WDT

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WDT files specify exactly which map tiles are present in a world, if any, and can also reference a "global" WMO. They have a chunked file structure.

MPHD chunk

Contains 8 32-bit integers.

uint32 flags;
uint32 something;
uint32 unused[6];

These are the only flags checked:

Flag 		Description
0b0001 		No Terrain/no terraincollision
0b0010 		Is checked pretty often and has some effect on rendering. Maybe search for an WDT having this value.
0b0100 		Decides whether to use _env terrain shaders or not: funky
0b1000 		Disables something. No idea what. Another rendering thing. Someone may check all them in wild life..
if ( WDT_MPHD & 8 )
   return result;

The second integer is not ignored but stores something too:

for( int i = 0; i < WDT_MPHD.something/8; i++ )
{
   WDT_MAIN[i].flags = 0;
   WDT_MAIN[i].somedata = 0;
}

The other bytes seem to be unused from what I can tell.

MAIN chunk

  • Map tile table.

Contains 64x64 = 4096 records of 8 bytes each.

int32 flags;
void * somedata;

Flags&1 tells us, if a tile is holding an ADT. Flags&2 gets set ingame when an ADT is loaded at that position. The pointer to some data is set if the tile is loaded asynchronous.

if ( !(MAIN.flags & 2) )
   LoadADTByPosition( x, y );
if ( *(Main.somedata) )
   AsyncFileReadWait( *(Main.somedata) );

Blizzard was just too lazy to compress the files here. A simple bool array and adding the fields when parsing would the alternative. We just need to know the &1 flag.

MWMO, MODF chunks

For worlds with terrain, parsing ends here. If it has none, there is one MWMO and one MODF chunk here. The MODF chunk is limited to one entry. See the ADT format description for details.

MWMO chunk

  • Filename for WMO (world map objects) that appear in this map. A zero-terminated string.

MODF chunk

  • Placement information for the WMO. 64 bytes.
Offset 	Type 		Description
0x00 	uint32 		ID (index in the MWMO list)
0x04 	uint32 		unique identifier for this instance
0x08 	3*floats 	Position (X,Y,Z)
0x14 	3*floats 	Orientation (A,B,C)
0x20 	6*floats 	Extents
0x38 	uint32 		Flags
0x3A 	uint16 		Doodad set index
0x3C 	uint16 		Name set
struct SMMapObjDef // 03-29-2005 By ObscuR
{
/*000h*/  UINT32 nameId;		
/*004h*/  UINT32 uniqueId;		
/*008h*/  float pos[3];
/*00Ch*/  		
/*010h*/  		
/*014h*/  float rot[3];
/*018h*/  	
/*01Ch*/  		
/*020h*/  float extents[6];
/*024h*/  	 
/*028h*/   	
/*02Ch*/ 	
/*030h*/ 		
/*034h*/  		
/*038h*/  UINT32 flags;		
/*03Ch*/  UINT16 doodadSet;
/*03Eh*/  UINT16 nameSet;
/*040h*/ 
};