Intro
This is my High Elf Patch, I don't like playing as Gnomes in vanilla, but unfortunately they have the best mage stats in the game, and I often play mage. I also think Gnomes are a really stupid race, and I have no idea why High Elves didn't exist in their place, considering Gnomes had no lore, and High Elves had tons.
This patch effectively removes all Male Gnomes from the game and replaces them with High Elves.
Obviously, there are some issues, I've been unable to resolve them. since the audience reaction to Legion pretty much proved this game is dead, I don't know if I really care to fix the bugs, but it is mostly complete. If someone points out glaring issues, I will resolve them.
What are the MAJOR issues?
ALL Male gnome players have huge chance to have facial artefacts (misplayed facial hair) this will severely affect your hair/facial hair choices.
Game runs slightly slower with the patch I've noticed, may be heavier on resources.
What DOES work?
ALL Male gnome Npcs should have no facial issues at all.
ALL helmets should work on gnomes (NPC/Player)
ALL female gnomes are unaffected by the change.
ALL gnome male sounds (including Mekkatorque sounds) have been replaced.
Modifed Race Selection screen to more fitting High Elf one.
Race has been renamed to 'High Elf' all mentions of 'Gnome' should now be 'High elf'
Why didn't you change the race selection image/text
That type of stuff requires a custom wow.exe with modified glues. I didn't want this to require anti-glue, since most people are idiots. Feel free to add it yourself, you edit one DBC file, use your custom wow.exe and you're done, I did it previously, but, like I said,.
Why not make a simple MPQ patch?
There's A LOT of modified files in this patch, it was much easier for me to not separate the patched files. That makes the file-size bigger of course, but 5gig isn't exactly crazy. Before you ask, yes, you do need to install all of the MPQ patches, if you just install one or two of them then you're an idiot.
Can I redistribute this?
No, if I find this on any site I visit, I'll ask to get it removed. This is only for Modcraft members.
However, if you resolve any of the major issues, then you have my permission (maybe ask first?)
Does it actually work?
Yeah, I have extensively tested this patch of mine and found zero errors or crashes. this patch works on Nostralius flawlessly, you will not crash if you follow my installation guide exactly.
Installation
Installation is really simple, basically:
1. Take ALL of my downloaded MPQ files
2. Go to your WoW/Data directory.
3. Make a backup of the MPQ's in case you want to revert.
4. Replace Blizzards files with my files.
5. Your Gnomes should now be High Elves.
6/. Reinstall the other patches you had, if any.
Where is the Link?
Message me for it. Not going to post it.
