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This page features all news that were posted on the website in the year 2006.

== December 2006 ==
===Problems with Wesnoth 1.2?===
''Thursday, December 28 2006''

Since the release we had quite many reports of problems with the game in the new version. Most of these problems, about 99.99% to be more precise, were related to not uninstalling the old version before upgrading and to using old content from 1.0.x with the new 1.2 version. So if you have any problems with the new version, first follow the steps sugggested in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14531 this] forum thread. It will probably solve most "bugs" you think you are seeing. Keep in mind that 1.2 is '''incompatible''' with 1.0.x, so your 1.0.x saves and campaigns will not work as expected when using 1.2. You should either finish the campaigns in 1.0.x, or restart them in 1.2.

===Wesnoth 1.2===
''Saturday, December 23 2006''

More than one year has gone by since we released Wesnoth 1.0. As a Christmas present for you, and to thank you for more than 1,000,000 downloads via sourceforge.net, we now proudly present '''Wesnoth 1.2'''. You can look at the (translated) [http://www.wesnoth.org/start/1.2/ release notes] to get an idea about what has changed since 1.0. For those who just want to play, the new release is available for [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.2_branch.29 download]. If you have any comments, we would be happy to hear them in the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=204569#204569 forum thread] dedicated to this release. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.

At the moment, we are also looking for help in several areas, so that many other releases of similar caliber can follow this one. We are especially looking for translators, graphic artists (sprite, portraits, terrain, story images), music composers (a background in classical composition, and good equipment required), sound artists (for special effects), authors (writing/maintaining campaigns, creating content like unit descriptions, improving the ingame help) and, of course, coders. If you want to participate in developing Wesnoth, just have a look at the [http://forum.wesnoth.org forum] or visit us in the IRC channel [irc://irc.freenode.net/#wesnoth-dev #wesnoth-dev] at irc.freenode.net.

'''Update:''' The Windows binaries are now available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.2_branch.29 download page].

===Wesnoth 1.1.14: fourth 1.2 release candidate===
''Saturday, December 16 2006''

Wesnoth 1.1.14 has been released. Wesnoth 1.1.14 is the fourth (and hopefully last) 1.2 release candidate. Thanks to your reports we were able to fix quite many problems so please, test it and continue [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs reporting bugs] to get a great 1.2 release. But not only many bugs were fixed, some graphical improvements were made and translations were updated. For all the info you should read the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14318&highlight= announcement] and the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.1.14/changelog?rev=14684&view=markup changelog]

===Wesnoth 1.1.13: third 1.2 release candidate===
''Sunday, December 03 2006''

Wesnoth 1.1.13 has been released. Wesnoth 1.1.13 is the third 1.2 release candidate. Please, test it and continue [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs reporting bugs] to get a great 1.2 release. You can read the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14099 announcement] and the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.1.13/changelog?rev=14472&view=markup changelog].

== November 2006 ==
===Wesnoth 1.1.12: second 1.2 release candidate===
''Saturday, November 11 2006''

Wesnoth 1.1.12 has been released. Wesnoth 1.1.12 is the second 1.2 release candidate. Please, test it and continue [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs reporting bugs] to get a shiny 1.2 release. You can read the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13743 announcement] and the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.1.12/changelog?rev=14188&view=markup changelog].

== October 2006 ==
===New and clean campaign server===
''Thursday, October 05 2006''

Together with the release of the first release candidate for 1.2 (aka 1.1.11) we have a new campaign server running for the new stable branch. At the moment this server is completely empty. All the content creators should upload their stuff to the new server if it really is compatible with the rc1. You automatically reach the new server when clicking on the 'Add-ons' Button in the mainscreen. Some more infos and a way to reach the old content can be found in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=186988#186988 this] forum thread.

===Wesnoth 1.1.11: first 1.2 release candidate===
''Thursday, October 05 2006''

Wesnoth 1.1.11 has been released. Wesnoth 1.1.11 is the first 1.2 release candidate. Please, test it and continue [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs reporting bugs] to get a spiffy 1.2 release. You can read the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13308 announcement] and the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.1.11/changelog?rev=13798&view=markup changelog].

== September 2006 ==
===Wesnoth 1.1.10: third 1.2 beta===
''Wednesday, September 20 2006''

Wesnoth 1.1.10 has been released. Wesnoth 1.1.10 is the third 1.2 "official" beta release. Please, test it and continue [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs reporting bugs] to get a shiny 1.2 release. You can read the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13113 announcement] and the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.1.10/changelog?rev=13601&view=markup changelog].

===Server relocation===
''Monday, September 4 2006''

After having to leave our previous location, and having the servers hosted for some days in a DSL, we have found a definitive (for now) location for them. While the DNS entries get updated, you may have to enter manually the names of the new servers, as [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=180744#180744 explained in the forum].
'''Update:''' The DNS entrys are now updated. This means you should soon be able to use the normal addresses server.wesnoth.org and campaigns.wesnoth.org again.

== August 2006 ==
===Wesnoth 1.1.9: second 1.2 beta===
''Sunday, August 27 2006''

Wesnoth 1.1.9 has been released. Wesnoth 1.1.9 is the second 1.2 "official" beta release. Please, test it and continue [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs reporting bugs] to get a shiny 1.2 release. Have a look at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Screenshots new screenshots]. You can read the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12718 announcement] and the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.1.9/changelog?rev=13207&view=markup changelog].

===Wanted: Coders===
''Thursday, August 25 2006''

After asking for new translators was such a great success, we are now looking for people willing to contribute code to Wesnoth. We are especially looking for people who want to help fixing [http://bugs.wesnoth.org bugs] and submitting [http://bugs.wesnoth.org patches] in the short term. It is quite normal that the people commiting patches get developer access after some accepted patches. But we are not only looking for people to fix bugs in the short term. In the long term it might make sense to change the current graphics engine. This means it could be a rewrite or maybe a port of the current one to OpenGL (but still 2D). So if you know OpenGL, want to learn how to use it or just want to help improve the Wesnoth engine as it is, visit us in the irc channel #wesnoth-dev on irc.freenode.net or post a message in the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=10 Coder's Corner] in our forum.

== July 2006 ==
===Wesnoth 1.1.8: first 1.2 beta===
''Thursday, July 27 2006''

Wesnoth 1.1.8 has been released. Wesnoth 1.1.8 is the first 1.2 "official" beta release. Please, test it and continue [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs reporting bugs] to get a shiny 1.2 release. You can read the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12237 announcement] and the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.1.8/changelog?rev=12799&view=markup changelog].

== June 2006 ==
===Wanted: Translators===
''Wednesday, June 28 2006''

We are now really heading towards a new stable version. Right now the strings ingame are frozen so that translators have a chance to catch up. That is where you could come in. The translators do need every help that they can get. So if you want to help, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/WesnothTranslations this] page. Just contact the maintainer listed for the translation you want to help with. If the maintainer does either not react or there is noone listed, you can become maintainer of the translation. Just have a look at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/WesnothTranslationsHowTo How-To]. If your favorite lang does not have a translation yet, you can start it. Just have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/WesnothTranslationsHowTo this] site.

===Wesnoth 1.1.7: approaching 1.2===
''Monday, June 26 2006''

Wesnoth 1.1.7 has been released, which should be quite similar to the upcoming 1.2 version. Wesnoth 1.1.7 can be considered a 1.2 beta, from now on, only bugfixes and translation updates will be added to the game until 1.2 is out. Be sure to keep [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs reporting bugs]. You can read the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11863 announcement] and the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.1.7/changelog?rev=12232&view=markup changelog].

===The golden string freeze===
''Tuesday, June 13 2006''

As many of you should know we are not too far away from releasing 1.2. To prepare this there is now a string freeze. While this freeze is active there will be no changes to strings so that translators can catch up with the changes and are able to provide a complete translation for the upcoming stable release. You can find some more infos over [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11540 here].

===Wesnoth 1.1.5: Highspeed for Windows (?)===
''Sunday, June 11 2006''

Since it looks like there are some performance issues in the Windows binary we did now (like we already announced in the forum) manage to build it using a different way. The speed should be massivly improved but there are still some problems with it. Remember this is a very early testing version. We do need as many comments as possible to improve this build further. You can find the binary over [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11590&start=22 here].

===Wesnoth 1.1.5: Development release===
''Friday, June 9 2006''

Wesnoth 1.1.5 has been released and should be much more polished than the previous releases, although we are sure you will still manage to discover some bugs. Do not forget to [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report them]. You can read the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11590 announcement] and the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.1.5/changelog?rev=11981&view=markup changelog].

== May 2006 ==
===Wesnoth 1.1.4: Development release===
''Saturday, May 27 2006''

Wesnoth 1.1.4 has been released as soon as possible fixing most of the nasty bugs discovered in version 1.1.3. We hope you enjoy this release and keep [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs reporting bugs] to have a really polished Battle for Wesnoth 1.2. There also is some kind of [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11443 announcement] and a (very short) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.1.4/changelog?rev=11738&view=markup changelog].

'''Update:''' In the Windows binary package you have to rename python23.dll to python24.dll. Since there were this many problems with the Windows binary in the last days, maybe we should drop official Windows support? ;)
(For those who do not understand irony: We will have a Windows binary as long as someone volunteers to make it...)

'''Update 2:''' The new, fixed windows binary is already [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wesnoth/wesnoth-1.1.4a-windows.exe?download available for download].

===Updated screenshots===
''Saturday, May 27 2006''

Now that we released 1.1.3 (with some minor bugs) there also are some brand new screenshots. Feel free to have a look at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Screenshots screenshot page].

===Dev meeting to coordinate work on 1.2===
''Thursday, May 25 2006''

Following the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Wesnoth1.2ReleasePlan release plan] there is a dev meeting sheduled on Saturday, May 27th, 4pm UTC. It would be good if as many devs as possible take part in that meeting. It will take place in our IRC-channel #wesnoth-dev on irc.freenode.net. Main topic will be the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Wesnoth1.2Features feature list]. We'll try to have a look at which features are possible for 1.2 and which have to be removed from the list. And we'll also try to coordinate a little so that we are able to get the most important things into 1.2.

===Wesnoth 1.1.3: Development release===
''Wednesday, May 24 2006''

We were really busy working on Wesnoth in the last two months. Now here is the result of our hard work. Be aware that there were many changes. Be careful when looking at the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.1.3/changelog?rev=11607&view=markup changelog] since it is really huge. A very short and compressed list of changes can be found in the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11371 announcement]. Of course you can find the downloads on the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development download page].

At the moment we are heavily working on preparing a new stable release that will be called 1.2. So if you find bugs in the brand new 1.1.3 release, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them. Feel free to [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=22 comment] the official campaigns so that we can further improve them, too.

'''Update:''' It looks like there are some serious problems mainly related to the windows version of 1.1.3 and to the heavily changed mp-modus. ATM we are working on fixing some of these bugs. Keep an eye on the forum for more infos.

== April, 2006 ==
===Heading towards a stable release===
''Friday, April 28 2006''

Soon the time has come to get out another stable release. To be able to coordinate some things for this we do have a nice [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Wesnoth1.2ReleasePlan release plan]. Of course we won't stick closely to any of the dates and we'll try to break all of these deadlines. Now let's get serious: the plan only gives a rough timeline, nothing more.

===Hey, we have a trailer===
''Sometimes at the end of April 2006''

As you might have already seen, there now even is an official "The Battle for Wesnoth"-Trailer. Have a look at its downloadpage and watch it ASAP. Radoz made a great job with this video. You can get the trailer over [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Trailer here].
In the forum there is a [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10753&highlight= thread] dedicated to this video. Feel free to post your suggestions on how to further improve it over there.


== March, 2006 ==
===Wesnoth 1.1.2a: Bugfixes to the Development release===
''Thursday, March 23 2006''

We had a few bugs in our release of 1.1.2.  It seems that some scenarios from TROW had unexpectedly vanished.  Fortunately, after a short ordeal by our best and bravest, we've recovered them, and present them to you in our release of 1.1.2a, which fixes both that and a few minor bugs. The only changes in this release are to the data/ subdirectory, and the release is compatible, for multiplayer, with 1.1.2.  If you find any other bugs, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report them here]. The [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=144526#144526 announcement is over here]. The [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.1.2a/changelog?rev=10725 changelog] is really tiny, since this release is only meant to fix these bugs. To download this release, go to the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development download page].

===Wesnoth 1.1.2: Development release===
''Tuesday, March 21 2006''

Many things have happened in the time that has passed since the last release, and our developers have not been idle.  We proudly present our latest release, which features two new campaigns, several great new music tracks and sound effects, as well as hundreds of graphical improvements. Inevitably, a few bugs have crept in as well, and if you find any, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it. If you can't wait to read the announcement, [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10505 have a look at this page]. A list of all the changes (be careful, it's long) is in the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.1.2/changelog?rev=10676 changelog]. To download this release, go to the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development download page].


== Febuary, 2006 ==
===Wesnoth 1.1.1: Development release===
''Tuesday, Febuary 7 2006''

After more than a month of development, time has come for a release of 1.1.1. Beside a new campaign there are hundreds of other great improvements. For example the castle graphics have been updated and a complete new set of terrain graphics has been added.  You can find the whole announcement with many more thrilling details over [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=132742#132742 here]. All changes are listed in the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.1.1/changelog?rev=10016&view=markup changelog]. To download this release, go to the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development download page].


== January, 2006 ==
===Wesnoth 1.1: Development release===
''Sunday, January 1 2006''

This is the first development release after the 1.0.x branch. There are hundreds of great improvements not only graphics and balancing wise.  Be aware that it is not a stable release. You can find the whole announcement over [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9068 here]. All changes are listed in the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.1/changelog?rev=9365&view=markup changelog]. To download this release, go to the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development download page].

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