload newest version 2.5.2, in last 3 days I checked & changed 5/6 of all units (they will be less op) in WOTG which is quite a lot. As for now you had here:
- Era with 2 lvl leaders and all 6 available fac...

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Thanks, I updated and tried it out this morning works great. I think this has now replaced Ageless Era as my groups go to era for world conquest. Thanks again.
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August 3rd, 2026, 8:39 pm
Macro not detecting arguments

Last post by UncreativeName131 « August 3rd, 2026, 6:44 pm
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by UncreativeName131 » August 3rd, 2026, 2:02 am » in WML Workshop

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Hi!

I wanted to make an item macro to shorten the length of my code. For that I used:
And called it with this:
which gave me this error message:

The following add-on had errors and could not be loaded:
C:\Users\gudel\OneDrive\Dokumente\My Games\Wesnoth1.18/data/add-ons/Bloody_Legacy/_main.cfg

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I guess that's what I get for programming at 4 a.m., thank you guys!

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Last post by UncreativeName131
August 3rd, 2026, 6:44 pm
Custom campaign selection picture not read

Last post by kurt751 « August 3rd, 2026, 5:13 pm
Posted in WML Workshop
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by kurt751 » August 3rd, 2026, 5:01 pm » in WML Workshop

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I want to put a picture under the little campaign selection text, the one you see when you scroll through all installed campaigns in the game.

Unfortunately apparently the binary path has not yet been read when _main.cfg is parsed, because the game doesn't show my picture.
In other words, m...

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gnombat wrote: August 3rd, 2026, 5:07 pm
Yay! Thanks, it works!

TheCorruption.jpg
(it's the pic of the main heroine)

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August 3rd, 2026, 5:13 pm
The Bearer of Waters (SP Dunefolk campaign for 1.18 & 1.19)

Last post by revansurik « August 3rd, 2026, 4:30 pm
Posted in Scenario & Campaign Development
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by revansurik » January 30th, 2026, 9:26 pm » in Scenario & Campaign Development

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Hi everyone! It's been a(nother) long while, but I'd like to present you my newest campaign...

When change is wrought upon the land
Fiery heavens crush the small and the great
Wider grow the seas of sand
And oases no longer the thirst sate

But in the past may salvation be sought
In the depths...

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Version 1.0.2 is out!

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Last post by revansurik
August 3rd, 2026, 4:30 pm
Need someone or mods help, to reupload WC ageless spliced factions

Last post by duuuude « August 2nd, 2026, 10:10 pm
Posted in Technical Support
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by duuuude » August 1st, 2026, 11:40 am » in Technical Support

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Hi all,

it's been a while, I made an ageless faction splice (2factions in 1) addon a while back.
Either I can't figure out how it's done in 1.18, or it's just been too long, I can't figure out how to upload it
it was for 1.16 back then, maybe 5-6 years back eh. can be found i...

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oh ok thx good to know, i will have to remember it somehow then.... old pc was trashed which had it being done

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Last post by duuuude
August 2nd, 2026, 10:10 pm
Display current village upkeep information?

Last post by kurt751 « August 2nd, 2026, 4:36 pm
Posted in Ideas
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by kurt751 » August 2nd, 2026, 10:09 am » in Ideas

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Hi, what I miss a lot on the game's top information bar is how many unit levels my current villages can support (i.e. how many unit levels will be free according to the number of villages I currently own).
I can only keep recruiting till the expenses counter stops showing "0/xx"...

I think that...

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I see, thanks.
I'll try it tomorrow.

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Last post by kurt751
August 2nd, 2026, 4:36 pm
The Library of Kratemaqht [SP Campaign]

Last post by GamerRebellion « August 2nd, 2026, 4:28 pm
Posted in Scenario & Campaign Development
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by cephalo » October 27th, 2012, 2:11 am » in Scenario & Campaign Development
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Finally after 8 months I'm releasing 1.0 of my single player campaign titled "The Library of Kratemaqht". It is an ancient story from the old continent, and is something of a prequel to Rise of Wesnoth. It comes from a time when dragons could still be found from time to time on the frontiers of...

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Found a bug where Ariphron doesn't appear in the rise of the lich lords scenario, when I looked into the code I see that the x and y position for him is mark as comment, just uncomment and it will get fixed, I hope u can update that
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Last post by GamerRebellion
August 2nd, 2026, 4:28 pm
[avoid] nonbinding?

Last post by Spannerbag « August 2nd, 2026, 1:56 pm
Posted in WML Workshop
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by kurt751 » August 1st, 2026, 10:11 am » in WML Workshop
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I've several groups of orcs who are prohibited from leaving the battle and go climb a mountain instead. They all use this pretty basic AI setting: Now almost all of them do indeed respect it, but I found some Goblin Pillager who had crossed the forbidden territory. How comes?

The Wiki state...

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kurt751 wrote: August 1st, 2026, 5:12 pm ...
AFAIK for player side(s) the only way I can think of doing this offhand is to manually add gold to the side.
It wouldn't appear as income but would be indicated in total gold.
However people cleverer than me might have more elegant ideas on how to do this...

Cheers!
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Last post by Spannerbag
August 2nd, 2026, 1:56 pm
How do I prevent minimum wage in Wesnoth?

Last post by kurt751 « August 1st, 2026, 5:16 pm
Posted in WML Workshop
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by kurt751 » August 1st, 2026, 4:58 pm » in WML Workshop
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I just noticed that if I set a side with
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income=0

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it still has an income of 2!

A search told me this is probably "base_income", supposedly set arbitrarily to 2 in "game_config.cfg". Is that true?
Why doesn't "income=0" invalidate it?
Am I to understand that...

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Ravana wrote: August 1st, 2026, 4:59 pm In your last thread you already learned to set income to -2.
Oops, missed that post because of the page change. Sorry.

Anyway, for anybody who finds this thread through searching, the solution is here.
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Last post by kurt751
August 1st, 2026, 5:16 pm
War of the Jewel: SP Campaign, 1.11+ (Feedback & Reviews)

Last post by bladiosen « August 1st, 2026, 5:01 pm
Posted in Scenario & Campaign Development
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by revansurik » November 16th, 2013, 7:32 pm » in Scenario & Campaign Development
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And so, as promised, I've uploaded my new campaign, Part II of the Dragon Trilogy and sequel to A Song of Fire: War of the Jewel!

A brief description...

Part IV: City of the Sun - Centuries have passed since the refugees of the Last War, led by Myra of Hiera'Shirsha and the Exodus Heroes, hav...

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Started playing 1.0.4.26 (with WoL 1.2.7.84), and after upgrading Akhen to elementalist his unit description gives me "unknown unit". This also happens with Merwe after I gave her illuminate, which seems to have replaced her heal +4. Unsure if that is intended?
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Last post by bladiosen
August 1st, 2026, 5:01 pm
"SPECIAL_NOTES_*" question

Last post by kurt751 « August 1st, 2026, 4:59 pm
Posted in WML Workshop
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by kurt751 » August 1st, 2026, 3:49 pm » in WML Workshop

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Back in time an ability had to have a Special Note, I'm aware this has been changed.
But I see that the game still has them in special-notes.cfg.

So, what do I do?
I've removed all special notes from my unit type definitions, but do I also delete them from my custom abilities.cfg? Or do I kee...

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Thanks, that makes sense.

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Last post by kurt751
August 1st, 2026, 4:59 pm
upkeep=free?

Last post by kurt751 « August 1st, 2026, 3:32 pm
Posted in WML Workshop
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by kurt751 » July 30th, 2026, 1:23 pm » in WML Workshop
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What's the status on upkeep=free in 1.16?

Back in 1.12 it only worked for the length of a scenario, but wouldn't be ported to the next scenario.
The suggested solution was to use {TRAIT_LOYAL} instead.

Is this still true or has this been fixed? Do you still have to use a trait to keep a unit free...

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Campervans as mobile villages you can take with you from scenario to scenario...
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August 1st, 2026, 3:32 pm

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