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pywowlib is a Python 3.5+ libary featuring the functionality of reading and writing various World of Warcraft related file formats. The goal of the library is to initially target core WoW versions (latest expansion patch) starting from 3.3.5a and beyond up to current retail/beta version. In the future, we may target other core expansion versions: 1.12.1, 2.4.3 Support for in-between versions is not guaranteed, but may work just fine, depending on the case.

Supported formats

Format Description 1.12.1 2.4.3 3.3.5a 4.3.4 5.4.8 6.2.4 7.3.5 8.3.5 9.0.0 Comment
M2 Model % % % Possibly not handling some changes brought with Shadowlands. Missing names for some key bones.
Skin M2 Lod File DNE DNE % Shadowlands mesh part IDs are not yet mapped.
Anim M2 Low Priority Animation Sequence DNE DNE
Skel M2 Skeleton Data DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE
Phys M2 Physics DNE DNE DNE DNE TBI TBI TBI TBI TBI
Bone M2 FacePose Transform Data DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE TBI TBI TBI TBI
WMO World Map Object Some changes need to be added to reflect WotLK+ changes.
ADT Terrain Tile % % TBI TBI TBI TBI TBI TBI By this category, _tex.adt and other additional ADT-related files are implied as well. Support for WotLK was never tested. Likely to be broken and thus reimplemented later.
WDT World Terrain Layout TBI TBI TBI TBI TBI TBI TBI TBI TBI
WDL Low Res Terrain TBI TBI TBI TBI TBI TBI TBI TBI TBI
MPQ Mike O'Brien Pack DNE DNE DNE DNE Support for writing may be implemented by extending the StormLib wrapper. Contributions are welcome.
CASC Content Adressable Storage Container DNE DNE DNE DNE DNE Implemented via a pyCASCLib wrapper. Read-only. Not all library functions are read. Contributions are welcome. Possible integration with TACTAdder / CASCHost or similar software in the future.
BLP Images Read-only. Supporting conversion to PNG.
DBC/DB2 Client Database Files TBI TBI TBI TBI TBI TBI Read/Write support is planned.

Contribution

Feel free to contribute to the library development by either making a pull request or contacting Skarn directly to gain write access.

Use

The library comes under MIT license, so feel free to utilize it anywhere you want under MIT license terms.

Legal note

World of Warcraft is a registered trademark of Blizzard Entertainment and/or other respective owners. This software is not created by Blizzard Entertainment or its affiliates, and is for purely educational and research purposes. This software is not intended for the use and production of cheating (hacking) software or modificaitons that can disrupt World of Warcraft's gameplay. It is your sole responsibility to follow copyright law, game's ToS and EULA. The creators hold no responsibility for the consequences of use of this software.

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