The Battle for Wesnoth v1.15.7 Release Notes

  • ### Add-ons server

    • Added basic command line options.
    • Add-on validation status responses can now be translated by the client.
    • Fixed an issue where incremental downloads would always transmit a delta for updating from the very earliest available version of an add-on to the very latest, instead of using the current and target versions specified by the client.
    • Incremental downloads are no longer allowed to cheat the download counts. ### Add-ons client
    • It is now possible to install previous versions of an add-on if present and not expired on the server. ### Campaigns
    • A Tale of Two Brothers:
      • S02: Changed the antagonists' motive and dialogue to sound more believable
    • Secrets of the Ancients:
      • Revisions to Bone Captain
      • Scenario 2 uses new Iron Fence terrain, in preparation for potential map revisions.
      • While the two leaders are separated, only the currently active one learns new zombie types.
    • Sceptre of Fire:
      • Scenario 2p5: increased the turn limit by 1 and enhanced victory filter conditions
      • Scenario 4: fixed a bug that prevented resources from spawning and added some small flavor adjustments
      • Some revisions/bugfixes to Scenario 9 "Caverns of Flame" ### Multiplayer
    • During allies' turns, use orb colors to show which ones can still move (issue #1424). Also enabled for allied AI sides in singleplayer. ### Terrain
    • New barrier terrain: Iron Fence (^Eqf) - similar layout to the existing wooden fence ### Translations
    • Updated translations: British English, Catalan, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil) ### Units
    • Decreased Icemonax's advancement XP requirement from 26 to 25 to match other dead-end L0 units.
    • Portrait and animation graphics for some of the new Wesnoth Fauna
    • Balancing:
      • Dune Rider xp changed from 42 to 47.
      • Sunderer line defense on hills changed from 60% to 50%.
      • Scorcher gold cost changed from 23 to 25.
      • Dragoon gold cost changed from 27 to 28.
      • Elvish Rider gold cost changed from 32 to 28. ### User interface
    • Added the installable/upgradable version selection to the add-ons manager via a dropdown list
    • Fixed formatting of hyperlinks when the same URL appears more than once in a block of text ### Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes
    • Fixed a rare issue on Windows that could result in wesnoth.exe sticking around waiting for console input after encountering an error despite not being launched with the --wconsole option.
    • Fixed a potential crash when drawing many images on the story screens.
    • Fixed the schema's list of attributes supported by IntroWML.
    • Fixed and renamed IntroWML's [image]resize_with_background=yes to keep images proportional to the background.
    • Fixed precise log timestamps missing a space between the timestamp and the log severity label.
    • Improve the in-game help's topic about orbs, add crowns and ellipses.
    • Removed documentation for network proxy-related command line options previously removed in version 1.13.1 along with libana.