[Model Reskin] Druids of Azeroth - New Shapeshift Skins

[Andrige]

UPDATE:
Found out how to fix Tauren Catform!
Since there's been so little talk about this new patch and what they actually broke, I found out that you need to add the two "DruidCatTauren00.skin" and "DruidCatTauren01.skin", then it works!
I'm pretty sure that's all there is to it now, probably the .anim fileformat might screw some things up but I have my reskin in front of me now at least!

EDIT: haha, was so confident but then I pressed "X" to sit down and the game crashed after every polygon on the model went haywire. Whaddayanno...

EDIT: Well easy, just added the .anim files and no crash. Pretty logical.
I'm not so sure this whole... .anim thing is too promising when it comes to switching to a completely different model with a completely different set of animations.
But, I'm sure we can get the standard pack up and running now, and hell... it's about time.

[Fearlessseeker]

could u tell me what forms from your patch work and the ones from the others guys work so i know what to download =]

[Andrige]

could u tell me what forms from your patch work and the ones from the others guys work so i know what to download =]

I don't know the answer to that question but I do know my own update isn't far away.

EDIT: I barely know myself lately it seems, the weapon is shown while in Catform and using my old .M2 from the latest release don't work, and Glitchy's MES where the tool where you can adjust a models attachments doesn't work either. It works just fine, but dunno if I should release it at its current state :S

[TranceZiggy]

Hmm, well, just pointing out, I tried that, idk which .skin and .anim files youre using, but I used the "Lion" .M2, .skin, .anim's with your custom .blp. Also tried using the NE Lynx .M2, .skin and .anim's with your custom Lynx .blp. No matter what I changed etc, the form always seemed to have it's weapon in it's paw lol. Then again, I only know how to add files to MPQ's etc, basic skin swapping, you obviously have more experience, so we can trust your work ;D. Looking forward to seeing a fix though, I'm hating my Tauren Cat right now, and it's disappointing to see Blizz's 'fix' for Druid forms suddenly pulled out of Beta.. Which isn't promising.

Edit: Okay, just saw your Edit.. You're running into the same problems I was lol. Even using the EXACT NE Cat Lynx files, you STILL have your weapon in your paw.. Why? The NE's dont have their weapons.. Why is it Tauren does when you use the NE files? It doesn't make sense.

[Andrige]

Hmm, well, just pointing out, I tried that, idk which .skin and .anim files youre using, but I used the "Lion" .M2, .skin, .anim's with your custom .blp. Also tried using the NE Lynx .M2, .skin and .anim's with your custom Lynx .blp. No matter what I changed etc, the form always seemed to have it's weapon in it's paw lol. Then again, I only know how to add files to MPQ's etc, basic skin swapping, you obviously have more experience, so we can trust your work ;D. Looking forward to seeing a fix though, I'm hating my Tauren Cat right now, and it's disappointing to see Blizz's 'fix' for Druid forms suddenly pulled out of Beta.. Which isn't promising.

Either way, great to see some progress happening ;D

I'm honestly not much farther than you are in terms of knowledge, I got help from my friend Glitchy on this issue last time (I made him the graphics for his Glitchy's Model Editing Suite and he helped me out with this).

Now I've spoken to him and gotten some information on the current "model" situation, and I can briefly say that the different .skin files are basically an excluded part of the .m2 but now works as an indicator of the new shadows (and the different shadowqualities you can set, lo-def or hi-def shadows) that was introduced in WotLK. The thing here is that the .m2 and the .skin needs to be the same and identical since they're linked to each other, fiddling with either of them will make it all crash, thus I can't really do anything about the weapon showing unless the community finds a solution.
I sure as hell know I don't know how to do about any of this though

[Fearlessseeker]

well for all the nightelf forms they dont even seems to work for me even with rooter's ones i cant get em to work its ust the normal blizz ones atm and ive put them in correctly and had someone else look at it for me and doesnt seem to work its the same with the tauren stuff also i know im a total noob at doing stuff like this only could edit models in games like morrowind where u had all the files around to play with and not just one lot of files

[Andrige]

UPDATE:

Hah, Glitchy did it again, he fixed it.
Weapon is now not showing and it's all looking like sweet, sweet candy.
We might have a problem on our hands with the Dire Furbolg and Tree of Life (Tauren) though, but first off I'll release the Feral standard pack.

[Fearlessseeker]

nice to hear you got abit of it working =]

[Andrige]

UPDATE 28 Oct:
Released the basic pack which contains: (BR = both races)

Dire Bear (BR)
Cheetah (BR)
Tauren Lion
Nightelf Lynx
Nightelf Tree of Life
Ghostwolf

Everything else is excluded until further notice.

Download: Druids of Azeroth - New Shapeshift Skins 08-09-08 3.0.2-TempReleas.rar

[roottoor]

Nice work Andrige Well, and mine ends here, for now.

[Andrige]

Nice work Andrige Well, and mine ends here, for now.

Wouldn't be too sure!
I had to disable the pack since it's, ehm, crashing the game for me.
Just happens in Catform too, not so often and I can't see a pattern yet, but crashing it is.

Oh well...

[roottoor]

Will look at it. We will see tomorrow.

[sombras]

The worgen will be wearing?

[electro47]

i cant wait for a 3.0.2 fix XD

[RenoOwens]

I've been using the 3.0.2 updated pack since you released it this morning, played most of the day just doing the usual (Feral specced and in cat form often) and I haven't experienced any crashes so far. I went through the various emotes while in cat form, sleeping, sitting, dancing. I tried drinking, eating, gathering herbs and using every cat form skill but it all seemed to work as well as it did pre-3.0.2. Thanks for all your hard work, it's nice to look like a badass lion complete with shiny new talents and skills.