WoW:3.3.5a
3.3.5a is the latest release of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (in most locales).
Reverse engineering
Many attempts have been made throughout history to study the internals of this client. However, these usually aren't shared with the public.
A project of Thunderbrew, Binana, aims to provide machine-readable reverse-engineering information for the entire 3.3.5a binary in a single repository. By contributing to Binana, we can collaborate and build upon each other's work.
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 used
This list may be incomplete.
| Library | Version | Author | Description | Depends on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlizzardCore | ? | Blizzard | None | |
| Storm | ? | Blizzard | Various low-level utilities, asset compression | BlizzardCore |
| Tempest | ? | Blizzard | 3D arithmetic classes and routines | Storm |
| DivX | ? | ? | Cinematic video decoding | None |
| FMOD | 4.09.07 | Firelight Technologies | 3D audio processing and playback | None |
| Lua | 5.1.1 | Roberto Ierusalimschy with various modifications by Blizzard | Embedded script/programming language | WoW engine |
| FreeType | 2.0.0 | The FreeType Project | Font rasterization library | None |
| expat | 1.95.5 | Thai Open Source Software Center Ltd and Clark Cooper, expat maintainers | Fast streaming XML parser | 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.