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EditingWesnoth

2009-06-16T13:46:46Z

Teg: /* Mac OS X */

== Game and User Directories ==

Wherever you install the game, there will be a game data directory that contains, of course, the game's data. This directory should have the following subdirectories: data, music, sounds, and images. There are several others, but these are the important ones. In this wiki, the terms "game data", wesnoth/data, or ./data refers to the wesnoth/data directory. You normally do not need to modify these files, but you can if you want to modify a unit or something.

The user data directory allows you to add custom content without modifying the game's own files. Each OS puts its user data directory in a different place. In this wiki, "user data", ''userdata''/''subdirectory'', or (occasionally) ~wesnoth/ refer to this directory.

=== Where is my '''game''' data directory? ===

====Windows====
Usually C:\Program Files\Wesnoth\data but it will be different if you installed the game in a different location: look for the data folder in the folder where you installed the game.

====Mac OS X====
Downloaded from sourceforge: command-click on the application icon. Select "Show Package Contents." Select "Contents" then "Resources.
If you did not download from sourceforge what do you do?
Command line build: /usr/local/share/wesnoth

====Linux====
/usr/local/share/wesnoth <br>
From apt-get (Debian and Ubuntu) or emerge (Gentoo): /usr/share/games/wesnoth <br>
SUSE 10.0 (pre-installed): /usr/share/wesnoth<br>
Fedora 5 (Installed from yum repository RPM): /usr/share/wesnoth<br>
Mandriva 2006.0: /usr/share/games/wesnoth<br>
Slackware 12 (Installed from .tgz package at LinuxPackages.net): /usr/local/share/wesnoth<br>
If you don't find it, or if you use another distribution, try <code>find / -iname '*wesnoth*'</code>. (as yourself, not as superuser)

=== Where is my '''user''' data directory? ===

====Windows====
c:\Program Files\Wesnoth\userdata

or c:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Wesnoth\userdata
on Vista, which has virtual folders. The AppData folder is hidden.
Or if you don`t remember where you installed it right click on the game`s shortcut open properties and click on the `Find target` button,then search for the `data` folder.

====Mac OS X====
Downloaded from sourceforge: ~/Library/Preferences/Wesnoth <br>
Command line build: ~/.wesnoth <br>
For Wesnoth 1.7.x : ~/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth_1.x/

====Linux====
~/.wesnoth

== Game data ==

The major directories you need to know about are wesnoth/data, wesnoth/data/core/units, wesnoth/data/campaigns, wesnoth/data/multiplayer, wesnoth/images and wesnoth/data/core/images

Become familiar with what is in ./data/campaigns and ./data/multiplayer/scenarios. These have the officially distributed campaigns and multiplayer maps. If you ever want to examine or edit one of the scenario configuration files, this is where you would go. For example, a common question is how a new player can give himself more turns or gold in scenario X. This is where you would go to do that.

Two very important directories are ./data/core/units/ and ./images. You have the ability to drop new units or images in these directories and have the game recognize them. When specifying an image for something, you do so relative to ./images.

== User Data ==
The user data directory can do a lot of things. The game looks here for several things:
* ''userdata''/data/campaigns - campaign configuration files and subdirectories
* ''userdata''/editor/maps - multiplayer standalone maps (map data only)

The ''userdata''/data/campaigns directory is particularly useful. A single configuration file here can selectively point to an entire subdirectory tree of units, images, sounds, scenarios, and macros. This allows you to wall off parts. Content included in the userdata units or images directories will be available globally whether you want it or not.

For example, assume you have a campaign called MyCampaign. This is what the ''userdata''/data/campaigns directory might look like:
* ''userdata''/data/campaigns/MyCampaign/ - your campaign's directory
* ''userdata''/data/campaigns/MyCampaign/_main.cfg - a text file containing your instructions for the game about how to load the campaign
** ''userdata''/data/campaigns/MyCampaign/scenarios
** ''userdata''/data/campaigns/MyCampaign/units
** ''userdata''/data/campaigns/MyCampaign/images
** ''userdata''/data/campaigns/MyCampaign/music
** ''userdata''/data/campaigns/MyCampaign/sounds
** ''userdata''/data/campaigns/MyCampaign/utils

== See Also ==

* [[Create]]

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How to play Rebels

2008-03-31T15:50:58Z

Teg: /* Rebels vs Drakes */

==General Rebel Strategies:==

On the first turn when you have a random opponent it is good to get a mixture of units. A Scout, Merman, Archer, 2 Fighters, and a Mage would be an example of such a recruit. When you discover what faction your opponent is, go to the appropriate section below for more advice.

[[Rebels]] have good to great defense in forest. Try to keep them there whenever possible, as obvious as that is. Even the easily hit '''Wose''' has his best defense (still hit more often than missed) in forest.

Elves are Neutral in alignment, so attack when your opponent is at their weakest. The '''Mage''', '''Wose''', and '''Merman''' are Lawful however, so take this into consideration if you recruit these units. You will be strongest in the day, but if your opponent is also strongest in the day it is usually best to fight at night.

One of the Rebels' greatest strengths is their abundance of ranged attacks in harmony with the Dextrous trait. This characteristic gives Rebels frequent chances to attack without taking retaliation damage. It also guarantees any opponent attacking you will take some damage in return.

Rebels also have good mobility, their Scout having the highest level 1 movement in the game (9 moves). The deadly '''Archer''' is also gifted with 6 - both are also graced with the speedy woodland movetype. Use this mobility to your advantage early by taking a village advantage and later by [[Wesnoth_Acronyms_and_Slang|ZOC]]ing your opponents weakened units.

If you happen to use '''Elvish Captain''' as a leader (or to level up a '''Fighter'''), take the advantage of his Leadership. He's one of the fastest leaders, so on small maps can get to fighting line in 2 turns. Not that amazing himself, his Leadership gives nearby units +25% bonus. That's an advantage you use day-night cycle for, that's the difference between retreat and attack. When properly positioned, he can boost 3 or even 4 units a turn. Of course, this works best combined with other advantages like time of day or good unit unit matchup. Mages and Woses under his banner tear Undead in halfs.

There's always need for a trick. '''Shamans''' do three good things:
* +4 healing is never bad (though they rarely level up to give you +8);
* slow enemy units, which halves their movement and damage for a turn. The more powerful or quick your enemy is, the more useful the ability becomes;
* they have 70% defense in Forests, so, when in bad need, can stop non-magical enemies with own ZoC.

==Rebels vs Undead==
Your lot of Piercing damage is useless against their units dealing most damage - Skeletons. So no point in fighting Skeletons with Elves.
Your weapon are Woses and Mages. Opponent has no hard counter, but their "weak" units still do good: Skeletons for your Mages, Dark Adepts and Ghouls for Woses. Remember that Ghoul's poison stops Wose from regenerating for a turn. That's 8 damage in addition to its 3.

As always, you need a couple of Scouts to capture villages. Don't get with them into fight: if one lures two opponent's units from your main force, it's fine.

Shaman is always good for her healing and slowing, and does Impact damage.

Keep your Woses high on HP. Wose is slow - 4 base movement - so it takes ages to deliver him to fighting lines, more then delivering a Mage. Count as if you get a Wose 2 turns later. Still, it's your main strike force again most of Undead.

Another Undead's option is Walking Corpses. They do good damage for the money, have no upkeep and sometimes can 'recruit' your people. There's no clear counter except Archers, but archers are weak in this matchup. Just watch for your unit hit points and retreat timely.

So start with 2 Woses, 1-2 Scouts, Mage, Shaman and someone of your choice: Mage, Fighter or Merman.

==Rebels vs Knalgans==

One of the tricks with the rebels vs. knalgans is to '''really''' use the shamans to their full potential. It comes in two forms; first, shamans in forest are surprisingly durable; they have the defense and hitpoints of a thief, but lack the weakness to physical weapons. That, '''and''' they have retaliatory slowing on ranged (and can slow some of the worse melee attackers). Especially shamans in pairs, or even better - shamans backed up by a druid, can nearly stop a small group of melee dwarves from progressing into forest.

Shamans allow you to do one game-changing thing, which is that you can slow a dangerous melee unit, and then attack said melee unit with your fighters. Normally, attacking a dwarven fighter on grass, with your elven fighter, would be a "fair fight", and thus would be very stupid for you to engage in - the general trick to winning a game like wesnoth is to engage your units in combat only when you can arrange a fight that '''isn't''' fair. Usually it's terrain, or being outnumbered that does this, but shamans allow you to, for the space of one turn, make a normally fair fight suddenly very unfair in your favor. It allows you to do this where other factions cannot manage this, such as on open ground.

With shamans, you want to slow as many units as you can; but chiefly you'll want to find whichever "dangerous unit" is the most accessible for you to assign units to attack, and so long as you can keep most of the enemy from retaliating (say, if you slow their three hardest melee hitters), slow him, and then break rank with whatever you can attack the thing with. You'll end the turn with a few lightly scratched fighters (missing maybe 4-8 hp each), and your enemy will either have a nearly or completely dead fighter/gryphon. And conveniently, if those fighters ended their combat next to shamans, you will quickly recoup said "scratches". Woses are also very useful for these kinds of tactics - you can slow their victim, and whatever damage they receive will likely be 8hp or below. A corollary to this is that if you ever have the chance, slow an ulf, and immediately eliminate him with a fighter/wose - it's nearly a free kill.

As usual, if at all possible, get a druid, and get a captain. These level-2 abilities really enhance the elves' capability; the captain, for example, generally negates the effect of the dwarves' armor. The druid's a bit mean when applied to units with 60-70% defense (it's like turning all forest tiles into villages). These kinds of level-2 abilities are something the dwarves don't have access to, so use them to your advantage whenever possible. After you get one captain and one druid, you'll generally want to make any other level-ups into heroes and sorceresses, to give you a bit more firepower (and in the case of the former, something that can actually tank decently for the elves).

==Rebels vs Drakes==
You are in not-too-good position:
* Drakes have good speed (can grab villages quickly) and have good HP;
* Which is worse, '''Saurian Skirmisher''' kills your only village-grabber, '''Scout''', in 5 blows, while always has good defense and speed, so you'll have to retreat Scout and lose some gold;
* You don't have Cold attack which Drakes are vulnerable to;

To exploit Drakes' lesser weakness, to Pierce, have more '''Archers''' than '''Fighters'''. Though, Fighters are cheap, do a good backfire, and one can level up to '''Captain'''.

Have '''Shamans''' to slow '''Clashers''' and '''Fighters'''.

Have '''Scout''' or two. In this matchup it's especially important to keep good amount of villages.

If opponent goes for '''Saurians''', recruit '''Mage''' or two. They pick Saurians out of swamps very well.

==See also==
[[How_to_play...]] series.

[[How to play Mages]]

[[Category:Playing Wesnoth]]

Play

2008-03-27T13:32:45Z

Teg: /* Advanced Players */

== Getting Battle for Wesnoth ==
* [[Description|About the project]]
* [[Download|Downloads and Source Code Page]]
* [[CompilingWesnoth| Compiling Wesnoth]]

== Playing Battle for Wesnoth ==
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[http://www.wesnoth.org/images/sshots/wesnoth-1.4-8.jpg http://www.wesnoth.org/images/sshots/wesnoth-1.4-8-175.jpg]
<div class="thumbcaption">The Elves Besieged</div></div>
</div>

* [[GettingStarted|Get Started]]
* [[WesnothManual|Game Manual]]
* [[BasicStrategy|Basic Tactics]]
* [[MainlineCampaigns|Walkthroughs of Official Campaigns]]
* [[UserScenarios | User-made Add-On Campaigns]]
* [[Competitive_Gaming | Competitive Gaming]]

* [[FAQ]]

== Advanced Players ==
* [[CommandMode|Debugging and Multiplayer Command Reference]]
* [[AdvancedTactics|Advanced Tactics]]
* [http://units.wesnoth.org/ Units Reference]
* [[MultiplayerServers|Multiplayer Servers]]
* [[How to play...|The "How to play" Series]]

== The world of Wesnoth ==
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[http://www.wesnoth.org/images/sshots/wesnoth-map-1.jpg http://www.wesnoth.org/images/sshots/wesnoth-map-1-175.jpg]
<div class="thumbcaption">Wesnoth and Surrounding Lands</div></div>
</div>

* [[History of Wesnoth|The history of Wesnoth]]
* [[Geography of Wesnoth|The geography of Wesnoth]]
* [[WesnothFigures|Notable figures of Wesnoth]]
* [[Races|The races of creatures in Wesnoth]]
* [[Poetry of Wesnoth|Wesnothian poetry]]

== Miscellaneous ==
* [[WhatArePlayersSaying|Comments from Wesnoth Players]]
* [[WesnothReviews|Third party Wesnoth reviews]]
* [[Screenshots]]
* [[FAQ#Do_you_want_help_making_this_game.3F_How_can_I_help.3F|Help to improve the game]]
* A Wesnoth [[Glossary]]
* [[The Observer|The Observer]] -- The Unofficial Wesnoth Newspaper
* [http://wesnoth.dbzer0.com/blog/ The Wesnoth Journals] -- A collaborative Wesnoth blog.
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[[Category:Playing Wesnoth]]

Play

2008-03-27T13:26:56Z

Teg: /* Advanced Players */

== Getting Battle for Wesnoth ==
* [[Description|About the project]]
* [[Download|Downloads and Source Code Page]]
* [[CompilingWesnoth| Compiling Wesnoth]]

== Playing Battle for Wesnoth ==
<div class="thumb tright"><div>
[http://www.wesnoth.org/images/sshots/wesnoth-1.4-8.jpg http://www.wesnoth.org/images/sshots/wesnoth-1.4-8-175.jpg]
<div class="thumbcaption">The Elves Besieged</div></div>
</div>

* [[GettingStarted|Get Started]]
* [[WesnothManual|Game Manual]]
* [[BasicStrategy|Basic Tactics]]
* [[MainlineCampaigns|Walkthroughs of Official Campaigns]]
* [[UserScenarios | User-made Add-On Campaigns]]
* [[Competitive_Gaming | Competitive Gaming]]

* [[FAQ]]

== Advanced Players ==
* [[CommandMode|Debugging and Multiplayer Command Reference]]
* [[AdvancedTactics|Advanced Tactics]]
* [http://www.wesnoth.org/units Units Reference]
* [[MultiplayerServers|Multiplayer Servers]]
* [[How to play...|The "How to play" Series]]

== The world of Wesnoth ==
<div class="thumb tright"><div>
[http://www.wesnoth.org/images/sshots/wesnoth-map-1.jpg http://www.wesnoth.org/images/sshots/wesnoth-map-1-175.jpg]
<div class="thumbcaption">Wesnoth and Surrounding Lands</div></div>
</div>

* [[History of Wesnoth|The history of Wesnoth]]
* [[Geography of Wesnoth|The geography of Wesnoth]]
* [[WesnothFigures|Notable figures of Wesnoth]]
* [[Races|The races of creatures in Wesnoth]]
* [[Poetry of Wesnoth|Wesnothian poetry]]

== Miscellaneous ==
* [[WhatArePlayersSaying|Comments from Wesnoth Players]]
* [[WesnothReviews|Third party Wesnoth reviews]]
* [[Screenshots]]
* [[FAQ#Do_you_want_help_making_this_game.3F_How_can_I_help.3F|Help to improve the game]]
* A Wesnoth [[Glossary]]
* [[The Observer|The Observer]] -- The Unofficial Wesnoth Newspaper
* [http://wesnoth.dbzer0.com/blog/ The Wesnoth Journals] -- A collaborative Wesnoth blog.
__NOTOC__

[[Category:Playing Wesnoth]]