Kelsidavis-WoWee/docs/status.md

# Project Status

**Last updated**: 2026-03-07

## What This Repo Is

Wowee is a native C++ World of Warcraft client experiment focused on connecting to real emulator servers (online/multiplayer) with a custom renderer and asset pipeline.

## Current Code State

Implemented (working in normal use):

- Auth flow: SRP6a auth + realm list + world connect with header encryption
- Rendering: terrain, WMO/M2 rendering, water/magma/slime, sky system, particles, shadow mapping, minimap/world map, loading video playback
- Character system: creation (including nonbinary gender), selection, 3D preview with equipment, character screen
- Core gameplay: movement, targeting, combat, action bar, inventory/equipment, chat (tabs/channels, emotes, item links)
- Quests: quest markers (! and ?) on NPCs/minimap, quest log with detail queries/retry, objective tracking, accept/complete flow, turn-in
- Trainers: spell trainer UI, buy spells, known/available/unavailable states
- Vendors, loot, gossip dialogs (including buyback for most recently sold item)
- Spellbook with class tabs, drag-drop to action bar, spell icons
- Warden anti-cheat: full module execution via Unicorn Engine x86 emulation; module caching
- Audio: ambient, movement, combat, spell, and UI sound systems
- Bag UI: separate bag windows, open-bag indicator on bag bar, optional collapse-empty mode in aggregate bag view
- Multi-expansion: Classic/Vanilla, TBC, WotLK, and Turtle WoW (1.17) protocol and asset variants

In progress / known gaps:

- Transports: M2 transports (trams) working with position-delta riding; WMO transports (ships, zeppelins) working with path following; some edge cases remain
- 3D positional audio: not implemented (mono/stereo only)
- Visual edge cases: some M2/WMO rendering gaps (character shin mesh, some particle effects)
- Interior rendering: WMO interior shadows disabled (too dark); lava steam particles sparse

## Where To Look

- Entry point: `src/main.cpp`, `src/core/application.cpp`
- Networking/auth: `src/auth/`, `src/network/`, `src/game/game_handler.cpp`
- Rendering: `src/rendering/`
- Assets/extraction: `extract_assets.sh`, `tools/asset_extract/`, `src/pipeline/asset_manager.cpp`
docs: update README and guides for multi-expansion direction 2026-02-14 18:05:37 -08:00			`# Project Status`

Update README and status docs for v0.3.6-preview - Add water/lava/lighting rendering features to README - Add transport riding to movement features - Update status date and rendering capabilities - Note interior shadow and lava steam known gaps 2026-03-07 00:50:45 -08:00			`Last updated: 2026-03-07`
docs: update README and guides for multi-expansion direction 2026-02-14 18:05:37 -08:00
			`## What This Repo Is`

			`Wowee is a native C++ World of Warcraft client experiment focused on connecting to real emulator servers (online/multiplayer) with a custom renderer and asset pipeline.`

			`## Current Code State`

Update docs to reflect current project state - Update README: date, Warden complete with Unicorn Engine, add trainers/nonbinary to features, add Unicorn Engine to deps - Update status.md: date, mark quests/trainers/Warden as working, keep transports as in-progress - Rewrite Warden docs (QUICK_REFERENCE and IMPLEMENTATION) to match actual implementation - Remove dev-note docs (WARDEN_COMPLETE, WARDEN_MODULE_ARCHITECTURE) and stray .txt files - Update ATTRIBUTION: add Unicorn Engine, miniaudio, AzerothCore 2026-02-17 15:05:18 -08:00			`Implemented (working in normal use):`
docs: update README and guides for multi-expansion direction 2026-02-14 18:05:37 -08:00
			`- Auth flow: SRP6a auth + realm list + world connect with header encryption`
Update README and status docs for v0.3.6-preview - Add water/lava/lighting rendering features to README - Add transport riding to movement features - Update status date and rendering capabilities - Note interior shadow and lava steam known gaps 2026-03-07 00:50:45 -08:00			`- Rendering: terrain, WMO/M2 rendering, water/magma/slime, sky system, particles, shadow mapping, minimap/world map, loading video playback`
Update docs to reflect current project state - Update README: date, Warden complete with Unicorn Engine, add trainers/nonbinary to features, add Unicorn Engine to deps - Update status.md: date, mark quests/trainers/Warden as working, keep transports as in-progress - Rewrite Warden docs (QUICK_REFERENCE and IMPLEMENTATION) to match actual implementation - Remove dev-note docs (WARDEN_COMPLETE, WARDEN_MODULE_ARCHITECTURE) and stray .txt files - Update ATTRIBUTION: add Unicorn Engine, miniaudio, AzerothCore 2026-02-17 15:05:18 -08:00			`- Character system: creation (including nonbinary gender), selection, 3D preview with equipment, character screen`
			`- Core gameplay: movement, targeting, combat, action bar, inventory/equipment, chat (tabs/channels, emotes, item links)`
docs+security: sync controls and scope Warden RC4 CodeQL exception 2026-02-19 15:54:35 -08:00			`- Quests: quest markers (! and ?) on NPCs/minimap, quest log with detail queries/retry, objective tracking, accept/complete flow, turn-in`
Update docs to reflect current project state - Update README: date, Warden complete with Unicorn Engine, add trainers/nonbinary to features, add Unicorn Engine to deps - Update status.md: date, mark quests/trainers/Warden as working, keep transports as in-progress - Rewrite Warden docs (QUICK_REFERENCE and IMPLEMENTATION) to match actual implementation - Remove dev-note docs (WARDEN_COMPLETE, WARDEN_MODULE_ARCHITECTURE) and stray .txt files - Update ATTRIBUTION: add Unicorn Engine, miniaudio, AzerothCore 2026-02-17 15:05:18 -08:00			`- Trainers: spell trainer UI, buy spells, known/available/unavailable states`
docs+security: sync controls and scope Warden RC4 CodeQL exception 2026-02-19 15:54:35 -08:00			`- Vendors, loot, gossip dialogs (including buyback for most recently sold item)`
Update docs to reflect current project state - Update README: date, Warden complete with Unicorn Engine, add trainers/nonbinary to features, add Unicorn Engine to deps - Update status.md: date, mark quests/trainers/Warden as working, keep transports as in-progress - Rewrite Warden docs (QUICK_REFERENCE and IMPLEMENTATION) to match actual implementation - Remove dev-note docs (WARDEN_COMPLETE, WARDEN_MODULE_ARCHITECTURE) and stray .txt files - Update ATTRIBUTION: add Unicorn Engine, miniaudio, AzerothCore 2026-02-17 15:05:18 -08:00			`- Spellbook with class tabs, drag-drop to action bar, spell icons`
			`- Warden anti-cheat: full module execution via Unicorn Engine x86 emulation; module caching`
			`- Audio: ambient, movement, combat, spell, and UI sound systems`
docs+security: sync controls and scope Warden RC4 CodeQL exception 2026-02-19 15:54:35 -08:00			`- Bag UI: separate bag windows, open-bag indicator on bag bar, optional collapse-empty mode in aggregate bag view`
Update docs to reflect current project state - Update README: date, Warden complete with Unicorn Engine, add trainers/nonbinary to features, add Unicorn Engine to deps - Update status.md: date, mark quests/trainers/Warden as working, keep transports as in-progress - Rewrite Warden docs (QUICK_REFERENCE and IMPLEMENTATION) to match actual implementation - Remove dev-note docs (WARDEN_COMPLETE, WARDEN_MODULE_ARCHITECTURE) and stray .txt files - Update ATTRIBUTION: add Unicorn Engine, miniaudio, AzerothCore 2026-02-17 15:05:18 -08:00			`- Multi-expansion: Classic/Vanilla, TBC, WotLK, and Turtle WoW (1.17) protocol and asset variants`

			`In progress / known gaps:`

Update README and status docs for v0.3.6-preview - Add water/lava/lighting rendering features to README - Add transport riding to movement features - Update status date and rendering capabilities - Note interior shadow and lava steam known gaps 2026-03-07 00:50:45 -08:00			`- Transports: M2 transports (trams) working with position-delta riding; WMO transports (ships, zeppelins) working with path following; some edge cases remain`
Update docs to reflect current project state - Update README: date, Warden complete with Unicorn Engine, add trainers/nonbinary to features, add Unicorn Engine to deps - Update status.md: date, mark quests/trainers/Warden as working, keep transports as in-progress - Rewrite Warden docs (QUICK_REFERENCE and IMPLEMENTATION) to match actual implementation - Remove dev-note docs (WARDEN_COMPLETE, WARDEN_MODULE_ARCHITECTURE) and stray .txt files - Update ATTRIBUTION: add Unicorn Engine, miniaudio, AzerothCore 2026-02-17 15:05:18 -08:00			`- 3D positional audio: not implemented (mono/stereo only)`
			`- Visual edge cases: some M2/WMO rendering gaps (character shin mesh, some particle effects)`
Update README and status docs for v0.3.6-preview - Add water/lava/lighting rendering features to README - Add transport riding to movement features - Update status date and rendering capabilities - Note interior shadow and lava steam known gaps 2026-03-07 00:50:45 -08:00			`- Interior rendering: WMO interior shadows disabled (too dark); lava steam particles sparse`
docs: update README and guides for multi-expansion direction 2026-02-14 18:05:37 -08:00
			`## Where To Look`

			- Entry point: `src/main.cpp`, `src/core/application.cpp`
			- Networking/auth: `src/auth/`, `src/network/`, `src/game/game_handler.cpp`
			- Rendering: `src/rendering/`
			- Assets/extraction: `extract_assets.sh`, `tools/asset_extract/`, `src/pipeline/asset_manager.cpp`