How hard is it to change the loot sparkle color?

[zhenyalix]

was looking to change the color of loot sparkle from that white / golden to somethign a bit easier to see like a bold pink green or purple... would that be a hard change?

Edit: and would it require MEF? slightly paranoid that would be something warden could easily spot

[Senzuri]

Haha that would actually be pretty interesting to know. I'd differently like to change it on my WoW, sometimes it's really easy to miss items that you're meant to pickup for quests. Having a different sparkle would make it much easier.

[Kohta]

Dunno, Ill google it and respond back to you.

[zhenyalix]

I did a search on these forums and found where people made the loot sparkle into a flag pole... and another that made the sparkle over herbs into a hunter arrow... so i'd hope changing the color would be easier... though i guess if you could click on a flag pole to loot then that would be pretty easy too >.< still paranoid about warden though

[schlumpf]

Swapping it to some other model is easier.

You would have to edit the particles in the M2. See M2/WotLK - WoW.Dev Wiki

[zhenyalix]

if u changed it to another object would that object be lootable or would you have to click the mob below the object?

[schlumpf]

You always have to click the mob, not the object. It has always been like that.

[a73k]

Swapping it to some other model is easier.

You would have to edit the particles in the M2. See M2/WotLK - WoW.Dev Wiki

Link to the Wiki is dead.

I'm looking to change the loot sparkle into a moonbeam shaft.

[Xel]

Link to the Wiki is dead.

I'm looking to change the loot sparkle into a moonbeam shaft.

M2/WotLK - WoWDev
M2/Cata - WoWDev

Model Treepath:
Data\common-2.MPQ\Particles\Lootfx.m2 (* if on a 3.X client the bold part should still remain the same

Textures:
Item\ObjectComponents\Weapon\flare.blp
Spells\star5a.blp

As schlumpf said, swapping the whole model instead of editing it's particles is a lot less painful, much easier to achieve and most likely serves the same purpose.