Several of our mainline campaigns are in the works for upgrades at the moment, which includes adding characters and enhancing existing scenarios. We are looking for more artwork to supplement these upgrades, including the following:
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It looks good at the bottom since the page isnt too long; i had no problem finding it.
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The Community Guidelines have been updated.
The Moderation section has been expanded to cover Discord moderation issues.
This forum is a place where people can post ideas they have had for the game. It could be anything related to Wesnoth. From new features for UMC authors, to a small improvement to the help menu, to a new Wesnoth-related Web application. When you have an idea, but no work (yet), this is the place....
In standard meaning a marksman is defined as "a person skilled in shooting."
The Arif line in the Khalifate have marksman on melee attacks, which bugs me a bit. It's not a world-ending problem, but if others agree that it's an issue then we might as well look at how to resolve it.
It seems to me...
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newfrenchy83 wrote: April 28th, 2025, 3:42 pm
Do you think the term 'Great Skill' better refers to a melee attack?
I'm afraid not... it isn't particular even to attacks in general.
unterwassermann wrote: July 10th, 2025, 7:04 pm
Accurate is the best sounding alternative and it works for both...
Hi there!
I’ve set out to create my first campaign based on the adventures of Helm Hammerhand—as recounted in Tolkien’s appendices—and I’ve created the Riders faction as well as the Dunlendings and their allies. However, I’ve run into a problem: I haven't found any information on how to balance...
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I haven't found any information on how to balance gold and, consequently, the armies. Basically, the gameplay swings from extremely simple to incredibly difficult—if not impossible!
Usually, the creator has to add the translation, but what if we could add it voluntarily instead?
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Ravana wrote: September 9th, 2026, 2:50 pm
All translations are voluntary. You can translate any addon you download. Just since you already have translated it, it would be nice to send the file to author too then so it would be shared with everyone.
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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Sure, but you would have to adjust theme to add space for that.
I play wesnoth rather semi-irregularly these days. I also switch between versions,
e. g. stable and unstable, quite a lot.
In the current 1.9.x branch, for instance, when I look at add-ons, I can not find To
Lands Unknown. I do not know why, it does not show up in the listing.
Wesnoth has many options available that a player can change. This is great when it is needed.
Players can customize wesnoth to their preferences - that is, in my opinion, objectively a good
thing when wanted.
One option I would like to have is to make the cursor bigger, specifically, like 2x or...
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For berserk or other gameplay changes just use addon for that.
With multiselect I mean being able to select more than one unit at the same time.
I would also like to confine the suggestion to only movement. Individual attacks
could and should still be done individually. So this suggestion is solely for group
movement of units, in a "batch-like" manner.
Normal plague at the place of killed unit spawns 0 lvl Walking Corpse which in mainline has max 1 lvl which isnt much on the battlefield.
Also in normal plague to have different zombies you need to set variants in the unit file code and in each of...
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I discussed this a bit in the discord, but I'll go over some of it again. Basically, my idea is to use the normal corpse, but to add the killed unit's melee weapon specials, damage type, and abilities (Other than inherently magical ones like Heals). This would give them a much-needed buff, but...
ok, so i dont know if this is gonna sound appealing to anyone , and i dont even know if it belongs to this forum, but i recently got into that whole d&d style of game, where you think of a character and imagine what they would do in a fictional world (its more complicated that this but im as...
Mr_BOUFFON wrote: December 13th, 2025, 10:02 pm
Hey I have been role playing for a bit more than a year now and I would like to start being a DM. I am currently looking for a way to adapt Wesnoth as a TTRPG and that's how I stumbled across this post....
(This topic was originally created by spambot, but I decided it might be useful to resurrect anyways)
Molean wrote: April 21st, 2010, 8:04 pm
Sometimes you accidentally click past dialog that is triggered by moving your units to locations (I often do it) As far as I know, the only way to see what...
Here's an idea for Wesnoth: create a client for Wesnoth which is playable in
a web browser. This will give more people easy access to playing Wesnoth.
What do you think of this idea? Would it even be possible, given Wesnoth's architecture?
Since Wesnoth uses clients and servers, I would...
usach27er8qsda2 wrote: March 22nd, 2026, 1:58 pm
Indeed, this solution is not efficient compared to compiling Wesnoth to wasm directly using tools like emscripten. However, the latter seems much more challenging.
To simplify this semi-random idea, let me say that I focus here only on hero units. We could focus on all units, but let's keep it simple.
With hero units I mean, e. g. that Delfador mage in the mainline campaign; or Konrad. So, usually units that are strong or useful, and losing them means loss...
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You write so much text in your posts that I got a summary:
Core Concept: Introduce an optional game setting that allows "hero units" (essential characters whose death ends the scenario) to acquire unique abilities and traits when leveling up past level 3, replacing or supplementing the standard...
Friend says: "Ok, I have wesnoth up and running. One problem I can see immediately is the readability. My eyes aren't what they were 10 years ago."
So how do you bump up the text size globally? I always assumed there was a way, and I'll be honest I'm getting close to needing it myself. Some of the...
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Ravana wrote:
> I suspect issue is not in eyes, but rather that you are running game in higher resolution than before.
I think you can not generalize this too much. My eyes are also pretty bad these days - happens to many people
as they get older. At the same time I have an ultra-wide monitor sc...
Such as "Dusk of Dawn", 4 scenarios, novice level, added recently as
announced by...
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This is a good suggestion! Thanks for bringing it up.
Right now, 1.19 does include some of these features. The new tutorial is recommended for new players. Then the tutorial's credits (will) recommend playing the upcoming "Of Pearls and Pirates" campaign, then PaP recommends playing The Deceiver's...
Lately Battle for Wesnoth included many types of animals into core. I am coming with a proposition to include homing pigeon. They would can live in many places due to it's wide incidence, tamed ones would can be used by loyalists to carry letters, reports.
I am playing a lich campaign right now - quite fine so far.
My undead army enters some dwarf fortress in a cave. I noticed that berzerkers (the opponent dwarf
recruits some berzerker dwarves) keep on suicide-running on my wraith. That is, there is no way they
can win such a fight, the wraith will...
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If you check the damage calculations, you will find that the dwarf can win that fight. It's only a 16% chance to kill on good terrain, but the AI is usually set to be aggressive enough to try. There is a better chance that they will do some damage to the wraith, making it more vulnerable to later...
Imagine a two-tiered map mechanism: a group of units operates and encounters conflicts on the strategic-level map and enters battles. Each strategic unit represents several units that engage in combat on the tactical-level map.
It seems similar to the mechanism in "Heroes of Might and Magic," but...
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As long as I don't have to micromanage like 200 units every turn, Im cool with it. I already forget half my archers behind trees.
I am currently playing aria of the ... something something campaign. Dragonslayer.
In one scenario we have to kill a lich. The lich runs in the corner; then allied units swarm
him, without ever attacking him because he would deal too much damage. So I can not
kill the lich. (I can reload an older...
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I hate allied AIs. Losing because the AI is dumber than a box of rocks is aggravating. The solution is not to change core mechanics of the whole game, but to allow the player to have more influence over the allied AI's behavior. If shevegen could have increased his ally's aggressiveness, the AI...
With AI I mean the computer playing the enemy. The AI is not bad, but it is not that great either. But this is not the topic here, I actually refer to "fatigue" in regards to AI.
Now with that I mean that the opponent appears to become "dumber" the fewer unit it has available.
In my opinion all units that can heal others should also be able to self heal. Elf shaman for example: If she can heal another unit for 4 hp why she cant self heal for the same 4hp?
It doent makes sense at all. Also, I dont think they would be overpowered with this.
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All of it can be done for custom units, but this idea is rejected for global mainline.
1. My perennial whine: Especially in dialog screens (inter-scenario stories, "Objective" screens, scenario "Result" screens. NOTE: Preferences-> Display-> Pixel Scale MultiplierDOES NOT WORK ON A MAC, AND HAS NOT FOR A LONG TIME!
2. Show the value of villages in terms of gold. If there's a way t...
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I've also mentioned this - or similar - not long ago. Recently I compiled 1.18.5, it works fine \o/,
but I am again noticing some smallish user interface thingies that I think could be improved. It
may require a more consistent approach though, in regards to changing it (aka try to make it
better),...
As it stands, it seems to me that the Ranger is a rather lackluster lvl3 unit. This occurred to me while playing a campaign, my Ranger got properly toasted by a lvl 2 longbowman at dawn. I think his main problem is just how little damage he is dealing during day, the 5-4 is not...
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Yes! The entire Poacher-Trapper-Ranger/Huntsman tree is lackluster. A little more offensive power, better movement (especially in the woods!!) or some special ability (Ambush? Steadfast?) in the 2nd or 3rd levels would help. The problem is that they have no real native territory. You expect them to...
I am currently playing an add-on campaign, called Campaign: The Ravagers.
All fine, nice story, artwork, and very interesting concepts. The weakness-idea is a nice one; not sure if it works that well,
but it is unique. Anyway, this is not what I want to talk about - instead, two things, more...
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If your window is too small, it won't scale since doing so would break the UI.
From the book Erewhon 1872. They're humans but they do things differently. They don't heal in villages, they steal in villages, (a bout of kleptomania is a reasonable explanation for absence from work, making healing a tricky pursuit, leaders can heal at +4 (?)
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, and i dont even know if it belongs to this forum, but i recently got into that whole d&d style of game, where you think of a character and imagine what they would do in a fictional world (its more complicated that this but im as...
