How do I learn the proper tags and keys to use?

[Legend_Rider]

I know that you can read about (almost?) everything on the wiki, and there are good bits of info on the forums, however it can be difficult to know "what to look for" and in some cases it's pretty challenging to find.
It's been recommended to look through existing content for various tid bits and to figure out how things work.

Best I can conclude, simply going over everything in the wiki (reading the whole thing) seems to be about the best way to understand WML and use the proper tags and especially the correct keys.

I'm very new to this language, (though I have some past experience using it), I never really truly learned I just messed around with pre existing things to make my own scenarios etc.

To use an example of something that will hopefully help point me in the right direction;
I've picked up guitar again recently, and through all of my past experience talking to people, following tutorials and getting lessons, until this time around, I hadn't had anybody tell me "where to place my fingers on the frets" nor "how to check and apply proper tensioning on the strings" it's often these "little things" that are brushed off as "unnecessary details" or "too basic" but they can be core fundamentals of learning.

Any help is greatly appreciated! Many thanks!

[octalot]

WML's tags have been written over a long time by many people, which causes the problem that it's not entirely consistent. I think a lot of the learning curve is to know the mainline campaigns (from player experience, not needing to read all the WML), and using that knowledge to work out where to look for examples. Knowledge such as "the last scenario of campaign X auto-recalls all of the player's units", so that's where to look for that reference code.

Alternatively, ask on IRC / Discord and use other people's knowledge of where to look for reference code.

If a WML feature isn't used in any mainline campaign, then sadly it probably isn't being tested either.

[Legend_Rider]

WML's tags have been written over a long time by many people, which causes the problem that it's not entirely consistent. I think a lot of the learning curve is to know the mainline campaigns (from player experience, not needing to read all the WML), and using that knowledge to work out where to look for examples. Knowledge such as "the last scenario of campaign X auto-recalls all of the player's units", so that's where to look for that reference code.

Alternatively, ask on IRC / Discord and use other people's knowledge of where to look for reference code.

If a WML feature isn't used in any mainline campaign, then sadly it probably isn't being tested either.

Thank you for your response, good tips! This will help a lot in the journey learning WML!

[beetlenaut]

WML Guide is a campaign on the add-on server. It's my attempt to explain common WML. There are lots of remarks in the code to explain what the various tags do--hopefully at the basic level you are looking for. The first scenario is simple and may be below your level, but the second scenario has some events, macros, and more complicated structures in it.

[Legend_Rider]

WML Guide is a campaign on the add-on server. It's my attempt to explain common WML. There are lots of remarks in the code to explain what the various tags do--hopefully at the basic level you are looking for. The first scenario is simple and may be below your level, but the second scenario has some events, macros, and more complicated structures in it.

I’ll check it out! Thank you!

[Straff]

Have you checked this sites? https://wiki.wesnoth.org/Category:WML_Tutorials

[Legend_Rider]

Have you checked this sites? https://wiki.wesnoth.org/Category:WML_Tutorials

Yes, thank you
Very valuable resources!