[Guide] Weapon Swing Animations

[saline]

*6/18/09 UPDATE: Using this method will change your weapon type and will prevent abilities that require a certain weapon type to be used. Example: Mutilate

*10/24/10 Update: Wow no longer uses Itemcache.wdb.



Program needed: Freeware Hex Editor XVI32 or any hex editor

1. To start out open Worldofwarcraft\Cache\ADB\enUS\item.ADB with your hex editor and minimize.

2. Open your internet browser, go to wow.allakhazam.com, do a search for your weapon (I'll use Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker), and click on it. Now click xml on the right side where it lists the buy/sell price of the item. Scroll down until you find <displayinfo>30606</displayinfo> copy that number (30606) into a dec->hex converter. I used http://www.parkenet.com/apl/HexDecConverter.html.

3. Now take the hexadecimal which should be 778E and switch them around to 8E77

4. Now restore your hex editor and hit CTRL + F and put 8E77 as a hex string not a text string. Hit ok.

6. You should see 4x[FF] ([FF][FF][FF][FF] <--- like this to the left of where your cursor is) now follow this line left until you get to the first box with a value (other than 0 of course) in it and in my example (Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker) that value is a [07]

7. Now you know the Itemid=8E77 and Item type=07

8. So now search for the item your character has equipped and replace the Itemid and Item type with the numbers you found on step 7

9. Save, log in and enjoy


I'll list some Item types now to save you some trouble

Dagger: 0F
Fist: 0D
?Fishing Pole?: 14
Thrown: 10
Wand: 13
1h mace: 04
2h Axe: 01
Polearm: 06

[Mudkip]

dude, that's what I've been looking for ages, srsly, you are my hero.

+rep of course

[Glitchy]

Nice job finding this for your self i was always to lazy to track it down as im not a melle class.

[Eluo]

nice...
tooshort

[mexmike]

epic! ive been trying to do this forever. Nice post man +Rep

[yazzoo]

Nice find, +rep too
Would you by any chance know how to modify the animation of a melee spell??
Like for example taking the last animation of Stormstrike back because the new animation (like mutilate) really sucks on a tauren

[Nose]

woooot impressive that awesome!

is posible to "hide" offhand weapons animations?

i mean i want to change my enh shaman dw 1h maces to a enh shaman using 2h animations (but 2h , no DW 2h ).....i miss the old days so thats kinda the only option i have .....

[silentshot]

It cant find Calamity's grasp or anything i search for..

[Xnokt]

Pretty Fking Sexy +Rep

[Xel]

Make a video please. I just want to see it, lol

[ashabaal]

Omg, thank you mate <3

[Eluo]

Make a video please. I just want to see it, lol

It takes max 5 mins to complete that edit.
Follow that tutorial and you got it ingame.
Then there is no need for a video....

[silentshot]

Its not as easy as it looks when it finds none of the items you type...

[saline]

Its not as easy as it looks when it finds none of the items you type...

The weapons you search for have to be in your itemcache, in other words your character has to have seen them in-game. So go to wowhead and search for your weapon, click "Link", and copy-paste that in-game and it should show up in your itemcache

[PhilipStoffer]

That guide is truely epic!

Impressively executed.

Most definately +rep