Hi all,
I want to start creating 'custom' mounts for 3.3.5a. I don't want to swap the models of existing mounts, instead I want to create completely new mount items (& associated spells) which will allow the player to mount existing models in the game just as they'd summon already existing mounts. For example, I'd like to give the crocodile model its own mount item. I don't want to bring in any custom models, I just want to work with WoW's creature / enemy models etc.
I'd appreciate some assistance with approaching this. As far as I understand, the process should be as follows (using the crocodile model as an example)
1. Use WoW model viewer to find the model.
http://i.imgur.com/gc98fBa.png2. Extract the .m2 model from WoW model viewer
http://i.imgur.com/UTouHba.png3. Open Glitchy's MES, adjust the Mount Point of crocodile.m2 and save. (Glitchy's MES seems buggy, so this stage is guesswork - I can't use the built-in M2 Data Viewer to view bone data or Glitchy's MES crashes)
http://i.imgur.com/TfMBzvz.png4. Create an MPQ patch (patch-D.mpq) preserving the model directory structure and with the edited crocodile.m2 model in place.
http://i.imgur.com/qjVRmkw.png5. Place the 'patch-D.mpq' file into the WoW/Data directory
6. Add 'patch-D.mpq' to the WoW Model Viewer file list, reopen and view the model as a mount.
After doing the above, I'm not seeing any changes to the model / mount point. The player model still sits on the ground, below the model - So I'm thinking one of the following factors is to blame:
1. Wrong mount point values. This is possible, but even if the values were wrong, I'd expect to see a change in the player position relative to the mount, but I'm not seeing any difference.
2. Incorrect MPQ setup?
3. Incorrect MPQ placement?
Any input would be great, I'm quite new to this :|
(Also, I know there's .dbc and database editing involved in creating the item, spells etc. for a custom mount, but to start with, I just want to get the mount point issue resolved)
Thanks for any assistance!
