Legal Disclaimer: This is an educational/research project. It does not include any Blizzard Entertainment assets, data files, or proprietary code. World of Warcraft and all related assets are the property of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Blizzard Entertainment. Users are responsible for supplying their own legally obtained game data files and for ensuring compliance with all applicable laws in their jurisdiction.

Features

Rendering Engine

Terrain -- Multi-tile streaming with async loading, texture splatting (4 layers), frustum culling
Water -- Animated surfaces, reflections, refractions, Fresnel effect
Sky -- Dynamic day/night cycle, sun/moon with orbital movement
Stars -- 1000+ procedurally placed stars (night-only)
Atmosphere -- Procedural clouds (FBM noise), lens flare with chromatic aberration
Moon Phases -- 8 realistic lunar phases with elliptical terminator
Weather -- Rain and snow particle systems (2000 particles, camera-relative)
Characters -- Skeletal animation with GPU vertex skinning (256 bones), race-aware textures
Buildings -- WMO renderer with multi-material batches, frustum culling, 160-unit distance culling
Particles -- M2 particle emitters with WotLK struct parsing, billboarded glow effects
Post-Processing -- HDR, tonemapping, shadow mapping (2048x2048)

Asset Pipeline

MPQ archive extraction (StormLib), BLP DXT1/3/5 textures, ADT terrain tiles, M2 character models with animations, WMO buildings, DBC database files (Spell, Item, SkillLine, Faction, etc.)

Gameplay Systems

Authentication -- Full SRP6a implementation with RC4 header encryption
Character System -- Creation, selection, 3D preview, stats panel, race/class support
Movement -- WASD movement, camera orbit, spline path following
Combat -- Auto-attack, spell casting with cooldowns, damage calculation, death handling
Targeting -- Tab-cycling, click-to-target, faction-based hostility (using Faction.dbc)
Inventory -- 23 equipment slots, 16 backpack slots, drag-drop, auto-equip
Spells -- Spellbook with class specialty tabs, drag-drop to action bar, spell icons
Action Bar -- 12 slots, drag-drop from spellbook/inventory, click-to-cast, keybindings
Quests -- Quest markers (! and ?) on NPCs and minimap, quest log, quest details, turn-in flow
Vendors -- Buy and sell items, gold tracking, inventory sync
Loot -- Loot window, gold looting, item pickup
Gossip -- NPC interaction, dialogue options
Chat -- SAY, YELL, WHISPER, chat window with formatting
Party -- Group invites, party list
UI -- Loading screens with progress bar, settings window with opacity slider

Building

Prerequisites

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install libsdl2-dev libglew-dev libglm-dev \
                 libssl-dev libstorm-dev cmake build-essential

# Fedora
sudo dnf install SDL2-devel glew-devel glm-devel \
                 openssl-devel StormLib-devel cmake gcc-c++

# Arch
sudo pacman -S sdl2 glew glm openssl stormlib cmake base-devel

Game Data

This project requires WoW 3.3.5a (patch 3.3.5, build 12340) data files. You must supply your own legally obtained copy. Place (or symlink) the MPQ files into a Data/ directory at the project root:

wowee/
└── Data/
    ├── common.MPQ
    ├── common-2.MPQ
    ├── expansion.MPQ
    ├── lichking.MPQ
    ├── patch.MPQ
    ├── patch-2.MPQ
    ├── patch-3.MPQ
    └── enUS/          (or your locale)

Alternatively, set the WOW_DATA_PATH environment variable to point to your WoW data directory.

Compile & Run

git clone https://github.com/yourname/wowee.git
cd wowee

# Get ImGui (required)
git clone https://github.com/ocornut/imgui.git extern/imgui

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make -j$(nproc)

./bin/wowee

Controls

Camera & Movement

Key	Action
WASD	Move camera / character
Mouse	Look around / orbit camera
Shift	Move faster
Mouse Left Click	Target entity / interact
Tab	Cycle targets

UI & Windows

Key	Action
I	Toggle inventory
P	Toggle spellbook
L	Toggle quest log
Enter	Open chat
Escape	Close windows / deselect

Action Bar

Key	Action
1-9, 0, -, =	Use action bar slots 1-12
Drag & Drop	Spells from spellbook, items from inventory
Click	Cast spell / use item

Debug & Development

Key	Action
F1	Performance HUD
F2	Wireframe mode
F9	Toggle time progression
F10	Toggle sun/moon
F11	Toggle stars
+/-	Change time of day
C	Toggle clouds
L	Toggle lens flare
W	Cycle weather (None/Rain/Snow)
K / J	Spawn / remove test characters
O / P	Spawn / clear WMOs

Documentation

Getting Started

Quick Start -- Installation and first steps
Features Overview -- Complete feature list
Changelog -- Development history and recent changes

Technical Documentation

Architecture -- System design and module overview
Authentication -- SRP6 auth protocol details
Server Setup -- Local server configuration
Single Player -- Offline mode
SRP Implementation -- Cryptographic details
Packet Framing -- Network protocol framing
Realm List -- Realm selection system

Technical Details

Graphics: OpenGL 3.3 Core, GLSL 330, forward rendering with post-processing
Performance: 60 FPS (vsync), ~50k triangles/frame, ~30 draw calls, <10% GPU
Platform: Linux (primary), C++17, CMake 3.15+
Dependencies: SDL2, OpenGL/GLEW, GLM, OpenSSL, StormLib, ImGui, FFmpeg
Architecture: Modular design with clear separation (core, rendering, networking, game logic, asset pipeline, UI, audio)
Networking: Non-blocking TCP, SRP6a authentication, RC4 encryption, WoW 3.3.5a protocol
Asset Loading: Async terrain streaming, lazy loading, MPQ archive support

License

This project's source code is licensed under the MIT License.

References

WoWDev Wiki -- File format documentation
TrinityCore -- Server reference
MaNGOS -- Server reference
StormLib -- MPQ library

Known Issues

Stormwind Mage Quarter: around the Moonwell area, water is currently overflowing into nearby geometry and should be constrained to the proper liquid volume.

Languages

C++ 96.1%

NASL 2.5%

CMake 0.5%

Python 0.5%

Shell 0.2%

Other 0.1%