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One of Wesnoth's best features is its extensibility. Players can create new maps, units, races, scenarios, art, music, and even entire campaigns! </p><p>Access to the "guts" of the game is both simple and difficult; if you have a UTF-8 text editor you have everything you need to build your own world. However, learning the Wesnoth Markup Language (WML) takes some effort. This section will guide you through the process of creating and distributing your own content. </p><p>Remember you can always ask for assistance and collaborate with fellow content creators on the Wesnoth forums. </p> <h2><span id="Read_this_first!"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Read_this_first.21">Read this first!</span></h2> <p>Before you modify or create anything, it is important to understand how the game stores and organizes its data. 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There is definitely a certain flavor to campaigns that are intended to take place somewhere in the world of Wesnoth. Stake out a time period or a map locale and tell a story. </p> <ul><li><a href="/Timeline_of_Wesnoth" title="Timeline of Wesnoth">The timeline of Wesnoth</a></li> <li><a href="/Geography_of_Wesnoth" title="Geography of Wesnoth">The geography of Wesnoth</a></li> <li><a href="/Races" title="Races">The races of creatures in Wesnoth</a></li> <li><a href="/Poetry_of_Wesnoth" title="Poetry of Wesnoth">Wesnothian poetry</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/ReferenceWML" title="ReferenceWML">WML Reference</a> - a quicklink</li> <li><a href="/FAQ" title="FAQ">FAQ</a> - if you have a question, post it</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://addons.wesnoth.org">Add-on server web interface</a> - An alternate way to download user made content</li></ul>   </div>  </div>  <div class="printfooter"> Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://wiki.wesnoth.org/index.php?title=Create&oldid=73726">https://wiki.wesnoth.org/index.php?title=Create&oldid=73726</a>" </div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/Category:Create" title="Category:Create">Create</a></li></ul></div></div><div id="lastmod"> This page was last edited on 9 September 2024, at 19:59.</div> <div class="visualClear"></div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div id="footer-sep"></div> <div id="footer"><div id="footer-content"><div> <a href="https://wiki.wesnoth.org/StartingPoints">Site Map</a> • <a href="https://status.wesnoth.org/">Site Status</a><br /> Copyright © 2003–2024 by <a rel="author" href="https://wiki.wesnoth.org/Project">The Battle for Wesnoth Project</a> — Powered by <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/">MediaWiki</a><br /> Site design Copyright © 2017–2024 by Iris Morelle </div></div></div> <script>(window.RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.014","walltime":"0.017","ppvisitednodes":{"value":245,"limit":1000000},"ppgeneratednodes":{"value":385,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":1465,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":161,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":5,"limit":40},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":18,"limit":100},"unstrip-depth":{"value":0,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":0,"limit":5000000},"timingprofile":["100.00% 5.905 1 -total","100.00% 5.905 1 Template:Translations"," 74.63% 4.407 18 Template:TranslationsHelper"]},"cachereport":{"timestamp":"20241123065855","ttl":86400,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script><script>(window.RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgBackendResponseTime":21});});</script></body></html>