To Lands Unknown 3.10 - now with achievements!
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Re: To Lands Unknown 3.1.3
I was expecting to see more JPEG errors in the full output but since there are none I can only assume the issue is specific to the TIFF images with JPEG compression. No idea what that exactly means and why it works for some and not others were really the same SDL_image version is supposed to be loaded.guidobartoli80 wrote: ↑April 2nd, 2020, 7:11 pm Wooooo, TLU works fine with Steam version, many thanks for the suggestion!!
So, apparently the flatpak version has some problems with this add-on on my PC, I hope my report can be of any help for developers to solve them.
If there is no special TIFF feature used I would suggest that those images are simply converted to plain JPEG images to avoid this issue.
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Re: Black background in TLU
I'm encountering the same problem in 1.15.3 on Catalina (Mac).guidobartoli80 wrote: ↑April 2nd, 2020, 3:12 pmWith development version 1.15.3 the situation is even worse because it cannot even be started:
The text error it gave me:
The following add-on had errors and could not be loaded:
/Users/jenny/Library/Containers/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth/Data/Library/Application Support/Wesnoth_1.15/data/add-ons/To_Lands_Unknown/_main.cfg
Please report this to the author or maintainer of this add-on.
Details:
Macro/file 'MENU_IMG_TXT' is missing
at ~add-ons/To_Lands_Unknown/scenarios/00_Prologue.cfg:1008
included from ~add-ons/To_Lands_Unknown/_main.cfg:80
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Re: To Lands Unknown 3.1.3
The
MENU_IMG_TXT
and MENU_IMG_TXT2
macros were removed in from 1.15.1, so that will require an update to the add-on in order to work.99 little bugs in the code, 99 little bugs
take one down, patch it around
-2,147,483,648 little bugs in the code
take one down, patch it around
-2,147,483,648 little bugs in the code
Re: To Lands Unknown 3.1.3
You need to use 1.15.1 or earlier.
Re: To Lands Unknown 3.1.3
Hi guys,
any clues about the sequel/prequel of TLU? Iv heard about a prequel but that was years ago. I really like this campaign and the characters and i would like to play more of it as soon as possible.
any clues about the sequel/prequel of TLU? Iv heard about a prequel but that was years ago. I really like this campaign and the characters and i would like to play more of it as soon as possible.
Re: To Lands Unknown 3.1.3
So I noticed the Issue I reported on last time isn't due to the android version after all.
Re: To Lands Unknown 3.1.3
To Lands Unknown 3.1.3a is now available for BfW 1.15.3!
This is a tiny update - it fixes the "MENU_IMG_TXT" issue, so you can finally test the add-on for 1.15.3+.
This is a tiny update - it fixes the "MENU_IMG_TXT" issue, so you can finally test the add-on for 1.15.3+.
Information about the future of TLU will be revealed soon.
Re: To Lands Unknown 3.1.3a
I've published modify portrait about the protagonist of this campaign here, but I don't know how to directly @ the original author, so...
https://wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php ... 28#p649428
https://wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php ... 28#p649428
Cultural Exploration of Aragwaithi
https://wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php ... 89#p657489
https://wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php ... 89#p657489
Re: To Lands Unknown 3.1.3a
So... when are we getting some leaks about the future of TLU?
Re: To Lands Unknown - 10th Anniversary!
To Lands Unknown – 10th anniversary!
This month was special because ten years ago on the 1st of October 2010 a unique experimental campaign called “To Lands Unknown” was released for Battle for Wesnoth 1.8. And what a revolution it was at that time – especially that no one expected it. The usage of multihex terrain elements on a previously unimaginable scale lead to creation of an add-on that had never existed before. But TLU is not only about graphics – it is set in a rich alternate world, has quite an intriguing story and memorable characters. It has also become an inspiration for many players and content creators for the past decade.
Here are some numbers that help quantify the add-on's journey so far:
116735+ total downloads
8 languages
157,2 Mb of content
24 scenarios
2 story modes
1297 frames of cutscene animations
22600+ forum thread views
1014 posts since the premiere
4 stable BfW releases in the meantime
There are far too many people to thank individually for supporting me and keeping the project alive, but please know I appreciate every single one of you. To everyone who has helped me or sent me messages of support and admiration for my work, I thank you!
To celebrate the occasion I collected some rare images, materials and facts related to TLU, most of which have never been publicized before:
Did you know that:
• all 8 factions from Era of Magic appear in the campaign?
• some character names are anadromes?
• TLU was really difficult to upload to the add-ons server back in 2010 due to its size?
• TLU’s art was made using 100% open-source software like Gimp, Krita and Blender?
• until TLU 2.0 all multihex maps were drawn on a paper, scanned and digitally colored in Gimp using a mechanical computer mouse?
• originally there was a late-game scenario, where the main protagonist had to betray his allies to fulfill a promise made to his own people? (some veteran TLU players still believe it was an amazing turning point in the story, which was actually cut to make room for 2 previously absent factions – and people loved that decision too)
_____________________________________________
Many of you have been asking, 'what’s next?'. Well it's been almost 10 years since the release of the campaign back in 2010, so I think it is a good idea to share some of my thoughts about the future of TLU’s universe in general and why there has been no prequel or sequel yet.
_____________________________________________
To wrap things up, the last 10 years was an amazing time for me. To Lands Unknown has inspired thousands of players during that period and today it is considered one of the very best additions to the Battle for Wesnoth – I am really proud of it. But it wouldn’t be as good as it is without your amazing feedback. For this I thank you all from the bottom of my heart The next 10 years will definitely be different, but in a good way – I am sure of it.
TLU is going to be maintained and improved as long as needed. If you have any questions, feel free to ask here or via PM.
Here are some numbers that help quantify the add-on's journey so far:
116735+ total downloads
8 languages
157,2 Mb of content
24 scenarios
2 story modes
1297 frames of cutscene animations
22600+ forum thread views
1014 posts since the premiere
4 stable BfW releases in the meantime
There are far too many people to thank individually for supporting me and keeping the project alive, but please know I appreciate every single one of you. To everyone who has helped me or sent me messages of support and admiration for my work, I thank you!
To celebrate the occasion I collected some rare images, materials and facts related to TLU, most of which have never been publicized before:
To Lands Unknown extras!
(the process of creating the Prologue scenario terrain)• all 8 factions from Era of Magic appear in the campaign?
• some character names are anadromes?
• TLU was really difficult to upload to the add-ons server back in 2010 due to its size?
• TLU’s art was made using 100% open-source software like Gimp, Krita and Blender?
• until TLU 2.0 all multihex maps were drawn on a paper, scanned and digitally colored in Gimp using a mechanical computer mouse?
• originally there was a late-game scenario, where the main protagonist had to betray his allies to fulfill a promise made to his own people? (some veteran TLU players still believe it was an amazing turning point in the story, which was actually cut to make room for 2 previously absent factions – and people loved that decision too)
_____________________________________________
Many of you have been asking, 'what’s next?'. Well it's been almost 10 years since the release of the campaign back in 2010, so I think it is a good idea to share some of my thoughts about the future of TLU’s universe in general and why there has been no prequel or sequel yet.
The past, the present and the future
To wrap things up, the last 10 years was an amazing time for me. To Lands Unknown has inspired thousands of players during that period and today it is considered one of the very best additions to the Battle for Wesnoth – I am really proud of it. But it wouldn’t be as good as it is without your amazing feedback. For this I thank you all from the bottom of my heart The next 10 years will definitely be different, but in a good way – I am sure of it.
TLU is going to be maintained and improved as long as needed. If you have any questions, feel free to ask here or via PM.
Re: To Lands Unknown - 10th Anniversary!
This was an interesting read. You have my thanks for creating this story.
Re: To Lands Unknown - 10th Anniversary!
Happy birthday .
The future belongs to those, who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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Dungeonmasters of Wesnoth, Wild Peasants vs Devouring Corpses, Dwarf Dwarfson Dwarvenminer
Developer of: Trapped, Five Fates, Strange Legacy, Epical, UR Epic Era
Dungeonmasters of Wesnoth, Wild Peasants vs Devouring Corpses, Dwarf Dwarfson Dwarvenminer
Re: To Lands Unknown - 10th Anniversary!
Thank you for creating To Lands Unknown!
I am working on a small campaign and, like many designers, I've been inspired by To Lands Unknown in many ways. For example, I like how, in the beginning of your campaign, animated lines and text appear which say, "inferno8 presents." I examined your code to see how you animated it and discovered that "inferno8 presents" is a unit. Wow!
One thing I can't seem to figure-out, however, is how you were able to employ illustrations as maps. I'd like to do that in one particular scenario in my campaign. Would you make a step-by-step tutorial for all your fellow designers showing how such a thing is done, and post it in the WML Workshop? You needn't create a breathtaking work of staggering genius for the tutorial. In fact, something simpler might be better, as it would likely be easier for inexperienced WML coders like myself to understand. For example, you might create a map that is nothing but an ocean of deep water, and in the center is an illustration of a raft that covers around 4x6 hexes. Don't even bother making a pretty illustration of a raft. A solid brown rectangle is fine, or a PNG of a playing card.
Anyhow, thanks for posting such a thorough update and for including those nifty sketches. And congratulations on your campaign's 10th anniversary!
I am working on a small campaign and, like many designers, I've been inspired by To Lands Unknown in many ways. For example, I like how, in the beginning of your campaign, animated lines and text appear which say, "inferno8 presents." I examined your code to see how you animated it and discovered that "inferno8 presents" is a unit. Wow!
One thing I can't seem to figure-out, however, is how you were able to employ illustrations as maps. I'd like to do that in one particular scenario in my campaign. Would you make a step-by-step tutorial for all your fellow designers showing how such a thing is done, and post it in the WML Workshop? You needn't create a breathtaking work of staggering genius for the tutorial. In fact, something simpler might be better, as it would likely be easier for inexperienced WML coders like myself to understand. For example, you might create a map that is nothing but an ocean of deep water, and in the center is an illustration of a raft that covers around 4x6 hexes. Don't even bother making a pretty illustration of a raft. A solid brown rectangle is fine, or a PNG of a playing card.
Anyhow, thanks for posting such a thorough update and for including those nifty sketches. And congratulations on your campaign's 10th anniversary!
Author of:
DIY Campaign, Confederacy of Swamp Creatures: Big Battle 1, Confederacy of Swamp Creatures: Big Battle 2, Frogfolk Delivery Service, The Pool of Ek.
DIY Campaign, Confederacy of Swamp Creatures: Big Battle 1, Confederacy of Swamp Creatures: Big Battle 2, Frogfolk Delivery Service, The Pool of Ek.
Re: To Lands Unknown - 10th Anniversary!
I'll think about it It is fairly easy once you get familiar with the process. Before TLU ever existed I used this ancient tutorial by Ayin. It nicely explains how terrain visuals in BfW work. Studying it may give you a general idea, but the easiest way to learn this stuff at the moment is to download my Visual Map Pack and study the code.Helmet wrote: ↑October 31st, 2020, 7:43 pm One thing I can't seem to figure-out, however, is how you were able to employ illustrations as maps. I'd like to do that in one particular scenario in my campaign. Would you make a step-by-step tutorial for all your fellow designers showing how such a thing is done, and post it in the WML Workshop?
In short:
You just need to create your own unique
[terrain_type]
and use it inside a [terrain_graphics]
tag in your scenario file. This custom terrain_type is used as an anchor to place your multihex image, which you define in terrain_graphics. The hardest thing to do is to write "map rules" - this is an array of *,*,*
etc. They just tell the game which hexes are used to display the image (it is a sort of a mask). Ayin's tutorial explains this topic pretty well. Alternatively you can just copy these rules from my Visual Map Pack and trim them to your desired size. You are not the first person to ask for the tutorial, so I think I'll make a more detailed one in the near future
Re: To Lands Unknown - 10th Anniversary!
I bet your tutorial would be awesome, inferno8. I hope you make it. I studied your terrain code in Aethermaw. A lot of it was baffling, and the rest made no sense at all. I enlisted the help of the person who helps me learn WML, hoping the two of us could figure-out why your code does what it does. But nope. Why is there a "1" in the map data? was one of our many questions. Even though we virtually coped your code line-for-line into our test scenario (with appropriate substitutions), my illustration of a boat never appeared on the lake on our test map.
We studied the code in Secrets of the Ancients, which has a ship, and we read Ayin's too-brief tutorial. No luck.
You wrote, "It is fairly easy once you get familiar with the process": that was extremely encouraging to hear. Right now, the process is an ordeal which produces no positive result. I look forward to eventually understanding the process. It's kinda frustrating, having an idea but not being able to implement it.
To Lands Unknown comment:
We studied the code in Secrets of the Ancients, which has a ship, and we read Ayin's too-brief tutorial. No luck.
You wrote, "It is fairly easy once you get familiar with the process": that was extremely encouraging to hear. Right now, the process is an ordeal which produces no positive result. I look forward to eventually understanding the process. It's kinda frustrating, having an idea but not being able to implement it.
To Lands Unknown comment:
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Author of:
DIY Campaign, Confederacy of Swamp Creatures: Big Battle 1, Confederacy of Swamp Creatures: Big Battle 2, Frogfolk Delivery Service, The Pool of Ek.
DIY Campaign, Confederacy of Swamp Creatures: Big Battle 1, Confederacy of Swamp Creatures: Big Battle 2, Frogfolk Delivery Service, The Pool of Ek.