Framework

[aaronfeld]

I was wondering if some one could give me like a list, well an order really of things to do when making a campain. First I'm into story making yet this is my first time making anything with WML so...My _main CFG file is pretty much done so then I see the Utils and I'm not sure which one I need cuz there different each in each campain I look at and I'm not sure what some of them do. I'm still learning all together so just keep that in mind so when you go off on how this varibal effects this unit at this x,y point and stuff like that.

Thanks

[Luroch_Delkar]

After your _main.cfg you should make a scenarios folder. In it you should make your first scenario file.

There are so many tags that do so many different things that I could not list them all. Nor should I since they can all be found, with a bit of searching, on the wesnoth Create page. http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ReferenceWML is a good place to look for most tags but the first page you should look at is http://wiki.wesnoth.org/BuildingScenariosSimple.

The latter will give you the framework that you are looking for.

As to Utilities, I do not think you need them unless you plan on making macros.
When you want to do the same or similar thing many times making a macro can save you from writing a large amount of code more than once.

e.g to make a macro you would write:

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#define I_PLACE_CHEST X Y
[item]
x={X}
y={Y}
image=items/chest-plain-closed.png
[/item]
[event]name=moveto
[filter]
x={X}
y={Y}
[/filter]
[removeitem]
x={X}
y={Y}
image=items/chest-plain-closed.png
[/removeitem]
[item]
x={X}
y={Y}
image=items/chest-plain-open.png
[/item]
[redraw][/redraw]
[/event]
#enddef

Then if you wanted to place a chest at say 31,52 instead of writing all of that code again you could type:

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{I_PLACE_CHEST 31 52}

You can place as many chests as you want by changing X Y to the x,y coordinates of the hex you want to place it on.
When first learning though you should try to code without macros, just until you have a better understanding of WML.

p.s If in your scenario file you make the reference {~add-ons/your_folder/utils} then you still need to have a utils folder in your campaign folder even if you aren't using or writing any macros.

p.s.s That page is still a good reference but is slightly out of date as the ~add-ons folder has replaced the @campaigns folder.
e.g instead of map_data={@campaigns/your_folder/maps/your_map} you would use map_data={~add-ons/your_folder/maps/your_map}

[Pentarctagon]

could you please just make 1 thread for all your questions? this is your 6th thread on this page alone

[Iris]

What Pentarctagon said. Since you seem to require help with every step instead of particular issues, you might prefer to create a specific thread to request help with your add-on's development as you need it.

[aaronfeld]

Ya, should I just edit the same post over and over then. Other fourms I use (for something else) that never works but if you guys say I should do it then that's what I'll do. Luroch_Delkar very helpful thanks. Also WML is the first script I've ever learned or started to learn and even look at so I'm like, I think I know what that does, I wonder what that does, and I have no idea what that does. I'm also making a text doc of all the anwsers that you guys have been giving cuz it seems that the wiki is not that descriptive in some areas but is still helpful.

Thanks