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Researcher

This bundle is marked as high quality. It exceeds standards and is highly desirable.
Researchers are the architectural minds of the Consortium. These ethereal units possess superior mobility and reinforced armor, allowing them to survive enemy harassment while constructing outposts or gathering resources in volatile territory.

⚠️ Edition Notes ⚠️
Matrices Model
Skin Weight Model
This version contains a binary association (0, 1) of the vertices, so it is lighter and used for maps with less cinematics.

- Takes up less storage.
- Model has less fluidity in the mesh, which can give the impression of robotization.

-Works with all versions of the game and in SD or HD mode.
This version contains a gradient association (0, 0.1, 0.2, ..., 0.9, 1) of the vertices, so it is havier and used for maps with more cinematics.

- Model has more fluidity in the mesh, feels natural and organic shaped.
- Takes up more storage.

-Works with version 1.32 of the game or superior, works in SD or HD mode.
⚠️Attention: Backup your map before adding this model since is highly experimental

🎨Recomended Editor Art Parameters🎨
Art - Animation - Walk Speed
380.00
Art - Death Time (seconds)
2.333
Art - Projectile Launch - X
12.00
Art - Projectile Launch - Y
153.00
Art - Projectile Launch - Z
140.00

◈Credits◈
Character model belongs to World of Warcraft - Blizzard ®
Character was edited by Zaffar - edition includes:
- Mesh number of polygons increased.
- Texture repaint, recolor and resize.
- Rigging, all the bones where renamed.
- Animation, all existing animations where edited to fit diferent stand poses.
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License
Contents

BTN_UNIT_ET_Researcher (Icon)

BTN_UNIT_ET_Researcher (Classic) (Icon)

Researcher (Matrices) (Model)

Researcher (SkinWeight) (Model)

Reviews
Zenonoth
Displays properly in wc3 editor Model works and displays fine in both SD & HD modes ingame Health & Mana bars display properly ingame Has a Portrait and its' camera-facing is properly placed + Has a talking animation! All attachment point(s) are...
Review

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What the model has as per the date of this review

  • Displays properly in wc3 editor
  • Model works and displays fine in both SD & HD modes ingame
  • Health & Mana bars display properly ingame
  • Has a Portrait and its' camera-facing is properly placed + Has a talking animation!
  • All attachment point(s) are working
  • Has simple .blp texture import paths (Just remove the war3mapimported\)
  • Decent particle(s)
  • Basic animation(s) are present (Walk/Attack/Stand/Death)
What it doesn't have as per the date of this review

  • No teamcolor
  • No attached sounds
Review Status

  • For: Researcher by @Zaffar
  • Type: Model - Ported Model
  • Uploaded on: 5/2/2026
  • Sanity Issues: Both models have sanity issues.

Personal Comments

  • Superb work!
  • Great aligning animations for WC3 synchronization!
  • Outstanding bonus animations.
  • If you add it team color or give a team color version upload it will be given "Director's Cut"
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Verdict: 5/5 - Approved + High Quality

 
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