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Where did you find the original model for animation import? 
An unknown MPQ?
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Tree of Life (Alpha Animations)
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- TheHuntress
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- Sep 4, 2025
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- Sep 8, 2025
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Tree of Life with it's alpha animations imported straight from it's portrait model which oddly enough it has some alpha animations. These animations were imported into the already existing animations so they may not look as accurate as the true alpha model. This model also includes an old death animation when uprooted, with a custom made decay animation since the portrait model didn't have a decay animation.
UPDATE: The unused "Stand Work Complete Alternate" animation has been repurposed to be the upgrade animation. Also the file name is now "TreeofLifeAlpha" instead of "TreeofLifeBeta".
UPDATE 2: After tinkering more when importing the animations I manage to make the model look more accurate to the alpha version, so a new and improve model is now available to download (The old one will still be available). Also some issues were fix regarding the decay animation making some parts shrink.
UPDATE 3: Fixed the death animation as it lacked some motions on it's legs. The decay animation has been updated to match the fix.
UPDATE: The unused "Stand Work Complete Alternate" animation has been repurposed to be the upgrade animation. Also the file name is now "TreeofLifeAlpha" instead of "TreeofLifeBeta".
UPDATE 2: After tinkering more when importing the animations I manage to make the model look more accurate to the alpha version, so a new and improve model is now available to download (The old one will still be available). Also some issues were fix regarding the decay animation making some parts shrink.
UPDATE 3: Fixed the death animation as it lacked some motions on it's legs. The decay animation has been updated to match the fix.
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The animations were found in the Tree of life Portrait Model. I just simply imported the animations into the Tree of Life model.
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Awesome find! I wish Blizzard had better archived the Warcraft 3 creation process. Nightdive Studios has been releasing unused content in a lot of their remasters of games like DOOM, Quake, Heretic & Hexen, etc. but it's my understanding Blizzard did not take the same care in preserving earlier states of the game. Thank you for sharing this.
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Warsmash Mod Engine
Reminds me of this:
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Oak of Souls
For this model, I gave the Tree of Life the animations embedded its portrait file, which are presumably the ones from its previous design in the year 2001 before Blizzard created the design that is included with the release version of the game. Then I added some flair and had fun with it. Feel...
www.hiveworkshop.com
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Huh, that one surely looks better imported than mine for sure.Reminds me of this:
Oak of Souls
For this model, I gave the Tree of Life the animations embedded its portrait file, which are presumably the ones from its previous design in the year 2001 before Blizzard created the design that is included with the release version of the game. Then I added some flair and had fun with it. Feel...
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Warsmash Mod Engine
I am not sure. The Death and Decay animations of yours seem more true to the alpha, whereas the thing I uploaded back then appears to be using the Reign of Chaos release death/decay animations instead.
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Ah true, that decay is custom made since the portrait model didn't seem to have a decay animation for me to use.
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Warsmash Mod Engine
Also the glow I put in the hands was not extracted from any original alpha source. It's based on some of the screenshots
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Warcraft 3 Altershift
Alright, which one of you made the Tree of Life sad?
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the "i have won but at what cost?" tree of life why is it that dramatic in its animation when rooted this is if tree of life was introvert
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Looks like he's sleeping
