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|name = World of Warcraft

|image = WoW Box Art.jpg

|type = ~~Application~~

|type = Computer game

|authors = [[Blizzard Entertainment]]

|license = Proprietary

}}

'''''World of Warcraft''''' ('''''WoW''''') is a 2004 massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by [[Blizzard Entertainment]] for [[Windows]] and [[Mac OS X]].

'''''World of Warcraft''''' ('''''WoW''''') is a 2004 massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by [[Blizzard Entertainment]] for [[WoW:Windows port|Windows]] and [[WoW:Mac OS X port|Mac OS X]].

== Client ==

~~The [[Whoa]] and [[Thunderbrew]] projects are based on the mission of recreating a faithful and open-source implementation of the World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340 Wrath of the Lich King client.~~

== Server ==

== ~~Why~~ 3.3.5a~~? ==~~

== Our mission ==

The [[Whoa]] and [[Thunderbrew]] projects are based on the mission of recreating a faithful and open-source implementation of the [[WoW:3.3.5a|3.3.5a client]].

The game and its libraries have become significantly more complex in the intervening 10+ years. By picking 3.3.5a, it's possible to imagine our implementation will eventually be complete.

~~== Study ==~~

~~Many attempts have been made throughout history to study the internals of this client.~~

~~To consolidate and refine our collective understanding into a usable reverse-engineering package, [[Thunderbrew:Binana|Binana]], a repository of symbol databases and C headers, was created.~~

~~=== Compiler ===~~

~~On Windows, the client was known to be compiled using the Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler {{Which version?}}~~

~~On MacOS, the XCode version of GCC was used.~~

~~=== Libraries ===~~

~~The WoW client was known to have the following libraries:~~

* fmod - For in-game audio playback

* lua - Used extensively for Glue and FrameScript. Much of the client runs through this Lua interface.

* libexpat - Used to parse XML, commonly used in GlueXML and FrameXML

~~== Software that supports 3.3.5a ==~~

~~3.3.5a benefits from a significant buy-in from the community of developers, making it the ''de facto'' standard version of WoW.~~

* [https://github.com/TrinityCore/TrinityCore/tree/3.3.5 TrinityCore (3.3.5)]

* [https://github.com/wowdev/noggit3.git Noggit3]

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   |name        = World of Warcraft
   |image       = WoW Box Art.jpg
-  |type        = Application
+  |type        = Computer game
   |authors     = [[Blizzard Entertainment]]
   |license     = Proprietary
 }}
-'''''World of Warcraft''''' ('''''WoW''''') is a 2004 massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by [[Blizzard Entertainment]] for [[Windows]] and [[Mac OS X]].
+'''''World of Warcraft''''' ('''''WoW''''') is a 2004 massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by [[Blizzard Entertainment]] for [[WoW:Windows port|Windows]] and [[WoW:Mac OS X port|Mac OS X]].
 == Client ==
-The [[Whoa]] and [[Thunderbrew]] projects are based on the mission of recreating a faithful and open-source implementation of the World of Warcraft 3.3.5a.12340 Wrath of the Lich King client.
+== Server ==
-== Why 3.3.5a? ==
+== Our mission ==
+The [[Whoa]] and [[Thunderbrew]] projects are based on the mission of recreating a faithful and open-source implementation of the [[WoW:3.3.5a|3.3.5a client]].
 The game and its libraries have become significantly more complex in the intervening 10+ years. By picking 3.3.5a, it's possible to imagine our implementation will eventually be complete.
-== Study ==
-Many attempts have been made throughout history to study the internals of this client.
-To consolidate and refine our collective understanding into a usable reverse-engineering package, [[Thunderbrew:Binana|Binana]], a repository of symbol databases and C headers, was created.
-=== Compiler ===
-On Windows, the client was known to be compiled using the Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler {{Which version?}}
-On MacOS, the XCode version of GCC was used.
-=== Libraries ===
-The WoW client was known to have the following libraries:
-* fmod - For in-game audio playback
-* lua - Used extensively for Glue and FrameScript. Much of the client runs through this Lua interface.
-* libexpat - Used to parse XML, commonly used in GlueXML and FrameXML
-== Software that supports 3.3.5a ==
-.3.5a benefits from a significant buy-in from the community of developers, making it the ''de facto'' standard version of WoW.
-* [https://github.com/TrinityCore/TrinityCore/tree/3.3.5 TrinityCore (3.3.5)]
-* [https://github.com/wowdev/noggit3.git Noggit3]