[clientside] how to understand a dbc file

[dobidoberman1]

i'm wondeing how can i understand a simple dbc file. the thing is when i open a dbc file such as: "CameraMode"
i don't quite understand what each column does since there's no explaination or declaration for them its just numbers.
my question are:
1. how i can understand what each column does?
2. how can i implement my own row and relate it to some specific map.

many  thanks again.
daniel.

[iindigo]

Refer to the wiki, which has every DBC exhaustively documented thanks to the efforts of schlumpf and the Modcraft crew. It's really great.

http://www.wowdev.wiki/index.php ... :DBC_WotLK

[dobidoberman1]

thanks but thats not very helpful since i'm using cata dbc files.
the thing is i just don't understand what lays behind those colums.
and either way lets just go straight to the chase i'm trying to copy this row values



to that row


i'm doing it all on blind i'm not sure about the process of editing a dbc file and etcetra.
basically i'm just trying to take a certain camera angle from a quest and implmenet in that row -Redridge, and by that just applying those values of the camera angle to that specific map zone which is Render valley.
but each time i save the file and start the server, it seems that the changes are not applying.
i can't really do anything properly if i don't know what each column does.

[Ascathos]

I don't see how that is not helpful. ChrRaces.dbc is the same as WotLK for the most part - there are just more things you have to gether. Same for several others. Also, we focus on WotLK, not Cata. Feel free to request an account and provide new information on your researches.

If I may suggest, start with a wotlk dbc and work your way up.

[iindigo]

A few of the Cata DBCs have been documented, as seen here:
http://www.wowdev.wiki/index.php ... _Cataclysm

You'll find that this community is mostly focused on modding WotLK and below due to better tool availability.

I can't help you with your problem, but do make sure that DBC changes are reflected both on the server and in your client.

[dobidoberman1]

As long as my eyes don't trick me there isn't any dbc file named
cameramode.dbc in the wotlk files.
thats why i pointed that out.

[XxXGenesisXxX]

You can adapt. In WoW-modding, you get further by figuring it out yourself and using already existing documentation to start you off.