Spells as code

June 30, 2023 Tutorial, Spells, Code

My first contact with World of Warcraft was through a private server. I didn’t have the money for an abo yet and had some friends playing there. I was fascinated by the idea of my own private WoW server. After weeks of fiddling I finally got it running. I learned a lot about servers, networks, and especially the technical design of World of Warcraft. WoW Spell implementation # Disclaimer: I base my whole argumentation on the code of a WoW private server on the patch level of Wrath of the Lich King. ...