Changing Undead Shoulder Size - A Guide

[Wagelol]

Some of you know that Undead shoulders used to be much larger at release, and at one point were changed to a much smaller size. Well I finally figured out how to get my precious shoulders back, and so I come bearing gifts.

http://www.whataboutpp.com/users/wage/udshoulders.jpg

If you're like me, you want the old shoulders. Here's how:

1. Download this rar file, which contains an Undead model file (ScourgeMale.m2) : http://www.whataboutpp.com/users/wage/UDShoulders.rar

2. Unzip the folders + model file as is, into your World of Warcraft\Data\ folder. The result should look like - World of Warcraft\Data\Character\Scourge\Male\ScourgeMale.m 2

Simple as that. There is one caveat though, the animation for the Cannibalize ability will now be a /kneel animation. It's a small price to pay for bigger shoulders.

If there are any hick-ups, let me know. Enjoy.

P.S. Thanks Ziot!

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[Skalathrax]

if this is truly going to resize my shoulders, im going to love you.
if i lose my acc, ill kill you anyways :(

[socratic]

Wow I love you

[Gigamo]

THANKS! Awesomeness

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/8881/bigshouldars5yk.jpg

[Noktyn]

I fucking love you.

[Blu]

Have my babies.

Now there's no need for orc warriors anymore. Big shoulders was the only point in playing them.

[Traumatize]

Whoa fucking awesome. Going to try this later tonight, my warr will look awesome in the r13 shoulders now xdxd

[Schneeb]

sake doesnt really work for casters :<

[uro]

FUCK MY ASS. NOW!

[Vengeance]

Amazing, been hoping someone would figure this out forever :)

Looks kinda silly with Bonescythe, but far better with everything else.

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/4996/shouldersizecopy9ce.jpg

[Qlimax]

Show us some screenies of your guys noktyn/uro :O

How does netherwind look now?

[Ezstyle]

http://www.whataboutpp.com/upload/bfnew.jpg

http://www.whataboutpp.com/upload/nsnew.jpg

http://www.whataboutpp.com/upload/newbwar.jpg

edit: thx for vhell for hosting these ;) fuck imageshack.

[multani.]

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e352/bofeity/grev.jpg
I know Uro fought pretty hard on the general forums to get UD shoulders restored, or an option to scale them, this is good stuff!

[Ziot]

MULTANI. I love you.

Where did your tauren ass go?!

[Ferlucii]

Damn this makes me regret not rolling an undead even more :(

[bierbaum]

U are an cool Nightelf!

[Otzo]

sticky this topic imo.

[Frizzo]

sweet! I missed the old UD shoulder size :D

[Rorkrlar]

that looks so fucking awsome. thanks.

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/9645/wow20060610154315714ee.jpg

[blutrausch]

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/656/udshoulderbig7mh.th.jpg (http://img50.imageshack.us/my.php?image=udshoulderbig7mh.jpg)

[uro]

INC TABLE BRAKING


http://www.whataboutpp.com/users/uro/SHOULDERSBITCHES.jpg


sex.

[Ferlucii]

lol that looks hawt :D

wanna make little undead elfs? :o

[Otzo]

thats so sex

[Trixx]

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/656/udshoulderbig7mh.th.jpg (http://img50.imageshack.us/my.php?image=udshoulderbig7mh.jpg)

where's your mainhand?

[Gigamo]

Just hope blizz never will be able to detect this shit ^^ at least they aren't for now.

[Blu]

Boy you look silly!

http://www.whataboutpp.com/upload/neworacle.jpg

what the fuck are those shoulders?

[krunkpanda]

that looks so fucking awsome. thanks.

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/9645/wow20060610154315714ee.jpg


WORD!

UD finally looks tight with drake talons shoulders! w00t
BYE BYE ORCS and say HELLO to my little Friend : UD!!!

that sounded gay lol

[bierbaum]

Want to rerole UD now 8[

[blutrausch]

Boy you look silly!

http://www.whataboutpp.com/upload/neworacle.jpg
ahahahah ^_^

[keboman]

Boy you look silly!

Your retractable wings are _pimp_.

[Hector]

Very nice, and good job figuring it out. :)

[Naikuja]

wtb that for orkk female:<

[mts]

this is so awesome ^^

[Otzo]

Btw just wondering, do i need to redo the stuff everytime when a new patch comes? :o

[Guccio]

This is awesome, but can you PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEASE find one for Undead Female? It would rock so hard! I tried to just exchange my female to a male since I don't really care what sex she / he is, but the entire model got fked up. >.<

[Mikael]

Doesn't seem to work after the patch. Any ideas?

[Ph3]

Hmm I keep striking out to find a way around it. Have you guys tried replacing the file directly in the MPQ via WinMPQ?

[hellspawnhere]

I tried replacing files in the MPQ. For those of you who are also thinking of trying this... DONT!

I myself was replacing the void walker model with something a bit smaller (gnome + void = loose). Everything went fine till i loaded the game. Logged in, picked my lock, went to loading screen.. the bar got to the end and then bam! WoW crashed. Gave me a nice "MPQ corrupted" error. I replaced the model with the original and tried again. Same error. So at that point, i couldnt play, at all.

I had to use the "repair" tool that wow comes with. Reason i use qoutes there is because all it did was unpatch the game back to 1.0. After downloading the full 1.11 patch and repatching, i tried again. Same deal.

So my conclusion is one of two:

Blizz implemented a check on the mpq's checksum/filesize/etc

or

WinMPQ isnt compatible with WoW's mpq format (perhaps blizz updated it?)

If anyone is brave enough to try what I did and get different results, please by all means let us know!

[Nossy]

I tried replacing files in the MPQ. For those of you who are also thinking of trying this... DONT!

I myself was replacing the void walker model with something a bit smaller (gnome + void = loose). Everything went fine till i loaded the game. Logged in, picked my lock, went to loading screen.. the bar got to the end and then bam! WoW crashed. Gave me a nice "MPQ corrupted" error. I replaced the model with the original and tried again. Same error. So at that point, i couldnt play, at all.

I had to use the "repair" tool that wow comes with. Reason i use qoutes there is because all it did was unpatch the game back to 1.0. After downloading the full 1.11 patch and repatching, i tried again. Same deal.

So my conclusion is one of two:

Blizz implemented a check on the mpq's checksum/filesize/etc

or

WinMPQ isnt compatible with WoW's mpq format (perhaps blizz updated it?)

If anyone is brave enough to try what I did and get different results, please by all means let us know!


I just now signed up to reply to this... shouldn't you feel all special :p

Anyways, Yes... WinMPQ does seem to muck things up.

There's another MPQ editor out there, MPQ Workshop that seems to work well enough for the original files (model, textures, etc.) However, it cannot open the patch.mpq due to it's apparently new encryption or whatever. And changing the models in the model.mpq doesn't seem to do anything as they seem to be taking reference for those in the patch.mpq as of 1.11.

Good news? Textures you can still fart around with with MPQ Workshop(There's also MPQ Master... which I've oddly haven't had as good of luck with either), and a few BLP2/TGA converters(if you want to edit the textures to your own desires) without mucking anything up as bad like that again.

Bad news? You'll probably have to wait until somebody comes out, or the developers of MPQ Workshop, with a patch for 1.11

More good news... MyWarcraftStudio has a patch out for 1.11 to open the patch.mpq. Also, there doesn't seem to be a hash check for the texture files. I've edited a few to end up slightly larger/smaller, and Warcraft doesn't seem to be detecting it.

Just... advice. For some reason, if you specifically delete anything in the .mpq, it tends to go ape-shit and not load right. Replacing files with the MPQ Workshop, however, seems to work just fine.

And... Always, ALWAYS make an original backup of whatever file you're farting around with. The largest file is a bit over a gig. Hopefully if you had enough space for the game, you can squeeze in a bit extra to backup one of the mpq's that you want to edit.

*update(wow, that was fast, eh?)


Since 1.11 WoW will no longer look in the data folder for model/sound swapping.

The workaround?

1. Open mywarcraftstudio
2. In menu go to: pack -> create mpq archive. Call it whatever you want, doesn't matter
(EDIT: Apparently it must be called the same as an existing mpq, but with a number 0-9 behind it eg. speech2.mpq or patch2.mpq.)
3. Add your files to swap into the mpq, make sure you enter the right folder location
4. Open WoW

Taken from EPvP
credit to locutusofworm

[Blu]

This is awesome, but can you PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEASE find one for Undead Female? It would rock so hard! I tried to just exchange my female to a male since I don't really care what sex she / he is, but the entire model got fked up. >.<


Female's shoulders never got shrinked.

[danielone]

hmm well

for my troll to be undead again is a must, i can't play troll anymore etc

named a new MPQ file model2.mpq, then tried winmpq to put the TrollFemale.m2 in the Character\Troll\Female\ directory inside model2.mpq, but isnt working

I can get Mywarcraftstudio to put the m2 files in the MPQ file, but i can't seem to get it to allocate a filepath such as Character\Troll\Female to the file.. so I had to try winmpq

have they changed the place were it looks for the models to patch.mpq? it used to be model..

can anyone help here?

Edit: i think i have the pathfile correct for trollfemale.m2 in my model2.mpq, but still no luck, have they changed the default file that WoW reads character models to from model.mpq to patch.mpq?

[Nossy]

Ya, they changed the models to patch.mpq.

Considering the similarities, you might be able to just change the model2.mpq you made to patch2.mpq, and it might still take.


As for the long file names... I've noticed Mywarcraftstudio seems to have a problem with this. For me, I use the MWS to create the mpq, and use MPQ Workshop to add the files by creating the heirarchy needed as a folder, and dragging/dropping into where it needs to be.

i.e: making an entire folder set of Character\Troll\Male\TrollMale.m2 and dragging the character folder right into the MPQ editor. This doesn't seem to work with Mywarcraftstudio, because you still need to rename it.

This might prove easier if you just recreate all the paths needed for the texture files as well, and throw them in with MPQ Workshop or some other editor that allows dragging and dropping a file directory.

[danielone]

hmm, tried renaming my model2.mpq that i made to patch2.mpq and still no go

im 99% sure the pathname of the m2 file INSIDE the mpq is correct also

any ideas?

[Nossy]

hmmm, if you're trying to change the female troll, the path inside the patch2.mpq should be as follows:

CHARACTER\Troll\Female\TrollFemale.m2

The patch.mpq is kind of odd... so I'd advise to make sure everything is case-sensitive, just in case.

I'll fart around with the dwarf/NE models just to see what I can do. Write back here if you get it working.

Oh, and you might need to make a seperate .mpq if you're changing the textures as well. Otherwise I've come to think that it's the model that references the textures(as in the case when I changed the model of a summoned imp to that of the Lich King... didn't need to swap textures) If you already did this pre-1.11-patch, then it should just be a matter of dragging/dropping the Character folder with the changed textures in it right in the texture2.mpq.

[danielone]

Thanks, and about the textures, well that'd be great, but for now im just trying to get it working with the model, once I have the model, ill move onto the textures :)

I tried both upper and lower case for the filenames, still no luck (yes the file i'm using is definetly a UD model in a trollfemale.m2 file, check out these images, see if you can see anything wrong


This is the patch2.MPQ file i've made

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=51CDD0F679B7F4F8


and the folder i'm using (yes sorry its a messy dir, but u get the idea)

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=11CCF09369976231

[danielone]

ANY IDEAS?

[Nalos]

I'm still trying to determine if anyone has found the fix to the original for the UD male for 1.11


If it was posted I missed it

[rawrz0r]

Not working for me either ;o

Model is in patch2.MPQ\Character\NightElf\Female\NightElfFemal e.m2
Textures in texture2.MPQ

Just loads my normal ne model :\

[Shotai]

While we're on the topic, I use Mywarcraftstudio and when I look to switch around weapon models and textures it doesnt show anything 'new' aka nothing from any raid instance above UBRS for some reason. All old weapons and armor, pretty much no raid instance epics in there except a gimp looking Thunderfury, dunno why. Mywarcarftstudio takes the stuff directly from the MPQ files in WoW so why this would work out this way doesn't make sense. Anyone know why?

[rawrz0r]

Try loading different mpq files. A lot of the new stuff is in patch.mpq.

[Soulless]

PLX GIEVF WORKINK FILE FOR BIK SHULDERZ

[danielone]

someone must have figured it out, please POST when you do!!!!

model > model NEEDED!!

[Ziot]

You have to use dashes.

Patch-2.MPQ is the correct name. The client is completely case sensitive so you are going to have to be careful how you name things or it will crash. There is really no point at having a temporary fix because this will be fixed pretty soon because of how widespread it got.

The correct path is: "Character\Scourge\Male\ScourgeMale.m2"

[danielone]

works!!!

ty!!!

like he said, the correct pathname in the MPQ file, and name the mpq file to Patch-2.MPQ and it is possible

[danielone]

one more thing though Ziot, i'm having some problems with the textures for the model, should they be in patch 2 mpq file or should they be in a seperate mpq file?


i tried putting the textures in the same patch 2 file, but no luck

texture-1.mpq perhaps?

[Ziot]

one more thing though Ziot, i'm having some problems with the textures for the model, should they be in patch 2 mpq file or should they be in a seperate mpq file?


i tried putting the textures in the same patch 2 file, but no luck

texture-1.mpq perhaps?

http://www.whataboutpp.com/upload/how-wow-loads-files-v1.jpg

[danielone]

ok, thanks, i understand how it prioritises files now, but where should I put the texture files, in Patch 2 mpq, or in their own texture file?

[Mygotstonedgorilla]

I am currently trying to change my UD female model to UD male but when I log in and get to the character selection screen I get an error 131 Patch-2.MPQ is corrupted. Dont know why. I cant figure out how to fix this. Can you please list the steps of what I need to do to change it from UD female to male? sorry about all this hassle, some of us are computer illiterate ;p

[klyft]

This sounds great...I just have one slight problem. When I tried to download the model for the big shoulders, the file gives me an error for some reason..Here's what WinRAR told me when I tried to unrar it;

! C:\Documents and Settings\XXXX\Desktop\XXXX\UDShoulders.rar: CRC failed in Character\Scourge\Male\ScourgeMale.m2. The file is corrupt
! C:\Documents and Settings\XXXX\Desktop\XXXX\UDShoulders.rar: Unexpected end of archive

[sephiros64]

I have a problem and i'm not sure what the workaround is.

Let's say I'm trying to change my helm graphic from the alliance pvp version to the horde one. The problem is that when i open up Mywarcraftstudios and try to input the new pathname of the file, i simply dont have enough room to type it all out.

I.E. Open MWCS - edit MPQ archive - patch-2.mpq - add file to archive - and then boom, i run out of room to type "Item/ObjectComponents/funkyhordehelm.m2"

I'll get to "Item/ObjectComponents/funkyh" or something before it cuts out on me. Any suggestions or ideas?

[Shaneequa]

can you change your mount to a giraffe

[Mygotstonedgorilla]

ok, thanks, i understand how it prioritises files now, but where should I put the texture files, in Patch 2 mpq, or in their own texture file?

can you please post pictures of your new patch.mpq and patch-2.mpq files? just want to see what Im doing wrong. Also, do you still need a folder in the data folder with the correct folders and file in it like before?

[Frizzo]

can you change your mount to a giraffe

rofl

[Nalos]

You have to use dashes.

Patch-2.MPQ is the correct name. The client is completely case sensitive so you are going to have to be careful how you name things or it will crash. There is really no point at having a temporary fix because this will be fixed pretty soon because of how widespread it got.

The correct path is: "Character\Scourge\Male\ScourgeMale.m2"



wtf do I open the file with?

[trip]

edit:nvm fixed it but same as danielones question

where should I put the texture files, in Patch 2 mpq, or in their own texture file?

[brunk87]

Hey :)

Ok, at first sorry for my bad english ... I am german ;>
Now my problem ...
It would be absolutely lovely if someone could send me the MPQ File
to switch an UD Male into an NightElfMale ...
If have tried it for myself for several hours ... but it dont work.
Every time i log into my account my WOW crashes and i have to reboot my computer. And im getting sick of seeing my UD Male :(
So pleaaaassseee help me :(((

[Traumatize]

Why the fuck do you want to switch UD for GayElf?

[brunk87]

Help me please :(

[brunk87]

Ok heres a screenshot of the Folder I made in patch-2.mpq

http://img482.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mws2ko.jpg

Is there maybe a mistake?
When I try to login my wow account i always get a "critical error: corrupted file patch-2" and things like that ... would be great if someone could help me

[brunk87]

ideas? :(

[brunk87]

:-(

[Mini]

i just got one question, i used to switch models in 1.10 and nowadays i know the method is completely different and i think i have figured out how its working but all i want to know is HOW do you create folders in your .MPQ file? I hope i can get an answer ASAP, im not even sure my theory of how this is suppose to work is right but i thought i should wrote anyways and maybe i can get a answer of my question.

thx.

[Mini]

i know how to do it now i think, but i got a problem, if you wanna change model on your character like a troll to UD, someone said that you should name the .MPQ patch-2 and in my /Data folder there allready is a .MPQ file named Patch-2 containing some Naxx thingies etc. Should i add Character/Scourge/Male/ScourgeMale.m2 into Patch-2 and if, how will i do that cuz it seems like cant transfer it into Patch-2 the way i tried to.
How will i fix this? I would really appriciate some help.

thx.

[Alienbasecamp]

i know how to do it now i think, but i got a problem, if you wanna change model on your character like a troll to UD, someone said that you should name the .MPQ patch-2 and in my /Data folder there allready is a .MPQ file named Patch-2 containing some Naxx thingies etc. Should i add Character/Scourge/Male/ScourgeMale.m2 into Patch-2 and if, how will i do that cuz it seems like cant transfer it into Patch-2 the way i tried to.
How will i fix this? I would really appriciate some help.

I'd create a file named patch-3.mpq for your custom changes :>

I switched weapon models by using MyWarCraftStudio v0.8, available in the comments section on curse-gaming

http://www.curse-gaming.com/en/wow/addons-657-1-mywarcraftstudio.html

Its working fine with WoW 1.11 :)

[Mini]

Okey, thx, i have one more problem tho. Are you suppose to take the UD model and rename it to the Troll model, cuz that was how you did it in 1.10 and it's completely different now in 1.11:

Character\Troll\Male\TrollMale.m2 <-- UD model renamed to Troll model.

Or am i wrong? is it any other way you are suppose to do it because when i do it this way i get an error. I also tried to take the troll model and rename it to the scourge model just to see and still got an error.
Would be great if i could get the exact information of how to change an Troll to Undead, i would probably get it all then and i dont have to bother anymore ^_^

[Schneeb]

Theres like 20+ models/skins to swap if your changing race ..

[uro]

So, im doing everything right but it still isnt fucking working. Anyone just wanna upload and link patch-2.mpq with big shoulders? :D

[Aysha]

Yo i have a simple question. I cant find a Way to change my boots MODEL !! Not the texture i know how to change the textures, but i cant find any boots model !! HELP ME !! plz :P

[autocon]

Yo i have a simple question. I cant find a Way to change my boots MODEL !! Not the texture i know how to change the textures, but i cant find any boots model !! HELP ME !! plz :P

Boots dont have a model, they are a skin texture found ITEM > TextureComponet > FootTexture. There is also another part of the boot texture in the LowerLegTexture. Make sure you get both textures from Foot and LowerLeg or you wont be able to see your whole boot skined corectly.


Well actualy boots do have models, you can find them in the Model folder but trying to find which boot you use can be hard since there not labed like the Helm and Sholders are named Raid whatever your class is. Even if you change the model of your boots you still have to change textures of them or they just show up a bright green, which means 0 skins.



PS. If your making a Patch-2 folder it will corrupt your WoW since Patch-2 is used for the little hotfix patches they instale and you will have to reinstal WoW if you dont have a backup. Make one called Patch-3 and it will work fine.

[The Arc]

So, im doing everything right but it still isnt fucking working. Anyone just wanna upload and link patch-2.mpq with big shoulders? :D

Please?

[Mini]

Could someone please take some time to post a small and simple guide of how to change models? i've been trying alot lately but all i get is errors or it wont work at all. I would really appriciate it!
send me a message over the forum or just ask for my e-mail and we can take it over there. I will appriciate all help i can get.


:(

[orban]

Is there any way to just change your own model?

When for example changing gnome model to undead all gnomes look like undeads...?!

[lanner]

Is there any way you can make it work in 1.11? :)

[arctickcin]

It works in 1.11, and isn't 1.12 out?

[lanner]

It works in 1.11, and isn't 1.12 out?
haha for 1.12 then ;D

[uro]

http://dethecusdrama.com/users/uro/oldUDshoulders.rar

put that in your data folder.




disclaimer: if your wow gets fucked up, youre a retard. it works just fine.

[orban]

Is there any way to just change your own model?

When for example changing gnome model to undead all gnomes look like undeads...?!

Any idea?

[arctickcin]

Ugh I am sick of hearing that garbage, simply make a patch-3.mpq with the undead files renamed to the gnome character files, it's a pain to do since theres like 20-30 things you need to find out of like 500 sets for each skintone, hair, facial features, faces.

[orban]

Yes, I did that.

But it changes ALL gnomes to undeads. Can I just change MY gnome to an undead without touching other gnomes?

Jees.

[grom]

no, you can't

[arctickcin]

Yes, I did that.

But it changes ALL gnomes to undeads. Can I just change MY gnome to an undead without touching other gnomes?

Jees.


No, because theres only one Gnome Model, and your character is that gnome model.

[orban]

Okay then...thought it was impossible but who knows. :)

[benix]

anyone know of a mod or way to change it so i can make all humans look like orcs for my client?

[mi0sis]

Edit: I figured it out. :)

[Molakar]

Doing as the first post says isn't working for me, anything changed etc?

[Lesly]

http://obscurus.nillsen.de/plugins/userfiles/files/esdasdafgfd2dn1.jpg

<3 male human

[Gigamo]

Haha at the priest on the left wearing a female robe.

[Lesly]

Haha at the priest on the left wearing a female robe.


YES xD

a shemale priest :D

[Thorrkin]

wtf? ud female>human male, especially in your screen where you have the "viking" hair cut.

[Lesly]

wtf? ud female>human male, especially in your screen where you have the "viking" hair cut.


if you play all the time female ud warrior and all the time you jump arround... it sucks >_>
need some tuaren model or male human !
i like male human... the pauldron style is the best :)

[handsomejack]

is there anyway to change the UD shoulder size anymore? I am really sick of having these tiny shoulders when even BE's have massive shoulders. I tried the first way and the way where the guy posted the patch-3 file.

[texom]

now it dont work in 4.01 build :/