How to find any Creature Display ID (without names!)

[Sahdrani]

So, trying to find the one creature's DisplayID that you need to make that uber guard? This is how! In this tutorial we will be finding the Display ID of an unsaddled black nether drake.

Get MyWarCraftStudio (Send big files the easy way. Files too large for email attachments? No problem!) and open it. Go to ***\World of Warcraft\Data and select the MPQ archive you think has the texture of the creature you want.


The black nether drake is in Common (no idea why...) Navigate to CREATURE\NetherDrake\NetherDrakeSkinBlack1.blp and copy down the name of the texture.


Now close common.mpq, and go to ***\World of Warcraft\Data\xxYY (xx = language you are using, and YY = region you use, so for US english, enUS) and open patch-xxYY (usually)


Open DBFilesClient


Now scroll down to CreatureDisplayInfo.dbc and open it.


A spreadsheet will pop up, with a few buttons in the upper right corner. Click Export CSV, and save it wherever you want.


Now open the CSV that you just exported with Notepad. Then hit Control-F, and type in the name of the texture you found earlier.


Now, look all the way to the left of the Notepad window. The first number in the same row as the texture name is the Display ID.


Experiment with Display IDs until you get the one you want. To experiment (noobs need to look at this) go onto your private server as a GM, and type .morph (display ID here) and see if it is the one you are looking for. If not, find another Display ID, and morph into that.

Enjoy. All credit goes to me, except the program.

Sahdrani

[Gastricpenguin]

Repost. Sorry sha, but you need to search just like everyone else : l

[Sahdrani]

Without names.... Did you read the title? Otherwise, I would agree with you.

Sahdrani

[bowser]

Or you could just open creature_names in navicat and search for the mob and go to the displayid column...

[Sahdrani]

What if you don't have that creature in your DB? And this is with textures, not names... Does no one ever read the title?

Sahdrani

[thebomb]

sweet dude plus rep

[Nextgenerationrepack!]

lol how gas ut veeb

[dough]

umm, your guide dont work 100%.. that DBC file dont have all names in it, heres an easy to follow upload with 100% acuraccy. works every time, http://filebeam.com/0c438c2cfb7ef1883db863763aac0ba3
not sayin yours sucks, just sayin coulda been better, u did a good job tho dude, props, just this is easier, :wave:

[Phase228]

i can say Nice...gj sahdrani

[Mmorpwnage]

Pfft simply just .lookupcreature <Name> cuz your not looking for random things. Er, unless your terribly bored.

[Le Froid]

MyWarcraftStudio crashes my computer :\