[TOOL][TUTORIAL] How to port models from Cata to WOTLK

[Skullbot]

I get a runtime error each time I try to execute the M2 template (with 010 editor v4.0.3)
Also, I don't have the same interface as in the tutorial, and the best i got was that :

After some bunch of warning about a possible long loading time (that lead to crash if I accept)

I tried another voljin.m2 found in an earlier patch (with all it's anim and skin files), it still crashes noggit.
(And I still can't find Voljin.blp in the hex )

EDIT : Here's the model and the converted model
http://s284950972.onlinehome.fr/upload/VolJin.rar
[attachment=0:2b7fjdts]VolJin.rar[/attachment:2b7fjdts]

EDIT2: After checking out, I've found a M2 with the PTCH header, and it was not the one I tried to convert (it has MD20), so it seems that it's not the reason it failed conversion.

EDIT3: The new VolJin model appeared in 5.1, Troll councilors in 5.2

[Ascathos]

I mentioned something about that, actually. Has to do with the cameras.

[Skullbot]

Yeah but as you said it was "changes to 5.2 PTR (Build 16408)" and VolJin was released on 5.1, so I though it was somethin' else.

Anyway I'll try that thanks
Edit: I can't get anything to work with 010 editor
Is there any other way to fix the new camera struct ?
I can edit and recompile the converter if it can be modified to fix that

[Skullbot]

Okay, in fact there was nothing to mess around with camera, it was the texture type that was not handled correctly by noggit.

I've seen that it's TT_CreatureSkin1 (which was the reason I was unable to find the texture path in the Hex).

I tried to change it to hardcoded and now noggit doesn't crash anymore.
The question is : how to get the texture back to "hardcoded", because there's not that much space for the path to be written and I don't know if we can modiify all the offsets to "free" space.
Of course it work if i shorten the path, but the .blp would not be next to the m2 anymore, which is quite messy =/

[Ascathos]

Okay, in fact there was nothing to mess around with camera, it was the texture type that was not handled correctly by noggit.

I've seen that it's TT_CreatureSkin1 (which was the reason I was unable to find the texture path in the Hex).

I tried to change it to hardcoded and now noggit doesn't crash anymore.
The question is : how to get the texture back to "hardcoded", because there's not that much space for the path to be written and I don't know if we can modiify all the offsets to "free" space.
Of course it work if i shorten the path, but the .blp would not be next to the m2 anymore, which is quite messy =/

Okay, nevermind, why do you want to place a CREATURE MODEL into Noggit ?

[Skullbot]

Because it was easier to test them in noggit than adding a line in two DBC
And I though that if noggit can't handle the model, wow can't either.

[Ascathos]

Because it was easier to test them in noggit than adding a line in two DBC
And I though that if noggit can't handle the model, wow can't either.

Noggit can't handle creatures. Also, adding into respective DBCs is easing your issues for the future.

[Skullbot]

Yeah, I'm makin' a creature editor tool (part of a bigger DBC editing tool) but it's incomplete, so i preferred to try with noggit instead of getting a headache again on makin' that soft complete xD

Here's a little preview, but it's under heavy dev (in fact interface is a bit different now)

I'll make a thread about that later maybe

Anyway thanks for the help

[Portals]

Anyone have a working converter?

[Ascathos]

Anyone have a working converter?

Of course not.

[PhilipTNG]

I just want to say thankyou to the OP for posting this. I learned a lot from it and have brought smiles to a lot of people because of your contribution and me re-iterating your methods with a mix of my style in teaching other folk this stuff!!!

As for Mjollna's converter, it seems like a nice little tool but I wouldn't recommend using it as people would rely on it so heavily that when things didn't work, they just start to complain rather than trying to figure out how to fix the issue.

[MR. Farrare]

THX for the share

[TheBuG]

Just to add to this. Mjollna's converter works for Warlords of Draenor models (for now atleast).

[darkvexen]

whenever i try and use this, it says it had to close because of runtime and some crap. any fix?

[Ascathos]

whenever i try and use this, it says it had to close because of runtime and some crap. any fix?

Don't push just because you can't wait some hours....

I tend to re-download and/or re-copy the converter over the old one. No Idea why it doesn't work after some uses anymore after some times.