[Qhan]

Ok well i have been around MMowned for a while now and i decided to post one of my guides. I'v seen enough people spamming threads with "WTB L337z Texturs changes!!!111' so i hope this will help those people out. By the way not everyone will understand what to do so take your time.

Programs!

MWCS -- [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

BLP converter -- [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]


How To Edit Textures!

1. Open up MWCS.


2. Open Patch.MPQ


3. Find the texture you want to edit (.blp) I will be useing the Elekk.


4. Now Extract it.


5. Run it through your BLP converter. (sorry for no pic, its really straight forward though).

6. Now that you have it open up some drawing program (paint ect.) Also [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] works well too!


7. Edit it.


7. Save your finished work.

8. Make sure you rerun your 'newly designed' texture through the BLP convertor again. (make sure to remove the origional texture).

9. Make it into an MPQ with the right treepath


10. Enjoy your new texture all throughout Azeroth

Here are what some can end up like




And if your really talented --
:P crazy stuff!





Hope this guide helped! GL!

Glynbeard

(basic idea taken from A_snake01)

[Lonekeeper]

nice and clear + rep

[Marlo]

+rep and added to guide list.

[Qhan]

Thanks, i'v been working on it for a while now and i even got some elite members to take a look at it before hand to have a maximum sucess rate and clarity.

[Naravus]

Nice work, you probably should mention that better tools will be needed to make better textures.

Either photoshop or the GIMP ([Only registered and activated users can see links. ]) work the best imo.
+rep

[Adrenalin3]

do you have to use patch.mpq or can we use common.mpq?

[nozzie]

BLP converter is same link as MWCS

[Sasukedk]

gieff link for BLP converter instead of 2x MWCS`?

[Adrenalin3]

heres the blp converter [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

[Diclonius]

Great! But one question, whenever I edit the texture and make it .blp again and add it to a .mpq file, the texture is either fuzzy or strecthed out. And if I edit something in white, when I log in, the whole texture is just green, or you see blackspots around the texture where it's supposed to be white. Do you know some kind of solution how to fix this?

[Naravus]

Originally Posted by gruk

do you have to use patch.mpq or can we use common.mpq?

You can use any of the MPQs which have textures

[Qhan]

Originally Posted by Diclonius

Great! But one question, whenever I edit the texture and make it .blp again and add it to a .mpq file, the texture is either fuzzy or strecthed out. And if I edit something in white, when I log in, the whole texture is just green, or you see blackspots around the texture where it's supposed to be white. Do you know some kind of solution how to fix this?

Some textures are just very buggy and don't work properly. Kepp trying with different things.

BTW links fixed.

Glynbeard

[Fault]

Wow, u sent me this guide beforehand, but u didn't show me the final stuff, looks really good. +rep

[Qhan]

Thanks Fault. I'm glad to bear your approval!

[Diclonius]

Is it alright if I ask again a few questions? I've edited some other textures then armor, but still I get the same results, with same results I mean that they are just black only. Here's an example:



This is when it's zoomed in, when I zoom out the whole texture is black.

and this is the texture:



It's based of "Helm_Leather_RaidRogue_A_01.blp" , and just like the other .blp files I just get a black texture like the one above if I edit the texture. I edit the textures in paint just like the guide said, so I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. Is the problem MWCS or WoW itself?