HD texture replacement from 4.x.x client to 3.3.5a is possible?

[AureusColoris]

It is possible to make WOTLK client with cataclysm HD textures? How can i do this? I want to play on private server.

[Bigwill0208]

It is possible. But let's just say impossible.. Lol

[~sInX]

Hey there AureusColoris. As far as i know, that should be possible. I don't know the situation with MyWarCraftStudio and 4.x.x clients, as i've been out of the game for a while. But if you can view 4.x.x patches as you could 3.x.x patches then i don't see any reason why texture edits would be impossible. If you don't know how to use MyWarcraftStudio then search for a guide (i think there are a few on these forums) and find the one that's easiest for you to understand. Texture changes are probably the easiest, or one of the easiest, forms of model editing, and it shouldn't take you too long to learn if you apply yourself.

Once again, it's been a while since i've done this, so i don't know if 4.x.x clients can be viewed and picked apart in MyWarcraftStudio like 3.x.x can. However, if you can open patches (MPQ files) from your cataclysm client with MyWarcraftStudio, as you can do with patches from your 3.x.x client, then you can find the textures (BLP images) from said client and just extract them. From there it's just a case of replacing images from your WOTLK client patches, and saving MPQs. If you find a suitable guide, it should tell you how to do all of this.

I know the textures have become more detailed and defined in 4.x.x, so i'm guessing if you used the BLPs from 4.x.x clients, they would just transfer to 3.x.x. I'm not sure if this would work/they would look at impressive though, as it could be to do with the game engine and not directly related to the images themselves - i'm just giving you my 2 cents.

I'm sure there are plenty of users around these forums, who have been model editing since cata's release, that know a lot more about this kind of stuff than i do, so perhaps it would be best to keep asking around. Although, if you don't know how to do some of the stuff i've mentioned, then check that out first.

As for the private server part, i don't feel like i know enough about emulation to lecture you on that. You could hope that someone in that field happens to see your post in the model editing section - but if you don't want to bet on that, then you could go over to the emulation section and ask around there about using custom MPQs in a private server (if you want everyone else playing to see it aswell).

I hope that helped you

[MadameGrip]

It is possible

And you can force the client to download a patch from the server, head to the emu section and look for stoneharry's thread..

You can even retexture it yourself.. :P

[Bigwill0208]

the textures will not render in the same way. It is not possible without wow.exe alterations to have same quality..
Of course it is possible to just use the textures from cata. But they will not be exactly the same quality.