Modified Player Models crash WoW when emoting, mounting, ...

[vonax]

Hello there

I hope this is the right place for me to ask this, I'm sorry if it's not.

I wanted to edit several models (character models), and I have the same problem with each of them. I extracted the M2+skin, converted it to M2I with M2Mod, made changes in Blender, exported it to M2I, converted it to M2 and finally put it into a MPQ and loaded it into WoW. So far so good. As long as I only stand around nothing happens, but when I emote, attack, mount, etc. WoW crashes.

I have this problem with each model I edited and I don't know what's causing it. So I made the following (today):

Extract M2+skins from MPQ (Draenei Female from art.MPQ)
Convert to M2i
Import into Blender (I made no modifications!)
Export to M2I
Convert to M2
Put into MPQ

Notice, I did not change anything. I only converted the model file. But still, WoW crashes the moment I emote etc. I copied all animation files into my new mpq, just to be safe. So it's not that I messed something up with my edits, it has to be something else, maybe I missed something. I hope you can tell me what I missed, or did wrong.

M2Mod ini:

[options]
#IgnoreMaterials = 0
#IgnoreBones = 0
#IgnoreAttachments = 0
#IgnoreCameras = 0

[debug]
ShowVersion = 1
#Verbose = 2

I used Ladiks MPQ Editor 3.2.2.669, M2Mod v4 2011.04.28, Blender 2.49 and Python 2.7.2.

And of course, I have the latest patcher from VX2. I have "Disable mfil check" and "disable signaturefile checks" checked.

[makrov]

you need to extract the model & skin from the latest patch

[Wavesong]

Also don't edit the model with PyModelEditor.

[vonax]

you need to extract the model & skin from the latest patch

I did that. I took the model from the art.mpq after the launcher had installed the latest patch.

Also don't edit the model with PyModelEditor.

I said nothing about this program. :/ I used Blender.

[Wavesong]

Also I don't play Cata so Idk if it even works for cata .

[vonax]

I think that M2Mod is causing the problems. Does anyone know an alternative program for converting M2 for usage in blender?

[makrov]

I did that. I took the model from the art.mpq after the launcher had installed the latest patch.



I said nothing about this program. :/ I used Blender.

no you need to estract models from every .MPQ file in the right order, not only art.MPQ, or your model will have animation bugs!