Model Edit Questions

[Exceler8]

Hey, i recently downloaded Wow model viewer and i was wondering how u swap models (E.g Make a night elf a naga with some gear+weapons etc) and then use them in game and also wondering how/if you can recolour items using this program. If not please give me a good programme

[Grymskvll]

To do most edits, you'll need an MPQ editor (such as MyWarcraftStudio). You'll find plenty guides for this in the guides and apps subforum.

I think naga were one of the few non-character type models that actually show a lot of gear properly, so I guess you're in luck there. You can extract textures using WoWMV in several formats.

You'll need a BLP converter to get the textures back to the right format once you're done editing it in your software of choice.

[Exceler8]

Hey, thanks. I got the .BLP convertor and converted to .PNG but how do i then put that in wow in place of something else?

[Grymskvll]

Convert it back to BLP, use MyWarcraftStudio to create a new MPQ archive and add the edited BLP with the treepath and filename of the BLP you're replacing. I don't expect you to understand all that so look up a reskinning guide.

To clear things up: you don't need to convert anything if you're just swapping one thing for another. The BLP->PNG conversion is only for when you want to actually modify the texture.

[Exceler8]

Only guide i could find was using Ladiks MPQ editor, so mind telling me what treepath is?

EDIT: I got treepath of belf Character\BloodElf\Female\BloodElfFemaleSkin00_103.blp but dunno what to do with it like how u edit a nagas treepath to this?

[Grymskvll]

That's just the texture. An image pasted on the model.

http://www.mmowned.com/forums/world-...-creature.html

Keep in mind this is an old guide and you'll most likely need to get the DBC file from a different MPQ archive (the biggest DBC file will probably be the most up-to-date one, which is the one you want). I recommend using Taliis for DBC editing.