WML for Complete Beginners: Chapter 2 - Revision history

Celtic Minstrel: /* The Userdata Directory */ Give a more reliable way of finding the userdata directory

2023-01-29T19:39:12Z

‎The Userdata Directory: Give a more reliable way of finding the userdata directory

Celtic Minstrel: Nicer index and navigation

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Nicer index and navigation

Shiki: /* The Userdata Directory */ 1.14 -> 1.16

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‎The Userdata Directory: 1.14 -> 1.16

Shiki: /* The Userdata Directory */ use old version number for when explaining removed option

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‎The Userdata Directory: use old version number for when explaining removed option

Holius: /* The Userdata Directory */ version update 1.12 -> 1.14

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‎The Userdata Directory: version update 1.12 -> 1.14

Greeneyelink: /* The Campaign Folder */

2018-04-17T20:21:56Z

‎The Campaign Folder

Greeneyelink: /* The data folder */

2018-04-17T20:19:30Z

‎The data folder

William: /* The Campaign Folder */

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‎The Campaign Folder

William: /* The Campaign Folder */

2015-11-10T08:49:01Z

‎The Campaign Folder

Celtic Minstrel: Update data dirs to 1.12

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Update data dirs to 1.12

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 There are two main directories that Wesnoth creates on your computer. The '''installation directory''' contains all the files for the core game. The '''userdata directory''' stores all your personal Wesnoth data, which includes your installed add-ons, your settings and preferences, and your saved games. The userdata directory is where we will store your work throughout this tutorial.
-The location of your userdata directory differs depending on your operating system, and in the case of Microsoft Windows, the version of your operating system. Refer to the following table to determine where your userdata directory is located:
+The location of your userdata directory differs depending on your operating system, and in the case of Microsoft Windows, the version of your operating system. To find your userdata director, launch Wesnoth and click on the small "i" button in the bottom left corner of the main menu, then click on the folder button beside the User Data directory.
 Provided that you have already run the Wesnoth application at least once before, you should see a total of five folders ("cache", "data", "editor", "persist", and "saves") in this directory, along with two files ("preferences" and "save_index.gz"). If you see all seven of these, everything is good. If you do not see all seven, try running the Wesnoth application. If that does not work, try restarting your computer. If neither of these steps work, reinstall Wesnoth.
 Of the seven objects contained in the userdata folder, you will only ever need to directly interact with two: the "data" folder and the "editor" folder.

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 ==Chapter 2: The Userdata Directory and the Campaign Folder==
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 All campaigns share this common folder structure.
-Continue to [[WML for Complete Beginners: Chapter 3]]
+{{Navigation|[[WML for Complete Beginners: Chapter 1|'''Chapter 1'''<br>Syntax]]|[[WML for Complete Beginners: Chapter 3|'''Chapter 3'''<br>The _main.cfg]]}}
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 {| border="1"
 !Windows XP
-|~/My Documents/My Games/Wesnoth 1.14/
+|~/My Documents/My Games/Wesnoth 1.16/
 |-
 !Windows Vista and above
-|~/Documents/My Games/Wesnoth 1.14/
+|~/Documents/My Games/Wesnoth 1.16/
 |-
 !Mac OS X
-|~/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth 1.14/
+|~/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth 1.16/
 |-
 !Linux
-|~/.local/share/wesnoth/1.14/
+|~/.local/share/wesnoth/1.16/
 |}

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	''Note:'' On Windows, if you chose 'Store userdata in the install location' during setup, the userdata directory is usually in<br>		''Note:'' On Windows, if you chose 'Store userdata in the install location' during setup, the userdata directory is usually in<br>
−	~/AppData/Local/VirtualStore/Program Files (x86)/Battle for Wesnoth 1.14.5	+	~/AppData/Local/VirtualStore/Program Files (x86)/Battle for Wesnoth 1.12.6

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 {| border="1"
 !Windows XP
-|~/My Documents/My Games/Wesnoth 1.12/
+|~/My Documents/My Games/Wesnoth 1.14/
 |-
 !Windows Vista and above
-|~/Documents/My Games/Wesnoth 1.12/
+|~/Documents/My Games/Wesnoth 1.14/
 |-
 !Mac OS X
-|~/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth 1.12/
+|~/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth 1.14/
 |-
 !Linux
-|~/.local/share/wesnoth/1.12/
+|~/.local/share/wesnoth/1.14/
 |}
 ''Note:'' On Windows, if you chose 'Store userdata in the install location' during setup, the userdata directory is usually in<br>
-~/AppData/Local/VirtualStore/Program Files (x86)/Battle for Wesnoth 1.12.7
+~/AppData/Local/VirtualStore/Program Files (x86)/Battle for Wesnoth 1.14.5

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 ===The Campaign Folder===
-Like I told you earlier, all add-ons are installed in the data folder inside the userdata directory. That means that your campaign will also be located inside the data folder. If you're not already there, enter the data folder now.
+Like I told you earlier, all add-ons are installed in the data/add-ons folder inside the userdata directory. That means that your campaign will also be located inside the data/add-ons folder. If you're not already there, enter the data/add-ons folder now.
-Next, create a new folder inside the data folder. Name this new folder "my_first_campaign" exactly as I wrote it here (but don't include the quotation marks). Make sure you spelled it right, that you didn't accidentally capitalize any letters and that you included the underscores between the words in the folder name, because if you don't your campaign won't work when you try to play it.
+Next, create a new folder inside the data/add-ons folder. Name this new folder "my_first_campaign" exactly as I wrote it here (but don't include the quotation marks). Make sure you spelled it right, that you didn't accidentally capitalize any letters and that you included the underscores between the words in the folder name, because if you don't your campaign won't work when you try to play it.
 Now enter the "my_first_campaign" folder and create seven new folders. Name these folders "images", "macros", "maps", "scenarios", "translations", "units" and "utils" (again, make sure you spelled everything right, that you didn't accidentally capitalize anything, and that you didn't include the quotation marks).

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 ====The data folder====
-:The data folder is where all installed add-ons are kept. This is where we will be building our campaign, when we get to that. If you have previously installed any Wesnoth add-ons, they should show up in this folder.
+:The data folder (more exactly the data/add-ons/ folder) is where all installed add-ons are kept. This is where we will be building our campaign, when we get to that. If you have previously installed any Wesnoth add-ons, they should show up in this folder.
 ====The editor folder====

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	Or head back to [[WML for Complete Beginners: Chapter 1]]		Or head back to [[WML for Complete Beginners: Chapter 1]]
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		+	Return to Main Index:
		+	[[WML for Complete Beginners]]

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		+	Or head back to [[WML for Complete Beginners: Chapter 1]]

	[[Category:WML_for_Complete_Beginners]]		[[Category:WML_for_Complete_Beginners]]