Topic: Add-On System
hessenfarmer
Joined: 2014-12-11, 23:16
Posts: 2745  One Elder of Players Location: Bavaria |
Posted at: 2022-09-16, 13:02
well, Uploading to the website is still allowed and viable, if no Addon is used for the creation(using addon immovables, bobs or terrains). We already had a discussion which I can't find quickly that both ways shall be supported in the future. Edited: 2022-09-16, 13:02
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Lawrence
Joined: 2020-05-01, 02:20
Posts: 31 OS: Apple and Linux Distros Version: 19 and 1.1  Pry about Widelands |
Posted at: 2022-09-20, 05:23
Thanks for that advice. What I actually want to do is add a couple of ferry crossings. I have just looked around the options on the Version 1.0 editor and I realize there is a Main menu there. Is this the one mentioned in the Map upload page? I do not see any reference to the Add-on system there. Also I can not find anything about ferries anywhere on the editor links. I know how to add a Port and allow ships to be built. I have been adding that option to my maps for a while. Ferries are something I have been told I should add but have not been able to find out how to do that. Can somebody help me with that? Edited: 2022-09-20, 05:41
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kaputtnik
Joined: 2013-02-18, 20:48
Posts: 2552 OS: Archlinux Version: current master One Elder of Players Location: Germany |
Posted at: 2022-09-20, 08:33
The term "Mein Menu" refers to the main menu which is opened if you start widelands. There is a button "Add Ons" and from there click on "Tab Development → Launch the add-ons packager"
Waterways for ferrys can be set in the Editors map options menu: If you choose a length (which means a max. length) for waterways here, ferries are enabled. Edit: reword Waterway length limit Edited: 2022-09-20, 08:50
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Lawrence
Joined: 2020-05-01, 02:20
Posts: 31 OS: Apple and Linux Distros Version: 19 and 1.1 Pry about Widelands |
Posted at: 2022-09-24, 14:13
Thank you, kaputtnik. I have saved the information you have supplied onto my computer and next time I have my Widelands game turned on I will follow your instructions and see if I am able to add a ferry to my map. I am excited to be able to begin to use ferrys in my maps for sharing with our community. Accept the challenge to excel with the humility to receive help.
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Lawrence
Joined: 2020-05-01, 02:20
Posts: 31 OS: Apple and Linux Distros Version: 19 and 1.1 Pry about Widelands |
Posted at: 2022-09-24, 17:37
So I have successfully added the ability to have ferries in my game by editing the Editor Map Options tag. I removed the Disabled indicator and set the length to "2 fields". I do not know what that means. How long would that be? Is "1 field" the distance between two building icons on a map? I noticed that if I set it to "21 fields" there appears a button to turn the feature on and off like you get when you have a workers building in a game and you can turn the worker off and back on again. I added two ports onto a small length of water. The two ports are about 13 building icons apart. When I play a game using the map, I can build the two ports as usual and I can successfully build a "ferry" building and when it is operating I can see the number of ferries increasing in the water. However, the ferries do not remain visible if I turn off the ferry building. I also do not see any activity of the ferries I have built. Is this because I have set the length in the Map Editor Options to small (2 fields)? I have found the "Tab Development → Launch the add-ons packager" on the Main Menu Thank you in advance for helping me understand the ferry tag. Edited: 2022-09-24, 17:43
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hessenfarmer
Joined: 2014-12-11, 23:16
Posts: 2745 One Elder of Players Location: Bavaria |
Posted at: 2022-09-24, 17:49
Ferries disappear if not occupied. To occupy them you need to build waterway. For doing so place a flag at a shore and then click on the waterway icon. You may play the seafaring scenario to learn more about ferries.
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kaputtnik
Joined: 2013-02-18, 20:48
Posts: 2552 OS: Archlinux Version: current master One Elder of Players Location: Germany |
Posted at: 2022-09-25, 19:25
No, the length refers to the nodes between two fields, imho. Theses nodes are the crossings you can see if the grid overlay (shortcut g) is turned on.
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Lawrence
Joined: 2020-05-01, 02:20
Posts: 31 OS: Apple and Linux Distros Version: 19 and 1.1 Pry about Widelands |
Posted at: 2022-10-10, 14:40
Thank you for this information. I have now succeeded in playing a Single User game with my most recent map, building Ferries across all of the wider waterways where bridges could not be built. I am excited about the Ferry Tag and how it works. Edited: 2022-10-10, 14:45
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auktionadmin
Joined: 2011-07-14, 14:20
Posts: 15 Pry about Widelands Location: Germany |
Posted at: 2023-03-30, 21:07
First time I tried to upload my Map "WideGreen" on the main page of widelands.org. There was no problem. But there is also written: [...] Starting with Widelands version 1.0 it is recommended to upload new maps within the game as an add-on. To do so start the "Add-Ons Packager" via "Main menu → Add-Ons → Tab Development → Launch the add-ons packager". [...] So I tried the add-ons packager... But I was very confused when I saw following error message in the packager in the attachment below. The error message was not the problem because it seems like happen with every new Add-On-upload. But who couldn't know. Nordfriese helped me to upload the correct file at the end. My map was shown with 1 kB in the packager. The big problem was for me that I didn't know that the edited must to be copy to the addon directory. The map folder in the addon directory was emty and new map editors couldn't know that. Attachment:
My map WideGreen:
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kaputtnik
Joined: 2013-02-18, 20:48
Posts: 2552 OS: Archlinux Version: current master One Elder of Players Location: Germany |
Posted at: 2023-03-31, 09:03
The next official version will have a menu entry inside the editor to upload a map automatically as an add-on. So this might not be a problem anymore.
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