Question: How to swap models with WotLK?

[Grimnx]

I have been trying to swap the white polar bear mount with the amani warbear mount. I've created a few .mpq's with .m2 swaps, with the correct file names, and nothing happens in game. I am using the latest model edit fix, so that's not the problem. The closest I've gotten to actually swapping the models, I created some swirly sphere thing with the texture of a bear.
I have seen some .skin files in common-2, and those don't seem to do much either. Can anyone help me?

[Turkeyman]

you should just be swapping the .m2 and the .blp
give more details/instructions on what you did

[Grimnx]

okay, well the amani warbear has different textures than the white polar beat. the polar bear has a texture for the skin of the bear, and the skin of the seat. the amani warbear has a skin for the bear, a skin for the seat, and a skin for the particle effect that comes out of the back of the bear. all i did was take the .m2 from the amani warbear and rename it NorthrendBearMountArmored.m2, which is the model my bear uses according to wow model viewer. swapping the .blp's will change the texture on the bear and the seat, but the wrong models are being used, so I'm getting nowhere.

[Turkeyman]

did you load wow through wowme and press f8?

[Grimnx]

Yes, but is there a way to integrate the flame.blp into the bear?

[Turkeyman]

i dont think so unless the model being replaced has it.