Importing Skins

[Mesveble]

How do I find out the correct path for the skins?

 

[Sopho]

Download WC3 Viewer (download in tool section)
open up the mpq which has the skin in it.

On the right side, there should be a tree list box. Browse and find the skin through the mpq. The skin name should be it. Monitor your way you browsed through the mpq and that should be the path.

 

[FrezzWaR]

please someone help me. I dont understand hot to use skins. :evil: help me please

 

[Sopho]

please someone help me. I dont understand hot to use skins. :evil: help me please

lol isn't this a skin tutorial? did you read it clearly?

 

[FrezzWaR]

lol isn't this a skin tutorial? did you read it clearly?[/quote]


yes i have read all clearly. I am trying to put a skin on a Demon hunter but i dont think i can finde the right path. i have tryed with wc3 Viewer but cant still finde it :evil:

 

[Sopho]

Under textures

 

[FrezzWaR]

i know i am a noobie to this but where do you finde textures?

 

[Sopho]

Its a single folder category in your mpq. You'll see it with WC3 Viewer or Image Extractor's tree list view.

 

[Mesveble]

Is War3 Viewer the same as WinMPQ?

 

[Sopho]

No it isn't.

 

[Mesveble]

Okay, I've got War3 Viewer now, but how do I get it to tell me the correct file path for the skin? I've tried, but I've failed miserably.

 

[Sopho]

Using the MPQ Open button on the toolbar, open up war3.mpq or war3.mpq located in your Warcraft III Folder. On the right side there should be a mpq tree list browser. Browse with it to find your skin. Note your leaving a path to the skin as you browse through the categories.

 

[FrezzWaR]

can some1 please what i need to type? i have tryed with wc3 wiever and other programs but it dont work. What do i do wrong??? Mu demon hunter sill loks borring

 

[Sopho]

You type the path for your skin. The path for your Demon Hunter skin is: Textures\HeroDemonHunter.blp

The tools provide a MPQ Viewer which browses the mpq as I said.

 

[Mesveble]

*slaps self* I finally figured out how to do it! Thanks, Sopho!

 

[Eusira]

Doesn't help at all. I import a viollager skin thru
textures\
units\critters\villagerman\villagerman
units\critters\villagermale\villagermale

i have tried reversing the first unit name with the second and everything else, but the only way is to use the "second skin" way

 

[Sopho]

Eusira,

Re-import the skin.
Make sure the paths are correct. Look them up in WC3 Viewer's tree list view very carefully.

IMPORTANT - All skins imported end with a .blp if its in .blp format and .tga if its in .tga format.

 

[StrateRecord3]

Help!

I have done exactly what you have said above, tried it on several different things, I have successfully imported the skin and changed file path, but I still do not know how to usethe skins! For one of the skins the unit path pointed to the rifleman, so i placed 1 and the rifleman dissapeared and only his coat remained, but this was not the skin I intended or previewed in the screenshot! Help please!

 

[Sopho]

If you've been reading, skins automatically apply themseleves to their models. An import to the path is all you need to do. WE may not show the skin, but it should recognise it in the game.

Sounds like corrupted alpha channels problems too with the skin, did you download it or make it yourself?

 

[StrateRecord3]

Dled from this site i understand that the skin applies itself to the model in the path file but it wont work! the skin looked no different in game!

 

[Sopho]

Perhaps you need to contact the author. Or re-download the skin. Remember, skin paths are mostly the problems why they will not work, double check again, and use \ not /.

 

[Uchiha_Ryuuka]

hey iam new here :mrgreen: and could u plz tell me how 2 use WCIII viwer i mean show me it like this toturial... with pics'n'stuff?? i would b reallu happy if ya could put pics up with ever step finding the thing

 

[Sopho]

why ask here? Do a search in the skins or models forum on how WC3 Viewer works.

 

[InuYasha.]

hmm

everytime i import my skin the thing goes under score screen and i do everything u say

 

[Saikann]

Re: hmm

i do everything u say

If that was true, then it would be working

 

[Eusira]

The only actual way I was able to import it was to make it as if it was another model. Yes that means exporting the model, mdl editing with the textures used, but it worked, but was friggin' painful. I think when I use layers in photoshop it screws the skins and they can't be used

 

[ToonCrAfter]

Arg...

I did all the tutorial said and i used the scarecrow.blp skin, I imported, changed its path to units\Creeps\Zombie\ZombieA.blp and saved the map...I got back on and looked for the zombie in the unit layer...a huge green box appeared saying could not load zombieA.mdl...I have tried over and over and even with different skins...i keep getting the same thing over and over again..WHAT DO I DO!! AHHH!

 

[Sopho]

1. Sometimes, WE may have problems loading the skin or model, so it may take a while to recognise it or display it corretly. It should in some cases, work in the game.

2. Contact the author.

 

[Kaamos]

Yo..I have a problem

Hi...I am new around here and my name is Alex...

I know that this isn't for models...But can anyone explain me how do I import models in my map....I rad the tutorial but i don't get it.

I want to import Tyrael....What paths i msut write for the blps and how do I know what to write...

PLS help me.....

 

[Sopho]

Welcome to wc3sear then.

Link me to the page of the model you want to import first of all.

 

[Qvist]

Problems with Imporrting

Listen ive got a mysterious problem...

Ive imported my Blp file (shock phalanx) and changed the custom path to the original skin.

units\human\BloodElfSpellThief\BloodElfSpellThief.blp

But the skin didnt changed so plz help me...

 

[ElfWarfare]

your path is not right, the right path is:
Textures\BloodElf-SpellThief.blp

 

[DemonScythe]

man this is getting frustrating well see i downloaded Squall's Scary Crypt Fiend coz it looked so nice and gorey but well i got the mdl file but i cant seem to use it i imported it copy and pasted the path from the dl page to the Full Path Box but i just cant get my crypt fiend to look like the gorey new one

 

[Qvist]

To Elfwarfare

Thx its workin now!!

But one question more...
How did you find out??

Ive been lookin in the Object manager and copied the model text...

 

[ElfWarfare]

I know half of the paths on mind, the other half I search in Wc3 image Extractor II

 

[Qvist]

hmm

Ive been looking threw the extractor and i cant find tft tags. I need to find Keal\blood mages tag..

aarggh!

 

[ElfWarfare]

you must open the War3x.mpq

and use View > Search and search for the BloodMage

 

[Qvist]

okii..
But were to find war3x.mpq??
Ive been searching for it and found a Windows media player file.. :?

 

[ElfWarfare]

search for it in your wc3 folder (program files\WarcraftIII) - it should be this if you didnt change it.

 

[Qvist]

kk ive found it but how to open it :?:

 

[ElfWarfare]

in Wc3 image Extractor II go to open > archive (mpq) or press ctrl+A (I think)

next time just PM me if you need something

 

[TriX]

Ok now this is my first time trying to make a custom skin work so go easy on me if I say something incredibly stupid. Now I read the tutorial about 100 times and done everything its asked but my skin wont work. So I wanna ask in the example, where was the Goblin folder located and does it even matter?
I'm trying to make the Deimos skin work and the folder is located C:\Deimos\Deimos\Textures\.
I've imported all the correct files and used the correct pathway (I think) but the it keeps saying Cannot load model Deimos\Demois\Deimos.mdl (even those its Deimos.mdx). Am I supposed to put the folders or files in a certain place?

 

[Afronight_76]

ah oz, you left out one very big step in your tutorial- how to find out what the path of the skin is.

 

[Clangeddin]

Sorry if ask, but... where is it in the game interface that must be imported the skin? I tried to put the file in all "Console" values but the result sucked and it was all messed up, you tell us how to import them and that's good but... how do we use them? -_-

 

[ChopperBoy]

Ok, I've been Downloading Effects like the Laser, Goliath Rockets, and then importing them to the W3 Editor. I put them both in the Projectile Art box, but:

Laser - The Laser only appears when the attack impacts the enemy, not while it's traveling to the enemy, so it looks basically just like a blue line through the enemy I'm attacking.

Goliath Rockets - Instead of the Rockets shooting out of my unit, they shoot out behind the enemy, opposite of my unit, then towards him (The model should be shooting out of the unit, and then towards the enemy, not shooting from nothing behind the enemy)

Is it something wrong with the models, or am I doing something wrong? I'm new at this btw.

 

[l3loodFiend]

Can someone tell me how to get custom interfaces to work. I imported the edited HumanUItiles 1 to 4, changed the path, but it doesnt work.

 

[White_Crow]

models

off the subject of skins is there any way I can import models into WC3 ROC?

 

[ElfWarfare]

yes, you need, hmm, I think it was called winMPQ, not sure if it is win, you can find it in the tool section, then you need to open the MPQ and insert the skin, War3m.mpq <--- thats the mpq file you need to open.

 

[White_Crow]

......... I need to import models.

 

[ElfWarfare]

yea, its all the same, just you import a model instead of skin....
then set the path as it ask you(models path :roll: ) then in game set the path on the model.