Importing Unit Skins

[Dispatcher]

Can someone tell me how to import and use unit skins as in like the blood elf archer by 67_chrome or Draenei Male Shaman i think by 67_chrome also. do you guys know how to import or use those skins?if there is a tutorial can someone pls send me a link of it thanks!

 

[Warseeker]

How to: Import a Skin

 

[Dispatcher]

I'm a little bit confused about the path name part it said that i just had to Tick the custom path and replace "war3mapimported" to Textures and i did what it told me and save it and then i closed the world editor and reopen it but nothing happened it's just the same skin as the original one maybe i have to do more than just changing the path name to Textures?*Sigh....... * the path name really confuses me.

 

[Warseeker]

So you want to overwrite the original skin with a custom one ? In that case you will have to open the model with a model viewer tool such as Magos or Mdx Pather and find the path it uses. For example : The high elf archer skin uses this path :
Units\Creeps\HighElfArcher\HighElfArcher.blp

 

[Dispatcher]

So you want to overwrite the original skin with a custom one ? In that case you will have to open the model with a model viewer tool such as Magos or Mdx Pather and find the path it uses. For example : The high elf archer skin uses this path :
Units\Creeps\HighElfArcher\HighElfArcher.blp

Yes that is exactly what i'm trying to do. Do you mean i have to copy it's path name if i'm able to find it and use that path name as the path name of the skin i have imported in the import manager - meaning instead of naming it to Textures as i have mentioned before i have to use the exact path name of that skin? MEANING:"war3mapimported what ever that skin is.blp" into "Units\Creeps\_____\______.blp exactly what the model viewer shows me it's path name? (Trying to be precise)

 

[Warseeker]

Yes that is exactly what i'm trying to do. Do you mean i have to copy it's path name if i'm able to find it and use that path name as the path name of the skin i have imported in the import manager - meaning instead of naming it to Textures as i have mentioned before i have to use the exact path name of that skin? MEANING:"war3mapimported what ever that skin is.blp" into "Units\Creeps\_____\______.blp exactly what the model viewer shows me it's path name? (Trying to be precise)

Exactly.

 

[Dispatcher]

Ok what i just said before where only half true you do need to put textures on the blp you have imported. What i did is i opened the import manager and imported the unit skin which is the Draenei Male Shaman and change the custom path War3mapimported\Druidofthetalon.blp To Textures\Druidofthetalon.blp
And then i imported the SAME file again but with a different custom path as what Warseeker said i used the original units model skin path which is the Unit\Nightelf\Druidofthetalon\Druidofthetalon i copied it and paste it to the new blp file i have just imported which is the Druidofthetalon.blp and the new custom path of it is now Unit\Nightelf\Druidofthetalon\Druidofthetalon.blp and then after that i clicked ok and then saved the map closed it and reopen it and when i go to night elf units and click druid of the talon unit it now has turned into the draenei Male Shaman i was intending to use so that i how i imported the skin actually this is the first time i have imported a unit skin and i did it sucessfully so hooray thanks by the way for helping and giving advices Warseeker maybe without you giving me advices i may have not got idea of what i have now so thanks!