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[mullery1990]

Does any1 have any experiance in using models from WoW in Warcraft 3?

I've tried extracting models myself but when im trying to place in editor i just get a long line that stretches from a seemingly random point to my mouse.

Ive downloaded other WoW models from www.wc3sear.ch and they'ved worked - plz help - again

 

[ArcticInferno]

Well...I don't know...Try finding tutorials over the web.

 

[mullery1990]

ive made progress i now have a shadow of a circle on the ground and a portrait of the shoulder of my model

 

[SFilip]

well i can't possibly guess what you could've done wrong...need more info (what software did you use, what exactly did you do etc.)
and anyway here's a good tutorial
http://82.170.159.98/?p=topic&id=2169

 

[Bob27]

I can export wow models, but it takes a hell of a long time, especialy when the models need animations, and then optimizing the model so it fits wc3 takes a while to.

 

[mullery1990]

cool - how do you do it?

 

[SFilip]

ffs why is it that nobody reads my posts?
tutorial on how to export & convert wow models
!!!

 

[mullery1990]

sorry SFilip, i did read ur post and checked out your tutorial - i should of mentioned but it doesnt seem to let me do what i want - i was trying to get a dwarf in redemption set which this tutorial didnt seem to allow

 

[SFilip]

that is the only way, afaik. you can't extract character models at all. the way they do it on wc3sear.ch is actually a creature model+baked texture+some attachments, also extracted.

 

[mullery1990]

ok thanks alot - at least i can stop searching the web now

 

[Bob27]

There is a way to export WoW models with armor, different faces, etc. But one catch, the model has no animations. You could try trasnfering the animations but don't know how that would work very well.

 

[SFilip]

ok then, mind explaining how?

 

[mullery1990]

couldnt u get the model without animations then edit the mdl by giving it animations from another model of the same race/gender?

 

[Bob27]

Well heres what you could do.

Download the latest version of WoW model Viewer, then download Oinkerwinkle's Animation Transfer and you will need Warcraft III Model Editor, you will also need Mdlvis, which is atached to this post.

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First of all use the WoW Model Viewer to create your character, and then export it as a Milkshape file (ms3d). Now you will have to open up the Warcraft III Model Editor, open up the model.mpq in your WoW folder and find the model for the race and gender your character is. Export it. Now open up mdlvis, and open up the m2 file, and export it as mdl. The programs in a different language but it isn't that hard to find out what does what. Open up Warcraft III Model Editor again and click on Import under file. You should be able to import the ms3d file you exported from the Model Viewer. Now go to save as and save as mdl. Now open up the Animation Transfer program and simply trasnfer the animations from the animated model, to the model exported from the model viewer. Then just open it in the model editor again and convert it to mdx. Havn't tryed it, but it should work. Only problem might be that animations don't transfer propely.

 

[mullery1990]

everything goes well until opening model.mpq in the Warcraft III Model Editor

 

[Bob27]

well what happens when you open the model.mpq in the Model Editor? Wait I think I see what your problem is. you have to go to window, then mpq brouser or editor or whatever its called, then open it.

 

[mullery1990]

i solved the mystery of there appearing no model it was too small for some reason exporting from WoW viewer causes the model to be small. I adjusted the scale in WEU to 99.00 and the dwarf model is "just" as tall as a troll beserker - unfortunatly it has no anims (i followed what Bob27 said but it hasnt worked for animations)

 

[nub_hunter]

did you import the custom paths correctly? if not your model will be invisable and it will only show his shadow. nvm