Is there any way to add labels to a map?

[SL]

I've been making some multiplayer maps (Well, I've made one so far, with multiple versions - one each for 2-7 players, and one for 9 players which isn't balanced), and I'm wondering if there's any way to label things on the map.

I haven't found any way yet. I'm using editor.exe in windows.

I'm assuming the file format supports it, though, so hopefully I can label one and then copy the labels into the map file for the others. Or I could add an 'import labels from another map...' menu option to the editor and recompile it.

[Elvish_Pillager]

[scenario]
...
[label]
x=
y=
text=
[/label]
...
[/scenario]

[SL]

Hmm. There aren't [scenario] labels anywhere in the map file - now that I have it open in a text editor, it just looks like ASCII art.

I've attempted to change it so it's like what you wrote, but Wesnoth refuses to load it. Here's what I changed it to

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[scenario]
the actual map data is here, it's 75 lines of 76 characters each.
[label]
x=5
y=5
text=spam
[/label]
[/scenario]

These are maps for multiplayer, not for a campaign. I'm testing them with 'Multiplayer->Human vs AI'.

[stillnotelf]

Perhaps with "quotation marks" around the spam?

[Quensul]

Hmm. There aren't [scenario] labels anywhere in the map file - now that I have it open in a text editor, it just looks like ASCII art.

Map files are just text, with one character representing one hex. What EP is referring to is a WML scenario file, which either references a separate map file or includes the map data in its map element. Never having built a multiplayer scenario, that's about the limit of my knowledge. You might look at the Wesbowl code, although it's a touch complicated. A quick buzz through the Wiki didn't turn anything up, but it's probably there somewhere.

[Dave]

It's important to understand the difference between a scenario and a map.

A map is very simply just the terrain, and yes is stored like 'ascii art'.

A scenario is played on a map, but includes details such as the units being used, whether different sides have fog/shroud, victory/loss conditions, and -- pertinent to you -- labels.

In single player/campaign Wesnoth, raw maps don't work, everything has to be a scenario.

In multiplayer Wesnoth, either a raw map or a scenario with a map can be used. If Wesnoth is given a raw map, it will build a scenario out of it internally based on what you specify as the settings.

Now that you (hopefully) understand the difference between a map and a scenario, I can tell you the possibly bad news that the official Wesnoth editor only makes maps, not scenarios. If you want to add things like labels, you have to make a scenario yourself. The good news is it's not that hard.

All you have to do is make a scenario file. I suggest copying an existing scenario file from data/scenarios/multiplayer -- perhaps IcyWaters.cfg, and put your new file in an appropriate directory (userdata/data/scenarios would be most appropraite in Windows, though you could just use data/scenarios/multiplayer).

Then edit the file and change the id, name, and most importantly, the map_data attributes to point to your map. You can change other things too if you want.

Then you can add [label] tags as Elvish Pillager suggests to place labels.

And FYI, yes, I personally do think a scenario editor rather than a simple map editor would be nice, but it'd also be quite difficult to write a good one....hence there being none yet.

David