Advanced WoW Loader

[AlexM]

I realize there are a number of loaders in existence already... Don't worry, this one is unique.




Like all good loaders, it lets you choose your realmlist, clear your cache, etc. It also handles all known (including some otherwise unknown) command line arguments. What makes it particularly useful (in my eyes, anyway) is that it supports all known versions of WoW - from the F&F alpha build 3368 (and its session file crap) to the current release build 7359.

I had originally written this for personal use only but I received enough requests that it finally warranted a release of it's own.

Excerpt from the Read Me:

So I'm pretty sure this thing is 100% bug-free and
perfect in every way. Regardless, if you have any
questions, suggestions, or even a bug to report - shoot
me an e-mail (it's at the top of this Read Me).

On a related note, chances are there's something screwed
up with the cache-clearing part of this loader. Blizzard
changed the path of the WDB's from /WDB/ to /Cache/WDB/
and I have absolutely no idea when. For now it clears
/WDB/ for the alpha and /Cache/WDB/ for all beta/final
builds. I'm quite sure this is wrong...I think WoW used
/WDB/ until sometime after its release. If you, noble
reader, have any helpful information, go ahead and let
me know. ;)

Oh, one last thing. There is a hidden piece of
functionality in this loader that activates an 
'easter egg' of sorts within WoW. Find it and you'll have
yourself something I don't think many (if any) know about.

Download:
http://AlexM.NOP.0lx.net/WoW/Loader.zip
Mirror:
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v1.0.2
-Default button fix.
-Add realmlists to 'realm.list'
-Minor GUI changes

v1.0.1
-Release

-Alex

Edit 1:
Oh yeah, I failed to mention that you should go ahead and put all of your realmlist IP's in the 'realm.list' file. Just open it in Notepad and add whatever you want to the list. It comes with the official US realmlists (regular and test).

Edit 2:
New version.

[Haq]

SHIT!

You beat me to it by about a week!!!



Hmmm...time to think of something else...

Looks like a good program, very nice. You even implemented one thing that I hadn't thought of.

Very good.

I can't rep you, but I still thank you for offering it.

[skillz noodles]

somebody get a virus scan

[Zurkei]

i will scan it but can't post pic :P so hope ya'll will just take my word for it
i scanned it with norton virus it found nothing on any of them so they are clean sorry about not being able to post pic thoe :'(

[AlexM]

For what it's worth:

[Gothian]

My Login Manager is still bettar!! >.<

[skillz noodles]

i would still be careful using non-blizz loaders like that.

it may just send your user and pass to his email

[holmedog]

i would still be careful using non-blizz loaders like that.

it may just send your user and pass to his email

And, that won't show up in a virus scan.

[merfed]

Oh, one last thing. There is a hidden piece of
functionality in this loader that activates an
'easter egg' of sorts within WoW. Find it and you'll have
yourself something I don't think many (if any) know about.

I'm curious as to what this is...

[AlexM]

i would still be careful using non-blizz loaders like that.

it may just send your user and pass to his email

It's not a login program...it's a loader. It only asks you for your username/password for the alpha client (because most alpha servers use the session file to gather that information - the actual WoWClient.exe does not handle the login, rather Blizzard had their own loader back then).

Plus, it would have to access the internet for it to do that - and I'm going to assume that all of you use a firewall which would let you block it from ever connecting in the first place.

It is worth noting that you clearly have no idea who I am... heh Go google me or something.

[Gothian]

It's not a login program...it's a loader. It only asks you for your username/password for the alpha client (because most alpha servers use the session file to gather that information - the actual WoWClient.exe does not handle the login, rather Blizzard had their own loader back then).

Plus, it would have to access the internet for it to do that - and I'm going to assume that all of you use a firewall which would let you block it from ever connecting in the first place.

It is worth noting that you clearly have no idea who I am... heh Go google me or something.

Post your source then

[AlexM]

Post your source then

No, thanks. If a mod would like to take a look, I'd be happy to oblige but this program isn't open source.

Posting the source would completely destroy this:

Oh, one last thing. There is a hidden piece of
functionality in this loader that activates an
'easter egg' of sorts within WoW. Find it and you'll have
yourself something I don't think many (if any) know about.

Plus, I used to write 100% open source code until script kiddies kept stealing my work and putting their name on it.

Anyone with a hex editor and 2 minutes of time can see that it doesn't reference anything internet-related (no WinSock, no random net API's, no net-related activeX controls), it doesn't ask for your username/password (unless you're playing WoW Alpha, which I think I'm the only one who still does that...and it's not like whatever you use as your username/password for the alpha matter at all), and it has only five API calls: GetPrivateProfileStringA, WritePrivateProfileStringA, RegEnumValueA, RegOpenKeyExA, and RegCloseKey.

-Alex

[Gothian]

No, thanks. If a mod would like to take a look, I'd be happy to oblige but this program isn't open source.

Posting the source would completely destroy this:


Plus, I used to write 100% open source code until script kiddies kept stealing my work and putting their name on it.

Anyone with a hex editor and 2 minutes of time can see that it doesn't reference anything internet-related (no WinSock, no random net API's, no net-related activeX controls), it doesn't ask for your username/password (unless you're playing WoW Alpha, which I think I'm the only one who still does that...and it's not like whatever you use as your username/password for the alpha matter at all), and it has only five API calls: GetPrivateProfileStringA, WritePrivateProfileStringA, RegEnumValueA, RegOpenKeyExA, and RegCloseKey.

-Alex

Bah, yeah, them script kiddies Ohwell, seems all is in order :P

What IDE did you use to write it in?

[AlexM]

Bah, yeah, them script kiddies Ohwell, seems all is in order :P

What IDE did you use to write it in?

VB6

[Gothian]

VB6

O.O

Why not VB.NET?? Dude.... once you go .NET, you wont ever go back to that DLL-Hell VB6 again. Best of all, its FREEEEEEEEEEEE

Registration is as easy as just making a hotmail account (If you cant use your normal email) and pasting the code they give you.

VB.NET Express, Free and Easy