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| [[Firelight Technologies:FMOD|FMOD]] || ? || [[Firelight Technologies]] || 3D sound effects library || None
| [[Firelight Technologies:FMOD|FMOD]] || ? || [[Firelight Technologies]] || 3D sound effects library || None
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| [[Lua|Lua]] || 5.1.3 || Roberto Ierusalimschy
| [[Lua|Lua]] || 5.1.1 || Roberto Ierusalimschy with various modifications by [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]] || Embedded script/programming language || None
w/ anti-tampering modifications by [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard]] || Embedded script/programming language || None
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| FreeType || ? || The FreeType Project || Font rasterization library || None
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Latest revision as of 08:17, 5 April 2026

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 (VS2005, build 50727).

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
Libraries
Library Version Author Description Depends on
BlizzardCore ? Blizzard None
Storm ? Blizzard BlizzardCore
Tempest ? Blizzard 3D arithmetic classes and routines Storm
FMOD ? Firelight Technologies 3D sound effects library None
Lua 5.1.1 Roberto Ierusalimschy with various modifications by Blizzard Embedded script/programming language None
FreeType ? The FreeType Project Font rasterization library None

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.