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+At QtCreator's "Welcome" screen,
+press "Open Project" and navigate into this directory.
+
+Open the "Wesnoth.config" file.
+
+At the "Projects" screen, 
+click on "Build Settings".
+
+The "build directory" field is not used by scons.
+
+Under "Build Steps", remove the "Make" item..
+
+"Add Build Step"
+"Custom process step"
+"Command" enter "scons" or the full path if not in the search path.
+"Commands arguments" : -j<number_of_your_cores_+1>
+
+"Add Clean Steps"
+same thing as for "Add Build Step"
+"Commands arguments" : -c