[Model Edit/Swap] Tauren Moonkin --> Pandaren Yaoren

[garrawr]

***The link has been restored as of December 27th, 2009 at 2:40pm. Sorry for the inconvenience!***

Sup people. This is my first public contribution to MMOWNED, and although it'll probably get shot down because I'm a complete novice when it comes to model editing and the likes, I'm going to post it anyway. I guess I'll start with a photo; my observations thus far have informed me that pictures seem to evoke the best responses.
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So, what you're seeing here is my Moonkin as a Pandaren Yaoren (Yaoren means 'Sorcerer') Sporebat companion not included.


Face shot.
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What I used to do this model work was MyWarcraftStudio, notepad, and an about two to four hours in research and frustrating Trial & Error.


Instructions for Use (A copy of these instructions are including in the download):

Step I) If World of Warcraft is running, exit the program. If not, skip to Step II.
Step II) Extract 'Patch-p.MPQ' onto your desktop.
Step III) Open your "World of Warcraft folder."
Step IV) Inside your "World of Warcraft folder," find a folder labeled "Data."
Step V) Once you have opened your "Data" folder, click and drag 'Patch-p.mpq' into your "Data" folder.
Step VI) Start your World of Warcraft, log into your Tauren Druid, and shift to Moonkin form. Enjoy. :3

Things you Should Know:

~If you already have a 'patch-p.MPQ', you will need to rename your 'patch-p.MPQ' included in this .RAR file.
If this is the case, change the 'p' in 'patch-p.MPQ' to another letter or number between 3 and 9.

~If a patch a new patch is released, remove 'patch-p.MPQ' as well as other custom patches from your "Data" folder
before appling the new patch. Failure to do so may result in corruption of your other .MPQ files.

~Although this is non-exploitative, it is still an addition to the "Data" folder and is considered against
Blizzard's Terms of Service. It is very, very unlikely you will ever be caught using customized patch and
.MPQ files unless you are exploiting, however there is still an element of risk you need to be aware of.

~Your Moonkin form will not appear as the Pandaren Yaoren to anyone except you.

~Other Tauren Moonkin will appear as a Pandaren Yaoren as well.

*Updated Information about the crashes:

~Hello everyone, firstly I'd just like to say that the popularity of this project regardless of the crashes has astounded me, and for that, I give thanks to the MMOwned community. Your support was very appreciated. :3
~The user known as SinX has offered to fix the crashes for us. Please offer him gratitude and perhaps some +Rep . The updated Pandaren is now posted!

~SinX, for his amazing bomb-squad skills that solved the explosive panda problem.

~The MMowned community, for the encouragement and rep, which ultimate allowed me to finally get my own f*cking avatar! >;D

Download the Pandaren Yaoren here:-->Click2Download<--

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Edit: I'm just going to clarify that this model is in the game and I didn't re-skin it using photoshop, just in case people think I made this from scratch. You will see this model in game but as a pet. You see, the model used for this (I'm pretty sure I mentioned this, at least in the read me) is actually a vanity pet known as "Pandaren Monk".

[Xel]

I like the idea.

[mastki]

Woot, thats awesome. Gonna rep and use it ;D

[garrawr]

Woot, thats awesome. Gonna rep and use it ;D

Just be careful when sitting, etc. Until I figure out how to make all of the animations sinc with the Moonkin's animations a few common movements may cause you to crash.

[frozenthronearthas]

Yeah this is really a awesome swap. If you could fix the crashes it would be absolutely perfect

[garrawr]

Yeah this is really a awesome swap. If you could fix the crashes it would be absolutely perfect

I wish I could, I simply have no idea how to fix the crashes. DISREGARD THAT, (I suck cocks, etc) and read the update.
You see, the Pandaren uses the same race model as the Tuskarr, so essentially what I did was switch the Moonkin "race" with the Tuskarr race.
Its more or less a semi-race swap, which is probably why someone of my caliber of experience has so many issues. I am simply too ignorant as a model editor to preform a flawless race swap. Perhaps sometime in the future I will be able to provide a new Pandaren swap in which flaws are few, or ideally non-existent.

I am currently attempting to switch the Tauren race with the Taunka. Their animations are virtually identical, so the actions that are required to preform this swap are on a plain of difference that borders monumental compared with that of a Moonkin and Pandaren; however I seek to gain additional experience with model swapping from working on this small project, in which I hope to be able to use to improve this Pandaren swap. Here's hoping for the best, I suppose. :3

[dubins]

I think, Tuskarr simply are not able to sit?
I not see anywhere a Tuskarr in a sitting position.
Perhaps somebody can make so, what the model eat and sit in standing position, having excluded, so to say, knee-bend and error possibility?
Excuse for my awful English.

[I Hypnotoad I]

Lovin the model.. +2. with an extra +1 because you're canadian. =D

[Nightavanger]

Awsome model +rep

[TyroneSR]

OH MAI GAWD!!!

This model is teh awesomenest!!! It's so detailed ingame! I love it,the cast animation is terrific!

I lo' you......

If you can make it work without crashing, you are TEH BOMB!... you are now the bomb, but then.. you are teh SUP3R BOMB!

Keep on going! Hopefully you can fix it, or like you said with the "Taunka" thing.

[fleur]

Yeah verry nice !!!! can you do the same thing with the tree form please

I did a video with your model edit > [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sya8ELEZlaA"]YouTube - pandaren[/ame]

[fleur]

I have a crash when an other moonkin druid sitting in dalaran

[garrawr]

I think, Tuskarr simply are not able to sit?
I not see anywhere a Tuskarr in a sitting position.
Perhaps somebody can make so, what the model eat and sit in standing position, having excluded, so to say, knee-bend and error possibility?
Excuse for my awful English.

Curiously, the Tuskarr model does in fact have a sitting pose. In fact, the Tuskarr model (including this model) has every animation available to players with the minor exceptions of the dance and train animation.

[garrawr]

Yeah verry nice !!!! can you do the same thing with the tree form please

[B]I did a video with your model edit > YouTube - pandaren

Ahaha thats awesome. At then end you should have pressed "x" on your keyboard and watched the magic. x_X

Speaking of death by explosive panda-bears, I think I may have solved the crashing issue. If this next test goes well, I shall post an update. Stay tuned. :0

[TyroneSR]

Minor problem here...

Since WoWMe is outdated, (3.2.0a) update and we are running 3.2.2 on live servers The panda still explodes. Because you can't run an outdated version of WoWME (it says "This version is build on world of warcraft version xxxxx) There isn't going to be an updated version of WoWME, since everybody says all model edits will work without it since patch 3.2

soo..... help?