[History] When was the addon mechanism first added?
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[History] When was the addon mechanism first added?
Hi everyone,
I hope this is not too much off-topic for this section.
Has anyone an idea of when the add-on management system/interface was first added in Wesnoth?
I was interested in this to better understand how the practice of user-made content creation started emerging in Wesnoth
I looked around in the full wesnoth changelog and in the forum, but I could not find a an answer to my question. I also found some very early interviews/reviews about the game, but they were either too early or too 'late'.
thank you!
I hope this is not too much off-topic for this section.
Has anyone an idea of when the add-on management system/interface was first added in Wesnoth?
I was interested in this to better understand how the practice of user-made content creation started emerging in Wesnoth
I looked around in the full wesnoth changelog and in the forum, but I could not find a an answer to my question. I also found some very early interviews/reviews about the game, but they were either too early or too 'late'.
thank you!
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Re: [History] When was the addon mechanism first added?
Probably in 0.8.5:
It was called "campaign server" for a long time even though it probably was never limited only to campaigns.changelog wrote:Version 0.8.5:
* campaign server (campaignd) and capability to download campaigns from campaign server(s)
Re: [History] When was the addon mechanism first added?
If I'm not mistaken, originally, the button to access the server was part of the campaign menu itself as well. There was a little campaign shaped button at the bottom of your list of campaigns that said "Get More Campaigns" that would open up the add-on downloader thing.
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Re: [History] When was the addon mechanism first added?
ah! I see...I was looking for the wrong term!zookeeper wrote:Probably in 0.8.5:It was called "campaign server" for a long time even though it probably was never limited only to campaigns.changelog wrote:Version 0.8.5:
* campaign server (campaignd) and capability to download campaigns from campaign server(s)
I found some more information now Indeed, it was about mid 2004, and the server was originally limited to campaigns only and soon after extended for other type of content.
Thanks!
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Idea: Campaign server
Changes to campaign server
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Re: [History] When was the addon mechanism first added?
This. I remember it, a long time ago. I also remember that it was dominated by a single author, Bob the Mighty. I think 80-90% of add-ons were his.Hulavuta wrote:If I'm not mistaken, originally, the button to access the server was part of the campaign menu itself as well. There was a little campaign shaped button at the bottom of your list of campaigns that said "Get More Campaigns" that would open up the add-on downloader thing.
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