Topic awaiting preservation: Battle for Wesnoth

Just found this awesome game. Its what I was hoping warcraft 3 was gonna be and man is it addictive! It runs on just about every OS too. http://www.wesnoth.org/

alright, i'm downloading it...

SB: Yep I've grabbed it - any tips?

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Emps

The Emperor dot org

I've played it before!

tips:
-Don't forget to recall units at the beginning of the mission.
-Take a look at each units terrain modifiers
-Read the description, some units such as thieves have powerfull attacks if used correctly
-capture as many villages as you can, you save your living units(to be recalled) and gold for later missions



[This message has been edited by ninmonkey (edited 12-08-2003).]

oh nifty...am downloading it now!

this is great
thx for sharing

It keeps crashing on me really badly when I go to multiplayer - anyone got any ideas on this?

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Emps

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No tips Emps, I'm doing horrible myself. You could always RTFM

Oh, and there is a new release candidate out here. Maybe that'll fix the multiplayer bug, but single player is a lot of fun anyway

SB: Cheers but their isn't much of TFM for me to R

That new version might do the trick I'm uninstalling and trying again.

[edit: It didn't but turning of ZoneAlarm worked]

I'm stuck on the third one of the solo game (where you arrive on the island).

[edit: OK I've read the tips on that and I'll should be able to crack it]

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Emps

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I played Lacuna tonight online which was good fun (I'll let her tell you the result ). Its pretty quiet on the dev server. 50 turns took a couple of hours (including passing insults on ICQ) - I'd suggest going for 75 as 50 wasn't quite long enough.

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Emps

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bah! the only thing i'm goin to tell anyone is what a big fat cheater head you are

he says "lets kill the computer first"...i agree...was a good plan. so i start going to do that.....then what's the slimey lil bastard do? goes and starts killin me.
but that's just fine... i'll kick his ass next time! LOL

Bring it awn sister

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Emps

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Lacuna: Well what did you expect him to do? Did you forget who you were playing with?

And I must say I envy you people who have the time to play games for several hours.


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yes, well, i've obviously learned my lesson suho. i'll not be so trusting next time he has some grand plan.

and i was sketching while i was playing

ah, good to know that about you, emps

I do feel like I have got a bad reputation now

It wasn't part of some evil plan but we were both trying to squeeze down a neck of land and I had far more troops than her so I took the opportunity to kill them - it strikes me as fairly sensible.

And yes it would be quicker if we hadn't been messing about and doing other things (the advantage of being on ICQ - what if you were playing a trnager and they got an urgent phone call or had violent diarrhea?).

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Emps

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Just a quick note - the 0.6RC version keeps being updated and the server only accepts the very latest version which often isn't available for Windows so if people want an Asylum game its best to go with 0.5 for the moment.

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Emps

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I was gonna download it tonight...but then I started playing Viewtiful Joe *blush*

You're right Emps. They're up to the 3rd one right now. I believe they're working on some multiplayer bugs and some new single player scenarios. I don't expect it'll be too long before the offical .6 is released. How about we try to set up an ozone game then? In the meantime you better get in some single player practice because I'm not gonna fall for any of your dirty tricks.



[This message has been edited by Schitzoboy (edited 12-10-2003).]

SB:

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How about we try to set up an ozone game then?

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Fine by me - the servers are usually quite quiet. It is easier to coordinate if the other people are on ICQ too and then its easy enough to do (there are 4 places available). I've played with Lacuna a few times (but that is another story).

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In the meantime you better get in some single player practice because I'm not gonna fall for any of your dirty tricks.

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Why I'm sure I don't know what you mean

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Emps

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quote:

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I've played with Lacuna a few times (but that is another story).

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You can say that again...


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Suho: www.liminality.org

Yay! 0.6 is finally released

I keep getting whooped (ver 0.5.1)


[edit] THINKS I know I'll download the 0.6 version, I'm bound to play better with that one heh [/edit]

[This message has been edited by Taobaybee (edited 12-13-2003).]

actually, i think 6 is a bit easier, imo. you have additional characters in 6 that weren't in 5.

well, now I'm hooked ;-)

Tyberius Prime

TBB: Which mission are you having trouble with?

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Emps

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I'd better just sit here

Erm,,,, errr,,,, wellllll,,,,
the training bit,,, heh,,,whoops
(that's me getting crossed off any potential team lists)
[ed] just going to install the new version now...[/ed]

[This message has been edited by Taobaybee (edited 12-13-2003).]

It's pretty good so far, but I have no idea why you'd compare it to Warcraft. It bears far more resemblance to classic console strategy games like Langrisser and Dark Wizard. Which I loved, so this is pretty enjoyable for me.

edit: Hmm, but I really dislike the heavy role that luck plays. Percentages come out in the long run, but that's not how I want to run a strategy game.

Cell 1250 :: alanmacdougall.com :: Illustrator tips

[This message has been edited by Perfect Thunder (edited 12-14-2003).]

TBB: In your first recruiting make sure you get an archer and a horseman and send them up and round north of the river. Send a mixed group of archers and fighters south and grab some more villages. Let his troops come to you for a bit somewhere in the middle (near a village) and make sure that when you are fighting a unit surround it with as many troops as you can to kill them quickly (make sure you use the bow when attacking with archers). Eventually his initial cash will start to run low and you can start moving up and taking more villages. If someone gets down to the low yellow or red region retreat them to a village to heal. You lader need never leave the Keep.

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TaoBaggins

All hail the Emperor That did the trick heh.
I'm having problems connecting for an online game, anyone else have this with the 0.6 version? I have just tried again and it says "This server requires ver 0.6, while you are using 0.6.0".
I'll go back to the website and check.
thanks again Emps
tao

[This message has been edited by Taobaybee (edited 12-16-2003).]

TBB: No worries.

I think they have boobed as there is no way to connect for the multiplayer that I (or Lacuna) can discover. The 0.6 release was full of bugs so they are rushing out 0.6.1 so we'll probbaly have to wait for that.

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Emps

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well, one person setting up the server, the other giving the first person's ip address as 'server' worked for me.
This needs an ingame chat, though.

Oh, and the map editor is awful... Must see if I can't spare half a dozen hours on the weekend ;-).

6.1 is out now, but I don't know if the server is running it yet