useful tools to inspect wow client files.
dbccat <dbcfile> [<dbcfile>] [-x|--hex] [-v|--verbose]
| signature | result count | field count | result size | stringblock size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 byte | 4 byte | 4 byte | 4 byte | 4 byte |
the signature is defined as WDBC
| field | field | field | ... |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 byte | 4 byte | 4 byte | 4 byte |
every result consists ususally of 4 byte large fields. The result size as well as the number of results is defined in the header.
Known field types are:
- uint8_t
- uint32_t
- int8_t
- int32_t
- float (4 byte)
- uint32_t as offset relative to the beginning of the stringblock
- bitmask (4 byte)
there is no definition in dbc that points out the field types.
localized strings usually are attached to each other.
| loc0 | loc1 | loc2 | loc3 | loc4 | loc5 | loc6 | loc7 | loc8 (>=TBC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| enUS/ruRU | koKR | frFR | deDE | zhCN | zhTW | esES | esMX | ruRU |
the developer of the ruRU client files for vanilla chose loc0.
the stringblock is a large block containing \0 delimeted strings.
It starts with a \0 even if there are no strings stored in a dbc file.