Engineer's Workshop
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- Not to be confused with Engineering Works.
Engineer's Workshop is a series of official blogs exploring the programming and engineering details behind World of Warcraft.
Blogs
- Enhancing Character Customization — November 17, 2020
- Designing the WoW Companion App — September 15, 2020
- Developing for Mobile and PC — August 26, 2020
- Enabling Ray-Traced Shadows in Shadowlands — August 21, 2020
- Recreating the Ahn'Qiraj War Effort — August 20, 2020
- Extended Draw Distance — June 3, 2016
- Anti-Aliasing & Lighting February 12, 2015
- Engine Evolution in Warlords of Draenor — September 17, 2014,
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Gallery
- Enabling Ray-Traced Shadows
Campfire Scene before
After
Character neck before
After
Softer Shadows before
After
Before
After
More Shadows before
After (two shadows from Character)
- Extended Draw Distance
View distance in Draenor. Before and after.
View distance in the Broken Isles. Before and after.
- Anti-Aliasing & Lighting
No Ambient Occlusion
SSAO High
HBAO+
No Ambient Occlusion
SSAO High
HBAO+
Comparisons
No Anti-Aliasing
CMAA
MSAA
SSAA+CMAA
Lighting before
Lighting after
Lighting before
Lighting after
Lighting before
Lighting after
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