Just for fun, I tried to create a podman container file for VMaNGOS. Never used containers and it took some time to understand how they actually work. Almost gave up on this, but I'm quite happy now with the result:
https://codeberg.org/Stoabrogga/vmangos_misc#podman-image

#Podman #WorldOfWarcraft #WowEmulation #VMaNGOS #Linux #Gaming

Sometimes one forgets sharing updates while working on new things.

So yeah, I can now render terrain for all of the Classic clients, and even show terrain differences in colored variations.

1. diff view: classic Arathi Basin vs. TBC Classic Arathi Basin
2. The not so desolate Desolace in Cataclysm Classic.

#worldofwarcraft #wowemulation #rust

Our little community now has a #discord server.

If you enjoy #WorldOfWarcraft and #wowemulation please join us:

https://discord.gg/jFA9dKyd

`cascette-rs` began small with limited support for parsing the #Blizzard content distribution API. Ten days later, we have full API support with local cache, and initial support for CDN downloads.

Everything is cached locally, and thanks to tokio, we're async all the way.

Interested in making your own Blizzard CN and API? Join us!

Check out our progress on https://github.com/wowemulation-dev/cascette-rs

#WorldOfWarcraft #wowemulation

We firmly believe, archival is the key to letting games survive even if they are abandoned by their makers at some point.

And thus we began a project that ultimately will mimic the content distribution mechanisms Blizzard Entertainment e.g. uses to ship all World of Warcraft versions to gamer.

https://github.com/wowemulation-dev/cascette-rs has the first work completed.

#rustlang #WorldOfWarcraft #wowemulation

If you are into modding WoW 1.x to 5.x, may I recommend to check out our new baby, warcraft-rs?

It's a collection of tooling for WoW file formats like maps and models, textures, databases and archives.

https://github.com/wowemulation-dev/warcraft-rs

We provide prebuilt binaries, and more

#worldofwarcraft #wowemulation #wow #modding

#wowemulation certainly is a rabbit hole. Most of the time, all parts of the stack are just glued together, and randomly work.

We've done the work in the past months to untangle all the hidden knowledge, libraries and tools, and soon you will be able to enjoy the easiest way to run your own #worldofwarcraft servers, and play with friends and family.

Have you looked into #worldofwarcraft emulation? We are looking for your experience and feedback since we want to build a beginner-friendly, inclusive community for everyone to run and enjoy old versions of the game.

If you have a moment, tell us about your experience with MaNGOS, TrinityCore, or any other #wowemulation tool you tried. Did you get help, was there drama? Is it easy to get into the topic?

Hi, we're the #wowemulation community! 👋 We archive and nurture old, now defunct #worldofwarcraft releases up to the Wrath of the Lich King expansion.

Our goals are to preserve the game as a historic piece of technology and allow both you and older players to experience the game as it once was.

Our community is beginner-friendly, and we strive to keep it that way.

https://github.com/wowemulation-dev is our GitHub organization, and https://wowemulation.dev/ is our official website.

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