Other add-on servers?

[Qazerowl]

When I click "Add-ons" in the main menu, it opens a little box. The box says "Connect to Server". Under that it says "add-ons.wesnoth.org" Are there any other add-on servers for Wesnoth?

[Gambit]

There are different servers for different versions. I'm not sure of any unofficial addon servers though.

[Qazerowl]

Ok... Thanks!

[Zerovirus]

That'd be nice. Since the official server doesn't allow copyrighted works someone could set up a non-copyrighted secondary server for everyone else who has always wanted a Wh40k addon or something.

[Hulavuta]

I thought that the reason they couldn't put up anything copyrighted was because it was illegal?

[thespaceinvader]

It is illegal. However, if other people are willing to take that risk, we cannot stop them.

[pauxlo]

And, one could maybe have a server which allows other (legal) stuff which is not GPL-ed, such as the lastly discussed CC-BY-SA-content.

I see a good reason to allow only GPL content on the main server (to be able to mainline it at some time), but this does not say nobody could setup a server for non-GPL content.

Or simply a local mirror server, so on a LAN party not everyone has to connect to the main server to download the same content.

[IPS]

So, If you copie and cut the page of the wesnoth 1.6 should be a nice idea.

Here you can have more things If Im right.

[Gambit]

Yes, but addons from before 1.7 won't work at all. The only reason to download past version's addons on a current version wesnoth (versus the website specifically made for doing so) is if you don't have a program for extracting gz's.

[Qazerowl]

So, no one has heard of a non-official server?

[IPS]

Guys, I tried to make a room of SX in 1.8 and anybody couldnt play because you requires the SX to play

And like the half part of the maps only runs in 1.8 (well... I downloaded it in 1.6.5, atleast is a bit more than the half part), I need only of more interested persons for the SX

[zaladore]

Can you connect to a older addon server from a newer one, I have wesnoth version 1.7.15.

[Gambit]

Yes, but the older addons won't work. I think you have to change the port number that you connect to on addons.wesnoth.org

[zaladore]

how do you change the port number

[norbert]

how do you change the port number

The format of the string after "Server:" is <server>[:port].
For example: add-ons.wesnoth.org:15001
That will make the client connect to add-ons.wesnoth.org, at port 15001.

[Edit: And 15001 = 1.8, 15003 = 1.6, and 15005 = 1.4.]