DOTA (moba) ported to WOW (2009) with lobby and entire game design.
[ I want to do the same thing! Can I learn it? ]
---------------------------------------------------------------
It's not that technically hard to build a WOW private server. There are dozens of tools, hundreds of tutorials and guides, tons of pre-made resources ready-to-use and several active communities to help you out in this process.
Many people started from 0 and became good with time.
[ Do I need to learn programming? ]
---------------------------------------------------
It depends on what you want to do, there are many aspects that do not require programming and simply logic and dedication.
[ How can I start? ]
---------------------------
If you want to learn how to create this kind of things, you can visit the links below and with some dedication, you will be able to create great stuff.
[ Useful links ]
--------------------
• What can be done with World of Warcraft private servers
www.yhool.gg/index.php?navigation=Private_server_what_is_it_possible_to_create or www.yhool.gg/pages/guides/%5BVideos%5D%20Server%20development%20-%20What%20is%20it%20possible%20to%20create.html
• Private server making - Basic informations about WOW emulation
www.yhool.gg/index.php?navigation=Basic_informations_about_wow_emulation or www.yhool.gg/pages/guides/Private%20server%20making%20-%20Basic%20informations%20about%20WOW%20emulation.html
• Emulator official websites
www.trinitycore.org/
cmangos.net/
www.getmangos.eu/home.php
oregon-core.net/about
Only the main emulators are listed here, but it's easy to find the others.
• Communities where you will find tutorials, guides, hints, resources, tools etc...
modcraft.superparanoid.de
www.ac-web.org/forums/forum.php
www.model-changing.net/
www.lordcraft.net/
Other communities are listed in the first document I linked above.
• Before involving yourself too deeply into any project, read this set of 5 documents : "A complete analysis of the private server development scene - A wake up call."
www.yhool.gg/pages/guides/1-Introduction.html
[ Goal of this youtube channel ]
---------------------------------------------
This video shows you what can be made, development wise, with the WOW engine.
Subscribe to the channel to watch unknown but interesting videos showing each aspects of private server creation.
[ Where can I play on this server? ]
--------------------------------------------------
I didn't create the video nor the content of the video. Usually, there is no available server associated with the video. It's up to you to make similar things on a working server, so let's start learning!
[ Who made the video? ]
-----------------------------------
dota1wow