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Wesnoth on Liberapay

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[MUST-READ] About the Ideas Forum

Last post by Forum Moderators Team « September 3rd, 2011, 1:58 am

by Forum Moderators Team » September 3rd, 2011, 1:58 am

This forum is a place where people can post ideas they have had for the game. It could be anything related to Wesnoth. From new features for UMC authors, to a small improvement to the help menu, to a new Wesnoth-related Web application. When you have an idea, but no work (yet), this is the place....

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Unit Names

Last post by Mawmoocn « December 2nd, 2019, 6:41 am
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by Pagawan » July 7th, 2019, 11:17 am
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I propose the review of unit names and re-assignments to proper names that take the units faction into consideration. For example the Dwarvish 'GuardsMAN' should simply be a 'Dwarvish Guard'. The suffix man doesn't really make sense here. The same applies to Orcish Crossbowmen. There might be...
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December 2nd, 2019, 6:41 am
Creating a Wesnoth web series/show [UMC]

Last post by Heroofnothing « November 25th, 2019, 11:06 pm
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by Heroofnothing » October 9th, 2019, 12:39 am

Creating a Wesnoth web series/show

I have been thinking about this for quite some time now. How would I go about getting the approval, if that's necessary from the creators. Ideally, I would have their help if they think it's a good idea. Anyway, this is something I really want to do. I am a...

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Last post by Heroofnothing
November 25th, 2019, 11:06 pm
[engine] Extend weapon syntax for multiple weapon type series in same attack

Last post by Celtic_Minstrel « November 20th, 2019, 1:51 am
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by WhiteWolf » October 10th, 2019, 7:04 am

Hello,

First let me start by saying that I am by no means a combat expert, and this is just my Hollywood-infected view of the technical details of armed fights :)
I think it would enrich Wesnoth's combat system, and open up room for some very interesting combos, to allow an attack to have multiple...

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Last post by Celtic_Minstrel
November 20th, 2019, 1:51 am
more difficulty levels and max gold limit

Last post by Mawmoocn « November 14th, 2019, 5:47 pm
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by sergey » October 22nd, 2019, 8:09 am
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Hi! I am currently playing The Rise of Wesnoth and recently finished The South Guard and I have two ideas regarding difficulty levels and gold amount.

1) More difficulty levels. TRoW on Normal is very easy to me, while Challenging is too hard. Difference between difficulty levels is very...
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November 14th, 2019, 5:47 pm
Campaign dialog log

Last post by Tad_Carlucci « November 14th, 2019, 7:31 am
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by Ravana » May 28th, 2018, 10:38 am
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(This topic was originally created by spambot, but I decided it might be useful to resurrect anyways)

Sometimes you accidentally click past dialog that is triggered by moving your units to locations (I often do it) As far as I know, the only way to see what you missed is to reload the turn and...
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November 14th, 2019, 7:31 am
Suggestion for {HIGHLIGHT_IMAGE} macro

Last post by Celtic_Minstrel « November 14th, 2019, 4:40 am
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by WhiteWolf » October 15th, 2019, 2:36 pm

Hello,

I have a small suggestion for the above mentioned macro. Currently, only background images can be protected with the BACKGROUND parameter, but background halos are lost no matter what.
I'd suggest to change the BACKGROUND paramater to a yes/no boolean that would set if the background items...

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November 14th, 2019, 4:40 am
[difficulty] : add params for image + var

Last post by Tad_Carlucci « November 10th, 2019, 7:53 pm
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by denispir » October 30th, 2019, 10:25 am

Hello,

I was very pleased to discover the new tag. However, there still remain obscure notations about image variants or modifs. Mainly, I guess, we commonly need to indicate a color or a gender. Exemple I would like to be able to code:

Note that this simplifies the C++ side of the affair, since...

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Last post by Tad_Carlucci
November 10th, 2019, 7:53 pm
News feature

Last post by 3Lorde « October 24th, 2019, 9:52 pm
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by 3Lorde » October 22nd, 2019, 8:54 am

3Lorde wrote: ↑Yesterday, 9:03 am
Pentarctagon wrote: ↑October 17th, 2019, 12:41 am
At the very least, the Ideas forum would be a better place to propose adding something new to the game.
I just would like to see something new in this release, as I said before and I agree with Pentarctagon that the...

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October 24th, 2019, 9:52 pm
Map randomizer in 1.14 series

Last post by Elvish_Hunter « October 18th, 2019, 8:19 am
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by minemax » October 17th, 2019, 6:09 am

In general, I like the randomizer, but my biggest issue is the amount of forest. I would love to be able to choose the amount of it the same way as the amount of hills/villages, etc.

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Last post by Elvish_Hunter
October 18th, 2019, 8:19 am
Indicating hexes that heal / illuminate / etc?

Last post by doofus-01 « November 16th, 2019, 12:41 pm
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by josteph » October 4th, 2019, 6:12 pm
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When you plan a move to a village, there's a small icon that shows you the hex you're looking at is a village:

2019-10-04-180825_1920x1080_scrot.png

(See the house with a plus sign under the terrain defense indication)

How about having similar icons for hexes that aren't villages but heal...
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Last post by doofus-01
November 16th, 2019, 12:41 pm
Update All don't need confirmation for Resource

Last post by josteph « October 9th, 2019, 7:53 pm
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by CorotAlas » October 8th, 2019, 8:35 pm

After I update my Wesnoth 1.12.5 to Wesnoth 1.14.9, I update all my Add-ons, but when I update it there is alot confirmation that keep asking about update the Resource.
Can you make it that when we update some campaign, all the resource will also update.
Maybe another option beside Update All like...

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Last post by josteph
October 9th, 2019, 7:53 pm
"Shuffle Sides" and Auction X don't mix

Last post by Pentarctagon « October 9th, 2019, 12:43 am
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by josteph » October 8th, 2019, 7:51 pm

So, this time I don't have an idea, instead, I'm asking for ideas. I started Auction X with Shuffle Sides enabled and got this:

2019-10-08-194844_807x297_scrot.png

How could we do better?

edit: There are two confusing things here. One, the team is named Center but starts in the North-East...

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Last post by Pentarctagon
October 9th, 2019, 12:43 am
Organized via web interface

Last post by josteph « September 16th, 2019, 8:30 pm
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by sokhanh21xn » September 11th, 2019, 2:43 pm

Hello,

And then there are campaigns that have some portraits but not all of them do.
Read: some portraits are missing. This is a bit annoying when you play a
campaign, have nice artwork and then suddenly some character speaks
that has no portrait at all.

I would like to suggest to make it...

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Last post by josteph
September 16th, 2019, 8:30 pm
[interface] you should be able to load your last campaign save from the campaign selector page

Last post by holius « September 6th, 2019, 9:23 am
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by whyn » August 29th, 2019, 10:31 am

I think loading your campaign is tedious especially if you havent played a certain campaign and its burried under other saves so as a solution i think it would be helpful to be able to access campaign-saves from the campaign menu so when you click on the campaign for under burning suns you can...

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Last post by holius
September 6th, 2019, 9:23 am
[engine] Enhancement to [put_to_recall_list]: refresh objects

Last post by WhiteWolf « September 4th, 2019, 6:32 pm
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by WhiteWolf » September 1st, 2019, 2:25 pm

Hello,

Currently, if you want your units to be put back to the recall list, healed and cleared of statuses (just like it would happen at the end of a scenario), you can use with heal=yes.
However, this doesn't recalculate scenario duration objects. And if you recall your units on the next...

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Last post by WhiteWolf
September 4th, 2019, 6:32 pm
Nintendo Switch Port

Last post by AvitarDiggs « September 2nd, 2019, 6:00 am
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by AvitarDiggs » September 1st, 2019, 10:32 am

Wesnoth is a quality, popular strategy game that would be great to play on the go, hence the mobile ports. However, I think a Nintendo Switch port would present a great way to play the game in a portable format and add another solid tactical game to the Switch's library.

Porting a game to a...

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September 2nd, 2019, 6:00 am
Optional player's rating

Last post by Yomar « August 26th, 2019, 3:28 pm
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by sergey » June 16th, 2019, 12:35 pm
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I have read threads about adding multiplayer rating and totally agree that official ladder has a risk of making community less friendly.

However, it is obvious that there are players who want a rating system.

This idea is about satisfying players who want a rating system, but implementing it in...
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Last post by Yomar
August 26th, 2019, 3:28 pm
Names of enemy units

Last post by BTIsaac « July 31st, 2019, 8:14 am
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by shevegen » July 26th, 2019, 12:08 pm

Right now we see the names of enemy units.

I am wondering though - has anyone of you partaking in any wars (yes yes ...) known the name of the enemies?

Hey Joe, do you see Tom over there, the guy from Vietnam, and Jimmy, from Australia? Our enemies? I'm
gonna whack them down... and then I...

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Last post by BTIsaac
July 31st, 2019, 8:14 am
Faction and Era proposal and balance.

Last post by SnipeSmash « July 30th, 2019, 12:11 am
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by SnipeSmash » July 29th, 2019, 7:37 am

If you have a Faction or an era that you believe needs to be added in, or want criticisms in works that they have yet to publish, this is the thread. Throw up proposals for factions, eras, races, units, traits, special abilities, new damage and resistance types, effects of your add-on here. Be sure...

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July 30th, 2019, 12:11 am
Trait Suggestions

Last post by SnipeSmash « July 29th, 2019, 7:15 am
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by Tom_Of_Wesnoth » January 15th, 2019, 10:58 pm
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Here's a few ideas I've had for traits that could be added to the game. As the sticky thread on frequently proposed ideas says, I've tried to keep them relatively simple.

Agressive

+1 damage, but only when on the offensive

I thought it would be interesting to have a trait that makes units more...
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Last post by SnipeSmash
July 29th, 2019, 7:15 am
Time limit

Last post by Poison « July 28th, 2019, 9:17 am

by Poison » July 28th, 2019, 9:17 am

I think there should be an option to change the time limit form within game while playing (maybe from a context menu) for multiplayer. This addresses the problems that some players have when they haven't seen the timer limit in options maybe then the players can agree for a change. Well that's all,...

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Last post by Poison
July 28th, 2019, 9:17 am
terrain id

Last post by Luc7y « July 21st, 2019, 7:49 pm
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by Luc7y » July 15th, 2019, 2:25 am

update:language - comma and dot

Hello, I wish me an automatic scan through the folders with the sub-folder images/terrain. Because all images have an id and a String.
Code-example in terrain_definitions.cfg which should be in the add-on-folder/terrain ,
works but also in the folder...

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Last post by Luc7y
July 21st, 2019, 7:49 pm
Art Contributions: organizing them through a web-interface

Last post by shevegen « July 21st, 2019, 1:50 pm

by shevegen » July 21st, 2019, 1:50 pm

There are campaigns that have artwork, including character portraits.

And then there are campaigns that have some portraits but not all of them do.
Read: some portraits are missing. This is a bit annoying when you play a
campaign, have nice artwork and then suddenly some character speaks
that has...

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Last post by shevegen
July 21st, 2019, 1:50 pm
[interface] Notifying players when there are add-on updates available.

Last post by josteph « July 15th, 2019, 12:53 pm
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by PapaSmurfReloaded » July 6th, 2019, 1:36 pm

It would good if players could have some sort of visual notification in the main screen telling them add-on they have installed has an update available. Like a mouseover or something.

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Last post by josteph
July 15th, 2019, 12:53 pm
Hotkeys for Movements / Mouse Interaction

Last post by Luc7y « July 15th, 2019, 2:16 am
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by bernd » January 17th, 2018, 8:05 pm
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Hi there,

just started to play Wesnoth a couple of days ago and was really surprised to having to use the mouse all the time. Would have expected for a game probably developed by a big community of techs to have shortcuts for everything.
Please dont misunderstand me, the game seems great and you...
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Last post by Luc7y
July 15th, 2019, 2:16 am
[interface/engine] Advanced damage inflicted/taken hit count statistics

Last post by Mawmoocn « July 1st, 2019, 4:59 pm
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by Mawmoocn » May 2nd, 2019, 2:08 pm
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-> Introducing damage calculation and it’s hidden(?) mechanics with some examples

Current damage statistics relies on getting an average amount of damage to offset percentage calculations.

Whether it is good or bad, will depend on the player.

Damage inflicted/taken calculation use these as a...
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July 1st, 2019, 4:59 pm
[interface] Change "Defense" to "Evasion"

Last post by Mawmoocn « June 30th, 2019, 12:54 pm
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by Mawmoocn » March 16th, 2019, 4:41 pm
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Summary of the Issue

TLDR: True attribute of X% defence is confusing when it’s actually X% evasion.

I. Preface

When I was a beginner that started playing Wesnoth, I encountered a problem, How do I defend units? I looked inside the game and thankfully, I saw what I was looking for, terrain...
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June 30th, 2019, 12:54 pm
Support showing CTH histogram from enemy point of view

Last post by Mawmoocn « June 30th, 2019, 11:42 am
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by josteph » February 26th, 2019, 7:18 pm
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TrashMan, would you like to answer the question in my first post? Would you name a particular scenario that you haven't been able to beat without save-loading?

Has anyone done a mod that records the times that a unit was at risk of death?... had a 45% CTD
I made a feature request for...
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Last post by Mawmoocn
June 30th, 2019, 11:42 am
Battle for wesnoth.... ascii terminal

Last post by josteph « June 26th, 2019, 11:46 am
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by o0i0o » April 12th, 2019, 8:51 am

Hi,
I love playing games in my terminal like the good old nethack and so on ... i was thinking that maybe there is someone out there that has it done allredy...

So the question is ... is there any terminal ascii based client for battle for wesnoth
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June 26th, 2019, 11:46 am

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