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[edit]WML Tags

A: abilities, about, achievement, achievement_group, add_ai_behavior, advanced_preference, advancefrom, advancement, advances, affect_adjacent, ai, allied_with, allow_end_turn, allow_extra_recruit, allow_recruit, allow_undo, and, animate, animate_unit, animation, aspect, attack (replay, weapon), attack_anim, attacks (special, stats), avoid;

B: base_unit, background_layer, berserk, binary_path, break, brush;

C: campaign, cancel_action, candidate_action, capture_village, case, chance_to_hit, change_theme, chat, checkbox, choice, choose, clear_global_variable, clear_menu_item, clear_variable, color_adjust, color_palette, color_range, command (action, replay), continue, core, credits_group, criteria;

D: damage, damage_type, death, deaths, default, defend, defends, defense, delay, deprecated_message, destination, difficulty, disable, disallow_end_turn, disallow_extra_recruit, disallow_recruit, do, do_command, drains, draw_weapon_anim;

E: editor_group, editor_music, editor_times, effect, else (action, animation), elseif, endlevel, end_turn (action, replay), enemy_of, engine, entry (credits, options), era, event, experimental_filter_ability, experimental_filter_ability_active, experimental_filter_specials, extra_anim;

F: facet, facing, fake_unit, false, feedback, female, filter (concept, event), filter_adjacent, filter_adjacent_location, filter_attack, filter_attacker, filter_base_value, filter_condition, filter_defender, filter_enemy, filter_location, filter_opponent, filter_own, filter_owner, filter_radius, filter_recall, filter_second, filter_second_attack, filter_self, filter_side, filter_student, filter_vision, filter_weapon, filter_wml, find_path, fire_event, firststrike, floating_text, fonts, for, foreach, found_item, frame;

G: game_config, get_global_variable, goal, gold, gold_carryover;

H: harm_unit, has_ally, has_attack, has_unit, has_achievement, have_location, have_unit, heal_on_hit, heal_unit, healed_anim, healing_anim, heals, hide_help, hide_unit, hides;

I: idle_anim, if (action, animation, intro), illuminates, image (intro, terrain), init_side, insert_tag, inspect, item, item_group;

J: jamming_costs, join;

K: kill, killed;

L: label, language, leader, leader_goal, leadership, leading_anim, levelin_anim, levelout_anim, lift_fog, limit, literal, load_resource, locale, lock_view, lua;

M: male, menu_item, message, micro_ai, missile_frame, modification, modifications, modify_ai, modify_side, modify_turns, modify_unit, modify_unit_type, move, move_unit, move_unit_fake, move_units_fake, movement_anim, movement costs, movetype, multiplayer, multiplayer_side, music;

N: not, note;

O: object, objective, objectives, on_undo, open_help, option, options, or;

P: part, petrifies, petrify, place_shroud, plague, poison, post_movement_anim, pre_movement_anim, primary_attack, primary_unit, print, progress_achievement, put_to_recall_list;

R: race, random_placement, recall (action, replay), recalls, recruit, recruit_anim, recruiting_anim, recruits, redraw, regenerate, remove_event, remove_item, remove_object, remove_shroud, remove_sound_source, remove_time_area, remove_trait, remove_unit_overlay, repeat, replace_map, replace_schedule, replay, replay_start, reset_fog, resistance (ability, unit), resistance_defaults, resolution, resource, return, role, rule;

S: save, scenario, screen_fade, scroll, scroll_to, scroll_to_unit, secondary_attack, secondary_unit, section, select_unit, sequence, set_achievement, set_extra_recruit, set_global_variable, set_menu_item, set_recruit, set_specials, set_variable, set_variables, sheath_weapon_anim, show_if (message, objective, set_menu_item), show_objectives, side, skirmisher, slider, slow, snapshot, sound, sound_source, source (replay, teleport), special_note, specials, split, stage, standing_anim, statistics, status, store_gold, store_items, store_locations, store_map_dimensions, store_reachable_locations, store_relative_direction, store_side, store_starting_location, store_time_of_day, store_turns, store_unit, store_unit_defense, store_unit_defense_on, store_unit_type, store_unit_type_ids, store_villages, story, swarm, sub_achievement, switch, sync_variable;

T: target, team, teleport (ability, action), teleport_anim, terrain, terrain_defaults, terrain_graphics, terrain_mask, terrain_type, test, test_condition, test_do_attack_by_id, text_input, textdomain, theme, then, tile, time, time_area, topic, toplevel, trait, transform_unit, traveler, true, tunnel;

U: unhide_unit, unit (action, scenario), unit_overlay, unit_type, unit_worth, units, unlock_view, unpetrify, unstore_unit, unsynced;

V: value, variable, variables, variant, variation, victory_anim, village, vision_costs, volume;

W: while, wml_message, wml_schema;

Z: zoom;

The toplevel [language] tag

The contents of the [language] tag associate strings with certain keywords used by the engine and some WML, such as attack types and ranges. This tag used to only be recognized in data/hardwired/english.cfg, Template:DevFeature1.9 but it can now be placed anywhere.

The following keys and tags are recognized in [language] tags:

• EASY: string to associate with the EASY difficulty keyword.
• NORMAL: string to associate with the NORMAL difficulty keyword.
• HARD: string to associate with the HARD difficulty keyword.
• NIGHTMARE: string to associate with the NIGHTMARE difficulty keyword.
• liminal_description: Template:DevFeature1.9 string for the liminal alignment's description.
• lawful_description: string for the lawful alignment's description.
• neutral_description: string for the neutral alignment's description.
• chaotic_description: string for the chaotic alignment's description.
• bridge_name: comma-separated list of names to be used by the feature-labeling function for bridges.
• road_name: comma-separated list of names to be used by the feature-labeling function for roads.
• river_name: comma-separated list of names to be used by the feature-labeling function for rivers.
• forest_name: comma-separated list of names to be used by the feature-labeling function for forests.
• lake_name: comma-separated list of names to be used by the feature-labeling function for lakes.
• mountain_name: comma-separated list of names to be used by the feature-labeling function for mountains.
• swamp_name: comma-separated list of names to be used by the feature-labeling function for rivers.
• village_name: comma-separated list of names to be used by the feature-labeling function for villages.
• range_melee: string to associate with the melee range keyword.
• range_ranged: string to associate with the ranged range keyword.
• blade: (Version 1.9.3 and earlier only) string to associate with the blade type keyword.
• pierce: (Version 1.9.3 and earlier only) string to associate with the pierce type keyword.
• impact: (Version 1.9.3 and earlier only) string to associate with the impact type keyword.
• fire: (Version 1.9.3 and earlier only) string to associate with the fire type keyword.
• cold: (Version 1.9.3 and earlier only) string to associate with the cold type keyword.
• arcane: (Version 1.9.3 and earlier only) string to associate with the arcane type keyword.
• range_$RANGE: Template:DevFeature1.9 string to associate with whatever range $RANGE is in actual use. Refer to the examples section for actual uses and examples.
• type_$TYPE: Template:DevFeature1.9 string to associate with whatever $TYPE is in actual use. Refer to the the examples section for actual uses and examples.

Examples

Examples and actual uses of range_$RANGE

Example of an actual use in mainline:

[language]
    range_melee= _ "melee"
[/language]

Example of an association of a string with the keyword for a very_long range in UMC:

[+language]
    range_very_long= _ "very long"
[/language]

Examples and actual uses of type_$TYPE

Example of an actual use in mainline:

[language]
    type_arcane=_ "arcane"
[/language]

Example of an association of a string with the keyword for an electric type in UMC:

[+language]
    type_electric= _ "electric"
[/language]

See Also

• ReferenceWML