Mounts Reskin

[jasonz91]

Hey
I was hoping someone can help me. I'm wanting to reskin a mount but I can't find the location files. I've extracted all the MPQ files but still can't find anything.

If someone could post up a small guide on finding what you need.
ie If you want to reskin Nogger Potion effect its found ...
If you want to reskin a certain mount its found ...

I'm wanting to reskin the black war bear mount. From 'For the Alliance/Horde' achievement.

Thanks

[needcheats]

I already answer you here's what I wrote on the Razzashi raptor to Swift spectral tiger thread, geez :/

What to do ? just open the CreatureDisplayInfo.dbc and find the display_id of what you want to have, keep an eye on this line, and put the same numbers on the line of what you want to change ( a different one obviously ), change everything but the display_id ( the first column ).

- First solution ( boring ) -

Now how to find a display_id ? first you can search for the entry of the creature you want to mount ( for swift spectral tiger ) it's 24004, you can find these ids on wowhead if you know the way ( just see the link of the creature Swift Spectral Tiger, the entry is with the link ).

Then the display_id, well if you have a private server database you just search for the entry of your creature and the dispaly_id will be there, but as you're asking and doing that things I think you don't have one.

- Second solution ( the best ) -

Or you search for the name of one blp that goes on the creature you search in the CreatureDisplayInfo.dbc :

Example : I search the Swift Spectral Tiger displayid, I open MywarcraftStudio, click on the CreatureDisplayInfo.dbc that I have extracted from the patch-enUS.MPQ before, and put on my new patch-enUS-5.MPQ, a window called "Database Cache" just open to show you the very insides of the dbc,

there is a little blank white space near the "Find" button just here you write "Spectral" and it will find the SpectralTigerRidingArmored texture, on the first column of this line there is the display_id and the line you were looking for !

All the texture aren't always that easy to find, most of the time you'll have to go in the Common.MPQ or patch.MPQ to find the good names for your blp mounts.
These files will have a Treepath that will be like that "Creature\XXXXXX\xxxxx.blp"
the "xXXx..." is the name of your creature folder, it will contains all the texture that can be use with the same model, you'll only find blp in Common.MPQ no .m2 ( it can prevents you from crashing MWS )