[Discussion] Reskinning dead in wotlk.

[Gawdlaw]

Your looking in the wrong MPQ file or something because i can easily view all the new DK skins in the new patch data. Make sure your looking in "CHARACTER" and nothing else.

Ofc i know that, But this is a new kind of file that replaces some blp's. from the login/char schreens.. so in future there can be much more of these..

[Knomez]

hex ftw?

(fillar)

[Gawdlaw]

hex ftw?

(fillar)

Dont go offtopic -.- lol,

[Knomez]

lol i meant.. nvm lol

[Gawdlaw]

lol i meant.. nvm lol

^_^ hehe.. nvm,

[-Lex]

Posting again for more post count. errrrrr i mean... let's discuss some WOW!

[Gawdlaw]

posting again for more post count. Errrrrr i mean... Let's discuss some wow!

i-n-d-e-e-d.

[Hock]

Ofc i know that, But this is a new kind of file that replaces some blp's. from the login/char schreens.. so in future there can be much more of these..

Yes, i know about the format change to .skin from .blp In my patch.MPQ everything except the character skins has been replaced with the .skin files and yes, WCS cant view them.

[R0w4n]

Guys, we know blizzard probably .skin is a .blp format but SLIGHTLY changed, i herd that they introduced 1024x1024 textures in wotlk, maybe they had to change some things in the blp format and renamed it to .skin

For example:

Look at the m2s from 1.12 and 2.0 They only changed small things and it will be the same now , fer sure it is the particle system btw.

Must be truth! I remember messing around and trying to swap TBC login with WotLK and I remember seeing 1024x1024 textures for the login! Its quite huge if you would like to know! (The model it self!)

We can only hope that we will be able to convert it at that time, so we can continue our work!

[AgentOrange]

Probably something to do with whatever new engine features they're adding.

Someone will reverse engineer it, it's only a matter of time, there's only so much you can do with encryption and propietary formats before it starts becoming impractical because ten zillion other code routines have to be run in the background to decrypt said files.

Could also be like Valve's VMT format where the vmt basically tells the game what the texture is, what shader effects to apply, etc. So the .skin would tell the engine how to render the .blp.

I dunno, it's just a guess. Like I said, someone will figure something out.

[Indja]

^ Hock is most likely right, the fact that they have "UI" - User Interface - before them makes me hesitant to believe that they are actually skins for models, they're for some function of the user interface.

[dagello]

Even if they change the format, someone is going to come along with an editor, and a converter, and in a few weeks everything will be back to normal.

[Mr. Retail]

Even if they change the format, someone is going to come along with an editor, and a converter, and in a few weeks everything will be back to normal.

I hope so, I can't live without reskins. My WOW would look so homosexual. WOTLK would be a plus though.

[Indja]

Update: Found what they are probably used for.

User interface - WotlkWiki - Wrath of the Lich King Information

[Gawdlaw]

They are also in the char Folders now.. so i dont know :S
Maybe its a sharper texture type?