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Call for mainline portraits and story art

Last post by DuncanDill « August 20th, 2024, 10:44 am
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by nemaara » April 18th, 2024, 11:03 pm » in Art Contributions
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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:

5 portraits
Female Captain (Mari)
Asheviere - 4 variations...
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Wesnoth on Liberapay

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by Pentarctagon » April 5th, 2019, 2:09 pm » in Users’ Forum
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Greetings!

We are happy to announce that Wesnoth is now able to accept donations on Liberapay . While Wesnoth does rely on the work of dedicated volunteers, no project can function completely cost-free. Revenue from the Apple App Store and from donations goes towards maintaining our servers,...
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UMC Lore

Last post by melinath « August 2nd, 2009, 8:41 pm
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by Bob_The_Mighty » August 2nd, 2009, 8:28 pm

I just thought, is there a space for settings and stories from UMC in the lore collection? Perhaps as a secondary resource (like the dodgy Star Wars novels are sometimes included in the canon).

For instance, the whole idea of The Brotherhood of Light, was taken from the unit description of the...

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Last post by melinath
August 2nd, 2009, 8:41 pm
WIP: Short story based off of Ooze mini campaign SPOILERS

Last post by Huston « August 1st, 2009, 10:25 am
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by LBD » July 24th, 2009, 6:08 am
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So for the record I played the ooze mini campaign and found it, well, more enjoyable then many of the mainline campaigns. So I decided to write up a story based on it. This is the first chapter. I'd like review and advice from anyone who has played the Ooze mini campaign. Especially from the guy...
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Last post by Huston
August 1st, 2009, 10:25 am
Dwarf Scout line descriptions

Last post by thespaceinvader « July 30th, 2009, 9:15 pm
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by thespaceinvader » July 29th, 2009, 7:16 pm
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Since the current Dwarf Scout line descriptions are... somewhat sparse, at best... I thought I'd give them new descriptions to complement their new sprites.

Current descriptions:

New Scout:

New Pathfinder:

New Explorer:

I'm happy to take critique, but this isn't an excuse for anyone and...
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Last post by thespaceinvader
July 30th, 2009, 9:15 pm
New Text for TRoW

Last post by Turuk « July 25th, 2009, 1:47 am
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by melinath » July 3rd, 2009, 8:32 pm
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I'm working on moving all the text from The Rise of Wesnoth onto the wiki. So far, I'm only through Scenario 4a, but I've noticed a few things that could be adjusted. For example:
Minister Edmond's Temple

Prince Haldric: Careful, you don't know what's lurking in there!

Minister Edmond: Back you...
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Last post by Turuk
July 25th, 2009, 1:47 am
Fixing the Weapon Names

Last post by Turuk « July 23rd, 2009, 5:04 pm
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by Skrim » July 7th, 2009, 6:58 am
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I've noticed, in the Wesnoth help files, on the unit pages, a couple of the attack names are wrong considering what the unit is actually armed with. It's minor detail, but I don't think there's any harm in pointing it out. Here are a few, and the changes I propose:

Merman Hoplite: Trident -> Spear...
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Last post by Turuk
July 23rd, 2009, 5:04 pm
Wesnoth Writing Standard

Last post by SouthernOracle « July 17th, 2009, 10:25 pm
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by melinath » June 26th, 2009, 6:40 pm
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One of the stated purposes of the Writer's Forum is Storyline prose in the mainline and UMC campaigns . I take this to include things like redoing unit descriptions (which I will be using as an example in this thread). Similarly, Art Contributions is for contributing art for the game. However,...
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Last post by SouthernOracle
July 17th, 2009, 10:25 pm
Goblin poetry - Work in Progress

Last post by melinath « July 17th, 2009, 6:38 pm
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by Simons Mith » July 2nd, 2009, 5:25 pm

I've made a start on a piece of Goblin poetry with a working title of 'The Dwarven Guns':

Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom,
Boom, Boom, Boom,
Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom,

Trouble is, it loses its way a bit in the third line, and I think it needs to finish off with a bang. Any suggestions?

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Last post by melinath
July 17th, 2009, 6:38 pm
The Gods

Last post by Turuk « July 16th, 2009, 1:51 am
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by gimderel » July 15th, 2009, 9:07 pm

Do the races of wesnoth have any deities? I would imagine that there are at least five; on for the men, one for the elves (possibly a goddess),
one for the Dwarves, one for the orcs, and a major evil God. are there minor deities, or elemental deities?

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Last post by Turuk
July 16th, 2009, 1:51 am
The Scepter of Fire (short story) Intro is up

Last post by Hatter_Madigan « July 15th, 2009, 3:28 am
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by Hatter_Madigan » July 6th, 2009, 1:45 am
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Hey, I am working on a short story fan-fic for wesnoth, and I need to know who I can send it to, that could take a look at it during the earliest possible stages of writing in order to correct any historical mistakes and could help out with any questions I may have about story-line. If anyone could...
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Last post by Hatter_Madigan
July 15th, 2009, 3:28 am
Petition Against Dwarves As Scots (PADAS) + dwarf issues

Last post by The1exile « July 13th, 2009, 4:07 pm
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by melinath » July 13th, 2009, 8:26 am

Why should dwarves be Scottish? Admittedly, in another thread in this forum, I espoused the idea, supporting it with various statements from around the forums; and admittedly, it's better to have them Scottish than to have no identity at all, but if they're going to be Scottish (a 'fact' which I...

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Last post by The1exile
July 13th, 2009, 4:07 pm
Journal of Lord General Vanith Lawson.

Last post by melinath « July 13th, 2009, 12:13 pm
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by Cloud » July 9th, 2009, 10:47 pm

Hieringar 5th of the year 501 YW
As always I have begun a journal before a campaign, lest misfortune strike. Should such an event happen may the reader pass this journal to my wife, Kiera.
Kiera, should you read this, my heart cries for you. I have always loved you and your name was on my lips and...

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Last post by melinath
July 13th, 2009, 12:13 pm
Wesnothian Poetry

Last post by The1exile « July 9th, 2009, 6:39 pm
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by melinath » June 27th, 2009, 11:58 pm
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Hurray! We have Wesnothian poetry !
But what does that mean?

Here are the poems and a short analysis of the structure of each one:

16 4-line stanzas (64 lines total). Almost completely regular iambs. Alternates 4 feet, 3 feet. Rhyme scheme: abab, masculine .
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12 4-line...
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Last post by The1exile
July 9th, 2009, 6:39 pm
A Soldiers Diary

Last post by melinath « July 8th, 2009, 2:51 pm
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by Zigg » July 7th, 2009, 3:43 pm

I wrote a Diary for a Garadinian Soldier, Addry, during 500-518 YW. It is incomplete so far.

Hieringar 5th, 501 YW
Dear Diary,
The Good King Garard has decided to attack the Orcs at Galcadar, by the Ford of Abez. The march should be about 2 Days. In the Early Morning,I said my farewells to my...

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Last post by melinath
July 8th, 2009, 2:51 pm
Weapon descriptions

Last post by Turuk « July 7th, 2009, 8:57 pm
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by Bob_The_Mighty » July 7th, 2009, 1:43 am

In Bob's RPG Era there is an inventory system which allows you to examine various objects. I aim to have a short descriptions for all the possible weapons. jb wrote a batch of them for me a while ago, which I am very grateful for. I was wondering if anyone wanted to contribute any more? Criticism...

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Last post by Turuk
July 7th, 2009, 8:57 pm
The importance of writing in Wesnoth

Last post by Turuk « July 7th, 2009, 12:58 pm
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by Bob_The_Mighty » July 7th, 2009, 1:23 am

I'd like to say that I think this whole writer's sub-forum is a great idea. In the past it has sometimes felt like text has been overlooked in some corners of Wesnoth. In fact, I used to feel a bit like I was just a pedantic saddo for letting lines like Grrr, lets kick there asses! put me off...

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Last post by Turuk
July 7th, 2009, 12:58 pm
Wesnoth Reference

Last post by Skrim « July 7th, 2009, 6:23 am
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by melinath » June 30th, 2009, 7:58 am
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I think part of the problem is there isn't enough written about the Wesnoth universe to even determine what fits in and what doesn't. Aside from what's already in the game and some brief history , we have no reference material to tell us in detail about Wesnoth.

Perhaps we need to start on a...
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Last post by Skrim
July 7th, 2009, 6:23 am
Writers on the Wiki

Last post by Turuk « July 6th, 2009, 6:04 pm
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by melinath » July 3rd, 2009, 11:13 am

I've added Create Writing to the Wiki, analogous to Create Music and Create Art. Go ahead and modify it however you want. (If anyone can remove it from Category:Campaigns, that would be helpful!)

In connection with that: here's a task for you if you're bored on a rainy afternoon. Go to...

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Last post by Turuk
July 6th, 2009, 6:04 pm
Draft: Writing dialogue for the Wesnoth game

Last post by Simons Mith « July 1st, 2009, 7:17 pm
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by Simons Mith » October 9th, 2008, 5:15 pm

This article is specifically focused on writing scenario dialogue.
See also the Campaign Design How-To thread (and the link to
which also considers this area and provides some excellent advice. Before
I write more I wanted to get some feedback on the bits produced so far.

I haven't played all the...

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Last post by Simons Mith
July 1st, 2009, 7:17 pm
Committing Writing

Last post by Turuk « June 30th, 2009, 2:08 pm
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by melinath » June 26th, 2009, 7:14 pm

Right now, the description thread has been fairly active. Personally, I think that at least one of the descriptions that's come out of it is good enough/enough of an improvement to be included in mainline.

Now it could be that there are forces beyond my ken that are at work here, but it bothers...

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Last post by Turuk
June 30th, 2009, 2:08 pm
Writing More Details on Gods?

Last post by Turuk « June 21st, 2009, 1:45 pm
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by Cloud » June 15th, 2009, 8:33 pm

I'm quite into writing short stories (because they never get beyond a certain point, but anyway I dirgress) and one thing strikes me - there's no tales of Gods in Wesnoth. Now either the Wesnothians are extremely sensible (!) or we're going against the fantasy grain.

I think if I wrote for any...

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Last post by Turuk
June 21st, 2009, 1:45 pm
Writing workshop?

Last post by Turuk « May 26th, 2009, 11:59 am
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by melinath » May 26th, 2009, 7:50 am

I suggest that, like with art, there should be standards when it comes to mainline writing. I also suggest that, like with art, good writing can be learned. So I suggest that, like with art, there should be a workshop for improving writing. A place for people to discuss campaign dialog, story...

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Last post by Turuk
May 26th, 2009, 11:59 am
Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation and Capitalization

Last post by Euthanatos93 « May 19th, 2009, 1:07 am
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by ancestral » May 12th, 2009, 12:57 am

I've been going through the mainline scenarios as if with a fine-tooth comb, and found oodles of small mistakes. I've counted at least 55 so far just with the first 4 mainline campaigns. I'll see if I can go through the rest tonight.

Feel free to review the changes I proposed there. They're pretty...

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Last post by Euthanatos93
May 19th, 2009, 1:07 am
Suggested change to description of Leadership in manual

Last post by Simons Mith « May 12th, 2009, 4:55 pm
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by lindsay40k » May 11th, 2009, 3:33 pm

Not sure if this is where I should bring such things up, but I've just started and wanted to make a contribution.

Existing description:

Leadership
This unit can lead friendly units that are next to it, making them fight better. Adjacent friendly units of lower level will do more damage in...

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Last post by Simons Mith
May 12th, 2009, 4:55 pm
An Orcish Incursion: a possible mistake in narrative

Last post by Simons Mith « May 4th, 2009, 3:14 pm
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by rtfb » May 3rd, 2009, 2:56 pm

Hi,

I'm tidying up a Lithuanian translation of `An Orcish Incursion' (on branch 1.6) and I have
found a suspicious piece of original prose. In scenario 4, the `Valley of Trolls', upon death
of Erlornas (line 291 of 4_Valley_of_Trolls.cfg),
During their retreat, the pass was crossed by another...

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Last post by Simons Mith
May 4th, 2009, 3:14 pm
SyntaxWML: variables and values, oh my!

Last post by zookeeper « April 18th, 2009, 9:21 am
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by ancestral » April 18th, 2009, 3:06 am

I'm sure there's a lot of parts of the wiki that could use help, but I think this one takes the cake:

$variable-name a variable value depends on the value of the WML variable variable-name . See VariablesWML for more information on WML-variable based values.
:hmm: I'm not really sure what this...

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Last post by zookeeper
April 18th, 2009, 9:21 am
Changing the -

Last post by Kess « April 17th, 2009, 8:04 am
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by ancestral » April 13th, 2009, 9:18 pm

Copied from Format of Attacks.

Yeah this is turning into a rant :) Just a fair warning, hehe.

At which point is it a minus sign?
Well… actually… it's not a true minus sign at all!

Typographically, a minus sign would usually be slightly longer. I'm sure Wesnoth uses a hyphen-minus (like I just...

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Last post by Kess
April 17th, 2009, 8:04 am
Proposed additions to Manual

Last post by dlp « April 14th, 2009, 2:54 pm
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by dlp » March 27th, 2009, 2:07 am
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Wed April 8 note: Edited to (1) further correct section 2.2 sentence 2 to reflect the fact that carryover percentage depends on the campaign, as per esr's notes in ; (2) substitute a different example for proposed section 2.5.3 to make the effects of terrain on hit-probabilities clearer.

Monday...
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Last post by dlp
April 14th, 2009, 2:54 pm
Grammar Check: The War of Terrador

Last post by Newell « April 13th, 2009, 7:08 am
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by Dragonchampion » April 12th, 2009, 7:10 pm

Hello, everyone! My campaign is finished, and as such, it has A LOT of grammar mistakes. As I am busy working on the unit anims and such, would any of you be so kind as to check and point out my many spelling and grammar mistakes? Also, I would like input on how the story doesn't make sense, etc....

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Last post by Newell
April 13th, 2009, 7:08 am
UMC Campaign Request: Bad Moon Rising (never mind)

Last post by catwhowalksbyhimself « April 12th, 2009, 10:27 pm
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by doofus-01 » April 9th, 2009, 2:01 pm

Apologies if this thread is not OK to put here, but UMC was mentioned in the welcome sticky. If this disappears, then I'll know...

My availability is high, but I doubt there will be much call for my skills once the manual edits are done.
You must be joking!...

Yep. Not to distract anyone from...

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April 12th, 2009, 10:27 pm

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