[Platos]

I was wondering if somebody would be kind enough to attempt a model edit for me. One thing I've always wanted in WoW, is a hooded cloak. Basically a hood which ideally pulls quite far over the head, obscuring the face if you looked at it from a side angle, with a cloak matching it in colour. In a perfect world, the cloak would be wider than the standard cloak, coming around the shoulders like a long unfastened coat with sleeves. I know this sounds a bit confusing so I've googled around trying to find an image that shows something like this, and had some luck with an aragorn (LotR) statue while googling for 'ranger'.



If anybody could replace a model for maybe a low level cloak/helm (something like the blood elf bandit mask?), you would have my eternal thanks, and +rep when I can do it.

Edit: I've been looking through the WoW model viewer, and for the helm, I was thinking of maybe a recoloured 'Hood of the Avatar', with the faded effect on the face lessened so the face is more visible.

[Platos]

Just throwing the one bump in here to push this from page 4. If no-one shows any interest I won't bump again, Eternal glory in the form of 1 measly rep will be yours. Also cookies. Well... Cookie from DM. He agreed to be a slave for a while.

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I think Medivh has a ranger style cloak, you could edit your char into him

[Platos]

Originally Posted by Teufel

I think Medivh has a ranger style cloak, you could edit your char into him

I'm not so keen on morphing my character to look exactly like someone else, I prefer a bit of individuality. Thanks for the recommendation though, +rep for that If anyone could nab the cloak from this and put the textures on a seperate item though, that'd be great.

[schlumpf]

Well ... the problem of your request is, that cloaks in WoW always go only
on the back. You request one to get a bit on the shoulders, front-side and
the head.
As Teufel said, the only model like this is Medivh. But even Medivh's cloak is
far away from your dreams. I think you would get an awesome result when
taking Miev's cloak.

But on the taking .. Well, cloaks in WoW are just textures and a predefined
model. The model is in the characters itself. If you get a bad modelchange,
eg a creature -> race, you will see those 4 (?) different models all on the
back. So what you'd need is adding a new one ... Hmm .. It _is_ possible.
But sorry, its ****ing hard and I know of no one who managed it.

To the technical part:
Models are defined in several polygons, all bound to a geoset. This geoset
is a collection of triangles, that defines a part of the body. On characters,
geosets are: body, hair 1-7, cloak 1-4, wrists 1-4, hands, robes etc. Those
are hidden and only shown at purpose so you wont see them all .
On some creatures you only got 1 geoset defining everything. BUt lets
come to Miev since she is the one of our interest:

1. Hair
2. "Horns"
3. TIts, Hands, top-body
4. Arms
5. something in the neck, cant get what it is xD
6. The cloak, part1 and some part of the hair again.
7. The shoulders and some accesories of the cloak, part 2
8. Feet, boot
9. Legs
10. Helm
11. Eyes 1
12. Eyes 2

So, what we need are geoset 6 and maybe 7. Geoset-exportation ..
uhm .. As said, you need the triangles and the geosetinformation,
additinally the textures and animations.
Well, that makes:

• Bones
• Vertices
• Views (LOD)
  • Indices
  • Triangles
  • Vertex properties
  • Submeshes
  • Texture units
• (Render Flags)
• (Colors / Transp.)
• Textures

And I am not sure if I got everything. Well, you see, its not a small
list. I would wonder if someone here can manage it. So as of now,
forget that. Just do a little reskin with a black texture for a long cloak
and a matching helmet. That wont be that hard.

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Originally Posted by schlumpf

Well ... the problem of your request is, that cloaks in WoW always go only
on the back. You request one to get a bit on the shoulders, front-side and
the head.
As Teufel said, the only model like this is Medivh. But even Medivh's cloak is
far away from your dreams. I think you would get an awesome result when
taking Miev's cloak.

But on the taking .. Well, cloaks in WoW are just textures and a predefined
model. The model is in the characters itself. If you get a bad modelchange,
eg a creature -> race, you will see those 4 (?) different models all on the
back. So what you'd need is adding a new one ... Hmm .. It _is_ possible.
But sorry, its ****ing hard and I know of no one who managed it.

To the technical part:
Models are defined in several polygons, all bound to a geoset. This geoset
is a collection of triangles, that defines a part of the body. On characters,
geosets are: body, hair 1-7, cloak 1-4, wrists 1-4, hands, robes etc. Those
are hidden and only shown at purpose so you wont see them all .
On some creatures you only got 1 geoset defining everything. BUt lets
come to Miev since she is the one of our interest:

1. Hair
2. "Horns"
3. TIts, Hands, top-body
4. Arms
5. something in the neck, cant get what it is xD
6. The cloak, part1 and some part of the hair again.
7. The shoulders and some accesories of the cloak, part 2
8. Feet, boot
9. Legs
10. Helm
11. Eyes 1
12. Eyes 2

So, what we need are geoset 6 and maybe 7. Geoset-exportation ..
uhm .. As said, you need the triangles and the geosetinformation,
additinally the textures and animations.
Well, that makes:

• Bones
• Vertices
• Views (LOD)
  • Indices
  • Triangles
  • Vertex properties
  • Submeshes
  • Texture units
• (Render Flags)
• (Colors / Transp.)
• Textures

And I am not sure if I got everything. Well, you see, its not a small
list. I would wonder if someone here can manage it. So as of now,
forget that. Just do a little reskin with a black texture for a long cloak
and a matching helmet. That wont be that hard.

Ehhhhm... yes, was about to say that! :P

Serious : Tell me which race and gender you char has and I morph it into Medivh if you wish.

[Platos]

Thanks for the replys guys, especially that in depth post schlumpf, after readin that I see why its tricky to get exactly what I asked for. If anybody could attempt what he said with the black textured long cloak and hood, you'd have my gratitude.

Failing that, I wouldn't mind a reskin of medivh if I can't get just the cloak, so I'm a Human Male, thank you for the offer Teufel.