Can't Locate Wmo Textures( Help!)

[BanzBoyz77]

Hi guys,
I have been working on some edits in Sunstrider Isles and Silvermoon to return it to being High Elf again, tho I can't locate the Wmo files. I have searched everywhere but haven't even found a treepath. I am using Mywarcraftstudios, Adobe Photoshop, a Blp Converter and the Ladik's Mpq editor. I have found some guides but all of them make no sense, too complicatedly worded. Please explain to be if you can. If it works, I'll post what I have made. It won't be another recolor, I'm changing the buildings around and making the other half of Silvermoon High Elf controlled. If I need anymore programs, please give a link along with it.

[Followup Question]
When I changed the eyes of the blood elves to blue and put in all in a patch, I get in the game and when i make them, they have green bodies from the neck-down. How do i fix that. I only added the files from Common.mpq, which seems to be the only one with .blps in it. Any ideas. Also wondering on how to change the race name from Blood elf > High elf. Thanks and +Rep to the answers that help. Repeats don't get reps.

[diviee3]

1. The buildings are .wmo format and are located in world/wmo/whateverfolder/leetbuilding.wmo. However you cannot swap wmo's like you would swap .m2's. WoW will crash even if you use a model edit fix. What you want to do is extract the matching .adt file of that map, convert it to txt, manually edit wmo treepaths or adding your own, saving it and maybe even open it up in noggit to move the buildings around. If this all spells "wtf" to you, you probably want to stay at reskinning and forget about all this. If not, heres a guide: adding doodads and wmos to maps using cryects tools and noggit To find the textures though, extract a .wmo file and open it in notepad or in some hex editor. the textures treepath used by the wmo are in there.

2. A green texture on something means the texture file is either wrong format or cannot be found. Race names can be changed in the ChrRaces.dbc.

Hope that helped and good luck.

[Herbalism]

Reskin the silvermoon wmo's and m2's to make them like the High Elves.
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Simple.

[BanzBoyz77]

Double +Rep

---------- Post added at 09:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:22 PM ----------

Thanks for the advice Diviee, but im an intermediate World Builder. If i cant get terrain texturing down then im good. But i cant so yea. I didnt get involved with the community much cause my ideas even strike my team with suprises, and since credit stealing here is easier than taking candy from a baby these days.( especially with not so popular servers and editors). I'm planning on releasing all of my edits once my server is set up. And ty so much herbalism. You got me exactly way i need to finish retextureing allll..... of silvermoon. Since i might as well share here. I am editing silvermoon to bring back the sunwell and also thinking about uninstancing the sunwell. Then to change leaders to sylvanas windrunner(live) since in our story she gets thrown in the sunwell willingly to rejoin the high elves, and leaves Thalorian Dawnseeker incharge of the forsaken since his soul is bounded inside Quel 'Danar and...... I should really stop there. Whole story will be explained as the edits are released.

[diviee3]

Sounds epic. Looking forward to see more of your project

[Herbalism]

I saw some pictures of it on ac-***. I must say: What the **** is up with the races? They look like shit.
If you want to, I could help you making your own races WITH ITS OWN WINDOW TAB AT CHARACTER CREATION and Swap races and delete races.

[diviee3]

dude, you think you can help me with that too? I tried doing it like that spanish Reign of Ysera, but it's alot harder for me since my team is operating on tbc instead of wotlk. I can't even swap races properly. And doesn't that shit, like they do, require also alot of server side stuff for it to function properly? thanks.

[Herbalism]

I don't know much about TBC, sorry Get to WotLK then sure!

[diviee3]

I don't know much about TBC, sorry Get to WotLK then sure!

Lol nah, i hate wotlk, cata and everything in it... 18k chaos bolts wtf? vanilla was the best part of whole wow, tbc was great and that's the path we're continuing on our project. Thanks anyway tho.

[Herbalism]

Well if you should go WotLK, just tell me and I'll se what I can do

[BanzBoyz77]

dude, you think you can help me with that too? I tried doing it like that spanish Reign of Ysera, but it's alot harder for me since my team is operating on tbc instead of wotlk. I can't even swap races properly. And doesn't that shit, like they do, require also alot of server side stuff for it to function properly? thanks.

They just use some smaller skills they you all have. First create a pic the same size as the other races and put in the char selection blp.( forgot wats its called.) Then you use some db skills to create a second number for your race( most work there) then go to your db and edit the classes they are allowed to play. Put a custom spawn zone for them, and add a viewable model with many skins and hair colors. IF you want to make say--- val' kyr to wear armor, you make a body skin texture with soly the body texture and position all the armor with a scale, measurement of where the armor pieces will appear and a help fix for all 200 or so helmet models. Its a pain but it helps your server out. My team is working on bringing the story after cata. Val' kyr join the forsaken, vrykul join the orcs, and Gul dan is ressurected by exiled garrosh and his warlock friend( no namer yet). Bolvar is free( reskinned lich king) and naga join the allies. This is the full story tho most of it we wont get done, so we are making the things we can transfer to cata right now like some areas we know wont change in cata. Some places we dont like in cata and on and on.( i over write sometimes.)

[Herbalism]

They just use some smaller skills they you all have. First create a pic the same size as the other races and put in the char selection blp.( forgot wats its called.) Then you use some db skills to create a second number for your race( most work there) then go to your db and edit the classes they are allowed to play. Put a custom spawn zone for them, and add a viewable model with many skins and hair colors. IF you want to make say--- val' kyr to wear armor, you make a body skin texture with soly the body texture and position all the armor with a scale, measurement of where the armor pieces will appear and a help fix for all 200 or so helmet models. Its a pain but it helps your server out. My team is working on bringing the story after cata. Val' kyr join the forsaken, vrykul join the orcs, and Gul dan is ressurected by exiled garrosh and his warlock friend( no namer yet). Bolvar is free( reskinned lich king) and naga join the allies. This is the full story tho most of it we wont get done, so we are making the things we can transfer to cata right now like some areas we know wont change in cata. Some places we dont like in cata and on and on.( i over write sometimes.)

LOLOLOLOLOL, You joking?
It isn't just a picture and a DB Change! It includes Lua, XML, DBC, DB, Core, the list goes on! It isn't just 1, 2, 3!
Besides, most of that sounds like a lore-rape.

and Gul dan is ressurected by exiled garrosh and his warlock friend

Wtf? Gul'dan was hated and Garrosh isn't likely to be friends with a warlock.

and naga join the allies.

This screams lorerape. There must be a VERY, VERY, VERY good reason for the Alliance to even talk with the Nagas, especially the Night Elves.

[BanzBoyz77]

the race creating is difficult I will say, consists of multiple skills and knowledge with many things. My description was short, so i didnt include all the details.Tho luas and xmls and all that are involved. I have never tried to make my own race, because we are currently getting the full story for existing races up. Naga join the alliance since they are, indeed, night elves that were cast off into the sea. The only reason they ally is because their home was destroyed with recent earthquakes and lightning strikes. They tried to settle in azshara but were cast away as monsters by the goblins and orcs. The night elves felt sympathy and retook the Naga into the alliance and they need help to kill Bolvar. Garrosh was tricked into obtaining the items necessary to resurrect Gul' Dan because he was told it would resurrect his father instead. He was exiled from Orgrimmar and traveled back to outland and met up with a warlock. Garrosh and his followers took Hellfire Citadel for themselves and Garrosh traveled azeroth and outland for many objects to resurrect his father- one of them Gul' Dan's skull. That's why Gul' Dan is back. And with the Sunwell back, the High Elves are stronger than ever. In that, the Night Elves want that power to help the rebirth of Naga-> Night Elves again. This will happen but the first one to be resurrected was a Highborne noble man that helps the High Elves retake the Sunwell, therefore Naga stay Naga.

[Xel]

Extracting the wmo, opening it with wmo and going through all BLPs with search was the way I first did this.