[Exploit] Fast Herb Farming

[Matt]

Here is a method to modify resource node models so that you can see them easier. For example, you can change all herbs to a very shiny picture so that you can spot them very easiely and farm faster. Same thing could be done for mines, chests, anything basically.

• 1- Download MyWarcraftStudio.
• 2- Open MyWarcraftStudio(MWS) and go into the File menu, and choose Open MPQ archive.
• 3- Browse to the Data folder inside your WoW directory and open model.mpq.
  
  Take, for example, Firebloom herbs:
• 4- Browse around to find the Firebloom model. You will find it under World/SkillActivated/TradeskillNodes/Bush_Firebloom.m2.
  
  As you can see, this is a m2 file. You can replace this by any other m2 file.
• 5- So, choose a model you want to replace the Firebloom with. Take a treasure chest as an example. You will find the treasure chest under World/SkillActivated/Containers/TreasureChest01.m2.
• 6- Right click the treasure chest file and choose Extract File To... and save it on your desktop.
• 7. Now close MyWarcraftStudio.
• 8. Open your WoW directory and browse to the Data folder.
• 9. Now create a directory tree that has the exact same path as your firebloom model. For example, you will create a directree tree that would be : World/SkillActivated/TradeskillNodes/
  Careful! It's case sensitive. The directory World is within your Data folder. So it would be:
  Wow directory\Data\World\SkillActivated...ect.
• 10. In the deepest folder (in our case, TradeskillNodes), copy the m2 file you saved on your desktop (the treasure chest file in our case).
• 11. Rename that copied file to the exact same name as the firebloom file (in out case, Bush_Firebloom.m2).
• 12. Restart WoW.
• 13. Enjoy your firebloom that looks like chests! Obviously, if you know how to create mpq files, you could make your very own images and replace any mpq file with it!

[Cypher]

Hehe. Use this in combination with the Gatherer mod and you're all set.

[jedi2dope]

Does this make the entire thing clickable?

In other words, can you click anywhere on the "chest" to loot it?

[KuRIoS]

yes it does, in fact there is a addon on http://ui.worldofwar.net/ui.php?id=1878

called domas boxes or sumfin, it makes the herbs look as boxes, quite neet.

[Cypher]

Well if it does make the entire thing clickable, couldn't you replace chests with some friggin huge thing thats clickable from 100 feet away than it normally is? I might try that after exams. Unless someone can tell me it won't work.

[samishii23]

Outta curiousty. Whats an m2 file? What program can one use to make it? :3