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What would you like to learn about Wesnoth in this wiki? Play it, create with it, support for it, project resources about it, credits of it.

This is a page with starting points to exploring this wiki about The Battle for Wesnoth. In addition to the wiki, there's also a homepage, a forum, and a Gna project page.

Getting the Game

Downloading

Download - get the most recent source-files and many binaries
- WesnothBinaries - precompiled for GNU/Linux, BeOS, PDAs, ...
- WesnothBinariesLinux - precompiled for many GNU/Linux distributions

Compiling

CompilingWesnoth - on Unix, Mac, Windows, GNU/Linux, PDAs, ...
UsingSourceinstall - using GNU Source Installer to automate installation and upgrades from source (Unix-likes only)
DebuggingWesnoth - on GNU/Linux and Unix-like systems
WesnothOnLinuxPDAs - on the Qtopia/OPIE and thepdaXrom/Zaurus C series

Playing the Game (Play)

For New Players

GettingStarted - read me first!
WesnothManual - the rules
MainlineCampaigns - walkthroughs for the game-supplied campaigns

For Not-So-New Players

AdvancedTactics - beating the AI and other people
MultiplayerServers - where to play against other people online
Replays - archive of replays new and old
How to play... - learn more about various faction vs faction strategies

Reference

HotKeysSystem - keyboard shortcuts
CommandMode - commands you can use in-game
ServerAdministration - commands that authenticated users can use to administer the server
Units - Units advancement trees and stats
Races - Drakes, Dwarves, Elves, [[[Humans]], Orcs, Undead, etc.
- Factions - all major factions, mainline and user-made
Wesnoth Acronyms and Slang - common wesnothian acronyms and slang explained

Tweaking the Game (Create)

Scenarios & Campaigns

UserScenarios - user-written scenarios, campaigns and game modifications
UMCSandbox - where you can do collaborative UMC development
BuildingCampaigns - how to make your own single player campaigns
MultiplayerCampaigns - how to make your own multiplayer campaigns
BuildingScenarios - how to make your own scenarios
BuildingUnits - how to make your own units
UnitAnalysis - tool to analyze units

References

ReferenceWML and AlphabeticalWML - all about Wesnoth Markup Language
ReferencePythonAPI - upcoming Python interface for AI

Tools & Utilities

ExternalUtilities - scripts to help create scenarios, campaigns, and graphics
WesnothMapEditor - summary of controls
CustomizingStartup - some tweaks for optimizing the game's startup&performance

Art related

Art Tutorials - help in creating art
GraphicLibrary - unit and terrain images posted on the forums
Tiles_Status - terrain tiles: proposed and in progress.

Improving the Game

ReportingBugs - use Gna!
Guidelines for suggesting features - To submit a feature request, use http://bugs.wesnoth.org

Developer information

DeveloperResources - useful links
Changelog - the most recent changes made to the game
WesnothSVN - accessing the source code
HackingWesnoth - guide for programmers
CodingStandards - for programmers
DeveloperGuide - for those who received SVN commit rights
Missing unit animations and sounds - what's available and what's missing
WritingYourOwnAI - write a C++ plugin
FormulaAI - Guide to the experimental formula AI branch
ThemeSystem - customizing the screen layout for the game and the editor
ReleasingWesnoth - steps to follow to release a new version
WesnothPackagersGuide - guidelines for packaging Wesnoth for different platforms
EasyCoding - Bugs and features that are easy to implement for new coders
NotSoEasyCoding - Bugs and features which are doable but lacking someone working on them
WesnothGL - Guide to programming the Wesnoth OpenGL branch
WesnothdDesign - Guide to the design of wesnothd, the multiplayer server.

Game translations

GettextForTranslators - how to translate Wesnoth under GetText
WesnothTranslations - completely unknown stats...
WesCamp - a project for translating user-made campaigns

About the Game

WesnothPhilosophy - Dave on Wesnoth
History of Wesnoth - the Ages of Wesnoth
Geography of Wesnoth - description of Wesnoth and surrounding lands
WesnothFigures - notable figures of valorous and infamous deeds in Wesnoth
WesnothReviews - third party reviews of Wesnoth
#wesnoth - our IRC channel
Donate or buy Wesnoth merchandise.
Trailer - the Wesnoth trailer

Other

UsefulLinks
Map of Wesnoth player locations - add yourself to the map!
Wikipedia entry for Wesnoth
WikiHaiku

About this Wiki

Editing - learn how to edit pages
Sandbox - experiment with the wiki
WikiMigration - we were looking for a replacement for our old wiki (and ended up using Mediawiki)
Obsolete - help in updating the wiki for v1.4

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 ** [http://server.wesnoth.org/~wesnoth/trunk Trunk version]
-* [[RaceDescriptions]] - Elves, Humans, Dwarves, Orcs, Drakes, Undead, Others
+* [[Races]] - [[Drakes (race)|Drakes]], [[Dwarves]], [[Elves]], [[[Humans]], [[Orcs]], [[Undead (race)|Undead]], etc.
-** [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Category:Factions Factions] - list all user made factions
+** [[Factions]] - all major factions, mainline and user-made
 * [[Wesnoth_Acronyms_and_Slang|Wesnoth Acronyms and Slang]] - common wesnothian acronyms and slang explained
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 == About the Game ==
 * [[WesnothPhilosophy]] - Dave on Wesnoth
-* [[WesnothHistory]] - the Ages of Wesnoth
+* [[History of Wesnoth]] - the Ages of Wesnoth
-* [[WesnothGeography]] - description of Wesnoth and surrounding lands
+* [[Geography of Wesnoth]] - description of Wesnoth and surrounding lands
 * [[WesnothFigures]] - notable figures of valorous and infamous deeds in Wesnoth
 * [[WesnothReviews]] - third party reviews of Wesnoth