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The Friends & Family Alpha ( | [[Category:WoW:Patch]] | ||
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|name = Friends and Family Alpha | |||
|build = 3368 | |||
|patch-notes = [https://web.archive.org/web/20200414184452/http://www.bloodwinterclan.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2925 www.bloodwinterclan.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2925] | |||
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The Friends & Family Alpha ('''0.5.3''') is the earliest publicly available build of the [[WoW]] client to date. | |||
The publication of this build included a debugging file, Wowae.pdb, which facilitated the reverse engineering of the client, giving rise to server emulators. | The publication of this build included a debugging file, Wowae.pdb, which facilitated the reverse engineering of the client, giving rise to server emulators. | ||
Though this version of the client is very different | Though this version of the client is very different, the PDB file remains still an invaluable resource for those who wish to study WoW. | ||
In addition to symbols, it includes information about every structure that was compiled into the client. | In addition to symbols, it includes information about every structure that was compiled into the client. | ||