It's a mod for "Battle for Wesnoth" open-source videogame.
- Author : Ruvaak
- Version : see lua/aww_status.lua:9
- Changelog : see CHANGELOG.md
- License : GNU-GPL
- Code Repository on GitHub
- Dedicated forum thread
You can reuse the code of this mod in your own creations, without asking my authorization, only if you share it with the same License, freely. But I will really appreciate to know my code is used on your project, and that you credit my work somewhere in your code.
Last Wesnoth version tested : 1.14.14
A collection of the most-requested options to make the mechanics more realistic and tactic, for people curious to experiment a new gameplay. It changes the combat approach, making it easier for good tacticians, harder for the others. All theses features works for mainline Campaigns & Scenarios, Single or Multiplayer, for all sides (including AI) It also includes some options to give interest to level-up units after max advancement.
The features which keep the Campaigns balanced are enabled by default. The others features are more aimed for PvP multiplayer, or being played on campaign in a lesser difficulty.
Features list :
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No Random Combats : attacks never miss, terrain bonus is instead used as damage reducer.
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Increased Damage : To compensate the high terrains defenses. Only applies for 'No Random Combats'.
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Squad Mode (HP-related strikes) : Units lacking lot of HP do proportionally less attack strikes (or less damage for single-strike attacks). Swarm is a worse ratio (-1 strike if you miss just 1 HP), than native, but taken in account by AI. In both cases, minimum strikes will be 1, and will not apply for berserk.
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Level-Up : Relative Healing : When an unit advance a level, instead of a full healing and being cured, it keep the missing HP, but statuses are cured. The special case when post-advancement Max-HP is smaller than pre-advanced is also handled.
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Level-Up : Random Bonuses After Max Level Advancement : Units already AMLA (purple XP bar) gain an extra random ability or increased stat each time they level-up again.
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Level-Up : Promoted Leaders After Max Level Advancement : Post-level 3 standard units reaching their first AMLA level-up will be able to recruit the same units as the original leader, recall, and be prefixed 'Chief' with a bronze crown icon (keeping the Loyal icon in case). Excluded for special Heroes.
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Updated Epic Heroes : The Leaders and Heroes (gold & silver crowns) gain an increase of 20% of their attributes and a small regeneration ability, making them harder to kill. Excluded for Promoted Leaders.
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Learning from battlefield (Passive XP) : Extra XP for all units each turn (except for the ones not recalled).
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Learning from healing (Max XP/turn for Healing) : Each turn, Healers will earn 1 XP for each adjacent wounded (but not-poisoned) ally, but you can limit the max/turn.
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Updated Berserk tweak - Fury : Replace 'berserk' by a new 'Fury' weapon special, way more interesting. A warcry related to the fury level with also be displayed.
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Updated Ambushed tweak - Surprise Attacks : An ambush will trigger a quick combat in which the ambushed unit can't counter-attack. Awesome combined with NINJA WARS!
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NEW Ninja Wars (Stealthy units) : Most of units will melee back-stabs, poison arrows, distract from ZoC, be faster and invisible/ambushers in villages, forests, deep water, or everywhere at night. For funny PvP with fog-of-war focused on ambushes / hide&seek.
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NEW Level-Up After Max Level Advancement : Increase Level Number (The unit level will continue growing with the AMLA level-ups)
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Also includes a PvPvE scenario : '4p - Ruvaak Mirage Atoll' optimized to be combined with all features.
Feel free to contribute ! If you experiment a bug, please report it to me on the forum, then try to disable the feature (see next section).
The mod works when features options are changed during a game. When you disable an option, MOST of the changes made on units by the features are removed. But it's experimental.
- During a game, type :
:debug
(except if you launched the game with --debug argument) 2) Then open Lua Console(default : `, but you can see it in Menu > Settings > Shortcuts > Display lua console) 3) Copy/paste/execute one of the following lines related to mod features. - Change the number in parentheses : 0 (zero) means disabled, 1 enabled. - When specified, you can replace it by another number. (like in feature 02, 04, 05, 08...) - Most of the changes will be operational immediately, or next turn, or next scenario. But units already modified will keep theirs changes. The commands to edit each feature and remove/re-enable changes on units :
aww_status.update_feature_01(0) -- NoRandomCombats
aww_status.update_feature_02(0) -- Squad Mode 1 = custom, 2 = swarm
aww_status.update_feature_03(0) -- L-Up AMLA Promoted Leader
aww_status.update_feature_04(0) -- passive xp, 0 to 6
aww_status.update_feature_05(0) -- healing xp 0 to 6
aww_status.update_feature_06(0) -- L-Up relative healing
aww_status.update_feature_07(0) -- verbose debug messages
aww_status.update_feature_08(0) -- NoRandomCombats Damages Adjustment, to -20 to 40
aww_status.update_feature_09(0) -- AMLA Random Bonuses
aww_status.update_feature_10(0) -- Epic Leaders
aww_status.update_feature_11(0) -- Ninja Wars
aww_status.update_feature_12(0) -- Berserk tweak
aww_status.update_feature_13(0) -- Ambush tweak
aww_status.update_feature_14(0) -- L-Up Notif
aww_status.update_feature_15(0) -- L-Up AMLA numberIf you want to display all currently enabled features (and the associated number), copy/paste/execute this line the lua console :
aww_status.message_info_all()It will do it automatically on next scenario. If you want to try to migrate the current scenario, copy/paste in lua console the following line :
wesnoth.fire_event('aww_event_reload_lua')If you see some bugs on a feature, (see previous section) disable it on re-enable it (replace XX by feature number):
aww_status.update_feature_XX(0)
aww_status.update_feature_XX(1)See previous section to know how to open console or when the changes will applies.
This is useful only for development/test purpose on the addon lua scripts.
- Do not do that play a big campaign, as it can create issue with your savegame when you update the addon.
- Effect : the LUA scripts will be loaded externally (means you can edit them, and the effect will apply when you reload a savegame, no need to re-create a game or a scenario like for WML scripts).
- To enable it, just place a empty file named :
aww.dev
in the addon base directory (where the _main.cfg is).
- To disable it, just remove the file, and restart the game.
Some of theses features are inspired from existing code, saving me lot of times. A big thanks particularly to Eagle 11, Ravana, Bob_The_Mighty, Dugi, for their creation. And a huge thanks for all developers and Wesnoth WML wiki contributors !