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Egallager: update; add some additional links/wording

2021-11-24T20:43:20Z

update; add some additional links/wording

Elven at 10:25, 3 April 2021

2021-04-03T10:25:38Z

Pentarctagon: /* See Also */

2021-01-23T01:01:37Z

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Svenor at 13:14, 6 November 2019

2019-11-06T13:14:45Z

Svenor: Adding the {Translation} navbar

2019-11-06T12:59:06Z

Adding the {Translation} navbar

Vultraz: /* Setting up the campaign */

2014-03-18T06:52:35Z

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Vultraz: /* Setting up the campaign */

2014-03-18T06:50:53Z

‎Setting up the campaign

Vultraz: /* Setting up the campaign */

2014-03-18T06:50:24Z

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Vultraz: /* See Also */

2014-03-18T00:53:09Z

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Vultraz at 16:08, 16 March 2014

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 Assuming you have your add-on set up with a basic _main.cfg as described in [[AddonStructure]], this page will guide you through the use of the [campaign] tag, as well as some general advice for designing the story.
-<b>Note:</b> <b>A Simple Campaign</b> by Anonymissimus or '''The Final Exam''' by Elven is an add-on made to help people starting to create their first campaign. You can download it from the add-ons server for your Wesnoth version.
+<b>Note:</b> <b>A Simple Campaign</b> by Anonymissimus or '''The Final Exam''' by Elven are add-ons made to help people starting to create their first campaign. You ought to be able download them from the add-ons server for your Wesnoth version (if they haven't been ported to your version yet, try a different version).
 <!-- (NOTE: this text may or may not be needed anymore. I intend these pages on the wiki to be a guide  itself, plus this link is very incomplete... leaving it here in a comment to decide on later - Vultraz, 3/17/14) Because many aspiring campaign developers find the initial creation of a working campaign to be difficult (if not exasperating) a [[BuildingCampaignsTutorial|step-by-step tutorial]] covering the initial phase of campaign development (getting it to work) is under construction.  It includes a working campaign that you can install, and then alter to fit your own needs. -->
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 There are too many quotations to pick one for this maxim.  The best way to learn how to do something is to copy it from someone else's campaign.  It's polite to ask first, and most campaign designers are happy to see small bits of their WML living in other campaigns.
-It's generally poor form to copy whole scenarios, maps, and campaigns, though.  And especially poor form to do so without permission.
+It's generally poor form to copy whole scenarios, maps, and campaigns, though.  And especially poor form to do so without permission and/or attribution. To be uploaded to the Wesnoth add-on server, add-ons have to have a compatible license (usually GPL or CC-BY-SA), so be sure to abide by the terms of whichever license is used when copying.
 == See Also ==
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 * [[ReferenceWML]]
 * [[Guide_to_UMC_Content]]
 * [http://www.catb.org/~esr/wesnoth/campaign-design-howto.html Campaign Design How To]

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 Assuming you have your add-on set up with a basic _main.cfg as described in [[AddonStructure]], this page will guide you through the use of the [campaign] tag, as well as some general advice for designing the story.
-<b>Note:</b> <b>A Simple Campaign</b> by Anonymissimus is an add-on made to help people starting to create their first campaign. You can download it from the add-ons server for your Wesnoth version.
+<b>Note:</b> <b>A Simple Campaign</b> by Anonymissimus or '''The Final Exam''' by Elven is an add-on made to help people starting to create their first campaign. You can download it from the add-ons server for your Wesnoth version.
 <!-- (NOTE: this text may or may not be needed anymore. I intend these pages on the wiki to be a guide  itself, plus this link is very incomplete... leaving it here in a comment to decide on later - Vultraz, 3/17/14) Because many aspiring campaign developers find the initial creation of a working campaign to be difficult (if not exasperating) a [[BuildingCampaignsTutorial|step-by-step tutorial]] covering the initial phase of campaign development (getting it to work) is under construction.  It includes a working campaign that you can install, and then alter to fit your own needs. -->

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 * [[ReferenceWML]]
 * [[Guide_to_UMC_Content]]
 * [http://www.catb.org/~esr/wesnoth/campaign-design-howto.html Campaign Design How To]

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 {{Translations}}
 {| style="float:right; margin-left:1em;"
 |__TOC__
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 While a single scenario might be used to create a single battle to play with your friends, a campaign is a number of scenarios grouped together to tell a story. Scenarios in a campaign usually depict specific locations that tell a bit of the story, as opposed to the "arenas" of multiplayer.

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-{{Create}}
+{{Translations}}
 {| style="float:right; margin-left:1em;"
 |__TOC__
 |}
 While a single scenario might be used to create a single battle to play with your friends, a campaign is a number of scenarios grouped together to tell a story. Scenarios in a campaign usually depict specific locations that tell a bit of the story, as opposed to the "arenas" of multiplayer.

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 Technically, a campaign is simply a string of scenarios with <b>next_scenario=<i>id</i></b> keys in toplevel (see [[BuildingScenarios]]), where the value of <b><i>id</i></b> is in the key of the same name in toplevel. This allows each one to load the next. But how to begin playing? By setting up a [campaign] tag in your _main.cfg.
-The [campaign] tag is like the campaign's "cover". It will display your work in the campaign selection dialog with a description, an image, as well as allowing the user to select a difficulty level before beginning to play.
+The [campaign] tag is like the campaign's "cover". It will display your work in the campaign selection dialog with a description, an image (as shown on the right), as well as allowing the user to select a difficulty level before beginning to play.
-* It should be placed in your _main.cfg <b>outside</b> any preprocessor conditionals.
+* It should be placed in your _main.cfg <b>outside</b> any preprocessor conditionals
 * For the <b>#ifdef</b> conditional, you should use the format <b>#ifdef <i>YOUR_DEFINE_HERE</i></b> (you may define one in [campaign]).
-The full syntax of the [campaign] tag is documented in [[CampaignWML]], and an example of a fully featured _main.cfg with one in use can be found on the [[BuildingCampaignsTheCampaignFile]] page.
+The full syntax of the [campaign] tag is documented in [[CampaignWML]], and an example of a fully featured _main.cfg with one in use can be found on the [[BuildingCampaignsTheCampaignFile]] page. If you run into errors while putting things together, [[DebuggingCampaigns]] has a few tips.
 <b>Note:</b> By default, you will find your campaign in the singleplayer selection menu. If you intend to create a multiplayer campaign, see [[MultiplayerContent]] for the required syntax amendments.

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 <div class="thumb tright"><div>
 [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki-images/wesnoth-campaigns-menu-1.11.11.jpg http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki-images/wesnoth-campaigns-menu-1.11.11-175.jpg]
-<div class="thumbcaption">The map editor</div></div>
+<div class="thumbcaption"><i>The South Guard</i></div></div>
 </div>
 Technically, a campaign is simply a string of scenarios with <b>next_scenario=<i>id</i></b> keys in toplevel (see [[BuildingScenarios]]), where the value of <b><i>id</i></b> is in the key of the same name in toplevel. This allows each one to load the next. But how to begin playing? By setting up a [campaign] tag in your _main.cfg.

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	== Setting up the campaign ==		== Setting up the campaign ==

		+	<div class="thumb tright"><div>
		+	[http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki-images/wesnoth-campaigns-menu-1.11.11.jpg http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki-images/wesnoth-campaigns-menu-1.11.11-175.jpg]
		+	<div class="thumbcaption">The map editor</div></div>
		+	</div>
	Technically, a campaign is simply a string of scenarios with <b>next_scenario=<i>id</i></b> keys in toplevel (see [[BuildingScenarios]]), where the value of <b><i>id</i></b> is in the key of the same name in toplevel. This allows each one to load the next. But how to begin playing? By setting up a [campaign] tag in your _main.cfg.		Technically, a campaign is simply a string of scenarios with <b>next_scenario=<i>id</i></b> keys in toplevel (see [[BuildingScenarios]]), where the value of <b><i>id</i></b> is in the key of the same name in toplevel. This allows each one to load the next. But how to begin playing? By setting up a [campaign] tag in your _main.cfg.

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 * [[BuildingScenarios]]
 * [[ReferenceWML]]
-* [[UserScenarios]]
+* [[Guide_to_UMC_Content]]
 * [[ExternalUtilities]]
 * [http://www.catb.org/~esr/wesnoth/campaign-design-howto.html Campaign Design How To]

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	The full syntax of the [campaign] tag is documented in [[CampaignWML]], and an example of a fully featured _main.cfg with one in use can be found on the [[BuildingCampaignsTheCampaignFile]] page.		The full syntax of the [campaign] tag is documented in [[CampaignWML]], and an example of a fully featured _main.cfg with one in use can be found on the [[BuildingCampaignsTheCampaignFile]] page.
		+
		+	If you run into errors while putting things together, [[DebuggingCampaigns]] has a few tips.

	<b>Note:</b> By default, you will find your campaign in the singleplayer selection menu. If you intend to create a multiplayer campaign, see [[MultiplayerContent]] for the required syntax amendments.		<b>Note:</b> By default, you will find your campaign in the singleplayer selection menu. If you intend to create a multiplayer campaign, see [[MultiplayerContent]] for the required syntax amendments.