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Interested in creating your own scenarios and campaigns? One of Wesnoth's best features is its extensibility. Players can create new maps, units, races, scenarios, art, music, and even entire campaigns.  Access to the "guts" of the game is both simple and difficult; if you have a UTF-8 text editor you have everything you need to build your own world.  However, learning the Wesnoth Markup Language (WML) takes some effort.  This section will guide you through the process of creating and distributing your own content.
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Interested in creating your content? One of Wesnoth's best features is its extensibility. Players can create new maps, units, races, scenarios, art, music, and even entire campaigns!
  
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Access to the "guts" of the game is both simple and difficult; if you have a UTF-8 text editor you have everything you need to build your own world. However, learning the Wesnoth Markup Language (WML) takes some effort. This section will guide you through the process of creating and distributing your own content.
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Remember you can always ask for assistance and collaborate with fellow content creators on the Wesnoth forums.
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== Read this first! ==
 
== Read this first! ==
Before you modify or add anything, it is important to understand how the game stores and organizes its data. These articles will explain the game's directory structure and introduce the ''userdata'' directory.
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Before you modify or create anything, it is important to understand how the game stores and organizes its data. These articles will explain the game's directory structure and introduce the ''userdata'' directory.
 
* [[EditingWesnoth]]
 
* [[EditingWesnoth]]
 
* [[AddonStructure]]
 
* [[AddonStructure]]
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<div class="thumbcaption">The map editor</div></div>
 
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* [[WML for Complete Beginners|WML Tutorial]] - Introduction to WML ''(In Progress)''
 
* [[BuildingMaps|Maps]] - the battlefields the game is played on
 
* [[BuildingMaps|Maps]] - the battlefields the game is played on
 
* [[BuildingScenarios|Scenarios]] - making things happen on a map, making it playable
 
* [[BuildingScenarios|Scenarios]] - making things happen on a map, making it playable
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* [[Create Music|Music]]
 
* [[Create Music|Music]]
 
* [[Create Writing|Writing]]
 
* [[Create Writing|Writing]]
* [[Practical Guide to Modifying AI Behavior|Artificial Intelligence]] - how to create and modify AI behavior
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* [[Wesnoth AI|Artificial Intelligence]] - how to create and modify AI behavior
 
* [[WesnothTranslations|Translations]] - work on translating Wesnoth
 
* [[WesnothTranslations|Translations]] - work on translating Wesnoth
 
* [[Authoring tools]] - tools for helping you write campaign WML
 
* [[Authoring tools]] - tools for helping you write campaign WML
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== What have others done? ==
 
== What have others done? ==
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<div class="thumbcaption"><i>After the Storm</i>, a UMC campaign</div></div>
 
<div class="thumbcaption"><i>After the Storm</i>, a UMC campaign</div></div>
 
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There is a multitude of multiplayer factions and eras, multiplayer maps and discussion of campaigns on the [http://forums.wesnoth.org/ Wesnoth forums]
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There is a multitude of multiplayer factions and eras, multiplayer maps and discussion of campaigns on the [https://forums.wesnoth.org/ Wesnoth forums]
* [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewforum.php?f=8 Scenario and Campaign Development forum]
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* [https://forums.wesnoth.org/viewforum.php?f=8 Scenario and Campaign Development forum]
* [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewforum.php?f=15 Multiplayer Development forum]
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* [https://forums.wesnoth.org/viewforum.php?f=15 Multiplayer Development forum]
* [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewforum.php?f=19 Faction and Era Development forum]
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* [https://forums.wesnoth.org/viewforum.php?f=19 Faction and Era Development forum]
 
* [[Guide_to_UMC_Content|Guide to UMC Content]]
 
* [[Guide_to_UMC_Content|Guide to UMC Content]]
 
* [[Player_UMC_Reviews|Player UMC Reviews]]
 
* [[Player_UMC_Reviews|Player UMC Reviews]]
  
If you want to be creative without having to invent an entire new campaign,  
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If you want to be creative without having to invent an entire new campaign, we have some hidden treasures:
see this thread on [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=17171 abandoned campaigns].  You should be able to pick one of these up and complete it with much less effort than doing an all-new one.
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* A forum thread on [https://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=17171 abandoned campaigns]
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* A [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C3RJNgIfYY6H6wU73drO8qSByelZNBXra-pvwNEu8RQ/edit?usp=drive_web&ouid=109233572392013695552 google sheet document]
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* A dedicated [https://wiki.wesnoth.org/Abandoned wiki-page].   
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You should be able to pick one of these up and complete it with much less effort than doing an all-new one.
  
 
== The world of Wesnoth ==
 
== The world of Wesnoth ==
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<div class="thumbcaption">The Great Continent</div></div>
 
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== Miscellaneous ==
 
== Miscellaneous ==
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* [[ExternalUtilities| External Utilities]] - some extra tools for easier creating stuff
 
* [[ExternalUtilities| External Utilities]] - some extra tools for easier creating stuff
 
* [[ReferenceWML|WML Reference]] - a quicklink
 
* [[ReferenceWML|WML Reference]] - a quicklink
 
* [[FAQ]] - if you have a question, post it
 
* [[FAQ]] - if you have a question, post it
* [http://addons.wesnoth.org Add-on server web interface] - An alternate way to download user made content
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* [https://addons.wesnoth.org Add-on server web interface] - An alternate way to download user made content
  
 
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Revision as of 11:30, 8 December 2018

Interested in creating your content? One of Wesnoth's best features is its extensibility. Players can create new maps, units, races, scenarios, art, music, and even entire campaigns!

Access to the "guts" of the game is both simple and difficult; if you have a UTF-8 text editor you have everything you need to build your own world. However, learning the Wesnoth Markup Language (WML) takes some effort. This section will guide you through the process of creating and distributing your own content.

Remember you can always ask for assistance and collaborate with fellow content creators on the Wesnoth forums.

Read this first!

Before you modify or create anything, it is important to understand how the game stores and organizes its data. These articles will explain the game's directory structure and introduce the userdata directory.

What can I create, and how?

wesnoth-1.11.8-4-175.jpg

The map editor

What have others done?

umc-example-1.12-175.jpg

After the Storm, a UMC campaign

There is a multitude of multiplayer factions and eras, multiplayer maps and discussion of campaigns on the Wesnoth forums

If you want to be creative without having to invent an entire new campaign, we have some hidden treasures:

You should be able to pick one of these up and complete it with much less effort than doing an all-new one.

The world of Wesnoth

wesnoth-map-1.12-175.jpg

The Great Continent

Not all campaigns take place in Wesnoth, but many do. There is definitely a certain flavor to campaigns that are intended to take place somewhere in the world of Wesnoth. Stake out a time period or a map locale and tell a story.

Miscellaneous