- Nameplates: player names always rendered regardless of V-key toggle;
separate cull distance 40u (players/target) vs 20u (NPCs); cyan name
color for other players; fade alpha scales with cull distance
- Level-up: add expanding golden ring burst (3 staggered waves, 420u
max radius) + full-screen flash to renderDingEffect(); M2 LevelUp.m2
is still attempted as a bonus on top
- Vanilla tile loading: add AssetManager::setBaseFallbackPath() so that
when the primary manifest is an expansion-specific DBC-only subset
(e.g. Data/expansions/vanilla/), world terrain files fall back to
the base Data/ extraction; wired in Application::initialize()
- Warden: map a null guard page at address 0x0 in the Unicorn emulator
so NULL-pointer reads in the module don't crash with UC_ERR_MAP;
execution continues past the NULL read for better diagnostics
- game: clear pendingNameQueries on player out-of-range and DESTROY_OBJECT so
re-entering players get a fresh name query instead of being silently skipped
- game: add 5s periodic name resync scan that re-queries players with empty names
and no pending query, recovering from dropped CMSG_NAME_QUERY responses
- warden: fix UC_ERR_MAP by moving HEAP_BASE from 0x200000 to 0x20000000; the old
heap [0x200000, 0x1200000) overlapped the module at 0x400000, causing Unicorn to
reject the heap mapping and abort emulator initialisation
- warden: add early overlap check between module and heap regions to catch future
layout bugs at init time
- assets: add loadDBCOptional() which logs at DEBUG level when a DBC is absent,
for files that are not distributed on all expansions
- assets: use loadDBCOptional for Item.dbc (absent on Vanilla 1.12 clients) and
fall back to server-sent itemInfoCache displayInfoId for NPC weapon resolution
Read the ambient color from the MOHD chunk (BGRA uint32) and store it
on WMOModel as a normalized RGB vec3. Pass it through ModelData into
the per-batch WMOMaterialUBO (replacing the unused pad[3] bytes, keeping
the struct at 64 bytes). The GLSL interior branch now floors vertex
colors against the WMO ambient instead of a hardcoded 0.5, so dungeon
interiors respect the artist-specified ambient tint from the WMO root
rather than always clamping to grey.
Parse MOPY per-triangle flags in WMO groups and exclude detail/decorative
triangles (flag 0x04) from collision detection. This prevents invisible
walls from objects like gears and railings in WMO interiors.
Add WotLK area trigger IDs 2173/2175 to extended-range tram triggers.
Two WMO rendering fixes:
1. Glass batch merging: BatchKey didn't include isWindow, so window and
non-window batches sharing the same texture got merged together. If
the window batch was processed first, the entire merged batch (lamp
base, iron frame, etc.) rendered as transparent glass. Add isWindow
to the batch key so glass/non-glass batches stay separate.
2. LOD group culling: WMO groups named with "LOD" are distance-only
impostor geometry (e.g. cathedral tower extension, hill tower). They
should only render beyond 200 units. Store raw MOGN chunk for
offset-based name lookup, detect "lod" in group names during load,
and skip LOD groups in both main and shadow passes when camera is
within range.
Batches whose named texture fails to load now render invisible instead of
white (the swampreeds01a.blp case causing a white shell around aquatic plants).
Also implements proper M2 opacity plumbing:
- Parse texture weight tracks (M2Track<fixed16>) and color animation alpha
tracks (M2Color.alpha) to resolve per-batch opacity at load time
- Skip batches with batchOpacity < 0.01 in the render loop
- Apply M2Texture.flags (bit0=WrapS, bit1=WrapT) to GL sampler wrap mode
- Upload both UV sets (texCoords[0] and texCoords[1]) and select via
textureUnit uniform, so batches referencing UV set 1 render correctly
Corrected CharGeosets group assignments verified via vertex bounding boxes:
- Group 4 (401+) = gloves/forearms, Group 5 (501+) = boots/shins,
Group 8 (801+) = sleeves (chest-controlled), Group 9 = kneepads,
Group 13 (1301+) = pants/trousers, Group 20 (2002) = bare feet
- Changed bare shin default from 501 to 502 for better width match
with thigh mesh (0.39 vs 0.32, thighs are 0.42)
- Added clearCompositeCache() to prevent stale composite textures
from being reused across equipment changes
- Fixed character preview geoset defaults to match corrected mapping
Remove HDPackManager, expansion overlay manifests, and BLP size-comparison
logic. Assets now resolve through a single manifest with a simple override
directory (Data/override/) for future HD upgrades.
- Parse MCLQ sub-chunks in vanilla ADTs for water rendering (WotLK uses MH2O)
- Load TaxiPathNode.dbc for MO_TRANSPORT world-coordinate paths (vanilla boats)
- Parse data[] from SMSG_GAMEOBJECT_QUERY_RESPONSE (taxiPathId for transports)
- Support vanilla M2 particle emitters (504-byte struct, different from WotLK 476)
- Add character preview texture diagnostic logging
- Fix disconnect handling on character screen (show error only when no chars)
- Vanilla M2 bone struct (108 bytes) with 28-byte animation tracks
- Version-aware bone parsing (vanilla vs WotLK format detection)
- Fix CharSections.dbc field layout for vanilla (variation/color at 4-5)
- Remove broken CharSections.csv files (all fields marked as strings)
- Expansion data reload on profile switch (DBC cache clear, layout reload)
- Vanilla packet encryption (VanillaCrypt XOR-based header crypt)
- Extended character preview geoset range (0-99) for vanilla models
- DBC cache clear support in AssetManager
Replace hardcoded WotLK protocol constants with a data-driven architecture
supporting Classic 1.12.1, TBC 2.4.3, and WotLK 3.3.5a. Each expansion
has JSON profiles for opcodes, update fields, and DBC layouts, plus C++
polymorphic packet parsers for binary format differences (movement flags,
speed fields, transport data, spline format, char enum layout).
Key components:
- ExpansionRegistry: scans Data/expansions/*/expansion.json at startup
- OpcodeTable: logical enum <-> wire values loaded from JSON
- UpdateFieldTable: field indices loaded from JSON per expansion
- DBCLayout: schema-driven DBC field lookups replacing magic numbers
- PacketParsers: WotLK/TBC/Classic parsers with correct flag positions
- Multi-manifest AssetManager: layered manifests with priority ordering
- HDPackManager: overlay texture packs with expansion compatibility
- Auth screen expansion picker replacing hardcoded version dropdown
- Add MemoryMonitor class for dynamic cache sizing based on available RAM
- Increase terrain load radius to 8 tiles (17x17 grid, 289 tiles)
- Scale worker threads to 75% of logical cores (no cap)
- Increase cache budget to 80% of available RAM, max file size to 50%
- Increase M2 render distance: 1200 units during taxi, 800 when >2000 instances
- Fix camera positioning during taxi flights (external follow mode)
- Add 2-second landing cooldown to prevent re-entering taxi mode on lag
- Update interval reduced to 33ms for faster streaming responsiveness
Optimized for high-memory systems while scaling gracefully to lower-end hardware.
Cache and render distances now fully utilize available VRAM on minimum spec GPUs.
Parse bounding vertices, triangles, and normals from M2 files and use
them for proper triangle-level collision instead of AABB heuristics.
Spatial grid bucketing for efficient queries, closest-point wall push
with soft clamping, and ray-triangle floor detection alongside existing
AABB fallback.
Replace flat mesh rendering of additive/mod blend batches (blendMode >= 3)
with camera-facing point sprites using a soft radial gradient texture and
additive blending. Adds M2 particle emitter infrastructure (structs, shader,
parsing stubs) but disables emitter parsing — the assumed 476-byte struct
size is wrong for WotLK 3.3.5a, causing misaligned reads that explode RAM.
Water/lava batches in fountain and Ironforge M2 models use non-opaque
blend modes (alpha, additive) defined in the M2 material table. Without
parsing these, they rendered as solid surfaces extending visibly beyond
their containers. Now each batch looks up its blend mode from the
material array and sets the appropriate GL blend function.
Parse M2TextureTransform entries and texture transform lookups from the
M2 binary, then apply per-batch UV offsets in the vertex shader using
the existing animation time base and global sequence durations.
M2 batches have a geosetIndex field that determines the geoset group for
filtering (0-18=body, 1xx=hair, etc.). We were incorrectly using submeshId
from the submesh struct instead. Now properly stores and uses geosetId.
- Use explicit loaded flag for heightmap instead of checking height values
- Increase player collision radius from 0.50 to 0.55 for better wall collision
Portal-based visibility culling for WMO rendering (disabled by default,
needs debugging for complex WMOs like Stormwind). Skip character creation
screen when characters already exist in single-player mode.
- Parse global sequence durations from M2 binary and use them in bone
interpolation so torches, candles, and other env doodads animate.
- Add UV scroll shader effect for smoke models (HouseSmoke, SmokeStack)
as a workaround for unimplemented M2 particle emitters.
- Tighten WMO floor probe heights to prevent multi-story buildings from
returning the wrong floor, fixing player clipping through inn floors
and camera locking onto the second floor.
- Use player ground level as reference for camera orbit floor collision
so the camera doesn't fight upper floors in buildings.
- Add loading screen system with stb_image for JPEG loading
- Two loading screen images (orc and dwarf) randomly selected
- Display loading screen while terrain data loads
- Cache WMO inverse matrices to reduce per-frame computation
- Stub WMO liquid rendering (needs coordinate system fix)
- Update spawn point to Stormwind Trade District
The MOHD header structure was missing the nTextures field at the start,
causing all subsequent field reads to be offset by 4 bytes. This corrupted
bounding box values and caused floor geometry to be incorrectly culled.
- Create ATTRIBUTION.md crediting WoWDev Wiki, TrinityCore, MaNGOS,
and third-party libraries used
- Add WoWDev Wiki format specification links to file format parsers
(ADT, BLP, DBC loaders)
- Add protocol documentation reference to opcodes.hpp
