New era, "The Dark Century"

Eolith · Post by **Eolith** » September 25th, 2008, 9:55 pm

I am currently working on several more units for the DC era. I have completed coding for two Orcish units (Firebringer, upgrade of Goblin Pillager, and Nightstalker, upgrade of Slayer) in addition to adding an experimental Monsters' faction. Unfortunately, the Troll Shaman is not being recognized by the game, so I will need to do some more work on that. I also have an idea for another unit, based on the Dwarves. The Jobless Journeyman could upgrade to a Ransomed Runesmith as well as the Dispossessed Craftsman. The Ransomed Runesmith would have something like 10-3 melee impact magical and higher resistances with lower defense on most terrains. I also have a Dragon Hunter (level 2) which can not upgrade, but is extremely deadly vs dragons, especially since he has berserk melee. And yes, there are dragons in this era (Drake Burner and Drake Glider.) They go in one of the Monsters factions. (I intend to have two since otherwise we will have several units in the faction that have the same use. For example, the Fire Guardian and Drake Glider are both used for scouting and pursuit.)

I have the basic coding for three scenarios of the campaign completed. I hope to bring that number up to five by the next time I post.

dontano wrote:I apologize for the long absence. I'll try to catch up the work once again, if someone tells me what's the earliest posted version of Dark Century.

Why the earliest version? Do you want to redo the structure of the era?

dontano · Post by **dontano** » September 26th, 2008, 11:46 am

Eolith wrote:
dontano wrote:I apologize for the long absence. I'll try to catch up the work once again, if someone tells me what's the earliest posted version of Dark Century.
Why the earliest version? Do you want to redo the structure of the era?

Of course not. You're the creator after all, and it wouldn't make much sense, in my opinion.
I like the new units, but I have some bad news for you.

I'm temporarily leaving Wesnoth, because I'm going to the US for this winter (October and November), to reunite with some "forgotten" cousins. I'll try to catch up whenever I got the chance, but I cannot assure you how the rest of the Artwork will be done. I'm really sorry to leave the forum for a while, but this is reality. When my trip is over, I'll come back again with the DC project, and... thank you for everything, Eolith.

Blazernot · Post by **Blazernot** » September 27th, 2008, 4:01 pm

Hi guys, Sorry 'bout my earlier posts, and yeah, I'm not mad anymore. Well, now, I have a question: Who has downloaded Wesnoth Version 1.5 Current? I've got the previous one, and I'm trying to get the Current. Is it worth getting? What are the changes? I would appresciate any information on it

, 'cause Wesnoth is a pretty good game

.

I am working on creating my own unit, but it's kinda confusing 'cause I'm not that good with working on them. Eolith, thanks for the e-mail on how to do that. I am making a layout of my campagin that I'm owrking on in Microsoft Word. The minimaps, the layout is on Paint. Is it possible to do things similar to what we're doing on Battle for Wesnoth to Age of Empires II? I wonder...

Welll, I think I took enough of your time, and enough room in this thread, cya later

Blazernot

Blazernot · Post by **Blazernot** » September 27th, 2008, 4:02 pm

Cya later, Dontano

Mirion147 · Post by **Mirion147** » September 27th, 2008, 7:28 pm

You can look in this thread http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=22092 for information on 1.5.x

And look in here http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=21 and here http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=10 for coding help.

Eolith · Post by **Eolith** » September 27th, 2008, 9:59 pm

I believe we may be about ready to create another version of the era. I have successfully added two more factions which are playable. All I need now is the artwork, and I can post DC version 1.2 (or is it version 1.1?) There are supposed to be two "monsters" factions- "Creatures," which works, and "Monsters," which does not. I am currently playtesting the era with these changes, and I have to admit the Arkadians (actually Sea Elves, but I changed their name along with a dozen other things in my attempts to make the faction work) seem to be rather strong. On the other hand, I was testing them on Hornshark Island which has a relatively large amount of water. I will have to reduce the defense for several units, though, since Sea Elves with 70% defense on land does not make much sense.

P.S. @Blazernot: No, you can not do the same thing with Age of Empires II. It is not an open source game, unlike Battle for Wesnoth.

Eolith · Post by **Eolith** » September 28th, 2008, 9:49 pm

"The Dark Century" version 1.2 is now ready for uploading (unfortunately, it is too large to be uploaded to the forum). Thanks to everybody who has helped out thus far, and I hope you continue to give your invaluable aid. Some units may have WML issues and there is still plenty of artwork that needs to be added in, but overall, this version is operational.

I will see if I can shrink the add-on a bit so it will upload. It may be a little while until I can upload it, though.

dontano · Post by **dontano** » September 29th, 2008, 6:36 pm

Eolith wrote:"The Dark Century" version 1.2 is now ready for uploading (unfortunately, it is too large to be uploaded to the forum). Thanks to everybody who has helped out thus far, and I hope you continue to give your invaluable aid. Some units may have WML issues and there is still plenty of artwork that needs to be added in, but overall, this version is operational.

I will see if I can shrink the add-on a bit so it will upload. It may be a little while until I can upload it, though.

I came to greet my friends here once more!

I'm glad that this project survived so far, thanks to the community and whoever was interested in co-operating to it (including me). Once I've got the opportunity to "steal" again a computer (lol), I'll check out the updated work. Cya pals!

PS: W l'America! ^^

Eolith · Post by **Eolith** » September 29th, 2008, 9:38 pm

How do I upload a 2.66 MB file since the forum does not accept anything larger than 2 MB?

Rhishisikk · Post by **Rhishisikk** » September 30th, 2008, 12:58 pm

I ran into the same problem with ANLU.

You need to make a .PBL file (sample enclosed) for your campaign.

Then you go to 'ADD ONS' in Wesnoth. At the bottom of the add-on list will be an option to publish your add-on. Then we can all know when a new version is published, and download it.

DISCLAIMER: A *lot* of people will download your era before it's complete, so expect some feedback from folks you've never heard of before.

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The board doesn't seem to allow .PBL files, working the issue. Okay, you'll need to unzip this file.
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Eolith · Post by **Eolith** » September 30th, 2008, 9:14 pm

I have one minor problem with that. My computer does not have internet access, so I have to use another computer that does not have BfW on it. Since this is the case, I do not have the option of using the Add-ons button on the main screen. Might there be another way to do it?

P.S. Thanks for the info on the .PBL file.

Eolith · Post by **Eolith** » October 2nd, 2008, 9:08 pm

I am going to post the Dark_Centuryv1.2 file in two posts if it will fit. I divided it into three .zip files, the main file with all the units and campaigns info, then the two art files (yes, there is over 2 MB worth of art in this era!)

Here are the main file and the smaller art file.

Dark_Centuryv1.2.zip: (197.72 KiB) Downloaded 261 times

outcast_art.zip: Outcasts, Drakes, and Merfolk.; (950.02 KiB) Downloaded 265 times

Eolith · Post by **Eolith** » October 2nd, 2008, 9:28 pm

Yes, I know I am triple-posting, but please forgive me. The BfW site does not allow attachments larger than 2 MB, and I had about 2.66 MB to upload.

Here is the larger art file.

art.zip: Everybody (and everything) in the era besides Outcasts, Drakes, and Merfolk.; (1.65 MiB) Downloaded 281 times

I may not be on the forum for a while because my schedule keeps changing. If anything important happens, then please pm me. Thanks.

Rhishisikk · Post by **Rhishisikk** » October 4th, 2008, 4:03 am

Let's see:

Era, check
weekend, check
snacks and sodas - TBD (tomorrow)
sleep - er.... chezzzzzz....

Honestly, anything in particular you want me checking? I'm not going to start until I've had SOME sleep, and probably not for more than four or six hours.

Blazernot · Post by **Blazernot** » October 5th, 2008, 10:09 pm

Uh, Eolith, sned me a copy of 1.2 though e-mail, ok?

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