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There are many ways to get help. From online documentation to support from the community on IRC or forums.
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There are many ways to get help — from online documentation to support from the community on Discord, IRC or forums. If you are experiencing problems, you should consider [[ReportingBugs|reporting a bug]].
  
== Wiki Resources ==
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== Forums ==
* [[Play|Online Players Guide]] - Game manual, walkthroughs, strategy guides, and more.
 
* [[Create|Content-Creation Guide]] - Manual showing how to create new campaigns for Wesnoth.
 
* [[StartingPoints|Starting Points]] - List of pages to serve as starting point for diving deeply into the wiki...
 
* [https://r.wesnoth.org/rules#w0mp Multiplayer Information] - Info about server moderators, useful MP commands, and our online Code of Conduct.
 
* [http://wiki.wesnothlife.ru/ Russian Wesnoth Wiki]
 
  
== Reporting Bugs ==
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If you are experiencing problems, you should consider [[ReportingBugs|reporting a bug]].
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<li><b>[//forums.wesnoth.org/ Official Wesnoth forums]</b>
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<li>[[Glossary|Wesnoth Acronyms]] - forum lingo
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<li>[http://www.wesnoth.cn Chinese wesnoth forums]
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<li>[http://wif.altervista.org/index.php  Wesnoth Italian Forums (W.I.F)]
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<li>[http://www.wesnothlife.ru/forum/ Russian Wesnoth Forums (WesnothLife)]
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<li>[http://www.wesnoth.com.pl/news.php Polish Wesnoth Website]
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<li>[http://wesnoth.fsf.hu/ Hungarian Wesnoth Website]
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<li>[http://www35.atwiki.jp/weswiki/ Japanese Wesnoth Website]
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== Community ==
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== Discord ==
  
Before asking for help with some technical problem in the official forums, please read [//forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=25660 How to report a bug properly] for instructions and pointers.
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Wesnoth maintains a presence on Discord through its own [https://discord.gg/battleforwesnoth official Discord server]. Several channels are bridged to IRC in order to allow Discord and IRC users to interact with each other.
  
=== Forums ===
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== IRC ==
* [//forums.wesnoth.org/ Official Wesnoth forums]
 
* [[Glossary|Wesnoth Acronyms]] - forum lingo
 
* [http://www.wesnoth.cn Chinese wesnoth forums]
 
* [http://wif.altervista.org/index.php  Wesnoth Italian Forums (W.I.F)]
 
* [http://www.wesnothlife.ru/forum/ Russian Wesnoth Forums (WesnothLife)]
 
* [http://www.wesnoth.com.pl/news.php Polish Wesnoth Website]
 
* [http://wesnoth.fsf.hu/ Hungarian Wesnoth Website]
 
* [http://www35.atwiki.jp/weswiki/ Japanese Wesnoth Website]
 
  
=== IRC ===
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IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a time-tested communications system that offers greater flexibility and extensibility than modern chat platforms. For more information, check out [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat Wikipedia's article] and [http://www.irchelp.org/ IRCHelp.org].
If you don't know what Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is, check out [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat Wikipedia's article] and [http://www.irchelp.org/ IRCHelp.org].
 
  
All of the following channels are hosted at the [https://libera.chat/ Libera.Chat] IRC network unless otherwise noted. If you don't have an IRC client installed on your machine or are behind a strict firewall that blocks [https://libera.chat/guides/connect Libera.Chat's supported ports], you can use a compatible Web IRC service such as [https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.libera.chat:+6697/ Kiwi IRC].
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All of the following channels are hosted at the [https://libera.chat/ Libera.Chat] IRC network unless otherwise noted. If you don't have an IRC client installed on your machine or are behind a firewall that blocks ports 6667, 6697, and other [https://libera.chat/guides/connect supported ports], you can use [https://web.libera.chat Libera.Chat's web client] instead.
  
==== Main channels ====
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=== Main channels ===
  
 
* [irc://irc.libera.chat/%23wesnoth #wesnoth]: This channel is for general conversation amongst Wesnoth players and developers.
 
* [irc://irc.libera.chat/%23wesnoth #wesnoth]: This channel is for general conversation amongst Wesnoth players and developers.
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* [irc://irc.libera.chat/%23wesnoth-dev #wesnoth-dev]: The development discussion channel. Most contributors and developers (WML, C++ and art people alike) hang around here, exchanging ideas and code patches.
 
* [irc://irc.libera.chat/%23wesnoth-dev #wesnoth-dev]: The development discussion channel. Most contributors and developers (WML, C++ and art people alike) hang around here, exchanging ideas and code patches.
  
==== International channels ====
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=== International channels ===
  
 
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* [irc://irc.libera.chat/%23wesnoth-ja #wesnoth-ja (Japanese channel/日本語チャンネル)] -->
 
* [irc://irc.libera.chat/%23wesnoth-ja #wesnoth-ja (Japanese channel/日本語チャンネル)] -->
  
You can also see the [http://irclog.wesnoth.org/ logs] of some official Wesnoth channels.
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<b>Note:</b> Public conversations on official Wesnoth channels are logged at [https://irclogs.wesnoth.org/ <code>irclogs.wesnoth.org</code>]. This includes messages sent to IRC through the Discord bridge.
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== Mailing Lists ==
  
=== Mailing Lists ===
 
 
* [https://mailman.wesnoth.org/listinfo/dev Dev] ([https://mailman.wesnoth.org/pipermail/dev/ archives]): the mailing list for discussing mainline development issues; it is not intended for bug reports or feature requests. See [[ReportingBugs]] for those.
 
* [https://mailman.wesnoth.org/listinfo/dev Dev] ([https://mailman.wesnoth.org/pipermail/dev/ archives]): the mailing list for discussing mainline development issues; it is not intended for bug reports or feature requests. See [[ReportingBugs]] for those.
 
* [https://mailman.wesnoth.org/listinfo/commits/ Commits] ([https://mailman.wesnoth.org/pipermail/commits/ archives]): all commits made to the mainline source repository are automatically echoed in this list for those who want or need to keep track of them. <b>This list is currently unused.</b>
 
* [https://mailman.wesnoth.org/listinfo/commits/ Commits] ([https://mailman.wesnoth.org/pipermail/commits/ archives]): all commits made to the mainline source repository are automatically echoed in this list for those who want or need to keep track of them. <b>This list is currently unused.</b>

Revision as of 10:11, 28 May 2021

There are many ways to get help — from online documentation to support from the community on Discord, IRC or forums. If you are experiencing problems, you should consider reporting a bug.

Forums

Discord

Wesnoth maintains a presence on Discord through its own official Discord server. Several channels are bridged to IRC in order to allow Discord and IRC users to interact with each other.

IRC

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a time-tested communications system that offers greater flexibility and extensibility than modern chat platforms. For more information, check out Wikipedia's article and IRCHelp.org.

All of the following channels are hosted at the Libera.Chat IRC network unless otherwise noted. If you don't have an IRC client installed on your machine or are behind a firewall that blocks ports 6667, 6697, and other supported ports, you can use Libera.Chat's web client instead.

Main channels

  • #wesnoth: This channel is for general conversation amongst Wesnoth players and developers.
  • #wesnoth-umc-dev: The channel for questions and conversations related to Wesnoth content development, including WML and Lua coding.
  • #wesnoth-offtopic: The social and off-topic channel for miscellaneous talk and discussion of subjects not directly related to Wesnoth.
  • #wesnoth-dev: The development discussion channel. Most contributors and developers (WML, C++ and art people alike) hang around here, exchanging ideas and code patches.

International channels

Note: Public conversations on official Wesnoth channels are logged at irclogs.wesnoth.org. This includes messages sent to IRC through the Discord bridge.

Mailing Lists

  • Dev (archives): the mailing list for discussing mainline development issues; it is not intended for bug reports or feature requests. See ReportingBugs for those.
  • Commits (archives): all commits made to the mainline source repository are automatically echoed in this list for those who want or need to keep track of them. This list is currently unused.
  • i18n (archives): the internationalization (i18n) mailing list; all translation team maintainers and the i18n managers should subscribe and keep track of announcements and discussions taking place in this list.