[Import] How can I change the campaign background screen of my campaign

[NightStalker]

How to do this?

 

[Chaosy]

Find the path of an existing one and replace it.

I might be wrong, I will double check in a sec because I am playing LoL right now.

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[NightStalker]

Thanks for the answer I've noticed I have asked it wrong. How to make a custom background was supposed to be the question. How can I make a .mdx background so I can import it?

 

[Chaosy]

Do you mean an actual animated one or an mdx that looks like an image so that it becomes a background image?

 

[NightStalker]

An actual animated one, but if it turns out to be too much work, knowing one looks like an image would come in handy for me because I don't want to use internal ones which are already used a million times

 

[Chaosy]

Well since it's a mdx it's a model, so you only need to learn modeling in wc3.
My guess is that it will take a few months of practice at the very least before you can make a decent one from scratch.

You can edit existing ones by just editing the texture which can give a really different look but in the end it's the same.
This is much easier though.

 

[NightStalker]

But how can I make it animated? I have the tools necessary. For example the human background has the knight/footman standing under a gate and there is a castle behind him. Where can I create this?

 

[Chaosy]

Milkshape or 3DS max, probably.

As for HOW to do it - there is a tutorial section.

 

[NightStalker]

I searched for it but I couldn't find any can you send the link if you don't mind ^^

What I still dont understand is, there are tons of units that I can use but how can I put many models together in some place and export it to the game? Should it count as one big unit or can it be separate units put together on a canvas?

 

[Hermit]

how can I put many models together in some place and export it to the game?

Read this.

 

[NightStalker]

Awesome, this is surely gonna take some time tho. But the program has some issues like not closing even with the task manager but I can handle it

 

[Hermit]

program has some issues like not closing even with the task manager

Strange, I never had that problem with Matrix Eater. I seldom get consecutive error messages that can be annoying, but I can close the program.

 

[NightStalker]

Idk maybe it was some rare bug , my antivirus program told me it even had trojan in it anyways if I understood right, I'll just have to put the models I want in one model. But what about the animation that'll be used on the background screen ?

 

[Hermit]

But what about the animation that'll be used on the background screen ?

I'm not sure I understand the question, but you can create and edit animations with MdlVis. Here's a basic tutorial.

 

[NightStalker]

no no, I know how to create custom ones. The question I got is, how can I make that unit play a specific set of animations in that background screen? Or does it only play stand animations?

 

[Hermit]

The question I got is, how can I make that unit play a specific set of animations in that background screen? Or does it only play stand animations?

I don't know which (and how many) animations can be used, but all standard campaign background screens have 2 animations (birth and stand). Why would you even need more animations? It's just a background screen, not a cinematic.

 

[NightStalker]

Ahaha I want a more energetic looking one check heroes of the storm's main menu for example. After an entry the unit is playing its standing animation as well.