[HELP] Making custom items

Im trying to figure out how to make custom item skins (weapons and armor)
I know how to make custom items with sql in the DB but Im stuck on how to make custom skins. I opened common.mpq in Data with MyWarCraftStudio and model viewer. I can export item milkshape models and .png textures but Im clueless on how to add item skins to common.mpq and on how to add displayids so they can be used in the sql tables. Has anyone heard of any guides or knows how to do this? Also, any guides to making custom npcs with custom skins would be useful. Btw Im using Ascent (new antrix) rev:1033 with OBDB2 rev 223.

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Originally Posted by gho3t

Im trying to figure out how to make custom item skins (weapons and armor)
I know how to make custom items with sql in the DB but Im stuck on how to make custom skins. I opened common.mpq in Data with MyWarCraftStudio and model viewer. I can export item milkshape models and .png textures but Im clueless on how to add item skins to common.mpq and on how to add displayids so they can be used in the sql tables. Has anyone heard of any guides or knows how to do this? Also, any guides to making custom npcs with custom skins would be useful. Btw Im using Ascent (new antrix) rev:1033 with OBDB2 rev 223.

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Would be interesting, but you'd e modifying the mpqs, and would have to have people download those modified mpqs if you wanted them to see them.

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Originally Posted by tgambitg

Would be interesting, but you'd e modifying the mpqs, and would have to have people download those modified mpqs if you wanted them to see them.

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I will help you...

hxxtp://wow-v.com -> tools -> creators

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Originally Posted by strutz

I will help you...

hxxtp://wow-v.com -> tools -> creators

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All well and good using that but he said:

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custom item skins (weapons and armor)

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Im clueless on how to add item skins to common.mpq and on how to add displayids so they can be used in the sql tables

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which, unless he wants to distribute new MPQs to everyone who plays so they can see it, is quite impossible.

which, unless he wants to distribute new MPQs to everyone who plays so they can see it, is quite impossible.[/quote]

Agreed. I wrote a auto-updater a while back which I can use. Best Ive found in the way of guides so far was something about mount editing (swapping one mounts model for another) and editing the druids bear form to turn into bosses. All well and good but I havnt found anything even mentioning how to use custom models. This would obviously involve somehow assigning them a displayid so they could be called in the DB. If I found out how to assign displayids to models in a MPQ I could figure out the rest.

Model Editing - MMOwned

That site is uber-helpful for modding guides, help, etc.