README_DEVELOPERS.md

Instructions / Tips & Tricks for developers

This file is added to help developers

Preparations

• Code editor: Visual Studio Code
• Programming Language: Python
• Tool for unpacking WoT pkg-files: 7-Zip
• Tool for decompiling Python binary files: Uncompyle6 (for Python)
• Latest version of World of Tanks

Extract Python files from latest version of WoT

• Identify import statements in the mod file: 'mod_BRR.py'
  • ex: 'import AccountCommands'
• Go to WoT game folder and locate the file 'scripts.pkg'
  • ex: C:\Games\World_of_Tanks_EU\res\packages
• Open the file using 7-Zip and navigate to the folder with relevant files
  • ex: \scripts\common to find file: AccountCommands.pyc
• Extract relevant file to temporary folder, or exctract all files from a spesific folder
• Decompile relevant files from the temporary folder using uncompyle6 from command line
  • ex: uncompyle6 -o .\AccountCommands.py .\AccountCommands.pyc
• Add the decompiled py-files to the same folder as the mod