WoW models in Starcraft

[Foronisus]

Just showing my work im making World of Warcraft Models so they can be playable in Starcraft 2.Here i will post screenshots of my progress they are 85-90% finished.

Zul'Jin:

Ragnaros:

Illidan in Demon Form:

Dwarf made from Earth:

Obsidian Destroyer:

 

[Tleno]

Not sure about uploading this to Hiveworkshop - the discussion on should or should not the WoW rips be allowed in SC2 section is still open... and it's kinda undecided.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

Well wc4:Sc2 uses WoW rips and none of the staff seem to have a problem with it, as for distributing the ripped files idk.. Yeah that's an iffy subject :/

But really, what are you doing to them?
It's far from difficult to get a unit model into sc2 from wow the only things that need prepping are structure .wmo files.. So this thread is kinda pointless right now

 

[Foronisus]

im redoing some animations right now

 

[milpheus]

Good work, we imported about 150 models in, and the map has no lag, so just throwing that out there. I know alot of people worry about lag and filesize.

Seems like Hive is the best place for WC conversions

We're remaking War of the 12 Kingdoms and Broken Alliances for sc2 so if you need any assistance just shoot us a pm

 

[Foronisus]

nah i dont need help for now also im doing thi for fun but no time now ill finish them when we release Alpha Version of League of Champions.

 

[Dr Super Good]

The major problem with WoW models is they are too low quality for SC2. Ultimatly you would want to give them the missing texture layers and physics helpers that are appropiate to the model.

Example: Ragnaros could benifit from emmisive. Instead of him being textured white, you use an emmisive to emmit white from him letting you give much finer surface detail while keeping him bright and glowy.

 

[Foronisus]

My Plan for this models will be doing the animations nothing more because i dont have time for other maybe for future models ill try to make them better

 

[Tleno]

Well then I guess you should upload them whenever you make them better...

 

[Foronisus]

yes i will but really im full working on my project that is for Warcraft 3 so no time for SC2 right now

 

[Tleno]

Then I guess you should post-pone your model project too so you could fully concentrate on WC3.

 

[Foronisus]

After the Alpha release maybe ill work on them

 

[Tleno]

Good idea. Still, take your time, no need to rush - better make some somewhat stable basic version, then if you'll need break advance to other projects. Also, it's good idea to take a break from one project if you're tired of it and pass on another for some time.

 

[Turminator8]

So basically he's going to take his time to make a few animations for models that are already out there? My question is why...

 

[Tleno]

Well, good question. Sure, there may be some use for WoW models (Okay, honestly, it was back in WC3, but pretty much requires more efort in SC2 to make them descent), but... well yea, that's pretty much just to make these models useable in SC2. I mean, now it is officially allowed by Blizzard to use their models in other games of theirs.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

Except wow model anims work in sc2 so it is a complete waste of time.. As DSG said the only thing worth doing to prep them is adding the additional texture maps, emissive, specular etc.

 

[Dr Super Good]

WoW animations work, but still not very well. They lack various animation features that SC2 does support such as physics. Yes you can get away with using them as a short cut, but do you still could probably improve them if you add SC2 features that WoW lacked.

 

[BlueBerryWizard]

I can haz WoW animal & plant models? SCII only came with a dog, a cow, and a mountain goat they pretend is a sheep.

 

[scorpion182]

where's the pic now?

 

[Dr Super Good]

where's the pic now?

The main post pictures? They are still visible on the main post...

Do cataclysim and the up comming expansion models still use only 1 texture layer? I heard they greatly improved the graphic quality.

 

[Malpheus]

When we are done with 12 Kingdoms, we will be releasing the mods associated with it, including 150 wow models fully imported with weapons, animations, portraits, icons, response sounds, and spells.

Currently polishing some cool spells and expected about a month off for release of the actual mods.

 

[Foronisus]

hmm nice from you but there is a little trick you need to make and the animations from wow will work in Sc2 too

 

[Rispetto]

im redoing some animations right now

Honestly don't bother putting time in making them by hand.
They follow the same copywrite laws as the actual models themselves (the 'iffy' part) so just use an extractor.
Unless that is you enjoy making them, in that case have 'atter.

I can haz WoW animal & plant models? SCII only came with a dog, a cow, and a mountain goat they pretend is a sheep.

^ extrator.

 

[Dr Super Good]

WoW animations might not utalize all animation features SC2 has available. Especially seeing how they function fundimentally differently.

 

[Foronisus]

@Rispetto i love working on them thats why but my computer crushed so im on lap top now when i repair it ill continue...