Model Editing: Swapping models and textures in 1.12.1 Vanilla.

[Lilithfawn]

As the title suggests I need a little help with swapping out models on a private server. I'm running 1.12.1 and I've tried various editing packages; GMES, Noggit, GES, MywarcraftStudio. I looked at several tutorials, read multiple articles and tried my best to just put stuff everywhere and see if something worked. So far the closest I've gotten was swapping my tauren to look like a dinosaur, and then a dryad, etc etc. The only problem is that the textures don't go with it. So I end up with a blob of white or black running around. I looked at information on adding textures after that, but most of these are for weapons and don't really translate to models / creature swapping.

I don't particularly want to just ask for someone to make me a tauren female to dryad female MPQ / WDB, as I want to make multiple changes to models in the future so need to learn for myself. So can anyone point me in the right direction as to what I'm doing wrong? The videos and tutorials I did read seem to almost have their textures insta-added when they change the files around. I'm new to this model swapping business in general. I read somewhere you can swap the M2 around and change their names with 1.12.1, after making a back-up copy. This just keeps ending in extract errors or the model in question becoming invisible though via the preview.

Any help would be much appreciated, thank you.

- Lilz

P.S - I've added a screenshot of the problem in question. Beware the giant mesh of pixels!

[konneman]

Hey.

I also seem to have the same problem, did it work out for u? Isnt there anyone kind enough to take some time and help us out? Just point fingers on any tutorail, every tutorial for Vanilla 1.12.1 here that i can find is outdatet or dosent work...