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DBC Spell Data extraction tool for Simulationcraft

Requirements

  • A decently new Python implementation (2.5+)

Extracting data

The extractor tool is able to parse through a set of DBC files, extracting the following information into a "simulationcraft" representation (spell data files):

  • A "master spell list" for relevant spells
  • A talent list, including all pet talents
  • Scaling information for spells, combat ratings and mana regen
  • Various lists used by simc to automate certain aspects of modeling
  • Patch DBC files to a new build version
  • A raw view into the fields of the DBC data

All output data is written to stdout.

Using the tool

To extract data, the tool typically requires two things:

  1. An input path where your DBC files are located (-p switch)
  2. An extraction type, specifying what kind of output will be generated (-t switch)
  3. A build number, specifying the WoW build number where your DBC data is from (-b switch). Note that some extraction types do not require a build number (-t header, -t patch).

Some optional parameters may also be specified that modify the output (others can be seen with dbc_extract.py --help): --prefix specify a modifier for the data output variable names --suffix

Additionally, the tool contains a "-t view" switch to view the raw data of a (known) DBC file. The switch takes two additional parameters:

  1. The name of the DBC file in the directory pointed by -p
  2. An optional, numerical identifier for the record you are looking for. If omitted, all records are output.

NOTE The identifier search is done as a binary search, so if a DBC file records are not ordered, things may not be found. NOTE

Examples

Extract all relevant spell data from the DBC files $ ./dbc_extract.py -b 13286 -t spell -p /path/to/your/dbc/files > sc_spell_data.inc

Extract scaling data from the DBC files, with a prefix $ ./dbc_extract.py -b 13286 -t scale -p /path/to/your/dbc/files --prefix=ptr > sc_scale_data_ptr.inc

Patch DBC files to a new build version $ ./dbc_extract.py -t patch /path/to/your/old/dbc/files /path/to/your/new/dbc/directory
/path/to/your/dbc/patch/files

Check the DBC header information of a DBC file $ ./dbc_extract.py -t header /path/to/your/dbc/file

View the spell data of Lightning Bolt $ ./dbc_extract.py -b 13286 -t view -p /path/to/your/dbc/files Spell.dbc 403

View the spell relationships for a class (VERY EXPERIMENTAL) $ ./ dbc_extract.py -b 13286 -t class_flags -p /path/to/your/dbc/files Shaman