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Wrath of the Lich King Modding => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: xJKz on February 20, 2015, 06:19:19 pm

Title: [WoD 6.0.3] Visual Spell
Post by: xJKz on February 20, 2015, 06:19:19 pm

Hoy,

I have somes projects for WoD 6.0.3. I want to do somes visuals spells to add items, but.

At the 6.0.3 version, Spell DBC going to DB2 like : SpellVisual.db2 or SpellMisc.db2 and I don't know how to correctly decrypt them.

I try to decrypt this spell http://www.wowhead.com/spell=104953 (http://www.wowhead.com/spell=104953" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) to know how he work, in the SpellVisualEffectName.db2, I've found the used M2. But, I didn't find the ID from this DB2 anywhere. If someone got somes tips from this version, or can do a tutorial for this, I'll be happy.

Thanks,
Jok'.

(btw, sorry for my bad english mh.)

Title: Re: [WoD 6.0.3] Visual Spell
Post by: kojak488 on February 21, 2015, 03:46:52 pm

MyDBCEditor doesn't display the text strings properly in some of those new spell db2s.  I remember looking for some angelic wings for someone and it took forever to find them because idiots kept saying it was referenced in the filedata dbc, which it isn't.  The visuals are referenced in the spell db2s directly, but you need a different dbc editor to view them properly rather than just their string id.

And before you ask... while I could write you a guide on navigating those spell dbs, I'm not the type to share because fuck one of the purples here.  I've shared all I'm willing to about this topic in this post and only because fuck those guys who sent me on a five hour hunt because they think they know everything.

On that note I may have posted some details about the spell db2s when I was looking for those angelic wings.  You can view that thread here: viewtopic.php?f=93&t=8684 (http://modcraft.io/viewtopic.php?f=93&t=8684" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

Title: Re: [WoD 6.0.3] Visual Spell
Post by: xJKz on February 21, 2015, 05:46:30 pm

I use DB2Editor to edit and to take the spell line in DB2. But, yeah, there's no reference in FileData, SpellVisual, SpellVisualKit. I've try to get this on Cataclysm, I didn't understand at all... No reference too.

Title: Re: [WoD 6.0.3] Visual Spell
Post by: Helnesis on February 23, 2015, 11:27:29 pm

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Title: Re: [WoD 6.0.3] Visual Spell
Post by: xJKz on February 24, 2015, 02:32:35 pm

I now understand the 4.3.4 structure, I know how to decrypt it, now the goal is to do same thing on WoD. This is more diffucult.

Title: Re: [WoD 6.0.3] Visual Spell
Post by: Helnesis on February 24, 2015, 02:49:12 pm

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this is no longer a dbc but db2

Title: Re: [WoD 6.0.3] Visual Spell
Post by: kojak488 on February 25, 2015, 03:01:13 am

The layout is basically the same as in WOTLK.  Sure, the spell.dbc shrank a lot.  As far as tracing visuals, though, the only field you need to know from it is where it calls the visual (which is well documented).  From there tracing it is basically the same.