Replace a defalut unit?

[morgwin]

Hi,


I am fairly new to warcraft 3 modding, I've managed to replace units in the world editor but not the the original campaign. I've looked in the mpq files and tried renaming and replacing the footman but all that appears is a blob shadow.


Thanks.

*Default (Should of double checked the title)

 

[Cokemonkey11]

are you trying to replace all instances of the footman unit in the wc3 campaign?

I've literally never heard of anyone trying to do this before.

 

[LordDz]

Just edit the Footman in the object editor?
Also pretty sure there is a replace unit in the advanced tab of the editor, at least there is for doodads and terrain.

 

[morgwin]

Hi,

Yeah, i tried the object window but it only replaces that maps instance of the Footman,
Like Cokemonkey said, I want to replace the footman model in general, so it affects the entire game.

 

[Adiktuz]

well, you could enable local files and just make a Units folder inside your wc3, then put the new footman model in the right path inside that folder

I think that would be

YourWc3Folder\Units\Human\Footman\Footman.mdx

 

[morgwin]

Thanks, How would i enable local files?

 

[Adiktuz]

via the registry... search for threads about local files

 

[morgwin]

Thanks, So if the files name is FootmanRevised_squished.mdx, i could rename it to Footman.mdx and place it into \Units\Human\Footman\Footman.mdx ?

 

[Adiktuz]

You rename the file to Footman.mdx and you place it into

Yourwc3folder\Units\Human\Footman\

Also, by doing this, in case you wanna revert back to the old models, just rename the Units folder...

 

[morgwin]

Models with textures do not seem to work, they just show up as a blob shadow.

 

[Adiktuz]

Of course you will also need to put their textures to the correct path...

example: if that models uses Text1.blp as texture then you also need to copy Text1.blp into the Footman folder...

if it uses Textures\Text1.blp then you need to copy Text1.blp into a Textures folder inside the Footman folder...

 

[morgwin]

Unfortunately the models i have, don't list the paths for the textures.

I have the .blp in the same folder (as the original model had them) the the model viewer shows the footman textured.
Ingame though it shows only shadows.

 

[Adiktuz]

Open them up on Magos model editor and open texture manager to see the paths...

if you can't open them in magos due to missing textures, it will show an error message that contains the path...


or find an mdx to mdl converter, convert the model so that you can open it up on notepad...

 

[morgwin]

They appear correctly in the viewer, but not ingame.

The mdl says.

Textures 8 {
Bitmap {
Image "HumanMaleBody.blp",
}
Bitmap {
Image "HumanMaleHair.blp",
}
Bitmap {
Image "HumanMaleCape.blp",
}
Bitmap {
Image "Sword_1H_Long_B_02.blp",
}
Bitmap {
Image "Shoulder_Plate_B_01Cape.blp",
}
Bitmap {
Image "Shoulder_Plate_B_01Cape.blp",
}
Bitmap {
Image "Helm_Plate_B_01Stormwind_HuMCape.blp",
}
Bitmap {
Image "Shield_Crest_B_01Cape.blp",
}
}

Bug

 

[Adiktuz]

and can I take a look at where you placed the textures? coz I have been using custom models that has custom textures using that same method and never encountered that problem...

 

[sethmachine]

At least it got the shadows right

 

[Adiktuz]

Well, shadows in wc3 are part of unit data, not part of the model... so no matter how fail you get in putting the model, as long as it doesn't cause a crash, the shadows will still show... of course unless you remove shadows on the unit data

 

[morgwin]

Fixed! , I think by putting the .blp into the Warcraft 3 folder (with the exe) fixed the issue. Thanks Adiktuz you've been a huge help .

 

[Adiktuz]

Hmm... so it checks directly from the StartUp path, which is why it's searching for the .blps inside the wc3 folder and not on the footman folder