Wargroove 2 - Coop Campaign Conversion Project ( 5/5 Done )

[Gandorques Hikla]

In a similiar approach to my WG1 Coop Conversions here are Coop Versions of all the WG2 Campaigns.

The goal is to make every single Mission playable in Coop for 2 to 4 Players while changing as little as possible.

As of writing this (Dec 11th 2023), these campaigns are not playable online, as Custom Online Campaigns dont work yet due to a Game or Server error, and there is also a error with the "Dev: Unit Action" Event, used to move Units around in scripted events.
Except for making Bug reports, there is nothing I can do to fix this myself.
Until then, the campaigns will only be playable in Hotseat mode or Remote Play.
Once these bugs are fixed they should be playable online.

Update: The same Error still persists after the Summer Update.

Here are the codes, I will edit this section when I release new Versions:

Visitors

Prologue Campaign

2P: 46EBQEUU
3P: JGHY7NJR
4P: M44JAMWA
Version: 1 - First release 04.12.2023

Note: In the "On Rails" Tutorial parts on the first 1 or 2 Turns of each level, only player 1 has Units, as soon as the Tutorials Messages are over, the Units are split up among the players.
The Additional Options featured in the other Campaigns are not present here.

Breaking Ground

Faahri Campaign

2P: X76JX2UQ
3P: WDJ6TYK3
4P: T3SD49SR
Version: 1 - First release 10.12.2023

Dark Skies

Felheim Campaign

2P: DTBX6AK4
3P: ENXE8KWV
4P: D5AU47NZ
Version: 1 - First release 16.12.2023

Rising Tides

Pirate Campaign

2P: GRVFKCUZ
3P: HC3GRWQ7
4P: U5GSM6Y5
Version: 1 - First release 19.12.2023

Final Act

All Together

2P: L39YYSGB
3P: YR7T2YY6
4P: 7XCE9BT7
Version: 1 - First release 20.12.2023

Coop Gameplay

You can play through every single mission together.

Recruitment Buildings are shared among players, starting units and all Profits are split evenly on most maps.
This is done with the use of a Dummy AI Player that keeps all the captured buildings, and spreads their gold income among the coop players.
On a players turn they gain control of all recruitment buildings and sawmills and give it back to the dummy player on th end of their turn.

In Missions with Commanders, every player gets his own commander. I tried to stay as lore friendly as possible with the Commander choices.
If there are no lore/scenario friendly choices, other COs of the same faction or Clones may appear.

The balancing is mostly untouched, but different from singleplayer due to necessary coop changes.
Having more Commanders tends to make some areas easier but in turn they all need to survive, and the sharing of profits make it harder to accumulate wealth for each individual player.
Each player can use each of their teams recruitment buildings during their turn.
That makes it easier to get a lot of units recruited in a single turn, if you happen to have the money.
Also not being in control of all units, and being forced to plan your turns with your partners makes it a challenge to coordinate.

On the few purely Cinematic Map Sections where you usually directly control a hero and walk around to talk and interact, only player 1 is in control while the other players have to watch.

Options

These Options are available to be switched on and off in between missions at any time during all Campaigns (except the Prologue).
To do so, simply enter the Options Map and flip the switches.

Additional Coop Commanders

Default State: On
All player Commanders that are usually present on a map are as equally distributed among players as possible.
As most maps only feature 1 to 3 Commanders, that means that some players would go without their own commander.
Keeping this Option on turns a normal Unit to a Commander for a player that has none.
For the choice of additional commanders I usually take the following approach to keep the picks as lore friendly and diverse as possible:
1. Commanders that appear in Cutscenes of the scenario but not on the Battlefield.
2. Commanders of the same Faction even if they are not present Story wise.
3. A Clone of the Player 1 Commander.
Having additional Commanders can make the game a bit easier, but all Commanders, including additional ones, need to survive to avoid defeat.

Auto Win

Default State: Off
Automatically Win every map directly after the Intro Cutscenes.
This is intended to fast forward through a campaign if you want to unlock every map quickly or just play a specific scenario with your friends, and of course for bug testing for me :-) .

[Comrade Burrito]

Neat stuff! Though I wish the devs would implement a dedicated coop campaign akin to what we had in Wargroove 1.

[Gandorques Hikla]

Messaggio originale di Comrade Burrito:

Neat stuff! Though I wish the devs would implement a dedicated coop campaign akin to what we had in Wargroove 1.

I agree.
I still hope that WG2 will get a official Coop Campaign down the line.
Double Trouble also came a year after the launch of WG1.
I´d also love to see a Coop Conquest mode. I´d create it myself if the tools for that would already be released.

[Comrade Burrito]

Messaggio originale di Gandorques Hikla:

I´d also love to see a Coop Conquest mode. I´d create it myself if the tools for that would already be released.

For real, that would be freaking sweet. They could even leave out all the cutscenes and character-specific dialog if that was a pain to write/code in for two heroes instead of one.

[Gandorques Hikla]

The First Version of the Felheim Campaign "Dark Skies" is now finished and released.
If I can keep up this pace I get them all done before the end of the year. :-D

[Comrade Burrito]

Thanks! Keep up the good work!

[Gandorques Hikla]

The first Version of the Pirate Campaign "Rising Tides" is now finished and released.
That was quite interesting to work with as it had some maps with pretty unique Mechanics I needed to "Coopify", but I figured out viable solutions.

[Gandorques Hikla]

Aaaaand its done.
All Campaigns are now finished.
I hope you enjoy playing it and inform me if you run into Bugs. :-)

[OperatorSkillet]

You you turn this into a guide so I can actually pin it and find it when I need it.

[Gandorques Hikla]

Messaggio originale di OperatorSkillet:

You you turn this into a guide so I can actually pin it and find it when I need it.

Good Idea! :-)

Here it is:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3139334010

[Gandorques Hikla]

Just for Information:
The errors that make any Online Multiplayer Campaigns unplayable sadly still persist after the Summer Update. :-(