[QUESTION] Several questions on modding/.

[Freigeist]

Hi out thar.
First of all, im new to this forum and was pretty pleased of the tutorials that you provide here since I thought I would have to figure it all out on my own. I have some questions:
- Which server files can I use best for 3.3.5a? Did not find anything about that here.
- Is there a tutorial on modding the ingame map (default M)? In the tutorial of Eluo (nice work, thanks that you help newbies to wow modding like me) it doesn't say anything about that except that a tutorial on that might be added later.

lG,

[Laniax]

Hi out thar.
First of all, im new to this forum and was pretty pleased of the tutorials that you provide here since I thought I would have to figure it all out on my own. I have some questions:
- Which server files can I use best for 3.3.5a? Did not find anything about that here.
- Is there a tutorial on modding the ingame map (default M)? In the tutorial of Eluo (nice work, thanks that you help newbies to wow modding like me) it doesn't say anything about that except that a tutorial on that might be added later.

lG,

1) Trinitycore is a good choice for modding, since it only requires you to update the dbcs in the dbcs folder. Although scripting in trinitycore is harder then in arcemu.

2) http://www.ownedcore.com/forums/world-o ... -maps.html

[Freigeist]

kk, managed to get a map for the crater (used CraterofAzshara instead of PVPZone02..) but now, how do I add the player arrow that shows up on normal maps to it?

A new question: When I edit the adt files (first with adt creation tool, then with noggit) I can't edit them again with Taliis (they do not open, the window just stays as it is when I try to load them) to add a map name. Help?

lG,

[Freigeist]

Alright, I need some information on loading wmo files. Is that the right format for the path? WmoNorthrendBuildingsHumanNd_Human_InnNd_Human_Inn.Wmo This causes a NoggIt crash..

lG,

[Eluo]

Hi! Sorry for the late reply :/

kk, managed to get a map for the crater (used CraterofAzshara instead of PVPZone02..) but now, how do I add the player arrow that shows up on normal maps to it?

You may check your mapid again. The mapid given in the worldmapdbcs should be the same as your instanceid in map.dbc

A new question: When I edit the adt files (first with adt creation tool, then with noggit) I can't edit them again with Taliis (they do not open, the window just stays as it is when I try to load them) to add a map name. Help?

This is a common taliis bug. Taliis somehow can't read its own files :/
So when you save the adt with taliis and want to alter afterwards something that you forgot to do, then just save the same adt in noggit. After that taliis should again be able to read the adt file.
For every taliis save you'll have to again save it with noggit before you can open it again

Alright, I need some information on loading wmo files. Is that the right format for the path? WmoNorthrendBuildingsHumanNd_Human_InnNd_Human_Inn.Wmo This causes a NoggIt crash..

You forgot the world folder
so the path rather is:
worldWmoNorthrendBuildingsHumanNd_Human_InnNd_Human_Inn.Wmo

Btw captial letters have no effect on this. So the path could also be
WORLDWMO....
or just
worldwmo

Upper and lower case don't have any effect on the path, the path itself just need to be right

[Freigeist]

Great reply! Thanks (:

lG,

[Freigeist]

Okai, these objects show up in Noggit, but not ingame. Ingame they are at pos 0 0 0 of the tile. Whats wrong over there?



They are set correct in the files, too.

lG,

[Eluo]

As far as i can see , you just have the common M2 bug of the old noggit version(i hope the latest beta version gets posted soon).
Just  use Refrep or taliis(just save the adt with taliis) to fix that issue.

[Freigeist]

Okai. It worked fine, thanks. A new bunch of questions appeared:
- How do I add a fog effect, like small fog on the ground or something like that?
- How do I change the water style once I added it? Like texture it?
- How to get a version of this unpublic new NoggIt? :>
- Ow and, how to add a cursor to a map that shows the user where he is? After following the tut step by step I didn't find out how :<
- How do I generate a Lightmap for my objects/terrain?
- If I invite someone who is on my new continent to a group, my server crashs. How to fix that?

lG,

[Eluo]

- How do I add a fog effect, like small fog on the ground or something like that?
Models There are several particle emitters and for example the howling fjord awsome fog.
If you search through the models (in modelviewer you can search by the way) you'll find them.

- How do I change the water style once I added it? Like texture it?
Colour, Opacity and stuff like that can be changed in the skybox.
http://wowdev.wiki/index.php?tit ... ntBand.dbc
and
http://wowdev.wiki/index.php?tit ... Params.dbc
Thats some testing that you will have to do here

- How to get a version of this unpublic new NoggIt? :>
Apply to the beta group. A thread to that is in the according forum.

- Ow and, how to add a cursor to a map that shows the user where he is? After following the tut step by step I didn't find out how :<
If your mapid iis the same as the one you used for your continent it should pop up.

- How do I generate a Lightmap for my objects/terrain?
Lightmap? You mean a wdl file?
There is a version of the yias editor who can do this.
Taliis sadly doesn't work so good on that.

- If I invite someone who is on my new continent to a group, my server crashs. How to fix that?
You didn't add the areatable dbc to your server. The server checks in wich areaid you are when you invite him and he can't find your areaid -> server crash

[Freigeist]

Yias can't open custom zones I thought..?

When I try to mod the map name, it won't work. Here are the files: http://www.mediafire.com/?5sc8wg2gw181s1i (map.dbc and AreaTable.dbc). What am I missing?

With lightmap I mean object/terrain shadows.

lG,

[Eluo]

Yias somehow crashs when I'm trying to start it with a giant error window:
http://i.imgur.com/UokQa.jpg

sorry... no clue :/
Wdl is btw not that necessarry...

When I try to mod the map name, it won't work. Here are the files: http://www.mediafire.com/?5sc8wg2gw181s1i (map.dbc and AreaTable.dbc). What am I missing?

Dbc looks ok.
But what are you trying to do? Mod the map name? Or ist it the thing with the group and the server crash?

With lightmap I mean object/terrain shadows.

Shadows should be added by noggit in the newer versions.
And taliis should be able to do that too.

[Freigeist]

Modded first question, managed to get it work. I want to mod the Map name that shows up ingame with these files.

lG,

[Eluo]

Then open map.dbc again and just change the name and rename the adt and wdt files too?

[Freigeist]

// nvm, fixed it :3

Oh and, how to add a snow effect to the map?

lG,