Mount Animation System:
- Property-based jump animation discovery using sequence metadata
- Chain linkage scoring (nextAnimation/aliasNext) for accurate detection
- Correct loop detection: flags & 0x01 == 0 means looping
- Avoids brake/stop animations via blendTime penalties
- Works on any mount model without hardcoded animation IDs
Mount Physics:
- Physics-based jump height: vz = sqrt(2 * g * h)
- Configurable MOUNT_JUMP_HEIGHT constant (1.0m default)
- Procedural lean into turns for ground mounts
- Smooth roll based on turn rate (±14° max, 6x/sec blend)
Audio Improvements:
- State-machine driven mount sounds (jump, land, rear-up)
- Semantic sound methods (no animation ID dependencies)
- Debug logging for missing sound files
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed mount animation sequencing (JumpStart → JumpLoop → JumpEnd)
- Fixed animation loop flag interpretation (0x20 vs 0x21)
- Rider bone attachment working correctly during all mount actions
Network Protocol:
- Add SMSG_TALENTS_INFO (0x4C0) packet parsing for talent data
- Add CMSG_LEARN_TALENT (0x251) to request learning talents
- Add MSG_TALENT_WIPE_CONFIRM (0x2AB) opcode for spec switching
- Parse talent spec, unspent points, and learned talent ranks
DBC Parsing:
- Load Talent.dbc: talent grid positions, ranks, prerequisites, spell IDs
- Load TalentTab.dbc: talent tree definitions with correct field indices
- Fix localized string field handling (17 fields per string)
- Load Spell.dbc and SpellIcon.dbc for talent icons and tooltips
- Class mask filtering using bitwise operations (1 << (class - 1))
UI Implementation:
- Complete talent tree UI with tabbed interface for specs
- Display talent icons from spell data with proper tinting/borders
- Enhanced tooltips: spell name, rank, current/next descriptions, prereqs
- Visual states: green (maxed), yellow (partial), white (available), gray (locked)
- Tier unlock system (5 points per tier requirement)
- Rank overlay on icons with shadow text
- Click to learn talents with validation
Dual Spec Support:
- Store unspent points and learned talents per spec (0 and 1)
- Track active spec and display its talents
- Spec switching UI with buttons for Spec 1/Spec 2
- Handle both SMSG_TALENTS_INFO packets from server at login
- Display unspent points for both specs in header
- Independent talent trees for each specialization
Implements full NPC voice interaction system supporting 6 different sound categories
for all playable races/genders. System loads ~450+ voice clips from MPQ archives.
Voice Categories:
- Greeting: Play on NPC right-click interaction
- Farewell: Play when closing gossip/dialog windows
- Vendor: Play when opening merchant/vendor windows
- Pissed: Play after clicking NPC 5+ times (spam protection)
- Aggro: Play when NPC enters combat with player
- Flee: Play when NPC is fleeing (ready for low-health triggers)
Features:
- Race/gender detection from NPC display IDs via CreatureDisplayInfoExtra.dbc
- Intelligent click tracking for pissed sounds
- Combat sounds use player character vocal files for humanoid NPCs
- Cooldown system prevents voice spam (2s default, combat sounds bypass)
- Generic fallback voices for unsupported NPC types
- 3D positional audio support
Voice Support:
- All playable races: Human, Dwarf, Gnome, Night Elf, Orc, Tauren, Troll, Undead
- Male and female variants for each race
- StandardNPC sounds for social interactions
- Character vocal sounds for combat
Technical Changes:
- Refactored NpcVoiceManager to support multiple sound categories
- Added callbacks: NpcFarewell, NpcVendor, NpcAggro
- Extended voice loading to parse both StandardNPC and Character vocal paths
- Integrated with GameHandler for gossip, vendor, and combat events
- Added detailed voice detection logging for debugging
Also includes:
- Sound manifest files added to docs/ for reference
- Blacksmith hammer pitch increased to 1.6x (was 1.4x)
- Blacksmith volume reduced 30% to 0.25 (was 0.35)
Added NPC voice manager that plays greeting sounds when clicking on NPCs:
Features:
- Voice line library with multiple race/gender voice types (Human, Dwarf,
Night Elf, etc.)
- 3D positional audio - voice comes from NPC location
- Cooldown system prevents spam clicking same NPC
- Randomized pitch/volume for variety
- Loads greeting sounds from character voice files in MPQ
- Generic fallback voices for NPCs without specific voice types
Voice lines trigger automatically when gossip window opens (SMSG_GOSSIP_MESSAGE).
Uses same audio system as other sound effects with ma_sound_set_position.
- 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.
Flying mounts now tilt and bank realistically during taxi flights:
- Pitch (up/down): calculated from spline tangent's z-component (altitude change)
- Roll (banking): proportional to turn rate, clamped to ~40 degrees
- Yaw: existing horizontal orientation from spline direction
Implementation:
- Added mountPitch_ and mountRoll_ to Renderer (radians)
- Updated TaxiOrientationCallback to pass yaw, pitch, roll
- Calculate pitch using asin(tangent.z) for altitude tilt
- Calculate roll from yaw change rate: -orientDiff * 2.5, clamped to ±0.7 rad
- Applied to mount rotation: glm::vec3(pitch, roll, yaw)
This fixes the "weirdness" where mounts flew sideways or without natural banking.
Fixes two critical taxi flight issues:
1. Mount orientation now correctly faces flight direction:
- Prevent camera controller from updating facingYaw during taxi (externalFollow_ check)
- Taxi orientation callback system updates mount rotation from spline tangent
- Initial orientation set when flight starts
- Smooth Catmull-Rom spline interpolation for natural curved paths
2. Eliminate frame hitches from tile loading during flight:
- New taxiFlightStartCallback uploads ALL precached tiles to GPU before flight begins
- Previously tiles loaded async during 3s mount delay but uploaded 1/frame during flight
- Now processAllReadyTiles() blocks briefly after mount delay to batch upload everything
- Combined with 2.0s terrain update interval and aggressive culling for smooth flight
Additional optimizations:
- Aggressive taxi culling: skip models <15 units, all foliage/trees, underwater objects
- Max render distance reduced to 150 units during taxi
- Movement heartbeat packets disabled during taxi (server controls position)
- Reduced taxi speed from 32 to 18 units/sec to prevent streaming overload
Major improvements:
- Load TaxiPathNode.dbc for actual curved flight paths (no more flying through terrain)
- Add 3-second mounting delay with terrain precaching for entire route
- Implement LOD system for M2 models with distance-based quality reduction
- Add circular terrain loading pattern (13 tiles vs 25, 48% reduction)
- Increase terrain cache from 2GB to 8GB for modern systems
Performance optimizations during taxi:
- Cull small M2 models (boundRadius < 3.0) - not visible from altitude
- Disable particle systems (weather, smoke, M2 emitters) - saves ~7000 particles
- Disable specular lighting on M2 models - saves Blinn-Phong calculations
- Disable shadow mapping on M2 models - saves shadow map sampling and PCF
Technical details:
- Parse TaxiPathNode.dbc spline waypoints for curved paths around terrain
- Build full path from node pairs using TaxiPathEdge lookup
- Precache callback triggers during mounting delay for smooth takeoff
- Circular tile loading uses Euclidean distance check (dx²+dy² <= r²)
- LOD fallback to base mesh when higher LODs unavailable
Result: Buttery smooth taxi flights with no terrain clipping or performance hitches
Fix SMSG_BINDPOINTUPDATE opcode from 0x1B3 to 0x155 — the old value
collided with SMSG_TRAINER_BUY_SUCCEEDED, causing buy responses to be
misinterpreted as bindpoint updates. Add specialization tabs using
SkillLineAbility.dbc to group spells by class spec (category 7).
- Add setInstancePosition() to M2Renderer and WMORenderer for moving
transport instances at runtime
- Detect UPDATEFLAG_TRANSPORT on gameobjects and track transport GUIDs
- Parse player-on-transport state from movement blocks
- Wire transport move callback in Application to update render positions
- Implement CMSG_GAMEOBJECT_QUERY / SMSG_GAMEOBJECT_QUERY_RESPONSE so
gameobjects display proper names instead of "Unknown"
- Add name/entry fields to GameObject entity class
- Fix CMSG_USE_ITEM packet: remove extra uint8 that shifted the item
GUID by one byte, breaking hearthstone and all item usage
- Remove redundant CMSG_LOOT after CMSG_GAMEOBJECT_USE for chests
- Show PvP enabled/disabled state in toggle message
- Relax WMO ramp wall-collision step-up check to allow walking on
gentle ramps where floor rise per step is under 0.1 units
- Add M2 fallback when WMO group files fail to load for gameobjects
- Handle re-creation of existing gameobject render instances by
updating position instead of silently ignoring
Add 36 arena and battleground opcodes with handlers for queue status, team events, invites, and errors. Fix SMSG_FORCE_RUN_SPEED_CHANGE parsing (uint8 not uint32) and remove manual mount speed tracking. Buff bar now shows spell icons and is positioned below the minimap. Both mouse buttons cancel autorun.
TaxiNodes.dbc name was read from field 6 (Korean locale, empty) instead
of field 5 (enUS). Add BFS-based cost computation from TaxiPath.dbc
edges and display gold/silver/copper next to each destination.
Render mount M2 model under player with seated animation, apply creature
skin textures, server-driven speed via SMSG_FORCE_RUN_SPEED_CHANGE, and
/dismount command. X11 XUngrabPointer on crash/hang to always release mouse.
- Implement flight path system: SMSG_SHOWTAXINODES parser, CMSG_ACTIVATETAXIEXPRESS builder, BFS multi-hop pathfinding through TaxiNodes/TaxiPath DBC, taxi destination UI, movement blocking during flight
- Fix WMO interiors too dark by boosting vertex color lighting multiplier
- Dim M2 objects inside WMO interiors (rugs, furniture) via per-instance interior detection
- Fix ramp/stair clipping by lowering wall collision normal threshold from 0.85 to 0.55
- Restore 5-sample cardinal footprint for ground detection to fix rug slipping
- Fix /unstuck command to reset player Z to WMO/terrain floor height
- Handle MSG_MOVE_TELEPORT_ACK and SMSG_TRANSFER_PENDING for hearthstone teleports
- Fix spawning under Stormwind with online-mode camera controller reset
- Fix CMSG_BUY_ITEM count field from uint8 to uint32 (server silently dropped undersized packets)
- Character select screen: remember last selected character, two-column layout with details panel, double-click to enter world, responsive window sizing
- Fix stale character data between logins by replacing static init flag with per-character GUID tracking
- Parallelize WMO visibility culling across worker threads (same pattern as M2 renderer)
- Optimize WMO collision queries with world-space group bounds early rejection in getFloorHeight, checkWallCollision, isInsideWMO, and raycastBoundingBoxes
- Reduce camera ground samples from 5 to 3 movement-aligned probes
- Add WMO interior lighting, unlit materials, vertex color multiply, and alpha blending support
Extract skill data from PLAYER_SKILL_INFO_1_1 update fields (636-1019), detect
skill increases with chat messages, and replace placeholder Skills tab with live
data grouped by category with progress bars.
Targeting Commands:
- /cleartarget - Clear current target selection
- /targetenemy - Cycle to next hostile target (Tab equivalent)
- /targetfriend - Cycle to next friendly player
- /targetlasttarget, /targetlast - Switch to previous target
- /targetlastenemy - Cycle to previous hostile target
- /targetlastfriend - Cycle to previous friendly player
- /focus - Set current target as focus (client-side)
- /clearfocus - Clear focus target
Implementation:
- Added focusGuid and lastTargetGuid to GameHandler for client-side tracking
- setTarget() now automatically saves previous target to lastTargetGuid
- setFocus() and clearFocus() manage focus target with user feedback
- targetLastTarget() swaps current and previous targets
- targetEnemy() cycles through hostile entities (Units)
- targetFriend() cycles through friendly entities (Players)
- Both targetEnemy/targetFriend support reverse parameter for backwards cycling
Features:
- Focus targeting is client-side (no server opcode in 3.3.5a)
- Last target tracking happens automatically on every target change
- Enemy/friend cycling iterates through visible entities
- Provides user feedback when no targets available
- Tab-like cycling behavior with wraparound
All commands work entirely client-side for responsive targeting.
- Uninvite/kick: /uninvite, /kick <player name> to remove player from party/raid
- Leave party: /leave, /leaveparty to leave current group
- Main tank: /maintank, /mt to set target as main tank (uses raid marker index 0)
- Main assist: /mainassist, /ma to set target as main assist (uses raid marker index 1)
- Clear markers: /clearmaintank, /clearmainassist to remove designations
- Raid info: /raidinfo to display raid lockouts and saved instances
Added opcodes:
- CMSG_REQUEST_RAID_INFO (0x2CD) for requesting raid lockout info
- SMSG_RAID_INSTANCE_INFO (0x2CC) for receiving raid info response
New packet builders:
- GroupUninvitePacket for removing players from group
- GroupDisbandPacket for leaving party (with logging)
- RaidTargetUpdatePacket for setting raid markers (main tank/assist)
- RequestRaidInfoPacket for querying raid lockouts
All commands include proper validation and user feedback.
- AFK commands: /afk, /away to toggle AFK status with optional message
- DND commands: /dnd, /busy to toggle DND (Do Not Disturb) with optional message
- Reply command: /r, /reply to respond to the last received whisper
- Track last whisper sender automatically when receiving whispers
- AFK and DND are mutually exclusive (activating one clears the other)
Display Toggle Commands:
- Add /helm, /helmet, /showhelm to toggle helm visibility
- Add /cloak, /showcloak to toggle cloak visibility
- Track visibility state with helmVisible_ and cloakVisible_ flags
- Show confirmation messages: "Helm/Cloak is now visible/hidden"
- Use CMSG_SHOWING_HELM (0x2B9) and CMSG_SHOWING_CLOAK (0x2BA)
Follow Command:
- Add /follow and /f to follow current target
- Works with both players and NPCs
- Show "Now following [Name]" confirmation message
- Track follow target with followTargetGuid_ for future movement logic
Assist Command:
- Add /assist to target what your current target is targeting
- Read target's target from UNIT_FIELD_TARGET update fields (offset 6-7)
- Reconstruct 64-bit target GUID from two 32-bit field values
- Automatically switch your target to assist target
- Show helpful messages: "[Name] has no target" when appropriate
- Essential for combat coordination in groups
Implementation:
- Add ShowingHelmPacket and ShowingCloakPacket builders
- Add toggleHelm() and toggleCloak() methods with state management
- Add followTarget() for setting follow target
- Add assistTarget() with smart target field reading
- Use Entity::getFields() to access protected update fields
- Handle missing targets and invalid states gracefully
- All commands provide chat feedback
- Support multiple aliases for user convenience
Ignore Commands:
- Add /ignore <name> to block messages from players
- Add /unignore <name> to unblock players
- Maintain ignoreCache for name-to-GUID lookups
- Show confirmation and error messages for ignore actions
- Use CMSG_ADD_IGNORE (0x6C) and CMSG_DEL_IGNORE (0x6D)
Sit/Stand/Kneel Commands:
- Add /sit to sit down (stand state 1)
- Add /stand to stand up (stand state 0)
- Add /kneel to kneel (stand state 8)
- Instant visual feedback with CMSG_STAND_STATE_CHANGE (0x101)
- Support for additional stand states (chair, sleep, etc.)
Logout Commands:
- Add /logout and /camp to initiate logout with countdown
- Add /cancellogout to cancel pending logout
- Show "Logging out in 20 seconds..." or "Logout complete" messages
- Track logout state with loggingOut_ flag to prevent duplicate requests
- Handle instant logout (in inn/city) vs countdown logout
- Use opcodes:
- CMSG_LOGOUT_REQUEST (0x4B)
- CMSG_LOGOUT_CANCEL (0x4E)
- SMSG_LOGOUT_RESPONSE (0x4C)
- SMSG_LOGOUT_COMPLETE (0x4D)
Implementation:
- Add LogoutRequestPacket, LogoutCancelPacket builders
- Add LogoutResponseParser to parse server logout responses
- Add StandStateChangePacket builder for stance changes
- Add AddIgnorePacket and DelIgnorePacket for ignore list management
- Add handleLogoutResponse() and handleLogoutComplete() handlers
- Add ignoreCache map and loggingOut_ state tracking
- All commands display feedback in chat window
Roll Command:
- Add /roll, /random, /rnd commands for random number generation
- Support multiple formats: /roll, /roll 100, /roll 1-100, /roll 10 50
- Broadcasts rolls to party/raid with "[Name] rolls X (min-max)" format
- Cap max roll at 10,000 to prevent abuse
- Use MSG_RANDOM_ROLL (0x1FB) bidirectional opcode
Friend Commands:
- Add /friend add <name>, /addfriend <name> to add friends
- Add /friend remove <name>, /removefriend <name> to remove friends
- Support aliases: /delfriend, /remfriend
- Maintain local friends cache mapping names to GUIDs for lookups
- Display status messages for all friend actions:
- Friend added/removed confirmations
- Friend online/offline notifications
- Error messages (not found, already friends, list full, ignoring)
Social Opcodes:
- Add CMSG_ADD_FRIEND (0x69) and SMSG_FRIEND_STATUS (0x68)
- Add CMSG_DEL_FRIEND (0x6A) for friend removal
- Add CMSG_SET_CONTACT_NOTES (0x6B) for friend notes (future use)
- Add CMSG_ADD_IGNORE (0x6C) and CMSG_DEL_IGNORE (0x6D) (future use)
Implementation:
- Add RandomRollPacket builder and RandomRollParser for roll data
- Add AddFriendPacket and DelFriendPacket builders
- Add FriendStatusParser to handle server friend status updates
- Add friendsCache map to store friend name-to-GUID mappings
- Add handleRandomRoll() and handleFriendStatus() packet handlers
- Comprehensive slash command parsing with multiple formats and aliases
- Add CMSG_QUERY_TIME (0x1CE) and SMSG_QUERY_TIME_RESPONSE (0x1CF) opcodes
- Add CMSG_REQUEST_PLAYED_TIME (0x1CC) and SMSG_PLAYED_TIME (0x1CD) opcodes
- Add CMSG_WHO (0x062) and SMSG_WHO (0x063) opcodes
- Implement /time command to query and display server time
- Implement /played command to show total and level playtime statistics
- Implement /who [name] command to list online players with level and guild
- Add packet builders: QueryTimePacket, RequestPlayedTimePacket, WhoPacket
- Add response parsers for all three server info packet types
- Add handlers that format and display responses in chat as system messages
- Format played time as "X days, Y hours, Z minutes" for readability
- Format server time as "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS" for readability
- Add CMSG_INSPECT (0x114) and SMSG_INSPECT_RESULTS (0x115) opcodes
- Implement InspectPacket builder for sending inspect requests
- Add inspectTarget() method to GameHandler with validation
- Add /inspect slash command in chat system
- Validate target is a player before sending inspect request
- Show helpful error messages for invalid inspect attempts
- Display confirmation message when inspect request is sent
- Fixed corrupted header (removed orphaned code fragment)
- Restored NPC callbacks needed for online animations
- NpcDeathCallback, NpcRespawnCallback, NpcSwingCallback
- These were incorrectly removed as "SP-only" but are used for animations in online mode
- Removed calls to deleted methods:
- getItemTemplateName, getItemTemplateQuality (used fallback in loot window)
- notifyInventoryChanged, notifyEquipmentChanged (SP persistence markers)
- Removed hearthstone single-player handling (now uses server)
All online features preserved. Code should now compile.
CMSG_BUY_ITEM was missing the trailing uint8 bag field, causing the
server to silently drop undersized packets. Add handlers for
SMSG_QUESTGIVER_REQUEST_ITEMS and SMSG_QUESTGIVER_OFFER_REWARD with
UI windows for quest completion and reward selection.
Parse SMSG_QUESTGIVER_STATUS and SMSG_QUESTGIVER_STATUS_MULTIPLE packets to track per-NPC quest status, render yellow/gray ! and ? markers in 3D world space above NPC heads with distance-based scaling, and show corresponding dots on the minimap.
Allow picking up consumables from inventory and dropping them onto action bar
slots. Items display their icon or name, can be used via click or hotkey
(1-0,-,=), and cleared with right-click. Adds useItemById to find and use
items from backpack by item ID.
Enrich online inventory from local DB when server data is incomplete, add
resolveOnlineItemGuid fallback for sell/equip/use, use async enqueueTile for
initial terrain load, improve walk/run animation fallbacks, clear target on
loot close, and broaden equipability detection to include armor/subclass.
- Death screen with "Release Spirit" button sends CMSG_REPOP_REQUEST
- Detect player death/resurrection via health updates (VALUES and CREATE)
- Faction hostility map now built per-character race instead of hardcoded Human
- CharSections.dbc texture lookup enabled for all races (was Human-only)
- Fallback texture paths use race folder names instead of hardcoded Human
- Player name in unit frame is clickable for self-targeting
Reset NPC animation to idle when health goes from 0 to >0 (respawn), prevent
dead NPCs from being moved by server movement packets. Fix faction hostility
to check factionGroup Monster bit and individual enemy arrays, not just
enemyGroup. Add level-based mob coloring: grey (no XP), green (easy), yellow
(even), orange (hard), red (very hard) for target frame and selection circle.
Smooth idle camera orbit without jump at loop boundary, click empty space to
deselect target, auto-target when attacked, fix critter hostility so neutral
factions aren't flagged red, add armor/stats to item templates, fix loot
iterator invalidation, show item template names as fallback, position drop
confirmation at cursor, remove [SYSTEM] chat prefix, show NPC names in monster
say/yell, and prevent auto-login on character select screen.
