MultiplayerServerWML

Multiplayer Server WML

This page describes the WML used to communicate with the multiplayer server (wesnothd).

The login procedure

• server request (optional)
  • [version]

• client response
  • [version]
    • version The client's version string.

• server request
  • [mustlogin]

• client response
  • [login]
    • username The username the client would like to have.

• server response
  • [join_lobby]

• server response
  • [gamelist]
    • [user]
      • name The username of the player.
      • location The name of the game the player is in.
      • available "yes" if the player is in the lobby; "no" if in a game.
    • [game]
      • mp_use_map_settings Does the game use map settings specified in the scenario.
      • mp_fog Does the game use fog.
      • mp_shroud Does the game use shroud.
      • mp_countdown Does the game use a timer.
      • observer Are observers allowed or not.
      • map_data The map data.
      • experience_modifier The experience setting.
      • turn The current turn/max turn.
      • id The id of the game.
      • mp_countdown_reservoir_time
      • mp_village_gold The number of gold per village.
      • mp_countdown_init_time
      • mp_era The id of the used era.
      • mp_countdown_action_bonus
      • mp_countdown_turn_bonus
      • nameThe title of the game.
      • human_sides The number of sides played by humans.
      • hash The hash value of the map_data.
      • mp_scenario The id of the scenario.
      • slots The number of vacant/max slots.

Many of these keys are described more indepth on the ScenarioWML page.

Updating the lobby state

• server message - basically a diff from two [gamelist]s
  • [gamelist_diff]
    • [insert_child] or [delete_child]
      • index Index of the child (game or user).
      • [gamelist] Same tags/keys as above in [gamelist] possible
    • [change_child] Same tags as above in [gamelist] possible
      • index Index of the child (game or user).
        • [insert] or [delete] Same keys as above in [game] or [user] possible
      • [gamelist]
        • [change_child] Same tags as above in [gamelist] possible
          • [insert] or [delete] Same keys as above in [game] or [user] possible
        • [insert_child] Same tags as above in [gamelist] possible

• server message - observers joining/quiting games
  • [observer] or [observer_quit]
    • name Username of the observer.

Lobby chat

• server message
  • [message] or [whisper]
    • sender The sender of the message.
    • message The message itself.

• client message
  • [message] or [whisper]
    • message The message itself.