Retreving Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos units

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Alright, yet another issue. While playing Frozen Throne & Reign of Chaos, I noticed that they had different units (steam tank <> seige engine, catapult <> demolisher, etc.). Intrigued, I searched for the old units (steam tank, catapult, etc.) in the world editor. I found nothing. Next I checked the models, and again, nothing. I also tried using the path provided in OinkerWinkles' "Steam Tank Wreckage" tutorial, but this had been replaced with the seige engine.

Is there any way to get these old units & their icons? :confused:
 
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Yes, there is a way. In the Object Editor, when editing a unit, I believe there is a data field under the "model" data field. For units that changed between RoC and TFT, the field will say something like "Frozen Throne". If you double click on it, I believe you can unselect Frozen Throne and select Reign of Chaos. This should change the model. If it doesn't work, please tell me, and I can check for you when I get back to my own computer (as this one does not have WC3 on it). I do know there is a way, I'm just not positive this is it.
 
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Thank you both. I do appologize for responding late, but I posted this right before I went to bed in hopes that I would receive an answer in the morning. Anyways, thanks, I'll see if this works. :grin:

Okay, yes it does. Unfortunately, this does not affect the icon, is there any way to retreive that (the icon)
 
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Thank you Angry Bovine, would you happen to know that threads name? Again, I do appologize for responding so late. Anyway, I'll look around, gimme a haller (spelling?) if you have any information regarding this. Thanks again, happy editing.
 

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There are many icons that you can find, however, certain paths were overwritten. The only two I know of are the Glyph of Purification and the Priest. Those two you will have to extract from the war3.mpq file inside your Warcraft III folder.

Here is one:
BTNHeroLich.jpg

ReplaceableTextures\CommandButtons\BTNHeroLich.blp

The others are easy to find. Just type their original unit name and you'll get the icon. Perhaps you should also see this: "List of hidden material within the World Editor"
 
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There are many icons that you can find, however, certain paths were overwritten. The only two I know of are the Glyph of Purification and the Priest. Those two you will have to extract from the war3.mpq file inside your Warcraft III folder.

Here is one:
BTNHeroLich.jpg

ReplaceableTextures\CommandButtons\BTNHeroLich.blp

The others are easy to find. Just type their original unit name and you'll get the icon. Perhaps you should also see this: "List of hidden material within the World Editor"

Thank you Rui, I do appreciate the link. I discovered the steam tank icon about a day ago, just typing in "steam tank" instead of "warwagon". Again, thanks, I'll be sure to check out that list of hidden material.:grin:
 
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