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  [[PageTextCache.wdb]] WPTX  
  [[PageTextCache.wdb]] WPTX  
  [[WOWCache.wdb]] WRDN
  [[WOWCache.wdb]] WRDN
[[ArenaTeamCache.wdb]]

Revision as of 19:46, 25 April 2010

The WDB files are found inside the WDB folder. The client caches data it receives from the server. This is mainly done to reduce network traffic.

Header

  • WDB files < 1.6: Header length is 16 bytes
  • WDB files >=1.6: Header length is 20 bytes (Verified till 1.9.4)
  • WDB files >=3.0.8-9506: Header length is 24 bytes
Offset 	Type 		Description
0x00 	char[4] 	Identifier, depends on the WDB file, will be explained later
0x04 	uint32 		Client Version - Version of the client (lo -> hi encoding)
0x08 	char[4] 	Client Local - The Locale of the client
0x0C 	 ???? 		4 bytes unknown
0x10 	 ???? 		4 bytes unknown
0x15 	 ???? 		4 bytes unknown (Beginning with version 1.6 and later)
0x18 	 ???? 		4 bytes unknown (Beginning with version 3.0.8-9506 )
Column	Field 		Type 		Notes 
1 	Signature 	String 		4-byte string identifying the file (reversed!) 
2 	Version 	Integer 	4-byte integer identifying the client version 
3 	Language 	String 		4-byte string identifying the language (reversed!) 
4 	Row Length 	Integer 	Something to do with row length, there is no consistent way of retrieving it as of yet. 
5 	Unknown 	Integer 	4-bytes
6 	Unknown2 	Integer 	4-bytes

WDB files

File 			Signature 
CreatureCache.wdb 	WMOB 
GameObjectCache.wdb	WGOB 
QuestCache.wdb 		WQST 
ItemCache.wdb 		WIDB 
ItemNameCache.wdb 	WNDB 
ItemTextCache.wdb 	WITX 
NPCCache.wdb 		WNPC 
PageTextCache.wdb 	WPTX 
WOWCache.wdb 		WRDN
ArenaTeamCache.wdb