[Guide] Model Editing: For Dummies

[Krazzee]

NOTE: Model.mpq, speech.mpq, etc. have been combined into Common.mpq

This guide will teach you how to do druid bear forms. We will be making the druid bear form for night elves into Kel'Thuzad.


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1)download MyWarcraftStudio at

http://www.cnitblog.com/Files/linghu..._0.10.6337.rar
Or
http://linghuye.googlepages.com/MyWa..._0.10.6337.rar

2) open My Warcraft Studio


3) Click on the folder button at the top left of the MyWarcraftStudio window then go down on the list and select Comment.MPQ


4) click on creatures, and go down till you see folder called DruidBear open it.


5) Now open notepad or wordpad or something like that, and type in DruidBear.m2, we will be useing that as our model file.


6) Now go out of that folder, and go down till you see a folder called Kel'Thuzad, open it.


7) Now go to your C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Data, it should look like the picture below.


now create a folder in there called Creature


9) then inside the folder called Creature make another folder called DruidBear


10) Now go back to MyWarcraftStudio and you should still have Kel'Thuzad open, left click on the text Kel'Thuzad.m2 then right click it and click extract to file a window should pop up like the one in the picture below, go to your C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Data.


11) now go to your Character file, then your DruidBear file, hit save in the druidbear file. now go back to your DruidBear, and you should see something called Kel'Thuzad.m2 there, right click on it, and rename it to DruidBear.m2 (make sure you get both caps, it is case sensitive, all of the things are even the folders.)


12) Now go back to MyWarcraftStudio, and click on the folder in the top lefthand side, and go to Common.mpq again


13) Now go to Creature, then find the folder DruidBear again.


14) Now open up your notepad, and type DruidBearSkin.blp


15) Now go down in creatures, and find the folder called Kel'Thuzad, open it.


16) Now same as before left click on the thing called Kel'Thuzad.blp then right click it and click extract to file, then go to C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Data, then Creature, then DruidBear, then extract it into the DruidBear folder.


17) Now rename the Kel'Thuzad.blp to DruidBearSkin.blp (again make it EXACTLY as mine are)


1 Now go up to the top of MyWarcraftStudio, and click on Pack(P), then click Create MPQ Archive, a window should pop up, go to your C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Data then call it patch-3.MPQ then hit open.


19) Now Click on add file to archive... then a window like the one in the picture below should pop up.


20) Now go and click on the ... button, then go to your C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Data, then Creature, then DruidBear, then doubleclick on DruidBear.m2 it's name should now pop up into the bar, do not hit OK yet.


21) now type in behind the DruidBear.m2 Creature\DruidBear so it should read as follows Creature\DruidBear\DruidBear.m2. then hit OK.


22) now click on add file to archive... again and hit the ... button to browse and click on DruidBearSkin.blp then it should pop up into the bar like the pic below and like before, dont hit OK yet.


23) now type in behind the DruidBearSkin.blp Creature\DruidBear so it should look like followed: Creature\DruidBear\DruidBearSkin.blp


24) Now exit out of your folders, and MyWarcraftStudio, log onto WoW go into bear form and VOILA! you are Kel'Thuzad.


so In a nutshell what you do is

1) open mywarcraft studio

2) go to model or patch.MPQ

3) find the name of the model you have taht you want to change, write it down into your notepad.

4) find the .m2 of the model you want to be, then maek a folder in your C:\Program Files\World of
Warcraft\Data then make a folder called Creature, then make a folder called the name of what you have that you want to change.

5) right click and extract the .m2 of the thing you want to be in there.

6) rename it to the thing you have.

7)go to textures or patch.MPQ

look for the .blp name of the thing you have, write it down in notepad.

9) look for the .blp of the thing you want, to be, then right click andextract that to the folder
called the thing that you want to change.

10) rename the .blp of what you want to be, to the .blp of the thing you already have that you want to change.

11) click on Pack(P) then create new MPQ archive, go to C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Data, then make a file there called speech2.MPQ

12)then click on add file to archive, click the ... button to browse, go to the folder you made in your C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Data, then double click the .m2 or .blp, then look at the top of the folder, and copy the Creature\***** part, then make it so it says Creature\*****\*****.m2 or .blp, teh ***** is the nmae of the folder of the thing you ahve that you want to change.

13) do it for the .blp and .m2, then exit out and have fun

[Avianar47]

nice, would this work if u wanted to make the bear form to goblin?
EDIT: and +rep for it

[Krazzee]

it'd be harder, because see goblin is a character folder, and bear form is a creature folder, it's easy to make a creature folder such as bear form, into another creature folder such as kel'thuzad, but for a creature folder to a character folder, i haven't gotten it working quite right, it always gives me jsut a black outline of the shape i want, no texture.

[Ronguts]

it'd be harder, because see goblin is a character folder, and bear form is a creature folder, it's easy to make a creature folder such as bear form, into another creature folder such as kel'thuzad, but for a creature folder to a character folder, i haven't gotten it working quite right, it always gives me jsut a black outline of the shape i want, no texture.

Thats where Databases and Hex editors come in.

[Krazzee]

heh, i cant figure those things out if my life depended on it lol.

but if you can do it, i'd really appreciate it if you could show me how.

[poop]

Ya, but how do you do it for weapons?

[Krazzee]

lol time for my 2nd thread lol, i'll post it in a minute when i finish. with my 2 million orders for models.

[bloodofwar]

Well buddy, matt posted this a while back, but there was a prob. The Things that u made come up on WoW studios were white silluettes, ill try right now tho and thanks for picture guide lot ez'r than matts!

[Krazzee]

gazp! he said something bad about matt's post! *ducks in bunker*

[bloodofwar]

K is it just me or is link broken??

hey i got u big prob. I did exactly what it said BUT when i logged on and bear formed, i didnt have the shape of Kel thuzas. I had the shape of the bear but i looked real boney anf stuff like kel thuzad.

hello?? any1 there?

[gahndai]

K is it just me or is link broken??

hey i got u big prob. I did exactly what it said BUT when i logged on and bear formed, i didnt have the shape of Kel thuzas. I had the shape of the bear but i looked real boney anf stuff like kel thuzad.

hello?? any1 there?

Sounds like you are not replacing the model correctly, but you seem to have the texture correct. Just double check all the file names are correct to replace the orginal model, maybe even create a new mpq and repack everything just to be sure.

[Gapo]

I only have one prob... all the models are without skins... there just wihite
plz help

[Tenche]

Oooooooo.... sex

[Krazzee]

there we go, I got a new link for the WoW model viewer, the old one was broken. enjoy!

[Missaar]

This inspired me to try to change the voidwalker model to a green fire elemental one Thanks for the great guide