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Pentarctagon at 02:51, 26 May 2022

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Pentarctagon at 02:50, 26 May 2022

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Pentarctagon: /* Game legend */

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‎Game legend

Pentarctagon: /* Multiplayer menu */

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‎Multiplayer menu

Pentarctagon: /* Talking to players */

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‎Talking to players

Pentarctagon: /* Hosts */

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‎Hosts

Pentarctagon: /* Tips */

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‎Tips

Pentarctagon at 06:16, 16 May 2020

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Pentarctagon at 06:14, 16 May 2020

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	==== Creating a game ====		==== Creating a game ====
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−	~~<div class="thumb tright"><div>~~
−	~~[http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/9342/creategamekd1.png http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/9342/creategamekd1.th.png]~~
−	~~<div class="thumbcaption">Creating a game</div></div>~~
−	~~</div>~~
−	~~When pressing the create game button, you should see something like this :~~

	This window will allow you to configure the game you want to play. Different options are available.		This window will allow you to configure the game you want to play. Different options are available.

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 === The lobby ===
 The multiplayer '''lobby''' is a game screen with interactive list of games, of players and a [[MP_Tutorial#Talking_to_players|simple chat interface]].
 It is divided into four areas, each further described below:

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 === Multiplayer menu ===
 The first thing you need to do if you want to play a multiplayer game is to choose which kind of game you want to play.
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 A new window will pop-up, asking you what kind of multiplayer game you want to play
 * Put your username on the top.

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 * '''<span style="background-color:black; color:#00FF00;">&nbsp;Green&nbsp;</span>''' are games you can join or observe and which haven't started yet.
 * '''<span style="background-color:black; color:#EFEF00;">&nbsp;Yellow&nbsp;</span>''' are reloaded games, only people with the same name as the original players can join.
 * On the left appears a thumbnail of the map.
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 * Then comes the number of players the map is designed for (4p in the same example).
 * And last is the name of the map : "Isar's Cross".
 '''''Eras can be downloaded on the main screen of Battle for Wesnoth, in the "Add-ons" menu.'''''
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 Some other games are reserved, most of the times the word "reserved" appears in the name of the game. Ladder games are reserved for ladder players only for example.
 This game also uses a timer. Players will have 270 seconds per turn, a 200 seconds reserve and a 20 seconds action bonus (they will get 20 seconds more each time they do an action).
-'''In any case, please read the name of the game before joining''', a lot of informations is written here by the game hosts.
+'''In any case, please read the name of the game before joining''', a lot of information is written here by the game hosts.
 ==== Players ====

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 <div class="thumb tright"><div>
 <div class="thumbcaption">Battle for Wesnoth main menu</div></div>
 </div>
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 <div class="thumb tright"><div>
 <div class="thumbcaption">Pop-up window</div></div>
 </div>

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 :'''*''' Double click on a player name on the right panel, a window will pop-up, then type your message and press Enter.
 :'''*''' When combined with [[MP_Tutorial#Tips|tab-completion]], the faster way to whisper is by typing in the following command and pressing Enter:<BR>
-:::: "/m username message", changing "username" the the desired nickname. To see more useful commands check the following page: [[MP_CodeOfConduct#Useful_commands|Useful_commands]]
+:::: "/m username message", changing "username" the the desired nickname.
 ==== Hosts ====

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 ==== Hosts ====
 Any player who creates a game is that game's host.<br>
-He/she is in charge of solving any in-game issues or disputes between players, possibly with the aid of the host-only [[MP_CodeOfConduct#command_type_2|commands]].
+He/she is in charge of solving any in-game issues or disputes between players, possibly with the aid of the host-only commands.
 === Time To Play ===

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 ==== Registering a nickname ====
-registering a nick has a number of advantages:
+Registering a nick has a number of advantages:
 * it makes it harder for someone to impersonate you, and people will immediately know it's you
 * you can kick an old instance of your connection by reconnecting (remove the 'ghost')

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	<span style="font-size:85%">(NOTE: sending PM's to people who don't know you might offend them)</span>		<span style="font-size:85%">(NOTE: sending PM's to people who don't know you might offend them)</span>

		+	=== Useful commands ===
		+
		+	The wesnoth multiplayer server supports several commands that can be helpful when dealing with the games and people that you meet. The most useful are:
		+
		+	{\| align="center" {{Prettytable}}
		+	\|-
		+	\|style="background-color:#ffaf00;"\|<div id="command_head">'''Command'''</div>
		+	\|\|'''Description'''
		+	\|-
		+	\| colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffeda9;"\| '''&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;Typed in a message box, either directly in lobby or by pressing 'm' in a game'''
		+	\|-
		+	\|style="background-color:#ceecff;" \|'''/query adminmsg '''text
		+	\|send a message 'text' to all available server moderators.   <span style="font-size:80%">(See [[ServerAdministration\|this page]] for more /query commands.)</span>
		+	\|-
		+	\|style="background-color:#ceecff;" \|'''/m '''nick text
		+	\|write a private message 'text' to 'nick'   <span style="font-size:80%">(identical to /msg or /whisper) (also by double-clicking the nick)</span>
		+	\|-
		+	\|style="background-color:#ceecff;" \|'''/friend '''nick
		+	\|add 'nick' to your friendslist  <span style="font-size:90%">(so that 'nick' will be listed at the top of the lobby)</span>
		+	\|-
		+	\|style="background-color:#ceecff;" \|'''/ignore '''nick
		+	\|add 'nick' to your ignorelist  <span style="font-size:90%">(so that 'nick' will be listed at the bottom of the lobby and you don't see messages written by 'nick')</span>
		+	\|-
		+	\| colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffeda9;"\| <div id="command_type_2>'''&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;Typed in a command box, by pressing ':' in a game</div>'''
		+	\|-
		+	\|style="background-color:#ceecff;" \|'''control '''side nick
		+	\|give 'nick' control over the side number 'side'
		+	\|-
		+	\|style="background-color:#ceecff;" \|'''droid '''side on
		+	\|give control of a side number 'side' to the computer AI.<span style="font-size:83%">  '''''droid''''' ''side''  switches between AI and human control</span>
		+	\|-
		+	\|style="background-color:#ceecff;" \|'''kick '''nick
		+	\|remove player with 'nick' from the current game
		+	\|-
		+	\|style="background-color:#ceecff;" \|'''ban '''nick
		+	\|remove from and prevent further rejoining of player with name 'nick' from the current game  <span style="font-size:90%">(the player does not have to be in the game but on the server)</span>
		+	\|-
		+	\|style="background-color:#ceecff;" \|'''nosaves'''
		+	\|turn off the autosaves function, can be helpful in speeding up things in large scenarios
		+	\|}
		+
		+	<span style="font-size:95%">
		+	For a list of universal multiplayer commands see [[ChatCommands]] or use the /help command in a MP game or lobby.
		+
		+	For a list of in-game commands see [[CommandMode]] or use the :help command in a game.

	=== Final Word ===		=== Final Word ===

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 When you connect to the server, a welcome message appears in the chat area at the bottom. It contains some useful directions and occasionally some current information.<br>
-Perhaps the most important part of it is the link to the official server's [[MP_CodeOfConduct|Code of Conduct]]. All players who stay on the server are supposed to have read it, but of course we can't force anyone. : )
+Perhaps the most important part of it is the link to the official server's [https://r.wesnoth.org/rules#w0mp Code of Conduct]. All players who stay on the server are supposed to have read it, but of course we can't force anyone. : )
 === The lobby ===
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 === See Also ===
-* [[MP_CodeOfConduct|Wesnoth Code of Conduct]]
+* [https://r.wesnoth.org/rules#w0mp Wesnoth MP Code of Conduct]
 * [[GettingStarted|Getting Started]]
 * [[CommandMode|Useful Commands]]