• TrinityCore ¹⁾

• These notes provide a local single-player server for World of Warcraft 3.3.5
• Last tested commit: a1814cf

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• Windows 10 (21H2)
• Windows 11 (24H2)

• World of Warcraft 3.3.5

• TrinityCore
• TrinityCore MMo Project Wiki

• TrinityCore Forums

• https://trinitycore.info/en/install/requirements/windows

• https://gitforwindows.org/
• Last tested: Git-2.49.0-64-bit.exe

• No components required
• Git from the command line and also from 3rd-party software

• VS2022 VisualStudioSetup.exe

• Pause installer to prevent initial auto-download of unnecessary components

• Desktop development with C++ (C++ core desktop features)
• MSVC v143 - VS 2022 C++ x64/x86 build tools (Latest)
• Windows 11 SDK (10.0.22621.0)

"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe"

• https://mariadb.org/download/
• Last tested: mariadb-11.7.2-winx64.msi

• [x] MariaDB Server
• [x] Development Components
• [ ] Third party tools

• [ ] Enable access from remote machines for 'root' user
• [x] Use UTF8 as default server's character set

• [ ] Install as service
• [ ] Enable networking

• https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/
• Last tested: boost_1_88_0-msvc-14.3-64.exe

• https://cmake.org/download/
• Last tested: cmake-4.0.1-windows-x86_64.msi

• [ ] Add CMake to the PATH environment variable

• https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html ( not Light)
• Last tested: Win64OpenSSL-3_5_0.msi

• Copy OpenSSL DLLs to:
  • [x] The OpenSSL binaries (/bin) directory

• https://github.com/TrinityCore/TrinityCore/commits/3.3.5

"%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" clone --branch "3.3.5" --depth "1" --recurse-submodules "https://github.com/TrinityCore/TrinityCore.git" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src"

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\data\my.ini"

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" -p

CREATE DATABASE authserver;

CREATE DATABASE characters;

CREATE DATABASE worldserver;

CREATE USER 'authserver'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'x';

CREATE USER 'characters'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'x';

CREATE USER 'worldserver'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'x';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON authserver.* to 'authserver'@'localhost';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON characters.* to 'characters'@'localhost';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON worldserver.* to 'worldserver'@'localhost';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

EXIT

• https://trinitycore.info/en/install/Core-Installation/windows-core-installation

"%ProgramFiles%\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -S "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" -B "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build" -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" --fresh -Wno-dev -DBOOST_ROOT="%SystemDrive%/local/boost_1_88_0" -DMYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\include\mysql" -DMYSQL_LIBRARY="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\lib\libmariadb.lib" -DWITHOUT_METRICS="1" -DTOOLS="1"

"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" -target:"Rebuild" -property:"Configuration=Release"

COPY /Y "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\lib\libmariadb.dll" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release"

COPY /Y "%ProgramFiles%\OpenSSL-Win64\bin\legacy.dll" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release"

COPY /Y "%ProgramFiles%\OpenSSL-Win64\bin\libssl-3-x64.dll" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release"

COPY /Y "%ProgramFiles%\OpenSSL-Win64\bin\libcrypto-3-x64.dll" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release"

"%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" -C "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" reset --hard && "%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" -C "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" pull origin "3.3.5" --rebase && "%ProgramFiles%\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -S "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" -B "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build" -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" --fresh -Wno-dev -DBOOST_ROOT="%SystemDrive%/local/boost_1_88_0" -DMYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\include\mysql" -DMYSQL_LIBRARY="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\lib\libmariadb.lib" -DWITHOUT_METRICS="1" -DTOOLS="1" && "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" -target:"Build" -property:"Configuration=Release"

• Expects World of Warcraft 3.3.5

COPY /Y "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release\mapextractor.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5"

CD "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5" && "mapextractor.exe" -f "0"

COPY /Y "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release\vmap4extractor.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5"

CD "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5" && "vmap4extractor.exe" -l

COPY /Y "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release\vmap4assembler.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5"

CD "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5" && "vmap4assembler.exe" "Buildings" "vmaps"

• Takes 30-40 minutes on i5-8400H
• --threads 4

COPY /Y "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release\mmaps_generator.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5"

CD "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5" && "mmaps_generator.exe" --bigBaseUnit "true" --threads "4"

• Move Cameras dbc maps mmaps and vmaps folders to the Release folder

"explorer.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release" && "explorer.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5"

• Remove Buildings and extractor .exes

"explorer.exe" "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\World of Warcraft 3.3.5"

• https://github.com/TrinityCore/TrinityCore/releases
• Last tested: TDB_full_world_335.24111_2024_11_22.7z

• Download the latest TDB 335 .7z with a web browser
• Extract TDB_full_world_335.sql (keep filename from archive) to Release folder

"explorer.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release"

DIR "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release\"*".sql"

• Last commit: Jul 28, 2021 68bf7e6
• New commits check
• Upstream authserver.conf.dist (raw)

COPY /Y "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release\authserver.conf.dist" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release\authserver.conf"

MKDIR "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\conf\authserver"

"notepad.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\conf\authserver\localhost.conf"

[authserver]

# Connection
BindIP = "127.0.0.1"
MySQLExecutable = "C:\Program Files\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb.exe"
LoginDatabaseInfo = ".;3306;authserver;x;authserver"
AllowLoggingIPAddressesInDatabase = 0

# Etc
RealmsStateUpdateDelay = 0
Updates.EnableDatabases = 1
Updates.CleanDeadRefMaxCount = -1

# End

• Last commit: Feb 14, 2025 62fe2d6
• New commits check
• Upstream worldserver.conf.dist (raw)

COPY /Y "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release\worldserver.conf.dist" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release\worldserver.conf"

MKDIR "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\conf\worldserver"

"notepad.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\conf\worldserver\localhost.conf"

[worldserver]

# Connection
BindIP = "127.0.0.1"
MySQLExecutable = "C:\Program Files\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb.exe"
LoginDatabaseInfo = ".;3306;authserver;x;authserver"
WorldDatabaseInfo = ".;3306;worldserver;x;worldserver"
CharacterDatabaseInfo = ".;3306;characters;x;characters"
AllowLoggingIPAddressesInDatabase = 0

# Server
Updates.CleanDeadRefMaxCount = -1
FlashAtStart = 0
Server.LoginInfo = 1
Motd = "Welcome to your localhost server!"
AllowTickets = 0
CharDelete.Method = 1
CharDelete.KeepDays = 0
HotSwap.Enabled = 0
HotSwap.EnableReCompiler = 0

# Quests
Quests.LowLevelHideDiff = -1
Quests.HighLevelHideDiff = -1

# Character
GM.LoginState = 0

# Protections
MaxOverspeedPings = 0
PacketSpoof.Policy = 0
ChatFakeMessagePreventing = 0
ChatFlood.MessageCount = 0

# End

"netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule name="TrinityCore 3.3.5 localhost (authserver)" dir="in" action="block" profile="any" program="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release\authserver.exe"

"netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule name="TrinityCore 3.3.5 localhost (worldserver)" dir="in" action="block" profile="any" program="%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release\worldserver.exe"

"netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule name="MariaDB Server" dir="in" action="block" profile="any" program="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadbd.exe"

"netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall delete rule name="TrinityCore 3.3.5 localhost (authserver)"

"netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall delete rule name="TrinityCore 3.3.5 localhost (worldserver)"

"netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall delete rule name="MariaDB Server"

MKDIR "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\scripts"

"notepad.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\scripts\localhost-server-start.bat"

@echo off

START "MariaDB Server" "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\data\my.ini"
TIMEOUT "3"

CD "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release"
START "WoW 3.3.5 [auth]" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release\authserver.exe" --config-dir "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\conf\authserver"
START "WoW 3.3.5 [world]" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release\worldserver.exe" --config-dir "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\conf\worldserver"

:: End

"%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\scripts\localhost-server-start.bat"

"notepad.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\scripts\localhost-server-update.bat"

@echo off

"%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" -C "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" reset --hard
"%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\git.exe" -C "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" pull origin "3.3.5" --rebase

"%ProgramFiles%\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" -S "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\src" -B "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build" -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" --fresh -Wno-dev -DBOOST_ROOT="%SystemDrive%/local/boost_1_88_0" -DMYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\include\mysql" -DMYSQL_LIBRARY="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\lib\libmariadb.lib" -DWITHOUT_METRICS="1" -DTOOLS="1"

"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\ALL_BUILD.vcxproj" -target:"Build" -property:"Configuration=Release"

:: End

"%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\scripts\localhost-server-update.bat"

"notepad.exe" "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\scripts\localhost-database-backup.bat"

@echo off

START "MariaDB Server" "%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\data\my.ini"
TIMEOUT "3"

CD "%UserProfile%\Downloads"

ECHO Root MariaDB user password prompts:
"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb-dump.exe" -u "root" -p --opt -r "localhost-authserver-rolling.sql" "authserver"
"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb-dump.exe" -u "root" -p --opt -r "localhost-characters-rolling.sql" "characters"

:: End

"%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\scripts\localhost-database-backup.bat"

• Right-click Desktop → New → Shortcut

"%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\scripts\localhost-server-start.bat"

WoW 3.3.5 Server

• Right-click → New → Shortcut

MKDIR "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\World of Warcraft 3.3.5"

"explorer.exe" "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\World of Warcraft 3.3.5"

"%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\scripts\localhost-server-start.bat"

Server Start

"%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\scripts\localhost-server-update.bat"

Server Updater

"%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\scripts\localhost-database-backup.bat"

Database Back-up

"https://wiki.realmofespionage.xyz/servers;windows;games;trinitycore_3.3.5_localhost"

Install Notes (Server)

• authserver needs started at least once to create the tables and to start worldserver for account creation
• Ctrl + C to exit

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\data\my.ini"

CD "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release" && "authserver.exe" --config-dir "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\conf\authserver"

• Change x to password

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\data\my.ini"

CD "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\build\bin\Release" && "worldserver.exe" --config-dir "%UserProfile%\Projects\TrinityCore-335\conf\worldserver"

account create Espionage724 x

account set gmlevel Espionage724 3 -1

server shutdown 1

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\data\my.ini"

CD "%UserProfile%\Downloads"

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb-dump.exe" -u "root" -p --opt -r "localhost-authserver-rolling.sql" "authserver"

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb-dump.exe" -u "root" -p --opt -r "localhost-characters-rolling.sql" "characters"

• Initial set-up

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadbd.exe" --defaults-file="%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\data\my.ini"

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" -p --execute="CREATE DATABASE authserver"

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" -p "authserver" < "%UserProfile%\Downloads\localhost-authserver-rolling.sql"

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" -p --execute="GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON authserver.* to 'authserver'@'localhost';"

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" -p --execute="CREATE DATABASE characters"

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" -p "characters" < "%UserProfile%\Downloads\localhost-characters-rolling.sql"

"%ProgramFiles%\MariaDB 11.7\bin\mariadb.exe" -u "root" -p --execute="GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON characters.* to 'characters'@'localhost';"