Novel open replacement for AzerothCore-style gossip_menu +
gossip_menu_option + npc_text SQL tables PLUS the Blizzard
NpcText.dbc family. The 23rd open format added to the
editor.
An NPC's dialogue tree: a menu of options the player can
pick from when right-clicking the NPC. Each option may
bridge to another menu, trigger a vendor / trainer
interaction, offer a quest, etc. The simplified per-option
model (kind + actionTarget + flags + moneyCost) covers the
common cases without needing separate npc_text condition
tables.
Closes a major cross-format gap: WCRT.entry.gossipId has
existed since batch 116 (when WCRT was added) but pointed
to a format that didn't exist yet. The innkeeper preset's
menuId=4001 deliberately matches WCRT's Bartleby NPC so
the demo content stack can wire WCRT.gossipId = 4001 once
that field is plumbed through the runtime.
Cross-references:
WCRT.entry.gossipId -> WGSP.entry.menuId
WGSP.option.actionTarget (Submenu) -> WGSP.entry.menuId
WGSP.option.actionTarget (Vendor / Trainer)
-> WTRN.entry.npcId
WGSP.option.actionTarget (Quest) -> WQT.entry.questId
Format:
• magic "WGSP", version 1, little-endian
• per menu: menuId / titleText + options[]
• per option: optionId / text / kind / actionTarget /
requiredFlags / moneyCostCopper
Enums:
• OptionKind (13): Close / Submenu / Vendor / Trainer /
Quest / Tabard / Banker / Innkeeper /
FlightMaster / TextOnly / Script /
Battlemaster / Auctioneer
• OptionFlags: AllianceOnly / HordeOnly / Coinpouch /
QuestGated / Closes
API: WoweeGossipLoader::save / load / exists / findById;
presets makeStarter (1 menu with vendor + trainer + close),
makeInnkeeper (2-menu tree: main menu 4001 with hearth /
vendor / flight / submenu options + lore submenu 4002 that
links back), makeQuestGiver (1 menu with 2 quest options
referencing WQT 1 and 100, plus a paid respec script
exercising the Coinpouch flag with a 10g cost).
CLI added (5 flags, 558 documented total now):
--gen-gossip / --gen-gossip-innkeeper / --gen-gossip-questgiver
--info-wgsp / --validate-wgsp
Validator catches: menuId=0 + duplicates, empty title /
options, unknown option kind, empty option text, Submenu
options pointing at non-existent menuIds (intra-format
cross-reference resolution), Coinpouch flag without
moneyCost (misleading UI), AllianceOnly+HordeOnly conflict.
