MDLVis says textures are missing

[Zak17]

So I'm following the tutorial in this thread: Skinning and Wrapping tutorial and things were going good until i got to step 6. I click modules, UV Map Editor, and then i get a textures missing error. Even the custom texture i want to rewrap is missing. Any suggestions?

I'm gonna be honest, Im having a lot of trouble editing models now that the mpqs are gone. Magos doesn't work right anymore, and neither does War3 Viewer. I can only add custom textures with Magos now, and all War3 Viewer is good for is converting textures. Am I missing a tool? Are there newer versions that can use the CASC archives? Im trying to get to the point that i can do simple edits for myself so i don't have to request them from others, but all the tools I know how to use are outdated. Do I need to download the old mpqs somewhere, or do i just roll back my install? And if thats the case, how do i take it back to older versions?

 

[Lt_Hawkeye]

While I can't help you with your problem,

here is a link to the old mpqs ultra compressed by Retera. https://www.hiveworkshop.com/attachments/build3-zip.259156/

 

[Zak17]

Okay, so that is super helpful. However, MDLVis is still producing a blank model, which is still quite confusing.

 

[Lt_Hawkeye]

In Magos, try checking what the path to the skin is, maybe the path to the texture isn't correct, you can use mdxpather to change the path. Mdx Pather

 

[Zak17]

I just tried it with a newly extracted model from the mpq, and its still blank. Do I need to tell MDLVis where the mpqs are?

 

[Hermit]

Do I need to tell MDLVis where the mpqs are?

Try placing the mpqs in the same folder as Mdlvis.exe