[Guide] ~sInX's Guide to Texture/Tileset-Editing with Taliis!

[~sInX]

Texture-Swapping with Taliis; 10% Noob-Friendly (Must have basic knowledge of world-building and ADTs. Noobs are welcome to give this a try though).

Introduction:

Taliis - an amazing piece of software. A java-script, succeeding in making world-building a hell of a lot easier (disregarding the fact that I don’t use it). I do, however, know a lil’ handy trick which allows one to minimize effort when Area-changing and swapping tilesets.

Downloads:

Taliis:

http://www.mmowned.com/forums/model-...ol-taliis.html

NoggIt (Optional):

File-Upload.net - noggit2003.exe

In the following guide I will be swapping the tilesets within 32/48 (Northshire Abbey) to snow (Dun’Morogh, or IRONFORGE relative to locations).

One of the (main) features of taliis is that of opening an ADT via the template and viewing the contents, + editing if needs be. Basically, what we’ll be doing is opening the ADT 32/48 within Taliis, and swapping the tileset treepaths within that ADT, therefore swapping those tilesets for the tileset treepaths we replace them with. As it’s ADT-based, these edits can be seen in NoggIt.

Step 1; Open Taliis:

Hit File - Open. Locate your desired ADT (in my case, 32/4:

The Taliis-editing template will pop up on your left, providing you with several options relative to editing your ADT. Most are self-explanatory. However, I‘ll provide information on the ones you‘ll be needing on the provided screeny below:

Select ‘Texture Files’. Once you’ve done that, a list of the treepaths relative to each tileset within that ADT should pop up in the UI:

Next step - acquire your desired texture treepaths via MyWarcraftStudio. Treepaths are located in common.MPQ\TILESETS\<zone>\<.blp>. Once you’ve located your desired Tilesets, right click and hit ‘Copy Treepath’ } This should all be proceeded as stated within MyWarcraftStudio.

For each tileset you want swapping for, copy it’s treepath, flick back to Taliis, highlight the treepath you want swapping and merely delete, and replace with the one you’ve just copied in MWCS.

As can clearly be seen in the above picture; I have swapped the initial tileset treepaths with my desired treepaths (snowy). When viewing this ADT in NoggIt, the changes can clearly be seen:

As seen in the above picture; ONLY the ADT 32/48 has been edited, as that’s the only ADT I’ve (as of yet) opened and edited via Taliis.

Moreover, the pictures have had .mdx disabled throughout; therefore allowing tileset changes to be an easy and convenient contrast.

Follow the above steps and Gz, you will have swapped tilesets relative to one ADT

Good Luck.

[Ground Zero]

Very Good Guide mate, Thanks

[jeremy7271]

I LOVE YOU......

SO MUCH!

Have my babies?

[Xel]

This guide is very well written and helpful.
We have been in a need for guide like this, thanks.

+Rep, if I'm able

[Tigurius]

Yay, someone wrote a tutorial for Taliis ;P

[~sInX]

This guide is very well written and helpful.
We have been in a need for guide like this, thanks.

Ofc you have. I remember you asking me how to do this not so long ago. Tbh it feels great to help the community I'm really enjoying being part of MMOwned; whilst supporting the model editing section with my knowledge. I think it's great that people are willing to learn. Wouldn't you agree Xel?

Yay, someone wrote a tutorial for Taliis ;P

Haha Totally. I've been waiting for one to pop up for some time now. Got bored, thought i'd do the honors.

[nomer888]

For some reason my NoggIT won't open, it half-opens, then just closes. Any help please?

[Xel]

I completely agree with you sInX

[briliotic]

This may sound really Nooby but how do I locate the ADT files, sorry if there is a guide :S

[~sInX]

Haha There is a guide on adt-editing, in fact there are quite a few.

ADTs are located in common.MPQ\World\Maps

[briliotic]

Mhm. I found out :P I wanted the tiles sets from the emerald sanctuary but seems they were harder to get than I thought. I would PM you with my request but I don't have enough post count :S What a noob...

Basically, I want an Emerald dream version of Moonglade, flowers everywhere, the floating tree's above Lake elune'ara a big statue in Nighthaven, dream catchers everywhere all that sorta stuff Also, many things from maraudon seeing as that pretty much -is- the emerald dream. But eh, if you're too busy I will have to cry

[korric]

This might sound a little wierd, but I've been looking throught the Common.MPQ (and pretty much all over my comp) but I can't find the maps folder anywhere :S
There's no Maps folder in World, or anywhere for that matter :S help!
Sorry if I sound like a complete noob asking this question :P

[~sInX]

common-2.MPQ; NOT common.MPQ

[Zaxer]

I can't even open NoggIt :S
It says I need "libfreetype-6.dll"
Please help

Thanks

[korric]

ok, well I found out where to get to my .ADT files, t was in Common-2.MPQ thnx
That map you're looking at earlier, where it shows the grid and all that... where'd you find that? :S
p.s; sorry for another potential noob question