Campaigns

• Heir to the Throne
  
  
  • S19c and S20b: Improve rewards by giving a Lieutenant instead of a Sergeant.
    
  
  

• Northern Rebirth
  
  
  • Large grammar correction to the English text. (PRs #7643, #7663, #7676, #7680, #7682, #7683)
    
  
  

• UtBS
  
  
  • Make the name of the dark assassin translatable again. (PR #7696)
    
  • Added po hints (translation hints).
    
  
  

• World Conquest
  
  
  • Fixed a bug that the epic trait raised XP requirements for advancements that cost less than 60 XP.
    
  
  

Multiplayer

• Add some search terms to the match history dialog. (PR #7571)
  

Terrain

• Added ruined walls terrain variations: Xur (damaged Xu); Xor (damaged Xos); and Exos (ruined Xos, is Flat/Cave alias). (PR #7629)
  

Translations

• Updated translations: British English, Czech, Finnish, French, Spanish
  
• Python files are now searched for translatable strings.
  
• Added the `wesnoth-tools` textdomain for WML-maintenance tools.
  

User interface

• Fix file dialogs (e.g. Save As dialog in the Map Editor) not listing /run/media/USER as a possible file location on modern Linux distributions.
  
• Update the preferences window’s Display resolution list if the game window is resized.
  
• Better error handling if the data directory is not found. (issue #6883)
  
• The Log File button is now available in the game version info dialog on non-Windows platforms.
  
• Rearranged some elements in Display preferences.
  

Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes

• Move multiplayer macros to proper folder. (PR #7647)
  
• Fixed updating POT files with version 0.68-1 of the po4a toolsuite. (issue #7149)
  
• On platforms where logging used to go to stdout/stderr by default, it’s now copied there even when logging to a file. (PR #7672)
  
• `GUI.pyw` now has the i18n mechanics to be translatable, but please wait until the English has been revised.
  
• Refactored hotkey handling, so it no longer has two different codepaths for WML menu items.
  
• The old `utils/change_textdomain` script has been removed. (PR #7688)
  
• wmlxgettext now supports extracting all textdomains at once. (PR #7624)
  
• Fixed a crash in the autocorrect handling on the Wesnoth console. (issue #7412)
  

Translations

• Updated translations: Arabic, British English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Spanish
  

User interface

• Fixed main menu Language button and Version label not being refreshed after switching languages without relaunching the game (issue #7437).
  
• Fixed changing game resolution in Preferences not refreshing the user interface as expected (issue #7436).
  

WML Engine

• Add support for distinct sub-achievements.
  
• Add [filter_ability] usable instead of [abilities][tag name] to filter attributes including the type of ability used.
  

Multiplayer

• The game no longer crashes when using "Back To Turn" after the game has ended in multiplayer #4236
  

Translations

• Updated translations: British English, Bulgarian, Czech, French, Italian, Spanish, Turkish
  

User interface

• The "Back To Turn" menu now replays the turn in singelplayer too. However, the Continue button can be used to resume the game from any given position.
  

WML Engine

• Added support for `[effect] apply_to=level` (PR #7512)
  
• Fixed a crash when encountering a scenario with missing sides (issues #7550,#7553,#7554)
  

Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes

• The replay viewer now also replays victory/defeat events properly #4667, #6180
  
• Fixes undo stack getting corrupted by reloading #7253
  
• Removed unused `--color` switch from wesnoth_addon_manager
  

Translations

• Updated translations: British English, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Turkish
  

Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes

• wesnoth_addon_manager now supports SSL/TLS connection (using the `--secure` flag)
  
• wesnoth_addon_manager now supports IPv6 connection (using the `--ipv6` flag)
  
• Added new command line flag `--terms` to wesnoth_addon_manager (retrieves and prints the add-ons server upload terms)
  
• wesnoth_addon_manager now supports the `--version` flag (reports the current Wesnoth version)
  
• Removed unused `--color` switch from wesnoth_addon_manager
  

Campaigns

• Under the Burning Suns
  
  
  • S05 Fixed the main cavern event not taking scouting into account. (issue #7394)
    
  
  

Packaging

• Curl is now a required dependency
  

Translations

• Updated translations: British English, Czech, French, Italian, Spanish
  

User interface

• The match history button in the multiplayer lobby is now enabled. This allows viewing the game history of the player you have selected in the righthand sidebar.
  

Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes

• wesnoth_addon_manager now supports SSL/TLS connection (using the `--secure` flag)
  
• wesnoth_addon_manager now supports IPv6 connection (using the `--ipv6` flag)
  
• Added new command line flag `--terms` to wesnoth_addon_manager (retrieves and prints the add-ons server upload terms)
  
• wesnoth_addon_manager now supports the `--version` flag (reports the current Wesnoth version)
  
• Linux SCons and CMake scripts now support enabling `_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS`.
  

Add-ons client

• Added automatic schema-validation of `_server.pbl` files when uploading an add-on. (PR #7239)
  

Campaigns

• Legend of Wesmere
  
  
  • Adjusted gold and carryover between S11, S14 and S17. (issue #7230)
    
  • S03: Fixed an event trigger when Urudin retreats. (PR #7221)
    
  • S16: Updated screen flash to use new macros.
    
  
  

• Secrets of the Ancients
  
  
  • S17: Use the new `screen_fade` visual effect.
    
  
  

• Son of the Black Eye
  
  
  • S14: Fixed Grüü’s dialogue not appearing during the intro. (issue #7280)
    
  
  

• The South Guard
  
  
  • S04: Updated safeguard against AI leader stupidity to match map changes.
    
  
  

• Under the Burning Suns
  
  
  • Quenoth Rework, including the major changes listed below. (PR #7349)
    
  • Redesign of the Quenoth Fighter line, with multiple attacks instead of the formation ability.
    
  • Redesign of the Quenoth Shaman line, with songs and the tailwind ability.
    
  • Redesign of the Tauroch Rider line, giving both Tauroch and Rider one attack each.
    
  • Hide XP bars for some enemies that are never expected to advance a level.
    
  
  

• World Conquest
  
  
  • Fix mechanic when a commander replaces a dead leader. (issue #7284)
    
  
  

Editor

• Scrolling the map north or south can move the text that overlays the map, so it doesn’t always obscure the southmost hexes of the map. (issue #6422)
  

Multiplayer

• Allied units’ orbs no longer look like the player’s own units’ orbs. (issue #7108)
  
  
  • By default, they are now two-color during the ally’s turn.
    
  • Added an advanced setting to always show them as single-color (the ally color).
    
  
  

• Add waterfall animations to Isar’s Cross. (PR #7348)
  

Terrain

• Added Art Placeholder overlay (terrain code `^Xxxx`), used for Isar’s Cross’ new waterfalls. (PR #7348)
  

Translations

• Updated translations: British English, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish
  
• wmlxgettext always uses Unix-style file paths in .pot files, to reduce changes when working on different platforms. (issue #7380)
  

Units

• Add Merman Brawler and Citizen to core.
  
• Add Dwarvish Miner to core.
  
• Add Sand Scamperer unit.
  
• Giant Ant now advances to Soldier Ant, requiring 26 XP.
  
• Soldier Ant now costs 16 gold, has 35 HP and needs 50 XP to advance.
  

User interface

• Added icons for invulnerable and unhealable states. (PR #7363)
  
• The help browser shows groups (`[race]help_taxonomy=`) in subfolders. For example Humans/Dunefolk and Elves/Quenoth. (PR #7228)
  

WML API

• New `attacks_used` key in `[attack]` causes the attack to deduct more than 1 from `attacks_left`. (PR #7351)
  
• Fixed `[foreach]` when nested loops used the same variable name for the inner and outer loop. (issue #6305)
  
• New `[trait]require_traits=` and `[trait]exclude_traits=` to control random trait generation. (PR #7109)
  

WML Engine

• Added basic achievements functionality.
  

Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes

• Fixed a regression in 1.17.x resulting in overlarge unit HP and XP bars in some cases. (issue #7171)
  
• Fixed the editor’s unit tool crashing when placing a unit. (issue #7296)
  
• Many command-line options that log to stdout/stderr now automatically imply `--no-log-to-file`. (issue #7310)
  
• General consolidation of code paths for logging between Windows and non-Windows platforms.
  
• Fixed crash and missing output in `--report`.
  
• Schema validation accepts variables in `[harm_unit]alignment`.
  
• Schema validation no longer accepts the unused `[unit]hp_bar_scaling` and `[unit]xp_bar_scaling`.
  
• Fix an issue with schema validator not reporting errors at top level.
  
• The `unit_tree` tool which generates https://units.wesnoth.org/ now ignores the `[advancefrom]` tag.
  
• Fix the search for the game data directory when doing a local Visual Studio build.
  
• Fixed warnings when compiling with Boost 1.81.
  

Editor

• Fixed: the unit tool crashes when placing a unit (issue #7296).
  

Translations

• Updated translations: Finnish, Spanish
  

Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes

• Make the log messages about "Skipping duplicate unit variation ID" say which `[unit_type]` is causing the error.
  

Add-ons server

• Added support for allowing multiple people to upload updates to an add-on (PR#7268)
  

Campaigns

• Sceptre of Fire
  
  
  • S9: Update for terrain codes introduced in 1.17.9 (issue #7210)
    
  
  

• Heir to the Throne:
  
  
  • S03: Rewrite intro text, including a hint about training troops (PR #7214)
    
  • S05B: Delurin now has traits Loyal + resilient + intelligent
    
  
  

• Liberty:
  
  
  • The non-loyal character Delurin now has traits resilient + intelligent
    
  
  

Translations

• Updated translations: Arabic, British English, Czech, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish
  

Units

• Moved Kraken from campaigns to core, updated sprite
  
• Added some dragonfly units to "monsters"
  
• Dunefolk Rover portrait added
  
• Update sprites for Loyalist General, Spearman, Cavalryman, and Grand Knight
  
• Add more ant types
  
• Fix and adjust Falcon and Elder Falcon attacks
  

User interface

• Improved the layout of the orb colors dialog, and added tooltips.
  

Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash when moving certain walking corpse variations north due to missing animations. (issue #7190)
  
• Fixed special notes being duplicated when storing units (issue #7153).
  
• wmllint now validates `rank=` values in `[campaign]` (issue #7224)
  
• Fixed a crash when checking if abilities are active during game initialisation after loading a saved game. (issues #5643, #7238)
  

Translations

• Updated translations: Arabic, British English, Czech, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish
  

Miscellaneous and Bug Fixes

• wmllint now validates `rank=` values in `[campaign]` (issue #7224)
  
• Add disconnect check to alert users when they lose connection to the multiplayer server (issue #1336)
  
• Fixed a crash when checking if abilities are active during game initialisation after loading a saved game. (issues #5643, #7238)
  
• Fix a crash when an out-of-bounds side number is used in Lua’s `sync.evaluate_multiple` (PR #7222)
  
• Fixed special notes being duplicated when storing units (issue #7153).