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==December==
 
==December==
===Wesnoth 1.3.13: Development Release===
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===Wesnoth 1.4.7: Maintenance Release===
''Saturday, December 29 2007''
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''Tuesday, December 16 2008''
  
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to everybody! Here is the dev teams present to you: a new campaign, support for compressed savegames (savegame size goes down by more than 90%) and improved support for multiplayer campaigns (finally they really should be possible). There are more new and changed things but if you want some more info about what changed, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=269886#269886 this forum thread]. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.13/players_changelog?rev=22633&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.13/changelog?rev=22633&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
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Wesnoth 1.4.7 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.4.x branch. In this release, replays from singleplayer campaigns should finally work (for most cases). To celebrate the release and comment on it, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23292 this forum thread]. There are still two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.4.7/players_changelog?rev=31465&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.4.7/changelog?rev=31465&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is not much more to read either...
  
At the moment no binaries are ready, but once they are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite a few bugs. If you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
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At the moment the Debian, Gentoo, MacOSX and Windows binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.4_branch.29 download page]. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.
  
'''Update:''' The Windows binaries are now available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page].
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==November==
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===Wesnoth 1.5.6: Development Release===
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''Sunday, November 23 2008''
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A new development release is ready. This is the seventh release in the 1.5.x tree. Over the last 7 weeks many changes were implemented. A new campaign was added, and a really popular campaign was brought back into shape. Now is the perfect time for translators to start working on the development branch, too. Have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=322972#p322972 this forum thread] to learn more about this release and to find out how you can help with translations.
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As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.5.6/players_changelog?rev=30976&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.5.6/changelog?rev=30976&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
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At the moment the Windows and the MacOSX binaries are ready. You can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.5_branch.29 download page]. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.5_branch.29 download page], too. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include many bugs. If you find one, [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
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===Wesnoth 1.4.6: Maintenance Release===
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''Sunday, November 9 2008''
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Wesnoth 1.4.6 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.4.x branch. In this release several smaller bugs were fixed and many translations were updated. To celebrate the release and comment on it, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=320065#p320065 this forum thread]. There are still two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.4.6/players_changelog?rev=30551&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice (only translation updates this time) and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.4.6/changelog?rev=30551&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is not much more to read either...
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At the moment the Debian, Gentoo, Mac OSX and Windows binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.4_branch.29 download page]. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.
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==October==
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===Wesnoth 1.5.5: Development Release===
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''Monday, October 6 2008''
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A new development release is ready. This is the sixth release in the 1.5.x tree. Have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=22423 this forum thread] which describes the most important changes. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.5.5/players_changelog?rev=29914&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.5.5/changelog?rev=29914&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
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At the moment only the windows binary is ready. You can find it at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.5_branch.29 download page]. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.5_branch.29 download page], too. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
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==September==
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===Wesnoth 1.5.4: Development Release===
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''Wednesday, September 10 2008''
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A new Development release is ready. This is the fifth release in the 1.5.x tree. esr was busy fixing bug and since I am too lazy for listing them all in here, better have a look at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=22092 forum thread] which describes the most important changes. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.5.4/players_changelog?rev=29374&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.5.4/changelog?rev=29374&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
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At the moment no binaries are ready. Once they are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.5_branch.29 download page]. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
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===Wesnoth 1.4.5: Maintenance Release===
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''Monday, September 8 2008''
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Wesnoth 1.4.5 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.4.x branch. In this release several smaller bugs were fixed and many translations were updated. To celebrate the release and comment on it, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=22066 this forum thread]. There are still two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.4.5/players_changelog?rev=29223&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice (only translation updates this time) and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.4.5/changelog?rev=29223&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is not much more to read either...
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At the moment the Debian, Gentoo, Mac OSX and OpenSolaris binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.4_branch.29 download page]. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.
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'''Update:''' The Windows binary is now available on the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.4_branch.29 download page].
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'''Update 2:''' Fixed windows binary is now available. If you had crashing problems with 1.4.5 you should upgrade to 1.4.5c.
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==August==
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===Wesnoth 1.5.3: Development Release===
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''Friday, August 22 2008''
  
'''Update 2:''' The MacOSX binaries are now available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Soon the server will be updated to only support 1.3.13.
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A new Development release is ready. This is the fourth release in the 1.5.x tree. A lot was changed since the start of the stable 1.4.x branch and since I am too lazy to list all the great changes in here, better have a look at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=21817 forum thread] which describes the most important changes. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.5.3/players_changelog?rev=28777&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.5.3/changelog?rev=28777&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
  
===Wesnoth 1.3.12: Development Release===
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At the moment no binaries are ready. Once they are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.5_branch.29 download page]. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
''Saturday, December 1 2007''
 
  
Okay, time for a new development release. This release does fix the bugs in the development branch that were already fixed in the stable branch with 1.2.8. Beside this some other things were fixed, for example should Windows users now again be able to use the multiplayer and the add-on server (at least once the Windows binary is out). There are more new and changed things but if you want some more info about what changed, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=265050#265050 this forum thread]. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.12/players_changelog?rev=22067&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.12/changelog?rev=22067&view=download complete changelog</a> with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
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'''Update:''' The MacOSX binary is now available on the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.5_branch.29 download page].
  
At the moment only the OpenSolaris binaries are ready, but once the others are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite a few bugs. If you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
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'''Update 2:''' The Windows binary is now available on the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.5_branch.29 download page].
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===Add-on server migration===
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''Wednesday, August 13 2008''
  
'''Update:''' The MacOSX binaries are now available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page].
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The add-on server is now migrated to our main machine. Beside this I changed the default reference ingame to point to add-ons.wesnoth.org instead of campaigns.wesnoth.org to make clear that stuff on this server does not only include campaigns but basically every kind of add-on that is possible. I also updated the DNS entry for campaigns.wesnoth.org to make it point to the new machine, but it will take time until this takes effect. But you can already use add-ons.wesnoth.org to get add-ons. It does not matter if you use campaigns.wesnoth.org or add-ons.wesnoth.org, it should soon take you to exactly the same machine. On this server add-ons for the stable 1.2 and 1.4 series are available, as well as add-ons for the development series.
  
'''Update 2:''' The Windows binaries are now available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Soon the server will be updated to only support 1.3.12.
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===Everything back to normal===
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''Saturday, August 9 2008''
  
==November==
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Finally everything should be back to normal again. That is the forums are up and working, too. In the crash the last two months of forum post were lost. That is even the attachments are likely to be broken and everyone will have to reupload their forum avatars. If you encounter any problems, please report them in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=21579 this forum thread].
===Wesnoth 1.2.8: Maintenance Release===
 
''Tuesday, November 27 2007''
 
  
Wesnoth 1.2.8 has been released. The main reason for this release was just another security vulnerability. A faulty add-on could read some of your files and post the content to all particiants of the multiplayer game. There was another issue that is described in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=264289#264289 this forum thread]. Those are two rather serious issues so when using the 1.2.x stable branch please update to 1.2.8 as soon as possible. The complete list can be found in the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.2.8/changelog?rev=21942&view=download changelog]. You can read the announcement and make your comments in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=264289#264289 this forum thread]. The MacOSX, Windows and Gentoo packages are already available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.0.x_branch.29 download page]. We don't know when the GNU/Linux and all the other binaries will be out.
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Once we are sure that the new server can handle the load, we will also move the add-on server here. This will result in the add-on server being down for a day. We will probably migrate it some time next week.
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===New server and repair status===
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''Friday, August 8 2008''
  
If you have problems, follow the instructions given [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14531 here]. If this does not help, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.
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Welcome to our brand new server. We just moved the multiplayer server and the website over to our new machine that you are currently using. Everything beside the forum should be working now. That is even the "normal" images that seem to have been lost (cf. news posts of the last days) in the crash could be restored.
  
===Wesnoth 1.3.11: Development Release===
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So much about the good news. The bad news is that the forums were hit really hard. That is over 500 user accounts, around 2000 posts, all attachment file data, roughly 1000 privs and all user rights were lost. Because of this we decided to switch to an older backup of the database used for the forum. This means that about two months of forum posts will be lost. The attachments might still be reachable with old adresses, though we are not too confident that those files will really work as expected. We will not be able to recover the posts of the last two months in a reliable way. We hope to have to forums working again rather soon, maybe will be online by tomorrow.
''Tuesday, November 21 2007''
 
  
To make it short: Here is the new development release. It is basically meant to fix some of the bad bugs introduced in 1.3.10 and to tackle some long standing issues. If you want some info about what changed, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=263207#263207 this forum thread]. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.11/players_changelog?rev=21848&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.11/changelog?rev=21848&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
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===Server almost back again===
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''Wednesday, August 6 2008''
  
At the moment only the OpenSolaris binaries are ready, but once the others are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite a few bugs. If you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
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At the moment everything beside the forum should be up again and working as expected. That is all subdomains like [http://gettext.wesnoth.org gettext.wesnoth.org], [http://units.wesnoth.org units.wesnoth.org] and the whole lot should be back up and working again. The wiki is working again, too. We hope that no data in the wiki was lost. If you find any pages having problems, please try to fix them. There is a [http://www.wesnoth.org/images/sshots/missing-images.txt list of files] we do know that are broken/missing. If you have a local copy of any of those files or encounter missing images not listed there, please contact us.
  
'''Update:''' The MacOSX binaries are now available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page].
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Regarding the forums cycholka is still busy with making it work again. No idea if we will lose any data regarding user accounts and forum posts since he is currently fighting the user table. We don't know how many attachments are broken but found a backup for files from before march 2008. So at least some files are secure...
  
'''Update 2:''' The Windows binaries are now available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Soon the server will be updated to only support 1.3.11.
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We will post updates every now and then to keep you informed.
  
===Wesnoth 1.3.10: Development Release===
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===Server crash===
''Sunday, November 11 2007''
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''Monday, August 4 2008''
  
The last Development release was exactly one month ago. So it is time for a new version. I won't mention any of the classified details in here. If you do really need information about any of those changes, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=261740#261740 this forum thread]. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.10/players_changelog?rev=21634&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.10/changelog?rev=21634&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
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As you might have noticed we are currently enduring some problems with our main server. That is: about one week ago we had a major harddrive failure resulting in the system not working at all. So far we don't know exactly how much of the data on the system is completely lost since we are working on restoring things. So far the multiplayer servers (stable and development) are back up again and the subdomain redirects like gettext.wesnoth.org are working again. What is not working so far are the forums and the wiki. The problem is that parts of the database seem to be broken. Currently cycholka is trying to fix and restore whatever is possible. Some stuff is completely lost like the screenshots folder we were using including the ancient screenshots. If anyone of you has a backup of those, feel free to contact us. We don't know how many of the forum attachments are broken but it is likely that some will not be restoreable.
  
At the moment there are no binaries ready, but once they are you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
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We hope to have the wiki and forums usable again in some days but we don't know how long it will take. We will soon migrate the main server to a different machine anyway. This one will offer more network bandwidth and due to this make the website feel smooth again. We are not 100% sure if we will restore the wiki and forum completely before the move, so it might be that you are on the new server when the forum and wiki are up again...
  
'''Update:''' Looks like a bad bug regarding campaign uploads to the add-on server found a way into this release. In [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=261790#261790 this forum thread] esr describes how to make sure that your uploaded content works when using 1.3.10. If you do not follow this guide, content you upload will probably not work for anyone downloading it, so please make sure to adhere to this. A fix for this problem will be included in the next release.
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I will try to post updates every now and then and please keep in mind that asking "when will the forum be up again" in our IRC chans won't speed things up at all. So please stay patient and play Wesnoth instead of using the forums. ;) If you are interested in some more info, have a look at the (unofficial) <a href="http://wesnoth.dbzer0.com/blog/"> Wesnoth Journals</a>.
  
'''Update 2:''' The Windows binaries are now available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page].
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'''Update:''' Okay, with the data provided by the [http://www.archive.org/index.php Internet Archive] it was possible to restore many images. The bad news is that basically all post 1.2 images seem to be lost. Have a look at this list of [http://www.wesnoth.org/images/sshots/missing-images.txt missing images] to get an idea about what is missing. If you have the respective images, please contact us.
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==July 2008==
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===Wesnoth 1.4.4: Maintenance Release===
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''Friday, July 25 2008''
  
==October==
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Wesnoth 1.4.4 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.4.x branch. In this release several smaller bugs were fixed and many translations were updated. To celebrate the release and comment on it, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=22345 this forum thread]. There are still two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.4.4/players_changelog?rev=28146&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice (only translation updates this time) and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.4.4/changelog?rev=28146&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is not much more to read either...
===Wesnoth 1.2.6: Review at phoronix.com===
 
''Friday, October 26 2007''
 
  
"(..)This is a must-download game for any gamer, even those who are not big fans of fantasy-based titles.(..)". So what else shall I write about this review by [http://www.phoronix.com Phoronix]? Overall a rather positive review resulting in 9 of 10 possible points. You should [http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=890&num=1 read the whole review] for all the details. Of course Wesnoth was reviewd by many other websites and magazines, too. A list containing many of those reviews (at least the ones we are aware of) is available [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/WesnothReviews#English in our wiki].
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At the moment the Debian, Gentoo, Mac OSX and OpenSolaris binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.4_branch.29 download page]. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.
  
===Wesnoth 1.3.9: Development Release===
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===Wesnoth 1.5.2: Development Release===
''Thursday, October 11 2007''
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''Tuesday, July 15 2008''
  
Three weeks have gone by and now it is time to announce a new Development release. Changes this time do cover the DoS fixes that just went into 1.2.7, and the addition of the campaign "An Orcish Incursion". You can find some more information in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=256942#256942 this forum thread]. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.9/players_changelog?rev=21008&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.9/changelog?rev=21008&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
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A new Development release is ready. This is the third release in the 1.5.x tree. A lot was changed since the start of the stable 1.4.x branch and since I am too lazy to list all the great changes in here, better have a look at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=22198 forum thread] which describes the most important changes. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.5.2/players_changelog?rev=28016&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.5.2/changelog?rev=28016&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
  
At this point of time no binaries are ready, but once they are you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
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Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
  
'''Update:''' The MacOSX binaries are now available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page].
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'''Update:''' The Windows binary is now available on the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.5_branch.29 download page].
  
'''Update 2:''' The Windows binaries are now available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. So soon the server will be updated to only support 1.3.9.
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'''Update 2:''' The MacOSX binary is now available on the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.5_branch.29 download page]. It is only available for Intel based Macs (x86) until some problems with the new dependencies are fixed.
  
===Wesnoth 1.2.7: Maintenance Release===
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==June 2008==
''Tuesday, October 9 2007''
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===Wesnoth 1.5.1: Development Release===
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''Sunday, June 22 2008''
  
Wesnoth 1.2.7 has been released. The main reason for this release was a security vulnerability of the multiplayer part. An invalid utf-8 string could make other clients crash. The main issues could already be fixed via a server update, but it is at least problematic if you run direct games or your own server. Since we did now implement a whole fix on the code side, please update 1.2.7 so that you are not affected anymore by this vulnerability. Beside this not much was changed, mainly translation and map updates plus the addition of the font needed to display the japanese translation. The complete list can be found in the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.2.7/changelog?rev=20982&view=download changelog]. You can read the announcement and make your comments in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=256618#256618 this forum thread]. The Mac, Gentoo and Debian packages are already available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.0.x_branch.29 download page]. We don't know when the Windows, the GNU/Linux and all the other binaries will be out.<br>
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A new Development release is ready. This is the second release in the 1.5.x tree. A lot was changed since the start of the stable 1.4.x branch and since I am too lazy to list all the great changes in here, better have a look at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=21872 forum thread] which describes the most important changes. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.5.1/players_changelog?rev=27367&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.5.1/changelog?rev=27367&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
If you have problems, follow the instructions given [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14531 here]. If this does not help, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.
 
  
'''Update:''' Finally the Windows binaries are available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.0.x_branch.29 download page].
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At the moment only the OpenSolaris and Debian binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.5_branch.29 download page]. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
  
==September==
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'''Update:''' The MacOSX and Windows binaries are now available on the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.5_branch.29 download page].
===Wesnoth 1.3.8: Development Release===
 
''Thursday, September 20 2007''
 
  
Time has come to announce a new Development release. So what shall I write about 1.3.8? I think I should not write much about all the changes since you can find everything already in this [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=252983#252983 forum thread]. Basically we are just replacing some of the old bugs from 1.3.7 with new ones. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.8/players_changelog?rev=20586&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.8/changelog?rev=20586&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
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===Wesnoth 1.4.3: Maintenance Release===
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''Monday, June 9 2008''
  
At this point of time "only" the MacOSX, OpenSolaris and OpenSuse binaries are ready but none of the others. You can fetch them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Once the other binaries are available you can of course find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include many bugs. If you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
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Wesnoth 1.4.3 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.4.x branch. In this release several smaller bugs were fixed and many translations were updated. To read about other (more important changes, celebrate the release and comment on it, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=21711 this forum thread]. As with the last development series, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.4.3/players_changelog?rev=27046&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.4.3/changelog?rev=27046&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
  
'''Update:''' The full version of the MacOSX binary is broken. The packager has been notified and a working binary will probably be provided soon. Only the full version is affected of this, the lite version (available on the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]) is working normally.
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At the moment only the Gentoo, Debian and Windows binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.4_branch.29 download page]. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, <a href="http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs">report] them.
  
'''Update 2:''' The MacOSX binary was reuploaded, now mounting the DiskImage should be possible so that you can use 1.3.8 on your Mac without compiling yourself.
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'''Update:''' The MacOSX binaries are now available on the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.4_branch.29 download page].
  
'''Update 3:''' Finally the Windows binaries are available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. So soon the server will be updated to only support 1.3.8.
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==May 2008==
 +
===Server migration (almost) completed===
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''Sunday, May 25 2008''
  
==August==
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The [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=21524 announced server migration] is almost completed now. Due to the too high bandwidth usage of the add-on server we have to move it back to the old machine. It will take several more hours until the add-on server is up again. Beside this everything should be up and running. If you encounter problems with the new server, please post about them in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=21524 this forum thread].
===Wesnoth 1.3.7: Development Release===
 
''Sunday, August 26 2007''
 
  
This is just a new Development release, nothing important over here. You may find something like a "linger mode" and a new campaign in this release. To get some info about this have a look at this [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=247843#247843 forum thread]. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.7/players_changelog?rev=19791&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.7/changelog?rev=19791&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
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'''Update:''' The add-on server was started again at the old location. Just wait some time for the update of the DNS entry campaigns.wesnoth.org to be effective and you should be able to upload and download campaigns again.
  
At this point of time no binaries are ready, but once they are you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
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===Server migration===
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''Friday, May 23 2008''
  
'''Update:''' The Windows binaries are now available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page].
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Thanks to [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=291009#p291009 chains] and all that donated, we just got a new server for an acceptable price where we are going to host basically every service Wesnoth does offer. That is we want to migrate the multiplayer server, content server, forum, wiki and all the other stuff to this machine. The content server and the multiplayer servers are already running there. This weekend we will work on migrating all the other stuff over. Due to this we will have to deactivate the wiki and forums and shut down the content server for some hours since we need the bandwidth to transfer all the data. The multiplayer server will still be up and running, but everything else will not be completely reachable starting on Saturday, May 24th around 12:00 GMT. Things will be up again once we are done, if we are lucky we might be done within 12 hours though it is unlikely. We hope to have all things working again on the new machine Sunday evening.
  
'''Update 2:''' Finally the MacOSX binaries are available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. So soon the server will be updated to only support 1.3.7.
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Stay tuned for the nice things we will be able to do once everything is on the same machine. Things like registered nicks for the multiplayer server with the same login ingame as used for the forum as well as a webinterface to the content server which might even allow rating of campaigns will get possible (once someone writes the code to do so).
  
===Campaign server crash===
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===Wesnoth 1.4.2: Maintenance Release===
''Saturday, August 4 2007''
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''Tuesday, May 6 2008''
  
We seem to have some problem with the campaignserver used for the dev branch. Somehow the index file for it got wiped clean so that the content that was available can not be downloaded anymore. Since this file is not restorable, I simply did restart the server. Please re-upload your content to the 1.3.6 campaign server. Before uploading please make sure that it really is compatible with 1.3.6. You can find more information in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17336&highlight= this forum thread].
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Wesnoth 1.4.2 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.4.x branch. In this release just some smaller bugs were fixed and many translations were updated. To celebrate the release and comment on it, post in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=21273 this forum thread]. As with the last development series, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.4.2/players_changelog?rev=26390&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.4.2/changelog?rev=26390&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
  
==July==
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At the moment only the Gentoo and Debian binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.4_branch.29 download page]. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.
===Wesnoth 1.2.6: Maintenance Release===
 
''Friday, July 27 2007''
 
  
Wesnoth 1.2.6 has been released. This release mainly features a fix for an important bug where translations could make multiplayer games go Out-of-Sync. All multiplayer users are highly recommended to upgrade to 1.2.6. Some of the other changes can be found in the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/branches/1.2/changelog?rev=19153&view=download changelog]. You can read the announcement and make your comments in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=243208#243208 this forum thread]. The Mac, OpenBSD and Syllable packages are already available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.0.x_branch.29 download page]. We don't know when the Windows and the GNU/Linux binaries will be out.
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'''Update:''' The MacOSX binaries are now available on the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.4_branch.29 download page].
  
If you have problems, follow the instructions given [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14531 here]. If this does not help, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.
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'''Update 2:''' The Windows binaries are now available on the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.4_branch.29 download page].
  
'''Update:''' Finally the Windows binaries are available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.0.x_branch.29 download page].
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==April 2008==
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===Wesnoth 1.5.0: Development Release===
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''Sunday, April 27 2008''
  
'''Update 2:''' Removed the Windows binary due to problems with the OOS fix when it gets compiled with VC++. In short: With this fix it is worse than before for Windows users. We will update the page once the issues are fixed.
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A new Development release is ready. This is the first release in the brand new 1.5.x tree. A lot was changed since the start of the stable 1.4.x branch and since I am too lazy to list all the great changes in here, better have a look at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=21131 forum thread] which describes the most important changes. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.5.0/players_changelog?rev=26135&view=download complete changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.5.0/changelog?rev=26135&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
  
'''Update 3:''' A new and now hopefully working version of the Windows binaries is available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.0.x_branch.29 download page].
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At the moment no binaries are ready. Once they are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.5_branch.29 download page]. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
  
===Wesnoth 1.3.6: Development Release===
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'''Update:''' The Windows binaries are now available on the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.4_branch.29 download page].
''Sunday, July 22 2007''
 
  
A new Development release is ready. Don't ask me to list the changes (I did so already in the announcement) and tell you why it is not named 1.3.5 but 1.3.6, just have a look at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=242525#242525 forum thread] to read about all these things. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/trunk/players_changelog?rev=18965&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/trunk/changelog?rev=18965&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
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===Wesnoth 1.4.1: Maintenance Release===
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''Monday, April 7 2008''
  
At this point of time the Mac OSX and OpenSolaris binaries are already done, you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
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Wesnoth 1.4.1 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.4 branch. It mainly fixes smaller problems and features a rewritten multiplayer server to improve the servers speed while using less resources. Beside this the multiplayer lobby was sped up, spelling mistakes were fixed and many translations were updated. To celebrate the release and comment on it, post in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=20845&p=292205#p292205 this forum thread]. As with the last development series, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.4.1/players_changelog?rev=25603&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.4.1/changelog?rev=25603&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
  
'''Update:''' Finally the Windows binaries are available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. So soon the server will be updated to only support 1.3.6.
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At the moment only the Gentoo, OpenSolaris and OpenSuse binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.4_branch.29 download page]. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.
  
==June==
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'''Update:''' The MacOSX binaries are now available on the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.4_branch.29 download page].
===Wesnoth 1.3.4: Development Release===
 
''Sunday, June 24 2007''
 
  
A new Development release is ready. It was time for some interface changes. Now there are nice transparancy effects ingame and the cursor shows in a better way from which hex you will attack. Since I am too lazy to list all the great changes in here, better have a look at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=238548#238548 forum thread] which describes the most important changes. Since the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Screenshots screenshots page] was quite outdated, I updated it with six brand new screenshots. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.4/players_changelog?rev=18418&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.4/changelog?rev=18418&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
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'''Update 2:''' The Windows binaries are now available on the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.4_branch.29 download page].
  
At this point of time no binaries are done, but once one is ready you can find it at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download download page]. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
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===Help keeping the Servers running===
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''Wednesday, April 2 2008''
  
'''Update:''' Now the MacOSX version is available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download download page].
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Lately we had some problems with the database for the forum and we found no really perfect way for hosting so far. While talking about what we could do about the server(s) we came to the conclusion that it is about time to try to go for a server for our own. That is we want to rent a dedicated server somewhere to host all our services like the website, forum, wiki, add-on server and multiplayer server in one location. For this we need to gather some money and to do so, we would welcome gifts from you. You can find more information about this and how to help wesnoth in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=20737 this forum post]. Thanks for helping us keeping the site and all servers running well.
  
'''Update 2:''' Finally the Windows binaries are available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download download page]. So soon the server will be updated to only support 1.3.4.
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===Great victory for Wesnoth===
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''Tuesday, April 1 2008''
  
===Wesnoth 1.2.5: Maintenance Release===
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In a major victory for open-source gaming, the Battle For Wesnoth project has been chosen to replace Microsoft's tired "Age of Empires" franchise. Months of secret negotiations among release manager Nils Kneuper (aka Ivanovic), senior developer Eric S. Raymond, and executives at Ensemble Studios and Microsoft led to the deal. "Raymond was particularly helpful in developing the terms," commented Darl McBride, the former head of Santa Cruz Operation recently brought in to manage Microsoft Games.
''Friday, June 15 2007''
 
  
Wesnoth 1.2.5 has been released. This release mainly features some smaller bug fixes and many translation updates. Some of the other changes can be found in the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.2.5/changelog?rev=18287&view=download changelog]. You can read the announcement and make your comments in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=236992#236992 this] forum thread. The Mac package is already available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download download page]. We don't know when the Windows and the GNU/Linux binaries will be out.
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"We're very excited," Raymond confirmed. "We particularly wanted to see Wesnoth multiplayer go up on Xbox Live. What better way to increase awareness of Battle For Wesnoth?" Access to the existing Wesnoth servers will still be available until June 1 2008; players will be charged a small monthly fee.
  
If you have problems, follow the instructions given [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14531 here]. If this does not help, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.
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Raymond and Kneuper declined to disclose the full terms of the deal, but Raymond admitted that they do involve a substantial amount of money. "We have a plan to use it wisely," he said, "beginning with hiring some real artists."
  
'''Update:''' The first version of the Mac Binary was broken, a fixed one is now available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download download page].
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According to Kneuper, another clause of the agreement commits the Wesnoth project to migrate all its documentation to OOXML, which is expected to be approved by ISO tomorrow. Kneuper observed: "We are very pleased to be at the front of this important development in international standardization".
  
'''Update 2:''' Now even the Windows binary is ready. Go to the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download download page] to get it.
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Discuss and celebrate this great victory with us in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=20742 this forum post].
  
== May 2007 ==
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'''Update:''' For all those who have not realized it so far: This was just a joke. '''Happy April Fools Day!'''
===Wesnoth 1.3.3: Development Release===
 
''Sunday, May 28 2007''
 
  
A new Development release is ready. This time we added quite a few new campaigns and several other things. Since I am too lazy to list all the great changes in here, better have a look at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=234330#234330 forum thread] which describes the most important changes. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.3/players_changelog?rev=17856&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.3/changelog?rev=17856&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
 
  
The Mac binary is ready, the Windows binary is not. We will post a message and a link in this [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=234330#234330 forum thread] once it is available. Have a look at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download download page] for all the binaries that are already out, like the new Solaris binary. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it. One was already found and fixed, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16555 this post] for some info about some problematic multiplayer maps and a hotfix.
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==March 2008==
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===Wesnoth participating at GSoC 2008===
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''Monday, March 17 2008''
  
'''Update:''' The Windows binary is now ready, too. You can find it on the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download download page]. It does even include the hotfix for the mp maps.
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Wesnoth was just accepted as a mentoring organisation for [http://code.google.com/soc/2008/ Google Summer of Code]. This means that students can propose projects they want to work on and will get paid for working on these if they are accepted. If you are a student and interested in working on Wesnoth as part of SoC, have a look at our [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeIdeas SoC Ideas page] in the wiki to see what we see as possible projects as well as who to contact. Beside this you should visit us in the IRC channel [irc://irc.freenode.net/#wesnoth-dev #wesnoth-dev] at irc.freenode.net and talk with us about your ideas.
  
===Wanted: "general purpose campaign maintainer"===
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===Wesnoth 1.4===
''Wednesday, May 9 2007''
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''Saturday, March 8 2008''
  
Now that we have changed our policies regarding the addition of campaigns to mainline we are looking for some volunteers to work on the mainline campaigns. This includes fixing bugs, balancing and all this stuff. Have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=229725#229725 this forum thread] for all the fancy details and how to contact us if you are willing to do the job.
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More than one year has gone by since we released Wesnoth 1.2. To thank you for more than 2,100,000 downloads via sourceforge.net, we now proudly present '''Wesnoth 1.4'''. You can look at the (translated) [http://www.wesnoth.org/start/1.4/ release notes] to get an idea about what has changed since 1.2. For those who just want to play, the new release is available for [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.4_branch.29 download]. This stable release is compatible with the release candidates for 1.4. If you have any comments, we would be happy to hear them in the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=20205 forum thread] dedicated to this release. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.
  
===Changed policies for campaigns===
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We are also looking for help in several areas, so that many other releases of similar caliber can follow this one. We are especially looking for translators, graphic artists (sprite, portraits, terrain, story images), music composers (a background in classical composition, and good equipment required), sound artists (for special effects), authors (writing/maintaining campaigns, creating content like unit descriptions, improving the ingame help) and, of course, coders. If you want to participate in developing Wesnoth, just have a look at the [http://forum.wesnoth.org forum] or visit us in the IRC channel [irc://irc.freenode.net/#wesnoth-dev #wesnoth-dev] at irc.freenode.net.
''Monday, May 7 2007''
 
  
Lately we have been thinking about what else we could do to improve the game beside simply improving graphics, musics/sounds and making WML more flexible. We came to one simple idea: we could ship more campaigns with the game. Since we also want to make it easier to get campaigns into mainline, we have changed our policy a little. The new policy is described in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=229365#229365 this] forum thread. In short: It will be by far easier for a campaign to be added to mainline, but it will also be easier for it to be removed before a release. Especially before a new stable release we will carefully check which ones should be bundled with the game. Some campaigns have already added svn trunk and will be in the next development release, have a look at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=229365#229365 forum thread] for more info.
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===More Server Maintenance===
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''Friday, March 7 2008''
  
== April 2007 ==
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The migration of our webserver to [http://www.ibiblio.org/ ibiblio.org] is now almost complete. The forums are up again, upgraded from phpBB2 to phpBB3 and should basically be working. A little finetuning might still be needed, but it should at least be usable. Thanks cycholka for taking care of moving the database and upgrading the forum. Ettin is currently working on making the wiki work nicely and updating it to a more recent version of Mediawiki. I will keep you updated on when the wiki will be completely working again.
===Wesnoth 1.3.2: Development Release===
 
''Thursday, April 26 2007''
 
  
2 months of hard work have gone by and now 1.3.2 is available. Since I am too lazy to list all the great changes in here, better have a look at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=228089#228089 forum thread] where I did describe many things rather in detail. Like with the last development release we do again offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.2/players_changelog?rev=17114&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.2/changelog?rev=17114&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details.
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Thanks to [http://www.ibiblio.org/ ibiblio.org] for providing us with huge amounts of space, bandwidth and support. Thanks cyrilb (and [http://www.jexiste.fr/ Jexiste]) for helping us to migrate things and still supporting us by providing the DNS server and the domain name. And of course thanks to cycholka and ettin for the huge amounts of time you invested to move things.
  
The Windows and Mac binaries are ready. Infos about some of the GNU/Linux binaries are already available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download download page] and in the [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=228089#228089 forum thread] with the more complete announcement.
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'''Update:''' The move should now be completed, the Wiki and Forum updated to the latest versions and working. In the next days we will have to fix the map tags phpBB extension and improve colors for the forum theme. Beside this everything should be working nicely. If anything does not, please post about it in the forums and we will have a look at it.
  
This development release is probably incompatible with most the pre 1.3.2 content you have, no matter if saves, replays or usermade content. If you use old content, don't complain if it does not work as expected... Keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
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===Server Maintenance===
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''Tuesday, March 4 2008''
  
===Planning for Wesconf 2007===
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Currently we are about to switch our servers to a new location. this will lead to the website not being available for some time. The forum is already deavtivated, so that no posts get lost while migrating. We hope to manage completing the migration withhin the next two days. Thanks for your patience.
''Sunday, April 22 2007''
 
  
In the last weeks we have been working on organizing a first international Wesnoth conference named 'Wesconf'. We are not 100% sure if we can manage everything needed but we do have a first announcement with some of our plans ready. Have a look at the respective [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=227449#227449 forum post] for some details about what Wesconf is meant to be, what we want to achieve and, even more important, when and where we want it to take place.
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'''Update:''' Since you can read this post, you are already in the new site. That is the good news. The bad news is that the migration takes longer than we thought it would. Part of this is due to general problems to update the DNS entrys, another one is updating the software for the wiki and forum used and the most important problem are security concerns. We hope to have all issues fixed soon so that we can reopen the forums and the wiki. Thanks for your patience.
  
===Wesnoth 1.2.4: Maintenance Release===
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==Febuary 2008==
''Sunday, April 15 2007''
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===Wesnoth 1.3.19 aka 1.4-rc2: Development Release===
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''Monday, Febuary 25 2008''
  
Wesnoth 1.2.4 has been released. Quite some important changes did take place that should fix quite some bugs regarding savegames, recall lists and maybe even replays. Now tSG should be playable again. All the other nice and small fixes and additions can be found in the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.2.4/changelog?rev=16822&view=download changelog]. You can read the announcement and make your comments in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=226195#226195 this] forum thread. The Mac and Windows binaries and infos about some of the GNU/Linux binaries are already available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download download page]. The Debian package (that should also work with *ubuntu) should be available at the usual place, too.
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Wesnoth 1.3.19 is out. This is the second release candidate for 1.4. It looks like we are already very close to a final 1.4 release. To learn about the most important changes in this release, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=284085#284085 this forum thread]. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.19/players_changelog?rev=24021&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.19/changelog?rev=24021&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, but there aren't this many this time...
  
If you have problems, follow the instructions given [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14531 here]. If this does not help, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.
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All the major binaries are ready.You can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. This release candidate for 1.4 should not include many bugs, but if you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
  
===Forums up and working===
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'''Update:''' Due to problems with XCode initial OSX binary didn't allow switching languages and crased in some situations. If you are affected by those problems, please update to the new one linked at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. If you still have problems, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report them].
''Sunday, April 8 2007''
 
  
[http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/ Wesnoth forums] have been down for a few days due to data corruption in our database. It took more time than expected to recover because the administrator was not available. Note that we have tried to recover as much as possible, but some of the data might have been lost. Thanks for your patience.
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===Wesnoth 1.3.18 aka 1.4-rc1: Development Release===
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''Tuesday, Febuary 19 2008''
  
===WIP: Wii and PS3 version===
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Wesnoth 1.3.18 is out. This is the first release candidate for 1.4. To learn about the changes in this release, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=282873#282873 this forum thread]. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.18/players_changelog?rev=23941&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.18/changelog?rev=23941&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache. Keep in mind to read the sections about 1.3.18 and 1.3.17 since there was no 1.3.17 officially available and all changes of it are included in 1.3.18.
''Sunday, April 1 2007''
 
  
Now that we got some basic gp2x support implemented in it's own branch and another (still quite early) alpha version is being uploaded to sf.net, I can now proudly announce that we are currently working on Wii and PS3 support. We are even playing a little with our first (closed alpha) version of the Wii port. Thanks to alinks patches for drag&drop it is huge fun to play it. For some more infos and a photo, have a look at the respective [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=224244#224244 forum thread].
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All the major binaries are ready.You can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. This release candidate for 1.4 should not include many bugs, but if you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
  
'''Update:''' Happy April Fools day!
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===Wesnoth 1.3.16 aka 1.4-beta3: Development Release===
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''Tuesday, Febuary 12 2008''
  
== March 2007 ==
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Wesnoth 1.3.16 is out. This is hopefully the last beta release before we start to get out release candidates. It includes some balancing changes and many bug fixes. To learn about the changes in this release, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=281448#281448 this forum thread]. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.16/players_changelog?rev=23720&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.16/changelog?rev=23720&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
===Wesnoth 1.2.3: Maintenance Release===
 
''Thursday, March 15 2007''
 
  
Wesnoth 1.2.3 has been released. The most important bugs fixed in this release were not listed in the changelog but they are in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15314 this] forum thread. All the other nice and small fixes and additions can be found in the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.2.3/changelog?rev=16252&view=download changelog]. You can read the announcement and make your comments in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=221146#221146 this] forum thread. The Mac, Windows and OpenBSD binaries and infos about some of the GNU/Linux binaries are already available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download download page].
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At the moment none of the major binaries are ready. Once they are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite a few bugs. If you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
  
If you have problems, follow the instructions given [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14531 here]. If this does not help, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.
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'''Update:''' The Windows and OpenSolaris binaries are now available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page].
  
== Febuary 2007 ==
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'''Update 2:''' Since lwa seems to be MIA, OSX users should try the  [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19907 unofficial MacOSX build] by ulissesroc. Since there are now somehow binaries for the major platforms the 1.3.15 server will be shut down soon.
===Wesnoth 1.3.1: Development Release===
 
''Monday, Febuary 26 2007''
 
  
Wesnoth 1.3.1 is finally available. Compared to 1.2.x many things were changed in this brand new version. For example we now have a completely rewritten terrain engine supporting multiple letters. This allows to use many more different terrains and two new terrains were already added. But also a lot of other things did change. This also has a negative impact: It is likely that almost all usermade content that did work in 1.2.x will not work without problems in 1.3.1. Since there were really many changes in all areas of the game and it is a development version it might be more unstable than the stable 1.2 tree. Since quite a lot was rebalanced, balancing might not be as perfect yet as it is in 1.2.x. And finally, the damagetype 'holy' was changed to work a little bit different. So be warned, this one is the first development release, who knows what is broken...
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== January 2008 ==
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===Wesnoth 1.3.15 aka 1.4-beta2: Development Release===
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''Tuesday, January 29 2008''
  
Of course, like for every other version, we do have a [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15371 forum thread] to discuss the release and a really lengthy changelog. For the changelog we do offer two versions, a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.1/players_changelog?rev=16076&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.1/players_changelog?rev=16076&view=download complete changelog] with all the details. The Mac binaries and infos about some of the GNU/Linux binaries are already available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download download page]. The working Windows binaries will probably be available soon.
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Wesnoth 1.3.15 is out. It consists of lots of bugfixes and translation updates. To learn about the changes in this release, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=277784#277784 this forum thread]. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.15/players_changelog?rev=23278&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.15/changelog?rev=23278&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
  
Remove your old installation before installing this development version otherwise you might get some strange problems. You should also remove all usercontent you have left from 1.2.x since it is likely to cause problems. Keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
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At the moment none of the major binaries are ready. Once they are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite a few bugs. If you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
  
===Wesnoth 1.2.2: Maintenance Release===
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'''Update:''' The Windows binaries are now available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page].
''Wednesday, Febuary 21 2007''
 
  
Wesnoth 1.2.2 has been released. The most impressive changes are the speed improvements maxy did implement. Especially in the mp-lobby and when showing animations the game should be a whole lot faster. Savegames were cleaned up to be a little smaller. Because of this only beginning of scenario saves will work as expected, others may have problems with the recall list. Of course there were many other changes so that i can not list them all in here. For all the nice details have a look at the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.2.2/changelog?rev=15962&view=download changelog]. You can read the announcement and make your comments in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=217227#217227 this] forum thread. The  Mac binaries and infos about some of the GNU/Linux binaries are already available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download download page]. Don't ask when the Windows binaries will be ready, we have no idea about this...
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===Wesnoth 1.3.14 aka 1.4-beta1: Development Release===
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''Monday, January 14 2007''
  
If you have problems, follow the instructions given [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14531 here]. If this does not help, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.
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Wesnoth 1.3.14 is out. This release marks the start of the feature and string freeze. To learn about the changes in this release, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=273583#273583 this forum thread]. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.14/players_changelog?rev=22966&view=download players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.3.14/changelog?rev=22966&view=download complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
  
== January 2007 ==
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At the moment only the Windows binary is ready. You can find it at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page], too. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite a few bugs. If you find one, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] it.
===Wesnoth 1.2.1: Maintenance Release===
 
''Sunday, January 14 2007''
 
  
Wesnoth 1.2.1 has been released. It is the first maintance release for 1.2. Some little bugs were fixed and general speed was a little improved. Many spelling and grammar mistakes are now corrected and other little things were added. For all the nice details have a look at the [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/wesnoth/tags/1.2.1/changelog?rev=15241&view=markup changelog]. Read the announcement and comment it in [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=209475#209475 this] forum thread. The Windows and Mac Binaries are already available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download download page]. If you have problems, follow the instructions given [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14531 here]. If this does not help, please [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs report] them.
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'''Update:''' The MacOSX binaries are now available at the [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Development_.281.3_branch.29 download page]. Soon the server will be updated to only support 1.3.14.
  
== Older Years ==
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[http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Older_News_2006 Year 2006]
 
  
[http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Older_News_2005 Year 2005]
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Latest revision as of 16:42, 26 January 2014

December

Wesnoth 1.4.7: Maintenance Release

Tuesday, December 16 2008

Wesnoth 1.4.7 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.4.x branch. In this release, replays from singleplayer campaigns should finally work (for most cases). To celebrate the release and comment on it, have a look at this forum thread. There are still two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is not much more to read either...

At the moment the Debian, Gentoo, MacOSX and Windows binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the download page. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, report them.

November

Wesnoth 1.5.6: Development Release

Sunday, November 23 2008

A new development release is ready. This is the seventh release in the 1.5.x tree. Over the last 7 weeks many changes were implemented. A new campaign was added, and a really popular campaign was brought back into shape. Now is the perfect time for translators to start working on the development branch, too. Have a look at this forum thread to learn more about this release and to find out how you can help with translations.

As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...

At the moment the Windows and the MacOSX binaries are ready. You can find them at the download page. Once the others are done you can find them at the download page, too. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include many bugs. If you find one, report it.

Wesnoth 1.4.6: Maintenance Release

Sunday, November 9 2008

Wesnoth 1.4.6 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.4.x branch. In this release several smaller bugs were fixed and many translations were updated. To celebrate the release and comment on it, have a look at this forum thread. There are still two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice (only translation updates this time) and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is not much more to read either...

At the moment the Debian, Gentoo, Mac OSX and Windows binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the download page. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, report them.

October

Wesnoth 1.5.5: Development Release

Monday, October 6 2008

A new development release is ready. This is the sixth release in the 1.5.x tree. Have a look at this forum thread which describes the most important changes. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...

At the moment only the windows binary is ready. You can find it at the download page. Once the others are done you can find them at the download page, too. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, report it.

September

Wesnoth 1.5.4: Development Release

Wednesday, September 10 2008

A new Development release is ready. This is the fifth release in the 1.5.x tree. esr was busy fixing bug and since I am too lazy for listing them all in here, better have a look at the forum thread which describes the most important changes. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...

At the moment no binaries are ready. Once they are done you can find them at the download page. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, report it.

Wesnoth 1.4.5: Maintenance Release

Monday, September 8 2008

Wesnoth 1.4.5 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.4.x branch. In this release several smaller bugs were fixed and many translations were updated. To celebrate the release and comment on it, have a look at this forum thread. There are still two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice (only translation updates this time) and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is not much more to read either...

At the moment the Debian, Gentoo, Mac OSX and OpenSolaris binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the download page. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, report them.

Update: The Windows binary is now available on the download page.

Update 2: Fixed windows binary is now available. If you had crashing problems with 1.4.5 you should upgrade to 1.4.5c.

August

Wesnoth 1.5.3: Development Release

Friday, August 22 2008

A new Development release is ready. This is the fourth release in the 1.5.x tree. A lot was changed since the start of the stable 1.4.x branch and since I am too lazy to list all the great changes in here, better have a look at the forum thread which describes the most important changes. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...

At the moment no binaries are ready. Once they are done you can find them at the download page. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, report it.

Update: The MacOSX binary is now available on the download page.

Update 2: The Windows binary is now available on the download page.

Add-on server migration

Wednesday, August 13 2008

The add-on server is now migrated to our main machine. Beside this I changed the default reference ingame to point to add-ons.wesnoth.org instead of campaigns.wesnoth.org to make clear that stuff on this server does not only include campaigns but basically every kind of add-on that is possible. I also updated the DNS entry for campaigns.wesnoth.org to make it point to the new machine, but it will take time until this takes effect. But you can already use add-ons.wesnoth.org to get add-ons. It does not matter if you use campaigns.wesnoth.org or add-ons.wesnoth.org, it should soon take you to exactly the same machine. On this server add-ons for the stable 1.2 and 1.4 series are available, as well as add-ons for the development series.

Everything back to normal

Saturday, August 9 2008

Finally everything should be back to normal again. That is the forums are up and working, too. In the crash the last two months of forum post were lost. That is even the attachments are likely to be broken and everyone will have to reupload their forum avatars. If you encounter any problems, please report them in this forum thread.

Once we are sure that the new server can handle the load, we will also move the add-on server here. This will result in the add-on server being down for a day. We will probably migrate it some time next week.

New server and repair status

Friday, August 8 2008

Welcome to our brand new server. We just moved the multiplayer server and the website over to our new machine that you are currently using. Everything beside the forum should be working now. That is even the "normal" images that seem to have been lost (cf. news posts of the last days) in the crash could be restored.

So much about the good news. The bad news is that the forums were hit really hard. That is over 500 user accounts, around 2000 posts, all attachment file data, roughly 1000 privs and all user rights were lost. Because of this we decided to switch to an older backup of the database used for the forum. This means that about two months of forum posts will be lost. The attachments might still be reachable with old adresses, though we are not too confident that those files will really work as expected. We will not be able to recover the posts of the last two months in a reliable way. We hope to have to forums working again rather soon, maybe will be online by tomorrow.

Server almost back again

Wednesday, August 6 2008

At the moment everything beside the forum should be up again and working as expected. That is all subdomains like gettext.wesnoth.org, units.wesnoth.org and the whole lot should be back up and working again. The wiki is working again, too. We hope that no data in the wiki was lost. If you find any pages having problems, please try to fix them. There is a list of files we do know that are broken/missing. If you have a local copy of any of those files or encounter missing images not listed there, please contact us.

Regarding the forums cycholka is still busy with making it work again. No idea if we will lose any data regarding user accounts and forum posts since he is currently fighting the user table. We don't know how many attachments are broken but found a backup for files from before march 2008. So at least some files are secure...

We will post updates every now and then to keep you informed.

Server crash

Monday, August 4 2008

As you might have noticed we are currently enduring some problems with our main server. That is: about one week ago we had a major harddrive failure resulting in the system not working at all. So far we don't know exactly how much of the data on the system is completely lost since we are working on restoring things. So far the multiplayer servers (stable and development) are back up again and the subdomain redirects like gettext.wesnoth.org are working again. What is not working so far are the forums and the wiki. The problem is that parts of the database seem to be broken. Currently cycholka is trying to fix and restore whatever is possible. Some stuff is completely lost like the screenshots folder we were using including the ancient screenshots. If anyone of you has a backup of those, feel free to contact us. We don't know how many of the forum attachments are broken but it is likely that some will not be restoreable.

We hope to have the wiki and forums usable again in some days but we don't know how long it will take. We will soon migrate the main server to a different machine anyway. This one will offer more network bandwidth and due to this make the website feel smooth again. We are not 100% sure if we will restore the wiki and forum completely before the move, so it might be that you are on the new server when the forum and wiki are up again...

I will try to post updates every now and then and please keep in mind that asking "when will the forum be up again" in our IRC chans won't speed things up at all. So please stay patient and play Wesnoth instead of using the forums. ;) If you are interested in some more info, have a look at the (unofficial) <a href="http://wesnoth.dbzer0.com/blog/"> Wesnoth Journals</a>.

Update: Okay, with the data provided by the Internet Archive it was possible to restore many images. The bad news is that basically all post 1.2 images seem to be lost. Have a look at this list of missing images to get an idea about what is missing. If you have the respective images, please contact us.

July 2008

Wesnoth 1.4.4: Maintenance Release

Friday, July 25 2008

Wesnoth 1.4.4 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.4.x branch. In this release several smaller bugs were fixed and many translations were updated. To celebrate the release and comment on it, have a look at this forum thread. There are still two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice (only translation updates this time) and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is not much more to read either...

At the moment the Debian, Gentoo, Mac OSX and OpenSolaris binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the download page. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, report them.

Wesnoth 1.5.2: Development Release

Tuesday, July 15 2008

A new Development release is ready. This is the third release in the 1.5.x tree. A lot was changed since the start of the stable 1.4.x branch and since I am too lazy to list all the great changes in here, better have a look at the forum thread which describes the most important changes. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...

Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, report it.

Update: The Windows binary is now available on the download page.

Update 2: The MacOSX binary is now available on the download page. It is only available for Intel based Macs (x86) until some problems with the new dependencies are fixed.

June 2008

Wesnoth 1.5.1: Development Release

Sunday, June 22 2008

A new Development release is ready. This is the second release in the 1.5.x tree. A lot was changed since the start of the stable 1.4.x branch and since I am too lazy to list all the great changes in here, better have a look at the forum thread which describes the most important changes. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...

At the moment only the OpenSolaris and Debian binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the download page. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, report it.

Update: The MacOSX and Windows binaries are now available on the download page.

Wesnoth 1.4.3: Maintenance Release

Monday, June 9 2008

Wesnoth 1.4.3 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.4.x branch. In this release several smaller bugs were fixed and many translations were updated. To read about other (more important changes, celebrate the release and comment on it, have a look at this forum thread. As with the last development series, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...

At the moment only the Gentoo, Debian and Windows binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the download page. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, <a href="http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ReportingBugs">report] them.

Update: The MacOSX binaries are now available on the download page.

May 2008

Server migration (almost) completed

Sunday, May 25 2008

The announced server migration is almost completed now. Due to the too high bandwidth usage of the add-on server we have to move it back to the old machine. It will take several more hours until the add-on server is up again. Beside this everything should be up and running. If you encounter problems with the new server, please post about them in this forum thread.

Update: The add-on server was started again at the old location. Just wait some time for the update of the DNS entry campaigns.wesnoth.org to be effective and you should be able to upload and download campaigns again.

Server migration

Friday, May 23 2008

Thanks to chains and all that donated, we just got a new server for an acceptable price where we are going to host basically every service Wesnoth does offer. That is we want to migrate the multiplayer server, content server, forum, wiki and all the other stuff to this machine. The content server and the multiplayer servers are already running there. This weekend we will work on migrating all the other stuff over. Due to this we will have to deactivate the wiki and forums and shut down the content server for some hours since we need the bandwidth to transfer all the data. The multiplayer server will still be up and running, but everything else will not be completely reachable starting on Saturday, May 24th around 12:00 GMT. Things will be up again once we are done, if we are lucky we might be done within 12 hours though it is unlikely. We hope to have all things working again on the new machine Sunday evening.

Stay tuned for the nice things we will be able to do once everything is on the same machine. Things like registered nicks for the multiplayer server with the same login ingame as used for the forum as well as a webinterface to the content server which might even allow rating of campaigns will get possible (once someone writes the code to do so).

Wesnoth 1.4.2: Maintenance Release

Tuesday, May 6 2008

Wesnoth 1.4.2 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.4.x branch. In this release just some smaller bugs were fixed and many translations were updated. To celebrate the release and comment on it, post in this forum thread. As with the last development series, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...

At the moment only the Gentoo and Debian binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the download page. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, report them.

Update: The MacOSX binaries are now available on the download page.

Update 2: The Windows binaries are now available on the download page.

April 2008

Wesnoth 1.5.0: Development Release

Sunday, April 27 2008

A new Development release is ready. This is the first release in the brand new 1.5.x tree. A lot was changed since the start of the stable 1.4.x branch and since I am too lazy to list all the great changes in here, better have a look at the forum thread which describes the most important changes. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read complete changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...

At the moment no binaries are ready. Once they are done you can find them at the download page. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, report it.

Update: The Windows binaries are now available on the download page.

Wesnoth 1.4.1: Maintenance Release

Monday, April 7 2008

Wesnoth 1.4.1 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.4 branch. It mainly fixes smaller problems and features a rewritten multiplayer server to improve the servers speed while using less resources. Beside this the multiplayer lobby was sped up, spelling mistakes were fixed and many translations were updated. To celebrate the release and comment on it, post in this forum thread. As with the last development series, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...

At the moment only the Gentoo, OpenSolaris and OpenSuse binaries are ready. Once the others are done you can find them at the download page. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, report them.

Update: The MacOSX binaries are now available on the download page.

Update 2: The Windows binaries are now available on the download page.

Help keeping the Servers running

Wednesday, April 2 2008

Lately we had some problems with the database for the forum and we found no really perfect way for hosting so far. While talking about what we could do about the server(s) we came to the conclusion that it is about time to try to go for a server for our own. That is we want to rent a dedicated server somewhere to host all our services like the website, forum, wiki, add-on server and multiplayer server in one location. For this we need to gather some money and to do so, we would welcome gifts from you. You can find more information about this and how to help wesnoth in this forum post. Thanks for helping us keeping the site and all servers running well.

Great victory for Wesnoth

Tuesday, April 1 2008

In a major victory for open-source gaming, the Battle For Wesnoth project has been chosen to replace Microsoft's tired "Age of Empires" franchise. Months of secret negotiations among release manager Nils Kneuper (aka Ivanovic), senior developer Eric S. Raymond, and executives at Ensemble Studios and Microsoft led to the deal. "Raymond was particularly helpful in developing the terms," commented Darl McBride, the former head of Santa Cruz Operation recently brought in to manage Microsoft Games.

"We're very excited," Raymond confirmed. "We particularly wanted to see Wesnoth multiplayer go up on Xbox Live. What better way to increase awareness of Battle For Wesnoth?" Access to the existing Wesnoth servers will still be available until June 1 2008; players will be charged a small monthly fee.

Raymond and Kneuper declined to disclose the full terms of the deal, but Raymond admitted that they do involve a substantial amount of money. "We have a plan to use it wisely," he said, "beginning with hiring some real artists."

According to Kneuper, another clause of the agreement commits the Wesnoth project to migrate all its documentation to OOXML, which is expected to be approved by ISO tomorrow. Kneuper observed: "We are very pleased to be at the front of this important development in international standardization".

Discuss and celebrate this great victory with us in this forum post.

Update: For all those who have not realized it so far: This was just a joke. Happy April Fools Day!


March 2008

Wesnoth participating at GSoC 2008

Monday, March 17 2008

Wesnoth was just accepted as a mentoring organisation for Google Summer of Code. This means that students can propose projects they want to work on and will get paid for working on these if they are accepted. If you are a student and interested in working on Wesnoth as part of SoC, have a look at our SoC Ideas page in the wiki to see what we see as possible projects as well as who to contact. Beside this you should visit us in the IRC channel #wesnoth-dev at irc.freenode.net and talk with us about your ideas.

Wesnoth 1.4

Saturday, March 8 2008

More than one year has gone by since we released Wesnoth 1.2. To thank you for more than 2,100,000 downloads via sourceforge.net, we now proudly present Wesnoth 1.4. You can look at the (translated) release notes to get an idea about what has changed since 1.2. For those who just want to play, the new release is available for download. This stable release is compatible with the release candidates for 1.4. If you have any comments, we would be happy to hear them in the forum thread dedicated to this release. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find any, report them.

We are also looking for help in several areas, so that many other releases of similar caliber can follow this one. We are especially looking for translators, graphic artists (sprite, portraits, terrain, story images), music composers (a background in classical composition, and good equipment required), sound artists (for special effects), authors (writing/maintaining campaigns, creating content like unit descriptions, improving the ingame help) and, of course, coders. If you want to participate in developing Wesnoth, just have a look at the forum or visit us in the IRC channel #wesnoth-dev at irc.freenode.net.

More Server Maintenance

Friday, March 7 2008

The migration of our webserver to ibiblio.org is now almost complete. The forums are up again, upgraded from phpBB2 to phpBB3 and should basically be working. A little finetuning might still be needed, but it should at least be usable. Thanks cycholka for taking care of moving the database and upgrading the forum. Ettin is currently working on making the wiki work nicely and updating it to a more recent version of Mediawiki. I will keep you updated on when the wiki will be completely working again.

Thanks to ibiblio.org for providing us with huge amounts of space, bandwidth and support. Thanks cyrilb (and Jexiste) for helping us to migrate things and still supporting us by providing the DNS server and the domain name. And of course thanks to cycholka and ettin for the huge amounts of time you invested to move things.

Update: The move should now be completed, the Wiki and Forum updated to the latest versions and working. In the next days we will have to fix the map tags phpBB extension and improve colors for the forum theme. Beside this everything should be working nicely. If anything does not, please post about it in the forums and we will have a look at it.

Server Maintenance

Tuesday, March 4 2008

Currently we are about to switch our servers to a new location. this will lead to the website not being available for some time. The forum is already deavtivated, so that no posts get lost while migrating. We hope to manage completing the migration withhin the next two days. Thanks for your patience.

Update: Since you can read this post, you are already in the new site. That is the good news. The bad news is that the migration takes longer than we thought it would. Part of this is due to general problems to update the DNS entrys, another one is updating the software for the wiki and forum used and the most important problem are security concerns. We hope to have all issues fixed soon so that we can reopen the forums and the wiki. Thanks for your patience.

Febuary 2008

Wesnoth 1.3.19 aka 1.4-rc2: Development Release

Monday, Febuary 25 2008

Wesnoth 1.3.19 is out. This is the second release candidate for 1.4. It looks like we are already very close to a final 1.4 release. To learn about the most important changes in this release, have a look at this forum thread. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, but there aren't this many this time...

All the major binaries are ready.You can find them at the download page. This release candidate for 1.4 should not include many bugs, but if you find one, please report it.

Update: Due to problems with XCode initial OSX binary didn't allow switching languages and crased in some situations. If you are affected by those problems, please update to the new one linked at the download page. If you still have problems, please report them.

Wesnoth 1.3.18 aka 1.4-rc1: Development Release

Tuesday, Febuary 19 2008

Wesnoth 1.3.18 is out. This is the first release candidate for 1.4. To learn about the changes in this release, have a look at this forum thread. As with the last releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache. Keep in mind to read the sections about 1.3.18 and 1.3.17 since there was no 1.3.17 officially available and all changes of it are included in 1.3.18.

All the major binaries are ready.You can find them at the download page. This release candidate for 1.4 should not include many bugs, but if you find one, please report it.

Wesnoth 1.3.16 aka 1.4-beta3: Development Release

Tuesday, Febuary 12 2008

Wesnoth 1.3.16 is out. This is hopefully the last beta release before we start to get out release candidates. It includes some balancing changes and many bug fixes. To learn about the changes in this release, have a look at this forum thread. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...

At the moment none of the major binaries are ready. Once they are done you can find them at the download page. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite a few bugs. If you find one, please report it.

Update: The Windows and OpenSolaris binaries are now available at the download page.

Update 2: Since lwa seems to be MIA, OSX users should try the unofficial MacOSX build by ulissesroc. Since there are now somehow binaries for the major platforms the 1.3.15 server will be shut down soon.

January 2008

Wesnoth 1.3.15 aka 1.4-beta2: Development Release

Tuesday, January 29 2008

Wesnoth 1.3.15 is out. It consists of lots of bugfixes and translation updates. To learn about the changes in this release, have a look at this forum thread. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...

At the moment none of the major binaries are ready. Once they are done you can find them at the download page. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite a few bugs. If you find one, please report it.

Update: The Windows binaries are now available at the download page.

Wesnoth 1.3.14 aka 1.4-beta1: Development Release

Monday, January 14 2007

Wesnoth 1.3.14 is out. This release marks the start of the feature and string freeze. To learn about the changes in this release, have a look at this forum thread. As with the last development releases, we continue to offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read players changelog that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) complete changelog with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...

At the moment only the Windows binary is ready. You can find it at the download page. Once the others are done you can find them at the download page, too. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite a few bugs. If you find one, please report it.

Update: The MacOSX binaries are now available at the download page. Soon the server will be updated to only support 1.3.14.

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