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The Storm library is used extensively | The Storm library is used extensively in [[World of Warcraft]]. | ||
== Features == | |||
* MPQ compression: one of Storm's main features was to provide asset compression/obfuscation using the [[Blizzard Entertainment:MPQ]] format. | |||
== StormLib == | |||
'''Note: StormLib is a library for creating and reading from MPQ archives. Unlike not implement the whole set of features present in Storm.''' | |||
To create a free and open source implementation of the MPQ capabilities of Storm, StormLib was created. | |||
StormLib is able to work with a wide range of MPQ archives, both very old and very new. | |||
[[Thunderbrew]] currently utilizes StormLib to support directly loading assets from MPQ. | |||
== Reimplementations == | |||
[[Whoa]] and [[Thunderbrew]] attempt to recreate Storm as it existed in 2010 as free and open-source software. | |||
* [[Whoa:squall]] | |||
* [[Thunderbrew:squall]] | |||