How model swap

[Android32]

updated the guide for wod.
watch the mop video if this is your first time vising this forum



( note: I was really tired when i made this, but you should be able to understand the gist of it)






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FOR MOP. WATCH IF YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE WATCHING WOD VIDEO
Its about damn time someone do one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUbBR6ZSu2c

now stop requesting.

[mqmq0]

Okay, its pretty easy to swap character models, but what about items?
I tried to look for specific items, but in the model.mpq all the items has a name like "Axe_1H_Alliance_D_01.m2", which is god knows what axe ....
How to search the in-game names in this?

[Android32]

Okay, its pretty easy to swap character models, but what about items?
I tried to look for specific items, but in the model.mpq all the items has a name like "Axe_1H_Alliance_D_01.m2", which is god knows what axe ....
How to search the in-game names in this?

get wow model viewer

[mqmq0]

And how to search in it? i tried with name, item id. But no luck

[Android32]

And how to search in it? i tried with name, item id. But no luck

click character, then pick any model. then on right side click right hand.

[mqmq0]

I managed to find couple items with model viewer but not all, far from it. I set an item id as filter, and some items are show up, some are not. I tried to look thorough manually all the items, daggers for example, but I couldn't find my dagger, and a lot other dagger what I know.
Could you be more specific, how to find an item in the mpq files?

[Android32]

I managed to find couple items with model viewer but not all, far from it. I set an item id as filter, and some items are show up, some are not. I tried to look thorough manually all the items, daggers for example, but I couldn't find my dagger, and a lot other dagger what I know.
Could you be more specific, how to find an item in the mpq files?

item swaps arent seen often, for this reason. very hard to find model

[stevesgamebox]

Thanks. In 10 years never seen something that spoon feeds it to ya. Noob question, but is it just my model that will change.. or all models?

Like for example, if I take a night elf model and switch it to human (as in the video)

[mqmq0]

All night elf will be human, some npc-s too.

Android:
Did you, or anyone else managed to swap from anything to pandaren? I tried, but the face texture was a mess

[Android32]

Thanks. In 10 years never seen something that spoon feeds it to ya. Noob question, but is it just my model that will change.. or all models?

Like for example, if I take a night elf model and switch it to human (as in the video)

thanks, and yes, all nightelves will become human, including npcs.

All night elf will be human, some npc-s too.

Android:
Did you, or anyone else managed to swap from anything to pandaren? I tried, but the face texture was a mess

yes you will, because if you have looked at the pandaren textures, they differently set up because its the new model. the face and arms are in different spots. to view the blp goggle blp converter and open as png in paint and you will know what i am talking about. you shouldn't have this problem when new models come in WoD

[mqmq0]

Yeah, I figured. No problem, I dont really like the pandaren look. I just wanted to try the animations, which is pretty cool, I'll tried to swap just the animation files, but with horrible results... wowerror and such
There is a topic about animation porting in this section, I'll give it a shot later.

[Android32]

Yeah, I figured. No problem, I dont really like the pandaren look. I just wanted to try the animations, which is pretty cool, I'll tried to swap just the animation files, but with horrible results... wowerror and such
There is a topic about animation porting in this section, I'll give it a shot later.

yeah, animation swapping is done through .dbc editing or is in .m2 file. i cant remember. but in all reality, when model swapping, you dont need to swap .anim files.

[mqmq0]

Yeah, but i dont want to swap the model just the animation.

[Android32]

i believe there is a guide on http://modcraft.superparanoid.de/ just search it

[Method]

Nice guide, easy to follow.

Quality could've been a little better and would've been even better if he provided fixes for the problems he found at the end of the video, but informational nevertheless.

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Just need to find the High Elf model now, Don't play Live anymore and no idea where to get it.

[Edit]: This Guide doesn't work for Vanilla.