Feasibility Question: New client for MaNGOS possible?

[Wryshu]

Anyone care to comment on the possibility of creating a new MMO client, artwork, world, etc. made to connect to a MaNGOS server?

[krill]

No reason why that wouldn't be possible. You will need to figure out how to get the client to communicate with the servers packets. However the authentication process uses a custom protocol called SRP6 iirc. If you can write your own and reflect that in the server or implement it cient side then your good as far as that's is concerned.

Next you will need to figure out a system like DBCS as those contains.vital information for the server to run.

Which DBCS are extracted directly from the MPQs.. along with maps and ect.

There's loads of other systems like movement.. spline.. warden.. interface.. ect that all connect and talk back and forth via opcodes that you have to figure out.

[antz]

In the MangosVB0 repo there is a tool which is basically a client emulator.

GitHub - mangosvb/serverZero: The 1.12.2 Compatible Version of the MaNGOSVB Server, based on SpuriousEmu Emulator.

It's currently very basic, but the concepts there should help you on your way