Commands for Battle for Wesnoth!

Overview

We all try to expand our gameplay somehow, so that it is not boring, or simply to facilitate it. Here I will show you a list of commands for Battle for Wesnoth! These commands may not work in Multiplayer Game! First of all, we need to access to the command mode, you need to click Shift + : .Then we see an area at the bottom of the screen where we can enter the text. Just enter the command you want (Don’t type with “:”)I hope that guide help you! The list of commands has been taken from the official Battle of Wesnoth website.

Commands

Shift + : activates this:
And here is the list of commands you can type:
(There’s also a “help” command if you still don’t know anything about one of these commands)

• :q!
  quit the scenario (without prompting)
• :w
  save the game (without prompting)
• :wq
  save the game and quit the scenario (without prompting)
• :refresh
  redraw the screen
• :droid [side] [on|off]
  toggle player on side between human and AI player. The player/client who controls that side needs to issue this command. If you don’t provide side, the current side is assumed.
• :idle [side] [on|off]
  toggle player side between idle mode and not. This command should normally be needed only for debugging purposes.
• :controller [side]
  debugging command which displays the current controller type of a side.
• :muteall
  toggles muting/silencing of all observers on/off
• :mute [username]
  mute a specific observer. If no username is supplied the muted usernames are displayed.
• :unmute [username]
  unmute a specific observer. If no username is given everyone is unmuted. (Doesn’t effect the muteall setting.)
• :kick username
  kick a user in multiplayer. They will be able to rejoin the game. Generally a friendly way to remove someone who is having connection or other difficulties.
• :ban username
  kick and ban a user in multiplayer by the IP address used by that username. Can be used on users not in the game but on the server. (Of course they won’t be kicked then.)
• :unban username
  unban a user by the IP address used by that username. Can be used on users not in the game but on the server.
• :control side username
  change the controller for side (write here the number of the side, the side must be controlled by you) to username (write here the nick of the player or observer)
• :give_control
  launch a friendly gui to assist with assigning control of sides to players
• :clear
  clear chat messages. Also possible with ctrl+x
• :debug
  switch debug mode on (does not work in multiplayer). Debug mode is turned off by quitting the game or using the :nodebug command.
• :theme
  bring up theme selection menu
• :nosaves
  turns off the autosave function
• :show_coordinates (or :sc)
  Overlay x,y coordinates on map tiles.
• :show_terrain_codes (or :tc)
  Overlay terrain codes on visible map tiles.
• :discover/undiscover
  Show all hidden unit descriptions in the in-game Help, or forget the known ones.

Debug Commands

Debug Commands are more advanced than regular commands, some of people call them: Cheats. They concern army, resources, map, etc.
To activate debug commands, you need to type “debug” in commands mode

For Example:

List of Debug Commands:

• :lua statement
  execute a Lua statement
• :nodebug
  disables debug-mode commands
• :n/next_level
  skip to next scenario by triggering a win event
• :cl/choose_level
  pops up a menu that allows you to move directly to a specified scenario.
• :shroud
  toggles shroud on/off
• :fog
  toggles fog on/off
• :gold amount
  add amount gold to the current player’s side
• :create unit_type
  create a unit of type specified at last selected hex
• :unit hitpoints=amount
  edit units hitpoints
• :unit experience=amount
  edit units experience
• :unit attribute=value
  when a unit is selected, this will set the unit’s attribute to value. See SingleUnitWML [wiki.wesnoth.org]for possible values.
• :unit advances=N
  when a unit is selected, this will advance (level up) the unit N times.
• :unit status=petrified,-slow
  (Version 1.13.2 and later only) sets or unsets statuses on a unit; put a – in front of the status to unset it.
• :unit invulnerable=yes
  (Version 1.13.6 and later only) makes the selected unit invulnerable.
• :set_var attribute=value
  this will set a WML variable to a given value
• :show_var attribute
  this will display a popup with the content of the variable
• :throw/fire event_name
  throw an event by name, like time over or enemies defeated.
• :inspect
  show a gamestate inspector dialog which allows to see variable info, team info, ai info.
• :turn [number]
  change the current turn to the specified number. If no number is provided, the turn number is increased by one.
• :turn_limit [number]
  change the turn limit for the current scenario to the specified number. If no number is provided, or it is -1, the turn limit is switched off.
• :version
  Report the release version and repository revision level.