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== Study ==
== Reverse engineering ==


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


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


=== Compiler ===
=== Compiler ===

Revision as of 06:55, 14 June 2025

Reverse engineering

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

To consolidate and refine our collective understanding, a single reverse engineering repository called binana was invented.

Compiler

For Windows, the client was known to be compiled using the Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler but which version?

For the Mac OS X port, 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.