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Re: Altered era/ruleset (AKA "Altera")

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Lord-Knightmare wrote: July 2nd, 2022, 6:40 pmThe old straightforward way allowed addons to inject code directly into mainline (top level tags) and this caused high interference in some cases (like the case where a certain UMC campaign broke a mainline campaign because it used a scenario of the same ID and loaded it all in top level). Another issue was several MP eras colliding with each other and causing friction between UMC authors themselves.
which particular eras ended up colliding with each other?
would like to know what to avoid doing in my own era to avoid collisions under pre-1.16 versions of BfW
Lord-Knightmare wrote: July 2nd, 2022, 6:40 pmSo, 1.16.x gets around it by deactivating inactive eras/mods/add-ons. This worked greatly for MP eras and modifications but Theme add-ons got affected adversely.
Later on, it was concluded that themes would be better loaded as consensual modifications (seems okay to me as it's more convenient now).
AFAIK UI themes cannot contain executable code, can they? if so then excepting UI themes from this new requirement seems safe and IMO more convenient
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Re: Altered era/ruleset (AKA "Altera")

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which particular eras ended up colliding with each other?
would like to know what to avoid doing in my own era to avoid collisions under pre-1.16 versions of BfW
Any era which loads events into MP, some with different units with the same ID. Some do separate with era prefixes in IDs now though.
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Re: Altered era/ruleset (AKA "Altera")

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Lord-Knightmare wrote: July 5th, 2022, 1:22 pmAny era which loads events into MP, some with different units with the same ID. Some do separate with era prefixes in IDs now though.
era-related events are usually inside [era] tag of respective era - how can these be loaded outside of respective era?
or do you mean events inside #ifdef MULTIPLAYER but outside [era] tags?
author of: Altered Era/Ruleset (AKA "Altera"), latest version is on add-ons servers for BfW 1.16 and 1.14, latest version also still supports BfW 1.12 and 1.10, 1.10 server is stuck with older buggy version)
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Re: Altered era/ruleset (AKA "Altera")

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version 0.8.1 is published for BfW 1.14.x and 1.16.x as "Altera"

currently this addon is published under 2 names:
"Altered era/ruleset" is stable version, it is going to be updated only when second digit of version number is changed
"Altera" is "development" version which is going to be updated more often

add-on servers for BfW 1.10.7 are now closed for uploads but "Altered era/ruleset" still supports BfW 1.10.7 - download it from add-on server of any newer version of BfW and manually copy it to BfW 1.10.7's 'add-ons' folder
similar for BfW 1.12.6 except "Corruption" rule is disabled under this version of Wesnoth because of bug present only under 1.12.6

changes:
- extra recruitable unit types for AI sides from "astral allies" rule are now available only starting from certain turn number set individually for each astral ally unit type, usually equal to their recruitment cost or close to it, "astral allies" rule is now enabled by default
- fixed: included Altera UI themes can now be used with any campaigns and scenarios without issues and limitations except under BfW 1.16.x modification named "Altera UI Themes" must be manually enabled before campaign or scenario is started to make Altera UI themes available in 'Preferences' -> 'Display' -> 'Themes' menu during campaign or scenario
- removed "Altera Larger Fonts for campaigns" UI theme because now it has no advantages over "Altera Larger Fonts" UI theme and is no longer necessary
- fixed: worked around a bug introduced in BfW 1.16.x that caused lua errors to appear on screen when AI-controlled units with siccating ability were taking their turn
- fixed: ability of many thanat units to hide in deep water worked only on deep water tiles without water lilies on them
- fixed: gnome units used to have only one variation of die sound instead of two (because of typo)
- tweaked images for water lilies and oasis terrains which are used in "healing locations" rule
- hotkey for "Altered UI Preferences" right-click menu entry is changed from shift+O to shift+P, fixed text of respective section under "Info about Altera Rules" right-click menu entry
- in "Altera Larger Fonts" UI theme increased width of unit race indicator to fit longer race names

also significant internal changes were made which should have no effects noticeable by end-user but may cause new bugs - please report them in this topic or in private messages
Attachments
Altered 0.8.1 (core).zip
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Altered 0.8.1 (images of all units).zip
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Altered 0.8.1 (images of projectiles and portraits for gargoyles and fey).zip
(7.78 MiB) Downloaded 6 times
Altered 0.8.1 (portraits for gnomes and thanats and lamias).zip
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Altered 0.8.1 (portraits for valons and saurs).zip
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Altered 0.8.1 (portraits for naiads and boggarts and unaffiliated units).zip
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Last edited by lea on February 5th, 2024, 2:31 pm, edited 5 times in total.
author of: Altered Era/Ruleset (AKA "Altera"), latest version is on add-ons servers for BfW 1.16 and 1.14, latest version also still supports BfW 1.12 and 1.10, 1.10 server is stuck with older buggy version)
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Re: Altered era/ruleset (AKA "Altera")

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version 0.8.2 is published for BfW 1.14.x and 1.16.x as "Altera"

currently this addon is published under 2 names:
"Altered era/ruleset" is stable version, it is going to be updated only when second digit of version number is changed
"Altera" is "development" version which is going to be updated more often

add-on servers for BfW 1.10.7 and 1.12.6 are now closed for uploads but Altera still supports both of them - download Altera from add-on server of any newer version of BfW and manually copy it to 'add-ons' folder of older version of BfW

changes:
- added "racial traits" rule: each random trait of each unit has a chance to be replaced by one of traits favored by given unit's race, favored traits and respective chances are listed in regular help topics for each race
- worked around a bug that caused "corruption" rule to malfunction under BfW 1.12.6 - this rule can now be enabled and is enabled by default under BfW 1.12.6
- small changes that have effect only under some versions of BfW:
bugs unique to BfW 1.16.x are now mentioned in intro text shown before first turn when running under BfW 1.16.x
under BfW 1.12.6 and later 'phases' ability is no longer incorrectly mentioned in help topics of units as available to all unit types as advancement, instead it is mentioned in its own help topic as part of special non-existent unit
under BfW 1.12.6 shorter era option names are used so that they do not clip with scrollbar in low screen resolutions
under BfW 1.12.6 shorter era option descriptions are used so that they are shown with larger font sizes in low screen resolutions
- all leaders now have random traits added to them as fixed traits (always same set of traits for given leader unit type, different leader unit types of same race have different sets of traits), specific traits are mentioned in regular help topics for each leader unit type, also added textual note about effects of leader status to descriptions of leader units
- small changes related to unit traits and abilities:
changed colors of some random unit trait badges: now all traits related to defense or hitpoints have reddish colors, related to movement - greenish colors, related to attack or damage - pale colors
number of traits and common fixed traits are now mentioned in description of each race
recruiter fixed trait is replaced with recruits ability without changing its effects
tactician leaders-only ability is renamed to tactics
purified ability renamed to convalesces
siccating ability is renamed to siccates
- increased arcane resistance of all wisps to 60%
- fixed: thanat drifter's portrait was missing
- renamed "healing locations" rule to "healing places"
- lowered pitch of hit and die sounds for saur wyvern-like units

also, similar to previous version, significant internal changes were made which should have no effects noticeable by end-user but may cause new bugs - please report them in this topic or in private messages
Attachments
Altered 0.8.2 (core).zip
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Altered 0.8.2 (images of all units).zip
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Altered 0.8.2 (images of projectiles and portraits for gargoyles and fey).zip
(7.78 MiB) Downloaded 12 times
Altered 0.8.2 (portraits for gnomes and thanats and lamias).zip
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Altered 0.8.2 (portraits for valons and saurs).zip
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Altered 0.8.2 (portraits for naiads and boggarts and unaffiliated units).zip
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Last edited by lea on February 5th, 2024, 3:03 pm, edited 4 times in total.
author of: Altered Era/Ruleset (AKA "Altera"), latest version is on add-ons servers for BfW 1.16 and 1.14, latest version also still supports BfW 1.12 and 1.10, 1.10 server is stuck with older buggy version)
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Re: Altered era/ruleset (AKA "Altera")

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version 0.8.3 is published for BfW 1.14.x and 1.16.x as "Altera"

currently this addon is published under 2 names:
"Altered era/ruleset" is stable version, it is going to be updated only when second digit of version number is changed
"Altera" is "development" version which is going to be updated more often

add-on servers for BfW 1.10.7 and 1.12.6 are now closed for uploads but Altera still supports both of them - download Altera from add-on server of any newer version of BfW and manually copy it to 'add-ons' folder of older version of BfW

changes:
- recalling cost for each unit is now increased by 1 gold per every 15 experience points (remaining after unit's experience is halved because of its death)
- recalling cost for each unit is now shown in tooltip of unit's name and in list of units available for recalling (under each unit's type under BfW 1.14.x and later and under each unit's name for earlier versions of BfW)
- changed race name prefixes for unaffiliated/mercenary races to "alte" and for feral creatures quasi-race to "alter" so that they are shown after all other "Altered" races in help topics
- fixed: "sustained march" rule sometimes caused movement speed to increase permanently for some AI units and descease permanently for some non-AI units
- fixed: commoners (level 0 units) units did not have zone of control when "racial traits" rule was enabled
- fixed: era option for "racial traits" rule was disabled by default because of typo
- fixed: experience gained by leader during current turn was not taken into account when checking if leader has enough experience to "summon astral companion" (recruit unit with cost and upkeep paid with leader's experience)
- changes in general UI indicators (located on top panel in most UI themes):
leader's experience number in gold indicator and experience upkeep number in upkeep indicator are now colored magenta (with reddish tint when negative)
income adjustment from trade nexus and corruption is now colored green (if positive and base income is non-negative) or red (if both are negative) or different tints of orange (if one is negative and another one is not)
income adjustment from trade nexus and corruption is now updated when leader's movement is undone or redone
all additions to general indicators are now colored grey during opponents' turns, similar to default values of these indicators
to make it easier to open tooltips a bunch of whitespaces are appended at the end of each general indicator's text if it is shorter than 5 characters
- slightly tweaked text formatting for attacks indicator in both "Altered" UI themes and removed padding from it to avoid inconsistencies with default UI theme
- minor changes and fixes for unit badges:
fixed: unit trait badges were sometimes shown with a gap or visually shifted down because of hidden traits
fixed: in some cases badges of healing effects were not removed after unit was moved away from source of healing until moved unit was clicked afterwards
under BfW 1.14.x and later unit badges for aura effects (tactics ability and healing) are now removed from unit when it dies or is dismissed
slightly tweaked unit badges for healing effects

also, similar to previous two versions, significant internal changes were made which should have no effects noticeable by end-user but may cause new bugs - please report them in this topic or in private messages
Attachments
Altered 0.8.3 (core).zip
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Altered 0.8.3 (images of all units).zip
(7.12 MiB) Downloaded 4 times
Altered 0.8.3 (images of projectiles and portraits for gargoyles and fey).zip
(7.78 MiB) Downloaded 6 times
Altered 0.8.3 (portraits for gnomes and thanats and lamias).zip
(6.43 MiB) Downloaded 6 times
Altered 0.8.3 (portraits for valons and saurs).zip
(7.27 MiB) Downloaded 5 times
Altered 0.8.3 (portraits for naiads and boggarts and unaffiliated units).zip
(5.02 MiB) Downloaded 2 times
Last edited by lea on February 5th, 2024, 3:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.
author of: Altered Era/Ruleset (AKA "Altera"), latest version is on add-ons servers for BfW 1.16 and 1.14, latest version also still supports BfW 1.12 and 1.10, 1.10 server is stuck with older buggy version)
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Re: Altered era/ruleset (AKA "Altera", for 1.16, 1.14, 1.12 and 1.10)

Post by lea »

version 0.8.4 is published for BfW 1.14.x and 1.16.x as "Altera"

currently this addon is published under 2 names:
"Altered era/ruleset" is stable version, it is going to be updated only when second digit of version number is changed
"Altera" is "development" version which is going to be updated more often

add-on servers for BfW 1.10.7 and 1.12.6 are now closed for uploads but Altera still supports both of them - download Altera from add-on server of any newer version of BfW and manually copy it to 'add-ons' folder of older version of BfW

changes:
- changes related to unit recalling:
recalling expensive unit now requires having enough gold to cover its full recall cost and can not cause debt (negative gold amount)
fixed: under BfW 1.16.0 and later unit's recall cost was often set to 20 gold instead of being based on unit's max exp and currnt exp
fixed: under BfW 1.14.0 and later unit's recall cost failed to be shown in tooltip of unit's name
unit's recall cost in tooltip of unit's name is now shown in one line instead of two
under BfW 1.12.6 and earlier added (as workaround for requirement to have 20 gold to recall any unit) variations of random map generators which have predefined number of sides without minimum gold requirement for recalling but must not have fewer sides than aforementioned predefined number, under later versions of BfW minimum gold requirement for recalling is disabled and this workaround is unnecessary, this limitation and how to work around it is now mentioned in description of "repriced recalling" rule
- fixed: attacks with triggered attack special used to deal halved damage with strikes that followed directly after slowed status was applied to striking unit
- fixed: unit badges for healing effects and tactics were added or removed only for units of current side when they were enabled or disabled via "Altera UI Preferences" submenu of right-click menu
- fixed: Saur Colwing was unable to advance to Saur Icheumon because of mistake
- added description of number rounding rules to "Mainline Rules that are not mentioned in mainline Help" section of "Info about Altera Rules", tweaked descriptions of other rules in this section
- renamed "resurrection" rule to "recall deceased"
- renamed hinders and poisons attack specials to hindering and poisoning respectively
- changed descriptions of many unit abilities and attack specials to mention name of each ability/special in its description, fixed mistakes in some of them
- descriptions of tactician ability, brave trait and unit upkeep modes now mention that their damage adjustments are shown in tooltips of attacks/weapons as leadership

also, similar to previous three versions, significant internal changes were made which should have no effects noticeable by end-user but may cause new bugs - please report them in this topic or in private messages
Attachments
Altered 0.8.4 (core).zip
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Altered 0.8.4 (images of all units).zip
(7.16 MiB) Downloaded 5 times
Altered 0.8.4 (images of projectiles and portraits for gargoyles and fey).zip
(7.89 MiB) Downloaded 4 times
Altered 0.8.4 (portraits for gnomes and thanats and lamias).zip
(6.43 MiB) Downloaded 4 times
Altered 0.8.4 (portraits for valons and saurs).zip
(7.27 MiB) Downloaded 4 times
Altered 0.8.4 (portraits for naiads and boggarts and unaffiliated units).zip
(5.24 MiB) Downloaded 5 times
Last edited by lea on February 5th, 2024, 3:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
author of: Altered Era/Ruleset (AKA "Altera"), latest version is on add-ons servers for BfW 1.16 and 1.14, latest version also still supports BfW 1.12 and 1.10, 1.10 server is stuck with older buggy version)
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Re: Altered era/ruleset (AKA "Altera", for 1.16, 1.14, 1.12 and 1.10)

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version 0.8.5 is published for BfW 1.14.x and 1.16.x as "Altera"

currently this addon is published under 2 names:
"Altered era/ruleset" is stable version, it is going to be updated only when second digit of version number is changed
"Altera" is "development" version which is going to be updated more often

add-on servers for BfW 1.10.7 and 1.12.6 are now closed for uploads but Altera still supports both of them - download Altera from add-on server of any newer version of BfW and manually copy it to 'add-ons' folder of older version of BfW

changes:
- added unit state indication in UI indicator for unit's abilities (which shows unit's AMLAs in Altera):
"steps" icon showing whether current unit moved during curent turn
"tent" icon showing whether current unit will be eligible for rest-healing (if it will not be attacked before its next turn)
"bell" icon showing whether current unit was attacked since its last turn (if it was then it cannot perform special unit actions)
"chevron" icon showing current unit's upkeep mode and level in a way similar to how unit level badges show it (its tooltip also notes how much and of what resource is spent as unit's upkeep), hired mercenaries without "assimilation" advancement and astral companions without "divarication" advancement are also marked with extra icons
- "upkeep mode" term is renamed to "upkeep type", "hired" and "astral" traits are replaced with similarly named upkeep types
- damage adjustments from lucky trait and damaging misses rule now multuply with other damage adjustments instead of having their percentages summed and then applied (damage adjustments from tactician ability, brave trait and unit upkeep modes still add up their percentages and are shown in tooltips of attacks/weapons as leadership)
- fixed: lucky random trait's extra chance to receive halved damage per each adjacent enemy was 1% instead of 5% as it is stated in its description
- fixed: recruited unit could get 1 move point immediately if it got "swift" trait from "racial traits" rule
- fixed: unreliable attack special (and possibly some other attack specials) did not work for units that have lucky random trait
- fixed: under BfW 1.10.7 some abilities and attack specials were not shown in unit's information on sidebar
- fixed: unit level badge was not updated when hired trait was removed by taking "assimilation" advancement
- fixed: unit level badge was not updated (old one was removed but new one was not added) when astral companion unit with "divarication" advancement used "phased out of astral" special unit action
- small changes in images:
unit level/upkeep badges for units in reduced upkeep modes (humble/ascetic) now have brown segments instead of green ones
level 0 unit badge is now smaller
cleaned rogue semi-transparent pixels from unit level/upkeep badges
tweaked attack icon for "hammer throw" attacks

once again, similar to previous four versions, significant internal changes were made (mostly related to unit upkeep) which should have no effects noticeable by end-user but may cause new bugs - please report them in this topic or in private messages
Attachments
Altered 0.8.5 (core).zip
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Altered 0.8.5 (images of all units).zip
(7.29 MiB) Downloaded 6 times
Altered 0.8.5 (images of projectiles and portraits for gargoyles and fey).zip
(7.89 MiB) Downloaded 5 times
Altered 0.8.5 (portraits for gnomes and thanats and lamias).zip
(6.43 MiB) Downloaded 10 times
Altered 0.8.5 (portraits for valons and saurs).zip
(7.27 MiB) Downloaded 11 times
Altered 0.8.5 (portraits for naiads and boggarts and unaffiliated units).zip
(5.84 MiB) Downloaded 11 times
Last edited by lea on February 5th, 2024, 4:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.
author of: Altered Era/Ruleset (AKA "Altera"), latest version is on add-ons servers for BfW 1.16 and 1.14, latest version also still supports BfW 1.12 and 1.10, 1.10 server is stuck with older buggy version)
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Re: Altered era/ruleset (AKA "Altera", for 1.16, 1.14, 1.12 and 1.10)

Post by lea »

version 0.8.6 is published for BfW 1.14.x and 1.16.x as "Altera"

currently this addon is published under 2 names:
"Altered era/ruleset" is stable version, it is going to be updated only when second digit of version number is changed
"Altera" is "development" version which is going to be updated more often

add-on servers for BfW 1.10.7 and 1.12.6 are now closed for uploads but Altera still supports both of them - download Altera from add-on server of any newer version of BfW and manually copy it to 'add-ons' folder of older version of BfW

changes:
- added "nonzero damage" rule (disabled by default, available under BfW 1.10.7 in same separate era that enables "damaging misses" rule): damage modifiers cannot reduce attack's damage below 1
- roundabout attack special is now disabled for extra strikes provided by circular attack special (for attacks that have both specials)
- added roundabout attack special to melee attack of valon echelon
- warning is now shown before first turn when running under unsupported version of BfW, also contains a list of supported/recommended versions
- text messages are now shown during some activities that may take a long time to complete: removing villages adjacent to castles and other villages, updating unit badges, performing auxiliary procedures between side turns
- fixed: gold indicator was showing amount of exp in red color instead of magenta when amount of gold was negative
- tweaked "bell" icon for "was attacked or poisoned since its last turn" state, also it is no longer crossed when disabled
- "special unit actions" term is renamed to "extended unit actions", its default hotkey is changed to shift+x, "Altera UI Preferences" right click menu item is renamed to "Per-Side UI Preferences"
- "Required XP" stat is now shown in help articles for unit types that cannot advance to other unit types under all supported versions of BfW (it was omitted for such units except under BfW 1.16.0 and later)
- changes in required experience for some units:
for valon paladin (and its avatar/leader variation) it is reduced by 10 XP
for lamia vulture legend it is reduced by 20 XP (it was set to higher value by mistake)
for lamia hessian it is increased by 5 XP
Attachments
Altered 0.8.6 (core).zip
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Altered 0.8.6 (images of all units).zip
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Altered 0.8.6 (images of projectiles and portraits for gargoyles and fey).zip
(7.96 MiB) Downloaded 4 times
Altered 0.8.6 (portraits for gnomes and thanats and lamias).zip
(6.43 MiB) Downloaded 3 times
Altered 0.8.6 (portraits for valons and saurs).zip
(7.27 MiB) Downloaded 3 times
Altered 0.8.6 (portraits for naiads and boggarts and unaffiliated units).zip
(5.84 MiB) Downloaded 4 times
Last edited by lea on February 5th, 2024, 4:12 pm, edited 1 time in total.
author of: Altered Era/Ruleset (AKA "Altera"), latest version is on add-ons servers for BfW 1.16 and 1.14, latest version also still supports BfW 1.12 and 1.10, 1.10 server is stuck with older buggy version)
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Re: Altered era/ruleset (AKA "Altera", for 1.16, 1.14, 1.12 and 1.10)

Post by lea »

version 0.8.7 is published for BfW 1.14.x and 1.16.x as "Altera"

currently this addon is published under 2 names:
"Altered era/ruleset" is stable version, it is going to be updated only when second digit of version number is changed
"Altera" is "development" version which is going to be updated more often

add-on servers for BfW 1.10.7 and 1.12.6 are now closed for uploads but Altera still supports both of them - download Altera from add-on server of any newer version of BfW and manually copy it to 'add-ons' folder of older version of BfW

changes:
- added "turn order reimbursement" rule: before first turn each side gets extra amount of gold equal to this side's number (in turn order)
- added icons for custom right-click menu items, added functioning "chackbox" icons instead of "enable" and "disable" prefixes to items in "Per-Side UI Preferences" menu
- fixed: option in "Per-Side UI Preferences" to disable icons for unit traits did not work
- fixed: when icons for unit level and upkeep type were disabled in "Per-Side UI Preferences" then recruited units used to still get these icons added to them
- renamed "lifeless" trait to "unliving" and made following changes in its effects:
can heal from healing places only when eligible for rest-healing or when allied unit with "siccates" ability is nearby
no longer lose more experience than units without this trait when killed and recalled
- "siccates" ability no longer prevents damage from poison for nearby units, instead it enables healing from "healing places" for adjacent allied units with "unliving" trait regardless of their eligibility for rest-healing
- all units that thanat leper can advance into (mummy, sepulch, ossuar) now have "siccates" ability
- "ancestral memory" rule is renamed to "random insights"
- added top section to description of each race (except "feral creatures") listing given race's alignment, preferred terrain and other notable qualities and abilities which are common for units of given race
- fixed: removed leading parentheses from texts of descriptions for all avatar/leader units
Attachments
Altered 0.8.7 (core).zip
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Altered 0.8.7 (images of all units).zip
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Altered 0.8.7 (images of projectiles and portraits for gargoyles and fey).zip
(7.96 MiB) Downloaded 21 times
Altered 0.8.7 (portraits for gnomes and thanats and lamias).zip
(6.43 MiB) Downloaded 4 times
Altered 0.8.7 (portraits for valons and saurs).zip
(7.27 MiB) Downloaded 4 times
Altered 0.8.7 (portraits for naiads and boggarts and unaffiliated units).zip
(6.41 MiB) Downloaded 4 times
Last edited by lea on March 1st, 2024, 6:31 pm, edited 2 times in total.
author of: Altered Era/Ruleset (AKA "Altera"), latest version is on add-ons servers for BfW 1.16 and 1.14, latest version also still supports BfW 1.12 and 1.10, 1.10 server is stuck with older buggy version)
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'addon server' problem #1

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'addon server' problem #1

and whoever does the 'addon server' doesnt communicate or inform everyone that makes addons..... ok..................................................
Last edited by needmoreplayers on December 23rd, 2023, 5:20 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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Re: Altered era/ruleset (AKA "Altera", for 1.16, 1.14, 1.12 and 1.10)

Post by lea »

needmoreplayers wrote: December 1st, 2023, 2:47 am Macro/file '~add-ons/Altera/units/boggarts/harassers' is missing
at ~add-ons/Altera/_main-units.cfg:108
included from ~add-ons/Altera/_main-body.cfg:58
included from ~add-ons/Altera/_main.cfg:17
confirmed: got exactly same error under BfW 1.16.0 after deleting all add-ons and re-downloading Altera
will write here after fixing it

wonder how could it slip in considering that I run each new version of Altera under each version of BfW right before uploading it...

thanks for this bug report
author of: Altered Era/Ruleset (AKA "Altera"), latest version is on add-ons servers for BfW 1.16 and 1.14, latest version also still supports BfW 1.12 and 1.10, 1.10 server is stuck with older buggy version)
lea
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Re: Altered era/ruleset (AKA "Altera", for 1.16, 1.14, 1.12 and 1.10)

Post by lea »

hotfix version 0.8.7a is published for Wesnoth 1.16.x (only)

this version fixes following issue:
- message about missing '~add-ons/Altera/units/boggarts/harassers' folder

this hotfix is not published for Wesnoth 1.14.x because this version does not have this issue

looks like add-ons server for wesnoth 1.16.x deletes empty folders from add-ons uploaded to it (add-ons server for wesnoth 1.14.x leaves them in place - hence not having this issue)
author of: Altered Era/Ruleset (AKA "Altera"), latest version is on add-ons servers for BfW 1.16 and 1.14, latest version also still supports BfW 1.12 and 1.10, 1.10 server is stuck with older buggy version)
lea
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Re: Altered era/ruleset (AKA "Altera", for 1.16, 1.14, 1.12 and 1.10)

Post by lea »

version 0.8.8 is published for BfW 1.14.x and 1.16.x as "Altera"

currently this addon is published under 2 names:
"Altered era/ruleset" is stable version, it is going to be updated only when second digit of version number is changed
"Altera" is "development" version which is going to be updated more often

add-on servers for BfW 1.10.7 and 1.12.6 are now closed for uploads but Altera still supports both of them - download Altera from add-on server of any newer version of BfW and manually copy it to 'add-ons' folder of older version of BfW

changes:
- added "approaching melee" rule (disabled by default, available under BfW 1.10.7 in same separate era that enables "damaging misses" rule): melee attacks use defender's terrain to determine base defense for both combatants (some uncommon combinations of terrains may work incorrectly under BfW 1.12.6 and earlier because for these older versions of BfW this rule had to be implemented in a more complicated way)
- fixed: lucky trait used to reduce unit's own damage instead of oppponent's damage
- fixed: nonlethal attack special was lethal because of error intoruced with internal changes that were not intended to have effects visible to end-user
- fixed: attacks with nonlethal special were shown on side panel as having 0 damage under BfW 1.12
- if attack has both roundabout and circular attack specials and only one regular strike missed (unless it was the last regular strike) then extra strikes granted by circular attack special will deal 25% less damage - this is to remove possibiity to exceed default total damage that given attack could deal without these attack specials
- tooltip of income UI indicator now shows how much gold will be awarded to each surviving opponent because of corruption rule
- if AI unit visible by local player receives extra experience bonus from ancestral memory then it is briefly highlighted with expanding and fading ''open book'' image
- defense of feral crocodile on fungus terrain is reduced from 60% to 50%
- minor changes unrelated to functionality:
replaced attack icon for bow attacks of lamia units with bows
tweaked attack icons for bow attacks of thanat units with bows
deescriptions of era options for "damaging misses" and "approaching melee" now warn that these rules may cause lags
fixed description of era option for "benevolent lend" rule (it used to state that debt is halved rather than reduced by 1/5th of its amount)
replaced level 0 unit badge with dash-like shape
Attachments
Altered 0.8.8 (core).zip
(6.49 MiB) Downloaded 7 times
Altered 0.8.8 (images of all units).zip
(7.48 MiB) Downloaded 10 times
Altered 0.8.8 (images of projectiles and portraits for gargoyles and fey).zip
(7.96 MiB) Downloaded 6 times
Altered 0.8.8 (portraits for gnomes and thanats and lamias).zip
(6.43 MiB) Downloaded 4 times
Altered 0.8.8 (portraits for valons and saurs).zip
(7.27 MiB) Downloaded 11 times
Altered 0.8.8 (portraits for naiads and boggarts and unaffiliated units).zip
(6.97 MiB) Downloaded 10 times
author of: Altered Era/Ruleset (AKA "Altera"), latest version is on add-ons servers for BfW 1.16 and 1.14, latest version also still supports BfW 1.12 and 1.10, 1.10 server is stuck with older buggy version)
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