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Battle For Wesnoth - 0.6.99

SDL turn based fantasy strategy game

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All Time:	(4.4)
Version 0.6.99:	(5.0)
Selected Version:	0.6.99
Release Date:	2004-02-06
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 0.6.99):	931
Downloads (all versions):	74,679

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Product Description:

This is a fantasy focussed turn-based strategy game with units carrying over and gaining experience between scenarios. Both single player campaigns and multiplayer games are supported. This game is currently being actively developed, but is already at in a playable state.

What's new in this version:

made it possible to recruit on any keep tile, not just a starting keeps
data compression for network games
tutorial objectives added
new units:
Outlaw
AI improvements
retreating, re-grouping
attack selection improvements
grouping improvements
defending leader
fixed leader abandoning keep when it was not safe
fixed AI leaving units idle when it has a large number of units
updated translations:
french
improved castle placement on random maps
missile images issues fixed for 'Arch Mage', Ghost, 'Sea Hag' and Wraith
fixed healing units that had full hitpoints (#7574)
attempt to fix bug with energy bars not displaying properly on OSX
nightstalk ability added
added turn-to-stone special weapon ability
invisible units are now revealed when enemy comes adjacent to them
poisoned units are shown with a green hue
updated MANUAL
new units:
Thug
Poacher
increased resistance values for all Dwarvish units
increased cost of 'Dwarvish Fighter' to 17
reduced 'Dwarvish Lord' movement to 4
skirmish ability given to Fencer and Duelist
scenario balancing for 'Heir to the Throne' campaign:
Home of the North Elves
minimap scrolling
new music added
theme updated:
new menus
added menu buttons to top left of screen
slider updated
new buttons
status icons in unit information panel
Multiplayer improvements:
Loyalists can recruit Horseman
Rebels can recruit Dwarves
wesnothd.6 manual updated
credits, people ordered by role
tweaked look of tooltips
made it so the icon for the paladin's sword is used when the paladin attack
added Dwarvish Steelclad attack frame
escape save game filenames to allow special characters on them
attempt to fix STL-related compile error on Slackware
added find_visible_unit, to find a visible_unit by location in a unit_map
initial implementation of developer documentation (doxygen)
refactored some AI code
extended tutorial
two new music tracks
new user-interface
support for themes
enhanced support for resolutions below 1024x768 (e.g. 800x600)
very simple chatting is now possible in-game (mouse right-click menu -> speak)
new time of day images, attack icons, new buttons, checkboxes, panel has been split to top and right-side panel...
medium difficulty level is used by default when starting new campaign
snapshot saving, faster loading if you skip replay
more unit graphics, animations and sounds
healers can heal allies.
undeads can not be drained anymore
new units:
Shadow
dart damage type changed from pierce to blade, this affects 'Orcish Assassin' and 'Orcish Slayer'
fixed description for 'Wolf Rider'
changed 'Evil Necromancer' advanceto 'Lich'
Mage stats changed: hitpoints increased to 24, ranged attack does now 6-3 (magic), 60 experience needed to advance
reduced movement for Arch Mage and Great Mage to 4
Dwarvish Lord changes: renamed 'tomahawk' to 'hatchet', removed leadership, increased resistance against blade, piercing and impact
Necromancer changed to 'human' (movement_type is now 'smallfoot'), experience needed to advance increased to 80
Lich experience needed to advance increased to 250.
'Ancient Lich' Melee damage decreased to 8-4
free units don't get traits anymore, however they are free in future scenarios
new scenarios for 'Heir to the Throne' campaign:
North Elves
scenario balancing for 'Heir to the Throne' campaign:
Hasty Alliance
Sceptre of Fire
A Choice Must Be Made
new scenarios for 'The Dark Hordes' campaign:
Mages and Elves
scenario balancing for 'Dark Hordes' campaign:
Brother Against Brother
The Skull of Agarash
units will stop moving when they see new units (shroud/fow)
moves that do not reveal shroud/fow are undoable
when a leader dies all villages for that side become neutral and you can not anymore capture villages, you can still "neutralize" villages of other players
'show team colours' now uses colored circles to identify units sides
added 'show team colours' option to preferences dialog
added some explanatory tooltips for some unit attributes on sidebar
added in flag to show whose turn it currently is
added end turn confirmation when units can still move (requires editing preferences-file - see WesnothPreferences on http://wiki.wesnoth.org for more information)
added 'unit list' to context menu
restored 'save game' in the context menu (#7172)
multiplayer improvements:
enhanced multiplayer game setup
random maps
made basic messaging possible using 'Speak' from main menu
'delayed map sharing' between allies
when player quits or gets disconnected from multiplayer game, game creator chooses to replace them with ai/local player or abort
loaded games should now start properly and with right settings
there are now flags (and colors) for 10 teams
minimap shows FoW and units.
configurable wesnothd port see 'wesnothd --help'
client support for non-standard server ports, syntax: server.address.here:port
AI improvements
leader seeks for healing as long as his keep is safe
leader captures nearby villages in some situations
leader requests help when attacked
attack is chosen more effectively
movement algorithm changes
restructured AI code
man-page for wesnoth_editor
new translations:
swedish
updated translations:
danish
dutch
french
spanish
internationalization string fixes
made make_translation and merge_translations compile
fixed "Computer vs Computer" not in string_table (#7295)
improved speed of reading cfg-files
units in water tiles are displayed partially submerged
added support for height adjustment of units
added snowed hills and forest - H and F
default selection for weapons when attacking
all event tags are now handled in the order in which they appear
teleport event
added several new toys for scenario developers to play with (wesnoth --test to see all thats done)
allowed items to set status flags on units
tweaked unit cfg-files for "weapon namespace uniformity" - needed for attack icons
implemented new 'team_name' tag to show alliances to replace 'enemy' tag
adjusted the way in which images are blitted
implemented new widget system with sample: textbox
borders of game field show dummy terrain instead of black areas
made images use proper transparency, instead of using black as transperant colour
pressing space really ends turn for a unit (#7311)
menu arrows are disabled when we are on top or in the bottom of menu
allow scrolling to fogged zones clicking the minimap

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or later
SDL Libraries: SDL, SDL_net, SDL_ttf, SDL_mixer, SDL_image (version with libraries embedded is, however, currently included)

Feedback Summary:

Version 0.6.99:
Overall Rating:	(5.0)	Features:	(4.0)	Support:	(4.0)
Ease of Use:	(4.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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It Just Gets Better and Better - Version: 1.6.1, 5/6/2009 05:12PM PST

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Jukilum

I've been playing Battle for Wesnoth on and off for almost a year now and it is more fun every time I play. Each release significantly improves the game, though updating to the latest version almost always requires a full 200+ MB re-download. With this latest release I've been playing almost everyday, and soon convinced my brother to try multiplayer mode with me and it rocks! The game is a little difficult to get the hang of and it rarely gets easier, continuously upping the challenge. Along with all that other greatness of the main game, there is also a large and active fan base that creates new downloadable content on a regular basis.

Oh, and family friendly-wise, a few campaigns have violent artwork in-between battles, there is an occasional mild cursing (as in about once every five hours or so) and of course since it is BATTLE for Wesnoth, you do kill other people and creatures but it isn't very graphic. If the ESRB were to rate it I would predict an E10+ or T.

For more sounds ... - Version: 1.6.1, 4/14/2009 06:44PM PST

roro01

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Even better! - Version: 1.6, 4/12/2009 02:12PM PST

Peter Balcon

Although the developers' will continue to strive for further improvements and new features, version 1.6 is a mature product, significantly better than previous versions graphically and in many other areas.
Improvements have been made to the Artificial Intelligence and the stats of many units have been rebalanced for better gameplay. There is a new mainline campaign and there have been worthwhile changes to the map editor. There are also new,original music tracks, and special clips for significant events in the game.
All in all, an even better product. Probably the best free open-source game yet produced, there are many user-contributed scenarios available to load into the basic game, both single-player and multi-player.