Question regarding Warden and Model Edit.

[thrass]

Yes, this is one of those paranoia threads, but I'm very curious.

Right now I'm making my BE Female look like a Human Male, I'm not using model editing for advantages, I just wanted a different look.

I remember a big thread on the WoW forums talking about a program Blizzard uses called Warden. This program, from what I understood, automatically checks the users World of Warcraft folder for foreign content (I.E. like bot programs or speed hacks).

My concern is, am I rolled the dice everytime I click the ME.exe file and log in with a different .MPQ file? Is this automatic program going to detect these harmless files and get my account banned?

Yes, paranoid I am, but check I must.

Thanks.

[Xcynic]

Well, people have been doing editing and using "foreign" content for years and have not gotten caught, so I wouldent worry about it really.

[schlumpf]

Even when using edits for tiny advantages you wont be banned immediantely. Most likely you'll be warned before.

I never got banned until now and have not always used Modelediting only for style purposes. (My last one was flying a Orc to Teldrassil and leveling there. I did not get banned even if I got seen by around 5 alliance's characters. (And I was in Winterspring and Hyjal, the full way to Teldrassil to Durotar ..).

This does NOT mean "get advantages, you wont get banned". It just should say: not instantely. And not because Warden detects some files in \WoW\Data.

-- schlumpf

[Gorge]

Tbh, just rename the wow folder name, as i did to something random.
Or do it at private servers

[schlumpf]

uhm ... changing wow's folder's name wont change anything ...
this is just the most stupid idea i ever heard ..

[Mercer]

i was once a paranoid model editer, but now i cant give two shits if blizz catch me
1 as its a game and 2 i cant get banned imo as no1 can see my edits so no1 knows im doing it so they cant report me to blizz so blizz wont scan, and blizz only hate ADVANTAGES i dont think they care ever i went from human male to undead male, so tbh dont worry model edit and enjoy wow, you enjoy is as you reskinned so blizz get there money so there happy and your happy :P

[Creez330]

Warden... Blizzards anti-hack/cheat system, checks which proccesses ur PC is running everytime U boot up WoW.. If it see's things like CheatEngine.exe and so forth it will hit you with the ban hammer.. I get my modelfixes from somone privately, and they aren't called shit like ModelEditFix.exe (which imho, is the most obvious name like "OH LOOK AT MY IM TTLY NOT MODELCHANGING") I would rly rename it or something.. Lol.. Either way, afaik no-one has been caugh using any model fix, but god knows when they will update their crappy warden system..

[JimbobGo]

They really don't care if you want to play dress-up with your character. They won't take action at all until it becomes a "problem".

[Creez330]

afaik at some point blizzard said on their forums that changing ur own gear, gaining no advantage what-so-ever, was legal..

[Gorge]

uhm ... changing wow's folder's name wont change anything ...
this is just the most stupid idea i ever heard ..

When you install WoW you also install warden to scan the folder where you install it at (standard: C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft or whatever).
I renamed my folder to "cake", and with a CTRL - ALT - DEL checking i found no warden running in background.

[schlumpf]

you know, that warden is scan.dll? its not a new process ... wow loads warden on runtime (and updates it before ..)