From Dormancy to... Inefficiency?

[thikr]

Hola! I am back from the dead. After getting banned from my favorite server on multiple accounts, I have returned and ought to be able to return to playing. My old guild members have ascended from level 20-ish to kick-my-ass-ish, and I never fulfilled the promise of a better tomorrow via a Guild Base.

So, here are my requests. It's been a while since I was in ''the game'' (model editing, not rap) and I figured that most -if not all -of the programs I used to use are now upgraded. Unfortunately, that is bad since my server has the dedication to actually FIX problems before it adds more. In other words... what are the programs most commonly used for Model editing. I am running a dual boot with Linux (where I store my files) so I don't know what programs I already have or for what versions those programs are for, what I DO know is that I SHOULD use AT LEAST:

1. MyWarcraftStudio - Or something? Used for extracting junk from MPQ's as I recall
2. NoggIt - by that guy that everyone hated because he said he improved it to work on v2.4.3 and no one believed him. He got it to work on 2.4.3.
3. Cyrect's Tools - Or something? Used for landscape editing (adding WMO's and the like if I recall correctly.)
4. Glitchy's Model Editing Suite - Does a lot of stuff, like it lets you edit sky boxes... which I was never able to figure out.
5. Emu Hacker - Not for model editing per se but if I can't cheat in BG's with NoggIt... just kidding, it has that ''allow model edits'' function... and all those other fancy gadgets.

I think my server is at v3.2.2a but what I really wanted to ask was: what other programs would you recommend? NOTE: I said RECOMMEND, not list every program because I was too lazy to do the research. I'm too lazy to try out every program out there so I was really just wanting to the check public opinion on the best programs. Oh, and I will +Rep if someone directs me to a good "Skyboxes for Dummies" tutorial (thats not the point of this thread so its irrelevant that I didn't search it :wave:.)

[Tigurius]

Ladik's MPQEditor
Taliis
and don't use that version of Noggit, it's even more bugged then most of the others, atm use YEdit or so.

[thikr]

Awesome, now I used to use -I think it was -SomeWhiteGuy's Map Editor or something. Most of the functions were pretty cool... paint water, raise entire maps etc, but for some reason I could not get it to work for a time... more important than the other stuff was a "chunk editor" or something that allowed you to poke holes into the land. I have some useful ideas for that... is there any other program that does these things or do I have to use SWG's app. Does it even work still?

[Tigurius]

Taliis can add holes and some of these things.
YEdit may be able to do these things too...

[Zantas]

There's no real raise-water level tool in public tho