Battle for Wesnoth News

• Fixed `core=` attribute in `_server.pbl` being completely ignored (issue #5664).
  

• Tutorial
  • Use a portrait on the Campaigns menu.
    

• Sceptre of Fire
  • S02p5: Added defeat condition if Alanin dies.
    

• Increased the limits of timer values (up to 10 minutes turn bonus, 50 minutes reservoir).
  
• Re-added HTML character escaping.
  

• Fixed an error in `gui.get_user_choice()` (part of PR #6247).
  
• Fixed an error in handling `x,y` locations (issue #6231).
  

• Fixed missing dependency on boost-math in the vcpkg config.
  
• Made `get_dlls.py` install libraries for `wesnothd` too.
  

• Updated translations: Dutch, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil).
  
• Added po hints for time format strings.
  

• Made the Add-ons Manager search box less unwieldy on very small resolutions.
  
• Made listbox header toggle buttons taller.
  
• Fixed a crash when assigning players to different teams while creating an MP game.
  
• Fixed a crash when using nickname tab autocompletion in the MP lobby.
  

• Fixed `[item]x,y=` at scenario scope (issue #6231).
  

• Fixed missing tooltips on the side-bar (hover over the unit type to see a description, etc) (issues #6007 and #6096).
  
• Fixed several issues in the multiplayer server about TLS connections, error-handling and disconnections.
  
• Added `.DS_Store` and `Thumbs.db` to wmltool's list of files to ignore.
  

After three years of continuous development, the FOSS strategy classic has finally put out a new stable release.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/10/the-battle-for-wesnoth-hits-new-landmark-with-release-116

If you've never heard of Battle for Wesnoth before now, today is your lucky day. A long-standing member of our guide to the best turn-based strategy games on PC, Battle for Wesnoth is a free PC game that's open source, and provides a low-frills, high-fantasy strategy romp with 17 solo campaigns and plenty of multiplayer maps.

It just received a new major milestone update - 1.16 - which features campaign improvements, a reworked Dunefolk faction, AI changes, and many quality-of-life changes around how players actually download and play the strategy game. There are also two new multiplayer maps: Isle of Mists is a co-op survival scenario, and World Conquest is a multiplayer campaign with RPG elements for up to three players. The latter addition used to be an unofficial add-on, but has now been formally integrated into the game's code.

Battle for Wesnoth was conceived in 2003 by David White, and has since grown to encompass hundreds of contributors, from unofficial third-party content creators, to a democratically elected project manager who oversees the game through major development cycles. There's even a board of directors and everything.

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