[Question] Reading DBC's from memory?

[-Ryuk-]

Hi all,

Im working on a From Memory DBC Reader, I seem to be having a problem. The DBC.MaxIndex is returning the wrong results.

Forexample:
This is for TaxiNodes.dbc using TOM_RUS' DBC Viewer; The DBC has just been ripped from wow so I know its up to date!


And this is from my Memory DBC Reader:



As you can see the Max Index is wrong.

I have no idea why... Everything should work.

Does wow load other stuff into the DBC? like Cached DBC Rows ect?

[Sacred]

Are you sure that your TaxiNodes.dbc ripped from last version of wow? Because in mine TaxiNodes.dbc max index is 781.




And i ripped it from \WoW\Data\Cache\ruRU\patch-ruRU-14333.MPQ

[-Ryuk-]

Are you sure that your TaxiNodes.dbc ripped from last version of wow? Because mine TaxiNodes.dbc has 781 rows.




And i ripped it from \WoW\Data\Cache\ruRU\patch-ruRU-14333.MPQ

:S im ripping it from locale-enGB.MPQ and I get whats in the picture.

[MaiN]

:S im ripping it from locale-enGB.MPQ and I get whats in the picture.

You need to load all patches as well.

[Sacred]

Yep, i got the same problem long time ago, and realised that blizzard updates DBCs from patch to patch in Data\Cache\

[-Ryuk-]

Thanks guys!

[xalcon]

this is weired o.O my taxiNodes.dbc has 527 records (enGB-14333) but I don't use any DBC Reader, it is the value in the DBC header

57 44 42 43 0F 02 00 00 0B 00 00 00 [...]

0F 02 00 00 => (Little Endian) 0x020F => 527

But your 781 is correct... it is the "last index" in your file... but this doesn't mean that your dbc "file" does have 781 records. It's only the last index in the file

// Edit:
Never mind, I need to learn to "read" pictures too...

[TOM_RUS]

To get latest dbc file versions you can use MPQEditor like this (notice the patched mode and order of files is important):



And yes, max index in latest TaxiNodes.dbc is 781.