[Question]Editing spells

[Hock]

Ok, what i want to do is take SPELLS\Shadow_ImpactBuff_Base.m2 and swap the Skull in the spell to the CurseofAgony_Head.m2 skull. What programs do i need and is there an existing guide that correlates with what i'm attempting to do?

[Mudkip]

You need My Warcraft Studios, findable in the Guides & Programs section of this forum.
A guide on how to do that is posted in the Guides & Programs section, too. It is started by Ebon, so use the advanced searchfunction to find it.

Teufel

[Varu]

1) Find the spell you want to change
2) Copy its treepath with MyWarcraftStudio
3) Find the NEW SPELL you want to change the old spell to
4) Extract it into a folder
5) Rename it to what your OLD spell is, just the name none of the /*****/****
6) Make a New Patch
7) Pack it with the .M2 model you extracted
when they name has come up on the box, copy all that /*****/**** BEFORE the name of the .m2 file
9) press ok
10) = result

[Hock]

no, i know how to do basic simple crap like that, what i'm asking is this. I want to take an existing spell and edit a portion of it, but keep everything else the same. I want to swap the skull models for this spell but keep the same animation:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...607_134158.jpg

Do you see what i'm asking now?

[Mudkip]

With some knowledge of how Reskinning works, it should be able with that. Photoshop should make your wish come true, since I do not know how to cut a thing out of an other. Try reskinning this Fear effect or what you've got there.

[Hock]

I'm almost positive a simple reskinning won't work either since it's dealing with animations. The spells i'm working with don't have .blp's to work with anyways so reskinning prolly isn't even possible. I need to be able to tweek an existing spell, changing how one aspect of it appears, but keeping the majority of the spell the same. Like say for example, I take Arcane Explosion and instead of just having the generic BOOM effect, i add in the Fel Armor animation above the selected target. Basically splicing together spell animations.

[Hock]

noone? =/ Ok, what about changing Avenging Wrath into Shadow Form? I'm guessing this requires DBC editing since there isn't an M2 file for Shadow Form?

[Mudkip]

I'm guessing this requires DBC editing since there isn't an M2 file for Shadow Form?

Yes, it requires DBC Editing.