[Question] Alpha Character Models

[The_Tauren]

Is this possible? I'd like to use either the Tauren male pose or the Human's, but I'd probably replace every with their original alpha model.

I figure you have to convert the .mdx to a .m2, but I'm kind of stomped at that part. Does anyone have a recent tutorial in doing this? Thanks for your time!

[Gurluas]

I wanted the Troll female so I know how you feel. It's not the Warcraft 3 mdx, it's an in-between file between mdx and m2 and no one knows how to convert it yet

Or maybe they do and...We'll get an answer at last.

[The_Tauren]

Phucko has a tutorial it seems. If you want, we should work on converting the alpha characters together! Two brains are better than one, after all.

Add me on skype: car.redwall

[stan84]

this could be useful for you guys:


this page describes difference between w3 mdx and wow alpha mdx:
http://www.wowdev.wiki/index.php?title=Alpha - scroll down at the end  to MDX section

here is w3 mdx documentation

[The_Tauren]

Cool! Thanks a lot.

[The_Tauren]

Apparently there are no tutorials on how to do this. Still scouring the internet for some sort of guide.

[Gurluas]

To my knowledge no one has ever done this.

[The_Tauren]

Maybe one day we'll find the answer!

[phucko1]

None has ever done it because its a stupid thing to do, the current model are alot better and even if it was possible it would take hours and hours of work to get them functional and playable.

[The_Tauren]

One man's junk is another man's treasure. Maybe years from now when I have a clue about model editing, I'll start the converting process.

[Gurluas]

Alpha models always fascinated me. So having them suable in 3.3.5 would be really nice.

[iindigo]

Some of the alpha models remain in publicly released clients at very low display IDs (IIRC they start around 12 or 14). If you morph yourself on a server you’ll see that while the models have their own charm, they’re not very usable. Lots of animations are missing and the few that do exist are rather crude, and the models themselves are incredibly low poly. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that it wouldn’t be too difficult to take the textures of these models and construct new, much better models and animations for them, because they’re very basic.

The only difference between these that still remain and the player models in the leaked F&F WoW Alpha client is that these are fully clothed, so they serve as a good preview of what the alpha player models would look like in modern clients. I personally don’t think they’re worth the effort it'd take to convert them.

[Gurluas]

Actually some of the player models are there too.

Just do a search for UI_RS in model viewer.

But they're unanimated except for their idle post.
The models Iindigo mentioned are Alpha NPCs.

[The_Tauren]

Would porting the animations from alpha work in wotlk? I'm really not that interested in the actual model, I just want different standing animations. I feel as if the Orc model, though slight in difference, has a better feel to it, along with the human standing animation. I'd love to see the troll's animations as well, they have a better stance IMO.

[darkvexen]

im up for it