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#summary How to create campaigns
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= Campaigns =
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== Introduction ==
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A campaign is a series of missions that tell a story. Campaigns are played in singleplayer mode only.
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== Campaign files ==
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Campaigns are stored in `Data/Missions/Campaign/<CAMPAIGN NAME>`, with `<CAMPAIGN NAME>` being the campaign name.
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In this directory, the following files are used:
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 * `campaign.ini`: Campaign mission list
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 * `*.lua`: A bunch of Lua scripts for the missions
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=== `campaign.ini` ===
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This is a file in the INI format. This lists the available missions.
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 * No section:
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  * `MissionNum`: Number of missions
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  * `ResetRetry`: Unused
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 * `[Mission X]`: Configuration for mission `X`, where X is the mission number. Mission 1 is the first mission.
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  * `Name`: Human-readable mission name in English
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  * `Script`: Name of Lua script file to load for this mission
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=== The mission's Lua scripts ===
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There's one Lua script per mission. Scripting works basically like in singleplayer missons, see [Missions].
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Exception: Campaign missions use campaign variables instead of mission variables to track progress.
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=== Preview image ===
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The preview image is displayed in the menu when you have selected the mission.
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It must be a PNG image of size 314px×260px.
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The file must be saved in `Data/Graphics/Campaigns/<CAMPAIGN NAME>`. The file name must follow this pattern:
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`<mission script name>@2x.png`
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Where `<mission script name>` is name of the mission script without the file name suffix.
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For example, the preview image for the mission script `mission1.lua` must have the name `mission1@2x.png`.
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=== Localization ===
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Campaign title, mission titles and mission descriptions menu must be edited in the missions files in `Data/Locale`. The file name is `campaigns_<language code>.txt`. There is one file per language. E.g. `campaigns_en.txt` for English. Note that these files are supposed to contain the titles and descriptions of *all* campaigns on your computer. This makes these files unsuitable for sharing or inclusion into [HWPFormat HWP files], for example.
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This is the syntax:
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{{{
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<campaign dir name>.name="<campaign name>"
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<campaign dir name>-<mission 1 script name>.name="<mission 1 name>"
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<campaign dir name>-<mission 1 script name>.desc="<mission 1 description>"
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<campaign dir name>-<mission 2 script name>.name="<mission 2 name>"
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<campaign dir name>-<mission 2 script name>.desc="<mission 2 description>"
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}}}
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And so on.
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 * `<campaign dir name>` is the directory name of the campaign. Replace spaces with underscores here.
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 * `<campaign name>` is the human-readable campaign name.
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 * `<mission x script name>` is the file name of the script of mission _x_ without file name suffix
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 * `<mission x name>` is the human-readable name of mission _x_
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 * `<mission x description>` is the description of mission _x_
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If something is, the campaign menu will derive the title from the directory/file names instead and shows no description.
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For more information about translating Hedgewars, see [Translations].
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==== Example ====
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Excerpt from `campaigns_en.txt`:
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{{{
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A_Classic_Fairytale.name="A Classic Fairytale"
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A_Classic_Fairytale-first_blood.name="Mission 1: First Blood"
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A_Classic_Fairytale-first_blood.desc="Help Leaks a Lot to complete his training and become a proper hedgehog warrior. You will be trained in the art of rope, parachute, shoryuken and desert eagle."
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}}}
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== Campaign variables / campaign progress ==
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Campaigns support campaign variables which allow to store arbitrary values about the campaign in the team file. Most importantly, the campaign progress is stored here. This uses the functions `SaveCampaignVar` and `GetCampaignVar`. Note that `SaveMissionVar` and `GetMissionVar` do *not* work in campaign missions.
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Initially, only mission 1 is unlocked. To unlock more missions and to mark missions and the campaign as completed, you must set campaign variables. For linear campaigns, you can use this idiom:
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-- To be called when mission 5 was won:
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local progress = tonumber(GetCampaignVar("Progress"))
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if progress == nil or progress < 5 then
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    SaveCampaignVar("Progress", "5")
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end
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}}}
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For non-linear campaigns, a more sophisticated unlocking is available.
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Read [ConfigurationFiles] to learn how campaign variables work in detail.