Up the River Bork

[Mirion147]

Hello all!

So it's been a long time since I've tried anything like this, and I've never completed a campaign before, but I figured I'd give it a shot.

This campaign takes place during the orcish civil war early on in Wesnoth history: pre-100YW. It focuses on one orcish clan and the journey that it made.

The campaign "Up the River Bork" is available as an add-on but only on the development version 1.15.4! I would absolutely LOVE some feedback as I KNOW there is stuff that I messed up and did wrong, but I am open to fixing whatever has to be fixed!

Thank you all for your time and feedback!

[Edit] it is now available on stable 1.14.14 as well [/edit]

[Pilauli]

So, I played through the whole campaign today (er, yesterday, since it's now 3AM), on easy difficulty, and have a huge list of comments for you: (Made mostly in chronological order, with a little bit of later editing. I've got suggestions mixed in with notes on what I did, which is a bit disorganized, but I figure it might be useful data.)

Spoiler:

- Given how the expression "borked up" means "broken" or "messed up", then "up the River Bork" sounds like it might mean something like this: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define. ... a%20paddle. Would renaming it be practical? Actually, if it's already up on the add-ons server, changing the name would probably be too confusing for everyone.

- There are a lot of words (storyline and stuff) which I skimmed; they could probably be condensed. Maybe I'll take a better look at them later and make suggestions.

- Black TC makes it hard to tell whether I have a flag in a village or not.

- I was disappointed that killing a wolf wouldn't turn the goblin into a wolf rider. Therefore, I wrote a highly-complicated version of your wolf death event that will do that.

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    [event]
        name=die
        first_time_only=no
        [filter]
            race=wolf
            side=3
        [/filter]
        [if]
            [not]
                [have_unit]
                    race=wolf
                    side=3
                [/have_unit]
            [/not]
            [then]    
                {THEY_HAVE_WOLVES_NOW}
                {NEW_OBJECTIVES_1}
                [allow_recruit]
                    type=Wolf Rider
                    side=1
                [/allow_recruit]
                [allow_recruit]
                    type=Orcish Grunt
                    side=2
                [/allow_recruit]
                [modify_side]
                    side=2
                    team_name=Mashuk
                    user_team_name=_ "Mashuk"
                [/modify_side]
                [if]    # If Vitag does not have the race "wolf" (meaning, he's not riding a wolf) transform him into one.
                    [not]
                        [have_unit]
                            id=Vitag
                            race=wolf
                        [/have_unit]
                    [/not]
                    [then]
                        [transform_unit]
                            id=Vitag
                            transform_to=Wolf Rider
                        [/transform_unit]
                        [heal_unit]
                            [filter]
                                id=Vitag
                            [/filter]
                            amount=full
                            moves=+3
                        [/heal_unit]
                    [/then]
                    [else]  # If Vitag already has a wolf, give the wolf to the goblin who killed it.
                        # We're actually going to transform the wolf (rather than the goblin) into the wolf rider unit,
                        # because I don't know how to transfer traits and recruited wolf riders have wolf traits, not goblin traits.
                        # But we have to check to make sure that it really is a goblin.
                        [if]
                            [have_unit]
                                id=$second_unit.id
                                race=goblin
                            [/have_unit]
                            [then]
                                [transform_unit]
                                    id=$unit.id
                                    transform_to=Wolf Rider
                                [/transform_unit]
                                [heal_unit]
                                    [filter]
                                        id=$unit.id
                                    [/filter]
                                    amount=$second_unit.hitpoints
                                [/heal_unit]
                                [modify_unit]
                                    [filter]
                                        id=$unit.id
                                    [/filter]
                                    name=$second_unit.name
                                    side=1
                                    experience="$($unit.experience + $second_unit.experience)"
                                [/modify_unit]
                                [kill]
                                    id=$second_unit.id
                                [/kill]
                            [/then]
                        [/if]
                    [/else]
                [/if]
            [/then]
            [else]  # This is if some of the wolves are not dead yet.
                [if]
                    [have_unit] # In other words, if a goblin spearman or one of his advancements killed the wolf...
                        id=$second_unit.id
                        race=goblin
                    [/have_unit]
                    [then]
                        [if]
                            [variable] # We need a special case for Vitag, because we can't kill Vitag.
                                name=second_unit.id
                                equals=Vitag
                            [/variable]
                            [then]
                                [transform_unit]
                                    id=Vitag
                                    transform_to=Wolf Rider
                                [/transform_unit]
                                [heal_unit]
                                    [filter]
                                        id=Vitag
                                    [/filter]
                                    amount=full
                                    moves=+3
                                [/heal_unit]
                            [/then]
                            [else] # Meaning that this is a regular goblin who wants to ride a wolf
                                # We're actually going to transform the wolf (rather than the goblin) into the wolf rider unit,
                                # because I don't know how to transfer traits and recruited wolf riders have wolf traits, not goblin traits.
                                [transform_unit]
                                    id=$unit.id
                                    transform_to=Wolf Rider
                                [/transform_unit]
                                [heal_unit]
                                    [filter]
                                        id=$unit.id
                                    [/filter]
                                    amount=$second_unit.hitpoints
                                [/heal_unit]
                                [modify_unit]
                                    [filter]
                                        id=$unit.id
                                    [/filter]
                                    name=$second_unit.name
                                    side=1
                                    experience="$($unit.experience+$second_unit.experience)"
                                [/modify_unit]
                                [kill]
                                    id=$second_unit.id
                                [/kill]
                            [/else]
                        [/if]
                    [/then]
                    [else]  # This is if a goblin didn't kill the wolf: a random goblin will complain
                        [message]
                            race=goblin
                            message= _ "Hey!  Why'd you kill that wolf?  I would'a liked it!"
                        [/message]
                    [/else]
                [/if]
            [/else]
        [/if]
    [/event]

I tested it in-game in all the conditions I can think of, and it seems to work.

Continuing with the reports...
- Tirzag got a bow in Scenario 2, but then when he leveled up, he lost it again. Not sure why leveling up would do that, and I'm not going to dig into that tonight.

- I don't mind playing two sides in the same scenario, but it's not normal. Most of the time, all of your units are on the same side and you might have an AI ally.
- - I believe Legend of Wesmere does a cool thing where you have multiple leaders on the same side, but the leaders have different recruit lists (for example, only the Druid/Shyde being able to recruit Shamans.)
- - It is convenient, though, to be able to move injured orcs next to the healer, then the healer immediately heals them before the enemy gets a chance to attack.

- Troll Shroomans are adorably goofy, although I'm also rather fond of the traditional fire mysticism type stuff. I really, really appreciate having a healer who can heal himself and isn't so squishy.
- The cave fight was taking me a long time, and I keep getting overconfident, getting my army almost wiped out at one or the other chokepoint, retreating and recruiting some more orcs... in the upper left, though, I've mostly got trolls, and they really have tremendous staying power, especially once they level up.

- - I actually ran out of turns my first time, although I felt like I was maybe starting to gain territory toward the end
- - With the benefit of foreknowledge, I managed to cut the dwarves off on the right-hand side before they passed the lake, but the longer supply lines really took their toll, and I ended up with a bunch of wounded units tangled up be the shore.
- - My third attempt, instead of taking my time exploring, I got to the trolls as fast as possible, recruited wolf riders, and sent them north to intercept the dwarves in the upper right. With grunts and archers following behind. And I sent a few trolls left to bottle up the dwarves over there.
- - - (The troll declared I hadn't proven my own leadership skills because I didn't gain a level. Since I did level up in a previous scenario, and since the lack of keeps close to the battlefield would have made it really hard to recruit more units if my leader had been fighting, I feel a little bit cheated. But it's not a big deal. I mean, they're just stupid trolls. What do they know about leadership? Right? *sniffle* ... *snicker*)
- - Idea: when I got up to the outside of the dwarves' hideout (with the fence/gates), there were a bunch of dwarves sitting inside. And they all swarmed out the gate at me, but by then my other force had come up the other side too, and so it was just a messy battle in a narrow passageway. It would have been cool if they'd opened all the gates and charged all at once ("Here they come, boys. Let's get 'em!"), especially if it was triggered by one of my units moving, in which case I might well have enough moves left to reorganize or retreat; and then having the gates open would make it easier to fight the dwarves because we wouldn't be trapped in a narrow passageway.

- The sneak-through-the-fog scenario:
- - I got spotted, made it to the northern border, was told that I couldn't leave yet because the battle wasn't over yet. That doesn't feel quite fair. Anyway, then I stole the keep from the red mage who (for some reason) hadn't recruited any guys yet.
- - Fighting in fog with superior vision was fun, though. (As in, my wolf-riders could strike isolated units, then retreat into the fog before anyone had a chance to react.)
- - After I killed both enemy leaders, I still had to go to the northern border of the map. Most scenarios with this kind of objectives take an "either" approach, rather than an "and" approach. In other words, if I killed the leaders, it would be assumed that I would proceed to sneak away with no trouble, and if I managed to reach the border, it would be assumed that the leaders would fight it out without me getting involved. So it felt a bit unfair. It was interesting, though.

- Running past undead:
- - I recalled my Goblin Knight, some level 2 orcs, and a couple almost-level-2 orcs, then ran my leader north immediately.
- - The infested village mechanic meant that I basically couldn't snatch any healing on the go, so it was more stressful. Especially since I didn't want to lose any of my level 2s.
- - I ended up leaving my escort partway up, fighting the undead which were trying to chase me. Leveling them up gave them some extended lifespan, so I actually came out ahead: my first level 3 orcs! (I leveled up my loyal wolf rider to a Direwolf Rider in the previous scenario.)
- - I was almost expecting the village on the north bank to be clear... nope.
- - But I managed to do it without having to restart the level, so it's technically easier than some of the others.

- Naga trials:
- - The wolves just kind of ran around until I attacked them. Are they supposed to do that?
- - It takes too long to make my way back to the keep, especially from the northwest corner of the map. I mean, 9 turns? Out of 32? Starting from turn 24? I'll run out of turns because of how long it takes to move! At least have the decency to add some bridges across the water and swamp for those of us who weren't born swimming! (True, I could sit in the keep like a spider in its web and just send out wolf-riders to kill the stuff that needs killing, but that would be sort of like cheating.) And the deep water that means I would have to go the long way around to get to the southwest? That basically means that it's most efficient to march my other units straight there, rather than going back to the keep with my leader!
- - So I finished two out of the three challenges, but then ran out of time.

- Fighting the undead:
- - Frustrated at having to run to my keep before I could start recruiting.
- - If you let players recruit naga here, you should move the keep closer to the river (or add a stream running from the keep to the river) because currently it would take 4 turns to get the nagas to the river, even if they started from the southernmost castle hex and didn't have to avoid undead along the way.
- - The objectives list "turns run out" as a losing condition. This is false, and should be changed.
- - I recruited a bunch of archers (fire arrows) and wolf riders (intending to turn them into Pillagers).
- - My allies seemed to start losing once the initial flood of undead hit their castles. That could have been foreshadowed better, I think, so that I would have had warning to send units over to them.
- - By turn 16, the enemies had mostly stopped recruiting (out of gold?) and I had forded the river on both sides. Scared that my wolf riders won't be able to defeat the lich, but feeling pretty optimistic about the death knight.
- - With the turns half over (turn 21) (btw I've almost killed the death knight - oddly enough, he doesn't even crossbow-plink melee-only wolf riders when surrounded), the time still says midnight. Looking at the scenario file, I see that the night length actually varies based on how hard it is, which would make a hard-and-fast schedule difficult. Hmm... this might work! (It should set each "hour" to 5 turns and start earlier when the night is longer.)

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    #ifdef EASY
        {FIRST_WATCH_HOUR4}
        {FIRST_WATCH_HOUR4}
        {FIRST_WATCH_HOUR4}
        {FIRST_WATCH_HOUR4}
        {FIRST_WATCH_HOUR4}
        {MIDNIGHT}
        {MIDNIGHT}
    #endif
    #ifdef MEDIUM
        {FIRST_WATCH_HOUR4}
        {MIDNIGHT}
        {MIDNIGHT}
    #endif
    {MIDNIGHT}
    {MIDNIGHT}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR1} #Start 2nd Watch, H1
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR1}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR1}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR1}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR1}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR2} #Start 2nd Watch, H2
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR2}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR2}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR2}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR2}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR3} #Start 2nd Watch, H3
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR3}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR3}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR3}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR3}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR4} #Start 2nd Watch, H4
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR4}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR4}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR4}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR4}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR5} #Start 2nd Watch, H5
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR5}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR5}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR5}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR5}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR6} #Start 2nd Watch, H6
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR6}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR6}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR6}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR6}
    {DAWN_HOUR}
    {DAWN_HOUR}
    {DAWN_HOUR} # This last hour probably isn't needed, but we definitely don't want it to loop around to midnight at the end.

- - I certainly didn't reload several times to get a particular wolf rider to kill the death knight.
- - Turn 28: surrounded the lich, but he's really tough (and there's no safe way to attack him)
- - Turn 29: noted that the lich, in defiance of all logic, is not zapping anyone. Swarmed him with Goblin Pillagers, and he died.
(You might be better off setting passive_leader=no, and then giving them [object]s that take away all their movement points. I'm pretty sure that that would keep them tethered but still let them zap stuff.)

- Fighting for leadership:
- - Recalled all my tough guys from the previous scenario, spread out, died.
- - Recalled all my tough guys from the previous scenario, headed straight for the honorless scumbag who brought poison to the battlefield. (What's that? My direwolf riders also have poison? Shut up...)
- - Vitag the loyal goblin died, so I reloaded a turn. It's really kind of strange that, after 7 scenarios of fighting together and watching each others' backs, Tirzag says he was just getting to know the little guy.
- - When I killed the orc chief in the top-left corner, I got a little error message in the corner of my screen: "<Invalid WML found> unknown conditional wml: [filter_second]". Very odd, because I thought sure [filter_second] existed... okay, looking in your scenario file, I'm pretty sure you need to put [filter_second] right next to [filter], and not inside [if] blocks. I gained some orcish assassins (actually slayers, the lvl 2), though, so {TAKE_TROOPS} apparently activated properly. Maybe you should add the ability to recruit assassins when you kill him! Because it makes logical sense, and I'd like to put the AI through what it put me through... That was turn 7, or thereabouts.
- - After that, it was pretty easy.

It was disappointing to get thrashed off-screen by Kalenz, but it would be equally disappointing to fight a hopeless battle where I would have no choice but to lose. A really fancy cutscene might alleviate it, or it might make it worse; I'm not sure.

Despite all the flaws I pointed out, I think this is a pretty good campaign with a lot of variety in the scenarios. It's just that it's easier to complain than to give compliments.

I hope some of this helps!

[Bladget]

I am on scenario three. Easy difficulty. So far writing was acceptable. Level design is simple, however. A way to improve it would be to add more micro details that increase variety. Add more fronts in different biomes, for example. Sorry I can't be anymore specific. I struggle with level design myself.

So far the campaign is decent.

[Mirion147]

Thank you for your feedback!

...Level design is simple, however. A way to improve it would be to add more micro details that increase variety. Add more fronts in different biomes, for example...

Do you mean there should be more diversity in the maps? Different terrains?

Pilauli, wow, you have so much feedback! That's great! I really appreciate it! <-excessive ! apology.

General:

Spoiler:

- Given how the expression "borked up" means "broken" or "messed up", then "up the River Bork" sounds like it might mean something like this: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define. ... a%20paddle. Would renaming it be practical? Actually, if it's already up on the add-ons server, changing the name would probably be too confusing for everyone.

I could name it something else but it would have to be a completely different as the river is named that, not by me. Although I kind of think that the implication works out in a way.

- There are a lot of words (storyline and stuff) which I skimmed; they could probably be condensed. Maybe I'll take a better look at them later and make suggestions.

Fair, though I do enjoy a lot of exposition. I'm open to suggestion though!

- Black TC makes it hard to tell whether I have a flag in a village or not.

I can change this if it's a big deal, I just like black lol.

Ep 1&2:

Spoiler:

- I was disappointed that killing a wolf wouldn't turn the goblin into a wolf rider. Therefore, I wrote a highly-complicated version of your wolf death event that will do that.

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    [event]
        name=die
        first_time_only=no
        [filter]
            race=wolf
            side=3
        [/filter]
        [if]
            [not]
                [have_unit]
                    race=wolf
                    side=3
                [/have_unit]
            [/not]
            [then]    
                {THEY_HAVE_WOLVES_NOW}
                {NEW_OBJECTIVES_1}
                [allow_recruit]
                    type=Wolf Rider
                    side=1
                [/allow_recruit]
                [allow_recruit]
                    type=Orcish Grunt
                    side=2
                [/allow_recruit]
                [modify_side]
                    side=2
                    team_name=Mashuk
                    user_team_name=_ "Mashuk"
                [/modify_side]
                [if]    # If Vitag does not have the race "wolf" (meaning, he's not riding a wolf) transform him into one.
                    [not]
                        [have_unit]
                            id=Vitag
                            race=wolf
                        [/have_unit]
                    [/not]
                    [then]
                        [transform_unit]
                            id=Vitag
                            transform_to=Wolf Rider
                        [/transform_unit]
                        [heal_unit]
                            [filter]
                                id=Vitag
                            [/filter]
                            amount=full
                            moves=+3
                        [/heal_unit]
                    [/then]
                    [else]  # If Vitag already has a wolf, give the wolf to the goblin who killed it.
                        # We're actually going to transform the wolf (rather than the goblin) into the wolf rider unit,
                        # because I don't know how to transfer traits and recruited wolf riders have wolf traits, not goblin traits.
                        # But we have to check to make sure that it really is a goblin.
                        [if]
                            [have_unit]
                                id=$second_unit.id
                                race=goblin
                            [/have_unit]
                            [then]
                                [transform_unit]
                                    id=$unit.id
                                    transform_to=Wolf Rider
                                [/transform_unit]
                                [heal_unit]
                                    [filter]
                                        id=$unit.id
                                    [/filter]
                                    amount=$second_unit.hitpoints
                                [/heal_unit]
                                [modify_unit]
                                    [filter]
                                        id=$unit.id
                                    [/filter]
                                    name=$second_unit.name
                                    side=1
                                    experience="$($unit.experience + $second_unit.experience)"
                                [/modify_unit]
                                [kill]
                                    id=$second_unit.id
                                [/kill]
                            [/then]
                        [/if]
                    [/else]
                [/if]
            [/then]
            [else]  # This is if some of the wolves are not dead yet.
                [if]
                    [have_unit] # In other words, if a goblin spearman or one of his advancements killed the wolf...
                        id=$second_unit.id
                        race=goblin
                    [/have_unit]
                    [then]
                        [if]
                            [variable] # We need a special case for Vitag, because we can't kill Vitag.
                                name=second_unit.id
                                equals=Vitag
                            [/variable]
                            [then]
                                [transform_unit]
                                    id=Vitag
                                    transform_to=Wolf Rider
                                [/transform_unit]
                                [heal_unit]
                                    [filter]
                                        id=Vitag
                                    [/filter]
                                    amount=full
                                    moves=+3
                                [/heal_unit]
                            [/then]
                            [else] # Meaning that this is a regular goblin who wants to ride a wolf
                                # We're actually going to transform the wolf (rather than the goblin) into the wolf rider unit,
                                # because I don't know how to transfer traits and recruited wolf riders have wolf traits, not goblin traits.
                                [transform_unit]
                                    id=$unit.id
                                    transform_to=Wolf Rider
                                [/transform_unit]
                                [heal_unit]
                                    [filter]
                                        id=$unit.id
                                    [/filter]
                                    amount=$second_unit.hitpoints
                                [/heal_unit]
                                [modify_unit]
                                    [filter]
                                        id=$unit.id
                                    [/filter]
                                    name=$second_unit.name
                                    side=1
                                    experience="$($unit.experience+$second_unit.experience)"
                                [/modify_unit]
                                [kill]
                                    id=$second_unit.id
                                [/kill]
                            [/else]
                        [/if]
                    [/then]
                    [else]  # This is if a goblin didn't kill the wolf: a random goblin will complain
                        [message]
                            race=goblin
                            message= _ "Hey!  Why'd you kill that wolf?  I would'a liked it!"
                        [/message]
                    [/else]
                [/if]
            [/else]
        [/if]
    [/event]

I tested it in-game in all the conditions I can think of, and it seems to work.

This is actually an awesome idea that I had not thought of! Although someone else brought another idea to my attention and I think mixed with this it could be interesting, although possibly unnecessarily complicated? Every time you kill a wolf you gain a Wolf Rider, but you only gain the ability to recruit wolf riders when you kill the alpha wolf? were this the case, Mashuk would have to start fighting you after you got maybe 2 riders, otherwise everyone would ALWAYS get wolf riders.

Continuing with the reports...
- Tirzag got a bow in Scenario 2, but then when he leveled up, he lost it again. Not sure why leveling up would do that, and I'm not going to dig into that tonight.

I actually only missed that on that scenario, easy fix.

Ep 3:

Spoiler:

- I don't mind playing two sides in the same scenario, but it's not normal. Most of the time, all of your units are on the same side and you might have an AI ally.
- - I believe Legend of Wesmere does a cool thing where you have multiple leaders on the same side, but the leaders have different recruit lists (for example, only the Druid/Shyde being able to recruit Shamans.)
- - It is convenient, though, to be able to move injured orcs next to the healer, then the healer immediately heals them before the enemy gets a chance to attack.

There are some reasons why this is the case

Spoiler:

So, if you manage to have the trolls ally themselves with you then Beltor shows up in Episode 7 and helps you (possibly) defeat the undead, I wasn't sure how to transfer the recall lists and such (as said I'm basically brand new to coding of any kind). Also, I specifically wanted the player to be able to fully utilize the healing capabilities of the Shrooman.

- Troll Shroomans are adorably goofy, although I'm also rather fond of the traditional fire mysticism type stuff. I really, really appreciate having a healer who can heal himself and isn't so squishy.

I'm glad you enjoy them!

1- The cave fight was taking me a long time, and I keep getting overconfident, getting my army almost wiped out at one or the other chokepoint, retreating and recruiting some more orcs... in the upper left, though, I've mostly got trolls, and they really have tremendous staying power, especially once they level up.

1- - I actually ran out of turns my first time, although I felt like I was maybe starting to gain territory toward the end
2- - With the benefit of foreknowledge, I managed to cut the dwarves off on the right-hand side before they passed the lake, but the longer supply lines really took their toll, and I ended up with a bunch of wounded units tangled up be the shore.
2- - My third attempt, instead of taking my time exploring, I got to the trolls as fast as possible, recruited wolf riders, and sent them north to intercept the dwarves in the upper right. With grunts and archers following behind. And I sent a few trolls left to bottle up the dwarves over there.
3- - - (The troll declared I hadn't proven my own leadership skills because I didn't gain a level. Since I did level up in a previous scenario, and since the lack of keeps close to the battlefield would have made it really hard to recruit more units if my leader had been fighting, I feel a little bit cheated. But it's not a big deal. I mean, they're just stupid trolls. What do they know about leadership? Right? *sniffle* ... *snicker*)
3- - Idea: when I got up to the outside of the dwarves' hideout (with the fence/gates), there were a bunch of dwarves sitting inside. And they all swarmed out the gate at me, but by then my other force had come up the other side too, and so it was just a messy battle in a narrow passageway. It would have been cool if they'd opened all the gates and charged all at once ("Here they come, boys. Let's get 'em!"), especially if it was triggered by one of my units moving, in which case I might well have enough moves left to reorganize or retreat; and then having the gates open would make it easier to fight the dwarves because we wouldn't be trapped in a narrow passageway.

A few things here: 1-I did want this scenario to be a bit longer, the previous two are fairly moderate, if not short, so I wanted to mix it up a touch.
2-Yea, the right side is where the main battle usually takes place, the dwarves really like that water I guess
3-I like that idea, and I have had another one that I just haven't gotten around to implementing. I was thinking that, after you meet the trolls, if you bring Tirzag to the keep in the center of the map, he finds a lever which opens up a path directly to the new dwarvish city, and then at that point you could trigger the event if you haven't had a unit make it's way to the gate (thoughts?)

Ep 4:

Spoiler:

- The sneak-through-the-fog scenario:
- - I got spotted, made it to the northern border, was told that I couldn't leave yet because the battle wasn't over yet. That doesn't feel quite fair. Anyway, then I stole the keep from the red mage who (for some reason) hadn't recruited any guys yet.

Do the objectives not display after you've been spotted? They're supposed to show you that you can't just leave now.That's just an outpost, he does recruit units after he's spotted you.

1- - Fighting in fog with superior vision was fun, though. (As in, my wolf-riders could strike isolated units, then retreat into the fog before anyone had a chance to react.)
- - After I killed both enemy leaders, I still had to go to the northern border of the map. Most scenarios with this kind of objectives take an "either" approach, rather than an "and" approach. In other words, if I killed the leaders, it would be assumed that I would proceed to sneak away with no trouble, and if I managed to reach the border, it would be assumed that the leaders would fight it out without me getting involved. So it felt a bit unfair. It was interesting, though.

1-That's a fun strategy!

Spoiler:

I usually just try to fight the elves without being spotted by humans.

2-I understand where you're coming from, and I guess it would make sense if you kill all 3 leaders. But I didn't want it to turn into a kill all enemies and that's it scenario. (Also I can't get the coding to work to limit everyone's vision)

Spoiler:

My initial plan was to only allow you full sight, if you got the approval of the trolls, but I can't figure out how to limit the enemies vision of you (making it easier to sneak through without being spotted).

Ep 5:

Spoiler:

- Running past undead:
- - I recalled my Goblin Knight, some level 2 orcs, and a couple almost-level-2 orcs, then ran my leader north immediately.
- - The infested village mechanic meant that I basically couldn't snatch any healing on the go, so it was more stressful. Especially since I didn't want to lose any of my level 2s.
- - I ended up leaving my escort partway up, fighting the undead which were trying to chase me. Leveling them up gave them some extended lifespan, so I actually came out ahead: my first level 3 orcs! (I leveled up my loyal wolf rider to a Direwolf Rider in the previous scenario.)
- - I was almost expecting the village on the north bank to be clear... nope.
- - But I managed to do it without having to restart the level, so it's technically easier than some of the others.

Stressful but not super hard, I'm okay with this then, sounds like a pretty fun time!

Ep 6:

Spoiler:

- Naga trials:
- - The wolves just kind of ran around until I attacked them. Are they supposed to do that?

Yea, you're hunting them after all, not the other way around.

- - It takes too long to make my way back to the keep, especially from the northwest corner of the map. I mean, 9 turns? Out of 32? Starting from turn 24? I'll run out of turns because of how long it takes to move! At least have the decency to add some bridges across the water and swamp for those of us who weren't born swimming! (True, I could sit in the keep like a spider in its web and just send out wolf-riders to kill the stuff that needs killing, but that would be sort of like cheating.) And the deep water that means I would have to go the long way around to get to the southwest? That basically means that it's most efficient to march my other units straight there, rather than going back to the keep with my leader!
- - So I finished two out of the three challenges, but then ran out of time.

Fair, my point of not putting bridges is that they wouldn't have been there because the Naga don't need them, but I could put a ford, or something nearby on the west side of the mud. I do want to keep completing the 3rd challenge as difficult though, and timing is an imo acceptable way of challenging the player here.

Ep 7:

Spoiler:

- Fighting the undead:
1- - Frustrated at having to run to my keep before I could start recruiting.
2- - If you let players recruit naga here, you should move the keep closer to the river (or add a stream running from the keep to the river) because currently it would take 4 turns to get the nagas to the river, even if they started from the southernmost castle hex and didn't have to avoid undead along the way.

1-I chose that to be fitting to the setting, but also to make it more difficult to catch up with the undead in terms of recruits. I think it fits well enough.
2-That's fair (could you recruit naga?).

- - The objectives list "turns run out" as a losing condition. This is false, and should be changed.

Heard that.

- - I recruited a bunch of archers (fire arrows) and wolf riders (intending to turn them into Pillagers).
- - My allies seemed to start losing once the initial flood of undead hit their castles. That could have been foreshadowed better, I think, so that I would have had warning to send units over to them.
- - By turn 16, the enemies had mostly stopped recruiting (out of gold?) and I had forded the river on both sides. Scared that my wolf riders won't be able to defeat the lich, but feeling pretty optimistic about the death knight.

Ah, these are easy fixes I think.

- - With the turns half over (turn 21) (btw I've almost killed the death knight - oddly enough, he doesn't even crossbow-plink melee-only wolf riders when surrounded), the time still says midnight. Looking at the scenario file, I see that the night length actually varies based on how hard it is, which would make a hard-and-fast schedule difficult. Hmm... this might work! (It should set each "hour" to 5 turns and start earlier when the night is longer.)

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    #ifdef EASY
        {FIRST_WATCH_HOUR4}
        {FIRST_WATCH_HOUR4}
        {FIRST_WATCH_HOUR4}
        {FIRST_WATCH_HOUR4}
        {FIRST_WATCH_HOUR4}
        {MIDNIGHT}
        {MIDNIGHT}
    #endif
    #ifdef MEDIUM
        {FIRST_WATCH_HOUR4}
        {MIDNIGHT}
        {MIDNIGHT}
    #endif
    {MIDNIGHT}
    {MIDNIGHT}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR1} #Start 2nd Watch, H1
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR1}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR1}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR1}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR1}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR2} #Start 2nd Watch, H2
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR2}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR2}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR2}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR2}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR3} #Start 2nd Watch, H3
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR3}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR3}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR3}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR3}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR4} #Start 2nd Watch, H4
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR4}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR4}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR4}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR4}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR5} #Start 2nd Watch, H5
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR5}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR5}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR5}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR5}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR6} #Start 2nd Watch, H6
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR6}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR6}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR6}
    {SECOND_WATCH_HOUR6}
    {DAWN_HOUR}
    {DAWN_HOUR}
    {DAWN_HOUR} # This last hour probably isn't needed, but we definitely don't want it to loop around to midnight at the end.

- - I certainly didn't reload several times to get a particular wolf rider to kill the death knight.
- - Turn 28: surrounded the lich, but he's really tough (and there's no safe way to attack him)
- - Turn 29: noted that the lich, in defiance of all logic, is not zapping anyone. Swarmed him with Goblin Pillagers, and he died.
(You might be better off setting passive_leader=no, and then giving them [object]s that take away all their movement points. I'm pretty sure that that would keep them tethered but still let them zap stuff.)

I'll look into this for sure!

Ep 8:

Spoiler:

- Fighting for leadership:
- - Recalled all my tough guys from the previous scenario, spread out, died.
- - Recalled all my tough guys from the previous scenario, headed straight for the honorless scumbag who brought poison to the battlefield. (What's that? My direwolf riders also have poison? Shut up...)

I actually forgot they had poison! although I'm not against it.

- - Vitag the loyal goblin died, so I reloaded a turn. It's really kind of strange that, after 7 scenarios of fighting together and watching each others' backs, Tirzag says he was just getting to know the little guy.

Hah, that might actually be placeholder dialog, not sure if I forgot to change that or not, I'll check it out!

- - When I killed the orc chief in the top-left corner, I got a little error message in the corner of my screen: "<Invalid WML found> unknown conditional wml: [filter_second]". Very odd, because I thought sure [filter_second] existed... okay, looking in your scenario file, I'm pretty sure you need to put [filter_second] right next to [filter], and not inside [if] blocks. I gained some orcish assassins (actually slayers, the lvl 2), though, so {TAKE_TROOPS} apparently activated properly. Maybe you should add the ability to recruit assassins when you kill him! Because it makes logical sense, and I'd like to put the AI through what it put me through... That was turn 7, or thereabouts.

I fixed that coding issue. Allowing the recruit of assassins would make sense.

- - After that, it was pretty easy.

It was disappointing to get thrashed off-screen by Kalenz, but it would be equally disappointing to fight a hopeless battle where I would have no choice but to lose. A really fancy cutscene might alleviate it, or it might make it worse; I'm not sure.

Did you defeat both leaders before Kalenz showed up?

Spoiler:

if they both die, Kalenz should show up and you can battle/win against him.

Despite all the flaws I pointed out, I think this is a pretty good campaign with a lot of variety in the scenarios. It's just that it's easier to complain than to give compliments.

So far the campaign is decent.

Thank you so much! I very much appreciate your feedback!

[Pilauli]

General

the river is named that, not by me.

That makes sense.

Hey, could you maybe give the episodes names? For example, "7: Outpost Besieged" or "7: Long Night". Or "1: Rebellion". Something tangentially related to the topic of the scenario. It would really make it easier to keep them straight.

Episode 1

This is actually an awesome idea that I had not thought of! Although someone else brought another idea to my attention and I think mixed with this it could be interesting, although possibly unnecessarily complicated? Every time you kill a wolf you gain a Wolf Rider, but you only gain the ability to recruit wolf riders when you kill the alpha wolf? were this the case, Mashuk would have to start fighting you after you got maybe 2 riders, otherwise everyone would ALWAYS get wolf riders.

Yeah, could be interesting. Complicated is no issue so long as you understand it and it all runs smoothly from the user's side... although that's a big 'if'.

Episode 3

Spoiler:

So, if you manage to have the trolls ally themselves with you then Beltor shows up in Episode 7 and helps you (possibly) defeat the undead, I wasn't sure how to transfer the recall lists and such (as said I'm basically brand new to coding of any kind). Also, I specifically wanted the player to be able to fully utilize the healing capabilities of the Shrooman.

Makes sense. Definitely appreciate being able to control the Shroomans. Splitting the recall lists is definitely possible; I think you store units and then kill them, so that they don't appear on the recall list, and then unstore them later. I should look into that for you.

I was thinking that, after you meet the trolls, if you bring Tirzag to the keep in the center of the map, he finds a lever which opens up a path directly to the new dwarvish city, and then at that point you could trigger the event if you haven't had a unit make it's way to the gate (thoughts?)

I like that idea.
If you do that, make sure to provide some hint that there is a lever there. For example, put a lever icon on the map there. Or better yet, use a rune. A rune is magic, and therefore it can arbitrarily demand someone with authority (Tirzag), whereas a lever only needs someone strong enough to pull it. Of course, you'd need a moveto event which where a unit moves on it and says something like "The rune didn't do anything. Maybe it only works for dwarves? Hmm... there's a little crown etched in the wall above it. Maybe it only responds to kings? Or maybe it's just graffiti..."

Episode 4

Do the objectives not display after you've been spotted? They're supposed to show you that you can't just leave now.

They display, it just doesn't feel fair. I got away free and clear, and I had to come back and beat them up and leave incontrovertible evidence of my presence?

I didn't want it to turn into a kill all enemies and that's it scenario. (Also I can't get the coding to work to limit everyone's vision)

...But you have to kill the leaders to get away if they spotted you.
Oh, I just looked in the scenario file, and if only one side spots you, then you can just wipe them out and leave the others alone. I didn't realize that was an option, so I tried to sneak through the middle and got seen by both of them.

I suggest adding dialogue when either side spots you, something like this:
Tirzag: "We'll have to kill the (human|elven) leader to make sure the (humans|elves) don't win this battle, because if they win, they're sure to hunt us down."
I think that would fix all of my problems.

I can't figure out how to limit the enemies vision of you (making it easier to sneak through without being spotted).

If you just want to limit their vision, you can mess with their vision attribute.

vision: The the number of vision points to calculate the unit's sight range. Default is the number of vision points specified for the [unit_type] described by type.

I think you could do something like this:

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[event]
	name=prerecruit
	[filter]
		side=2,3
	[/filter]
	[modify_unit]
		[filter]
			id=$unit.id
		[/filter]
		[object]
			[effect]
				apply_to=vision
				value=3
			[/effect]
		[/object]
	[/modify_unit]
[/event]

I haven't tested this snippet out, so I can't vouch for its functionality the way I can for my other code snippets so far.

If you want them to see the other group normally, but have a hard time seeing the player, I don't know how to do that.

Episode 6

I could put a ford, or something nearby on the west side of the mud.

Sounds good. There's sort of a partial ford made of reef tiles right now, but it's really slow.

Just spotted a slight inconsistency. The naga says I may take 3 other units, and I assumed he meant Vitrag and 2 recruited/recalled units, but he actually means Vitrag and also three other units. I didn't spot this until just now.

I just tried again, this time keeping Tirzag close to the keep, and noticed that the water serpent leaves the swamp and swims into the river. So the "keep it in the swamp" thing is not working. May I humbly suggest that you change it from "avoid these coordinates" to "avoid water"?

Okay, won and earned the nagas' aid by keeping Tirzag at the keep, sending wolf riders against the enemies (I already had 2 direwolf riders, and I leveled up 3 wolf riders to goblin knights) and then sending the wolf riders and an Orcish Slurbow (recruited before facing the wolves) around to fight the dragon. I won, but it's not really a test of Tirzag's strength.

Suggestion:
- When you get back to the keep after someone kills the water serpent, and the nagas tell you to head northwest, Tirgaz will complain "through all that water?" Naga: "Er, yes. It's not that bad, is it?"
- If Tirgaz is far enough away from the keep when the wolves die, add bridges. Naga: "We've added bridges, just for you! We hope you're properly grateful. Now come on back to the keep and we'll tell you where to go next."
(In other words, give the player bridges if and only if they are playing it the "honorable" way.)

Episode 7

(could you recruit naga?)

Not the first time around, but I re-tried the naga trials just now, gained the ability to recruit naga, and yep the distance from the water is annoying. (On a related note, nagas could theoretically be useful in the bay in the next scenario, but it would be a huge pain to get them there.)

General suggestion for this scenario: take away a couple of the Death Knight's castle hexes, so he recruits the same number of units spread out over more turns. That should avoid overwhelming the outpost, and also avoid him running out of gold so soon.

Did you say that you're supposed to need the trolls in order to defeat the undead? I've just had a brilliant idea!
Make the river deeper, so that there is literally no ford (because the ghosts and bats can fly over the water, the skeletons can wade through deep water, and the ghouls aren't much of a threat to archers with villages nearby, so they could just be removed) and then add some rubble piles on the shore or in the water.
Let the human player control the trolls, and make it so if a troll steps on the rubble piles, they create ford or reef that replaces the deep water. As in, make it so you can only ford the river if the trolls come.
This would not keep the nagas away from the enemy leaders, but I think I would say that if the nagas with their swords (weak against skeletons) can level up and become strong enough to kill the (skeletal) enemy leaders, the player probably deserves the win anyway.

Episode 8

Did you defeat both leaders before Kalenz showed up?

Spoiler:

if they both die, Kalenz should show up and you can battle/win against him.

I defeated both leaders (turn 16), and then Kalenz arrived, everyone talked, and then it said I won the level, and then it gave me a chunk of story which said Kalenz beat me up but it inspired my descendant. Let me see if I can figure out how to attach a replay...

Replays

Here's my replay for Episode 8.

UtRB-Episode 8 replay 20200917-004752.gz

(39.45 KiB) Downloaded 368 times

(I realize I could maybe have just attached replays for all of the scenarios and let you draw your own conclusions, but I prefer typing, and this probably saves you a lot of watching units shuffle around. Although now that I've figured out how to attach replays, I think I will attach replays for the scenarios with the big battles which I didn't do quite "right" - the troll scenario and the lich scenario. In case you want to see what I did.)

UtRB-Episode 3 replay 20200916-215237.gz

(57.28 KiB) Downloaded 354 times

UtRB-Episode 7 replay 20200917-000444.gz

(51.59 KiB) Downloaded 380 times

EDIT: Just remembered that there is/was a human faction called the Windsong.
https://units.wesnoth.org/1.14/Era_of_M ... l#Windsong
So calling your orc tribe that seems a little incongruous.

[Tarcil]

I like your campaign. It may be of a simple design, but its entertaining to follow the orcish tribe in their struggle. My only recommendation is to increase the turn limit in the cave with the trolls and dwarves. Because of the tunnels the turns run out before I even reach the dwarvish leader, even if I´m slowly advancing, but the sheer amount of dwarves block the way long enough with their bodies for turns running out.

[Mirion147]

Version 0.1.1 is now live on both Development and Stable! (The c is because I mixed up the starting scenario and messed up the ep4 then fixed it).

I like your campaign. It may be of a simple design, but its entertaining to follow the orcish tribe in their struggle. My only recommendation is to increase the turn limit in the cave with the trolls and dwarves. Because of the tunnels the turns run out before I even reach the dwarvish leader, even if I´m slowly advancing, but the sheer amount of dwarves block the way long enough with their bodies for turns running out.

Thanks man! I've changed around some things in the third scenario so it should be a lot easier for the scenario to end!

Pilauli:

I will be naming the episodes, I just haven't gotten there yet! I did get a lot done so far though!

Ep3:

Spoiler:

Considering the change of having the player control the trolls in ep7 (should they arrive) I've left the trolls as a separate team, in both scenarios.

Also, I just threw "Windsong" in there temporarily. I'm not sure what the current lore is behind clan names and orcish culture in general and I'm trying to decide how much of that culture I want to create.

Complete changelog for this update:

Spoiler:

General: Changed Vitag death dialog
General: Added recall cost adjustment dependent on difficulty

Ep1: Adjusted Wolf Rider event so goblins would acquire wolves on kill
Ep1: Added Hard Mode to allow possibility of not obtaining Wolf Rider recruiting

Ep3: Added event to open wall up if leader enters center keep
Ep3: Added event to open gates up when player gets in front of them

Ep4: Changed dialog to be more clear on who needs to die in order for you to run away
Ep4: Made the vision toggle work! And included dialog to fit.

Ep6: Changed dialog to be more clear on recruitment in addition to Vitag
Ep6: Created "Naga Host" unit to speak for the host
Ep6: Tried to change the ai of the serpent and wolves to be more intuitive
Ep6: Adjusted the map adding more ford hexes N side
Ep6: Added a pathway SW at the beginning of the 3rd challenge

Ep7: Adjusted map, added deep water blocking the ford and added swamp/mud
Ep7: Added events to create a ford if Rocklobbers go to the coast
Ep7: Gave Batal and Portish some more villages to start and adjusted everyone's gold
Ep7: Changed ai of enemies

Ep8: Gaz/Rishiga need to killed by side 1 for victory, loss otherwise
Ep8: Allowed recruit of Assassins if Rishiga is killed by side 1
Ep8: Should now be able to fight Kalenz if you kill Rishiga and Gaz

[Mirion147]

Not sure if double post here is a problem, I apologize if it is. That being said another update just got released! V0.1.2 live on Dev and Stable!

Changelog:

Spoiler:

General: Added loyal as a random trait that units can get
General: Added traits to randomly spawned units
General: Added flag variants

Ep1: Gave Tirzag intelligent and gave Vitag quick when he becomes a wolf

Ep3: Added event to draw player to center keep

Ep6: Now ANY unit needs to moveto any castle hex, instead of just Tirzag to the keep
Ep6: Added dialog for if the player finish the 2nd phase but don't kill the dragon

Ep7: Added Walking corpses to recruit list in place of ghouls
Ep7: Made the fording event actually work properly (fords and damages units)
Ep7: Beltor is on the correct team
Ep7: Changed the color of the lich from black to white
Ep7: Changed recruit list of Beltor from Troll Warrior to Troll
Ep7: Added dialog for when enemies attack the outposts
Ep7: Raised the income of all but player's side
Ep7: Changed the recruitment pattern of lich
Ep7: Added an event for when the player crosses the river
Ep7: Adjusted Tirzag transformation event

[Mirion147]

v0.1.3 release on Dev and Stable!

So the next release I plan to be more focused on the story/dialog, so any feedback in regards to that would be greatly appreciated!

Changelog:

Spoiler:

Ep1: Fixed bug where loyal goblin wouldn't become loyal wolf rider upon kill of wolf

Ep2,3,4,5,7,8 Added hard mode

Ep8: Added blood oath where orcs joining Tirzag have to take X dmg before joining.

[tribes55]

I tried to play the campaign. First time, this error popped:

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The following add-on had errors and could not be loaded:
    C:\Users\DDDR\Documents\My Games\Wesnoth1.14/data/add-ons/Up_the_River_Bork/_main.cfg

Please report this to the author or maintainer of this add-on.

Details:

    Found invalid closing tag [/event] for tag [message]
    opened at ~add-ons/Up_the_River_Bork/utils/difficulty_utils.cfg:1178
        included from ~add-ons/Up_the_River_Bork/_main.cfg:42
        included from ~add-ons/Up_the_River_Bork/scenarios/Episode_8.cfg:136
        included from ~add-ons/Up_the_River_Bork/_main.cfg:44
    closed at ~add-ons/Up_the_River_Bork/utils/difficulty_utils.cfg:1215
        included from ~add-ons/Up_the_River_Bork/_main.cfg:42
        included from ~add-ons/Up_the_River_Bork/scenarios/Episode_8.cfg:136
        included from ~add-ons/Up_the_River_Bork/_main.cfg:44

You forgot to close it here: (line 1175)

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	    [message]
		speaker=Tirzag
		message="Follow me, my brothers, and we will defeat all of those that stand in our path! To show your devotion you must swear a blood oath!"
	    [message]

[Mirion147]

Thank you! Sorry about that, it's been fixed and updated! I actually missed the close twice, both were fixed!

[Konrad2]

S1
You challenge Mashuk once you've tamed the first Wolf, which is a bad idea, since now you have to fight the other Wolves and Mashuk at the same time.

If I take the village on 11,28 Tirzag says they should leave Mashuk alone for now, even though he already challenged him.

Are the Wolves supposed to run across the map to attack you?

Even if Tirzag kills the first Wolf, the dialogue about having now Wolf Riders triggers.

If an enemy Grunt kills a Wolf, a Goblin complains about killing the Wolf and the Grunt responds as if he was Tirzag.

S3
I had Vitnag step on a rune and now he is gone. Am I getting him back someday?

S7
Tirzag calls the allied Troll leader 'Beltor', even though his name is Brar.

When I defeat the leader of the Skeletons the scenario ends and the blue and green leader both take 12 damage. The Lich is still alive though.

S8
that their is already -> there

Apparently I can now recall the blue and green leader from the last scenario?

Are the enemy leaders supposed to follow me when I defeat them? Because the 12 damage from the blood pact kill them instead.

After Kalenz arrives I have following weird scenario objectives: (And I guess Vitnag can die now?)


Final EDIT:
I've uploaded my replays here.
You can also access them from here.

[Mirion147]

I'm guessing you played on hard mode? That difficulty is highly untested and apparently is, as you have noted, buggy. Most of the gameplay bugs should go away if you play on easy/normal.

The naming of Beltor bug is new to me and I'll check it out.

Was there no dialog saying that the allied leaders from episode 7 would be joining your army?

No, the enemy leaders in episode 8 will not join your side. And yes, after Kalenz shows up Vitag can die. (Also the objectives bug is from hard mode i think).

I'll take a look at all this when I can! I very much appreciate the feedback! Thank you !

[Konrad2]

I'm guessing you played on hard mode?

Yes.

Was there no dialog saying that the allied leaders from episode 7 would be joining your army?

Nope, you can check the replay.

[Argesilao2]

Hi

I've just finished playing this campaign, version 1.0.3b, difficulty level warrior (normal), with BfW 1.15.11, and I found it interesting and funny to play;
In my opinion the script is good, the gameplay it's various and well-balanced; my compliments to the author.

I found a couple of non-fatal errors.

Spoiler:

Scenario 7:
- The objective say to defeat all the enemies leaders to win, but I win when I defeated only the first enemy leader.
- I destroy Scridge, the Death knight, in the scenario 5, but he's still here. (poor Scridge, He is already dead, and he has to die two more times in the same campaign. )

Scenario 8: the objective don't say this one it's the last battle, moreover it say that there is a gold carryover, that's useful.

I also have some remarks and some tips

Spoiler:

a) Inserting a map with the movements, at the beginning of the scenarios, perhaps during the presentation of the scenarios, would be a significant added value.

b)In the last scenario the Kalenz's side it's visible from the beginning;

c)In the last scenario the player's starting objective it's to defeat both the orcish leaders, and he can do it in 38 turns; Kalenz appears when both orc leaders are defeated, but if the human players use all his turns to defeat the orcish leaders he has no turns to defeat Kalenz. I suggest assigning fewer turns to defeat the orcs, and adding turns when Kalenz's appears after orcs defeat. Or, more simply, it would be appropriate to add a note to the objectives, where it is suggested to defeat the orcs in the shortest possible time.

d) Goblins are the hero's first resource; it might be interesting to allow the hero to recruit Goblin Impaler and Goblin Rouser starting from the second scenario.

e) In some scenarios, dialogues should be added in notable events; for example in scenario 6 when the dragon is sighted.

I know I'm being pedantic, but this campaign is pretty well done, and it deserves to aim for perfection.
Thank you for your work.