MoP Model Editing

[Maccer]

Hi, while reading some tutorials here on forums, I noticed that all of these are old/outdated.

So now I wanna know, is Model Editing even possible with the latest patch?
Is race swapping possible (not morphing by a hack)?
Are those advanced model edits like whole new zones or zone reskins possible today?

Thanks.

[Andros]

Many thing remain unchanged regarding model-editing from 4.x.x -> 5.x.x. There are, however, already discovered several changes in the files. Here's some of the recent research on how the terrain files are built in 5.x.x:
MoP - WoWDev
To sum it up, it basically says that there's now 5 parts of an .adt instead of 4 (there were 4 in 4.x.x, and one in 3.x.x). A converter has already been invented by feangren (you might know him as spoutnik), and it can be downloaded here.

Regarding the .wdt file: Apparently, some changes have been made, but the old format does in my experience still work in 5.x.x

I've had some troubles with loading different M2's and wmo's - I'll have to research this. But to answer your question:
Yes, (probably) everything that was possible in 4.x.x is possible in 5.x.x - I guess that's why new guides haven't been made.

[Maccer]

Many thing remain unchanged regarding model-editing from 4.x.x -> 5.x.x. There are, however, already discovered several changes in the files. Here's some of the recent research on how the terrain files are built in 5.x.x:
MoP - WoWDev
To sum it up, it basically says that there's now 5 parts of an .adt instead of 4 (there were 4 in 4.x.x, and one in 3.x.x). A converter has already been invented by feangren (you might know him as spoutnik), and it can be downloaded here.

Regarding the .wdt file: Apparently, some changes have been made, but the old format does in my experience still work in 5.x.x

I've had some troubles with loading different M2's and wmo's - I'll have to research this. But to answer your question:
Yes, (probably) everything that was possible in 4.x.x is possible in 5.x.x - I guess that's why new guides haven't been made.

I'll just beg you to spoonfeed me now, but would those advanced model edits such as underground WG flag capping work nowadays?

[Andros]

I'll just beg you to spoonfeed me now, but would those advanced model edits such as underground WG flag capping work nowadays?

This particular model edit consists of swapping the in-game terrain, WSG is lying on, with an edited terrain. Basically, you're doing an .adt swap, which works!
- the problem would be to edit the 5.x.x .adt's in the first place; I don't think that can be done, since Noggit doesn't support other than 3.x.x files.

But to answer your question:
Yes, underground WG flag capping would work after a file-conversion with above-mentioned converter.

EDIT: It's also a little more complicated to implement the models into live-servers. You need same launcher as in 4.x.x, but you should call your MPQ archive wow-update-base-17000 instead of the typical used 4.x.x 'wow-update-base-15800'.

If you give me an older WG flag-capping archive, I can try to update it.