.blp?

[MasterOfABCs]

i downloaded a cusotm skin, it is in .blp format, do i have to convert it into somthing else? is thier a tutorial for this some were? , i dont get it, i got the icon to import, but whe ni try to swich the model, it says no appropraite files exist

 

[Mattador]

Blp

BLP is only a texture, or in this case an icon. BLP is Blizzards image format and any 2d art in the game is a .blp file. Be it icon, or texture.

If you are importing a model it should have a .mdx and .blp file which would be a model file and texture file respectively.

Sounds like all you have is an icon file.

Hope that helps.

 

[MasterOfABCs]

ok i when to www.Wc3sear.ch, and down loaded the soul stealer skin, my question is how do i apply it

 

[Sargon]

Do you ever read the tutorials?

 

[Korolen]

You have to override the skin of a Blizzard Model. For example, to modify the peasant, change the Custom Path in the Import Editor to: "Textures/Peasant.blp". I use the Warcraft III Viewer program to get the path, but you can also use Warcraft III Image Extractor II, or another MPQ-viewing program.

 

[Mattador]

Soul Blower Maybe?

I couldnt find a Soul Stealer model, but found a soul blower.

If that is the guy he looks like he is based off of Grom Hellscreams skin. You will need to import the skin and then change the path. The path should be the same path as Grom Hellscreams texture. To find that out I recommend downloading the Image Extractor and looking at his path in that.

 

[Korolen]

Grom Hellscream's texture path is: "Units/Orc/Hellscream/Hellscream.blp"

 

[Korolen]

BTW, fix the mouth of the guy on your avatar, Mattador.

 

[Grurf]

Edit:

Didn't read closely enough. Do you want to import the icon or the model?

Anyway, here is the url of the soul stealer model (for reference):

http://www.wc3sear.ch/index.php?p=Skins&ID=4177&sid=

Here is how to import the model:

1. Open your map
2. Go to the import manager
3. Import the .blp file
4. Double-click it in the import manager
5. Check "Use custom path"
6. Enter this path: Textures\Hero_BloodElf.blp
7. Click ok
8. Place the unit (any unit with the Blood Mage model in this case) somewhere (or at least make sure you will be able to look at it closely)
9. Save your map
10. Test the game (ctrl + f9) and look at the unit. Does it look like the screenshot at the site?

Here is the url of the soul stealer icon (for reference again):

http://www.wc3sear.ch/index.php?p=Icons&ID=9103&sid=

And here is how to import the icon:

1. Open your map
2. Go to the import manager
3. Import the BTN .blp file
4. Double-click it in the import manager
5. Check "Use custom path"
6. Enter this path: ReplaceableTextures\CommandButtons\BTNSoulStealer.blp
7. Click ok
8. Import the DISBTN .blp file
9. Double-click it in the import manager
10. Check "Use custom path"
11. Enter this path: ReplaceableTextures\CommandButtonsDisabled\DISBTNSoulStealer.blp
12. Click ok
13. Assign the icon to something so that you can see it in-game
14. Save your map
15. Test the game (ctrl + f9) and look at the icon. Does it look like the screenshot at the site?

 

[MasterOfABCs]

wow, guys thanks for al lthe help,sorry for not replying erlier, i get pulled of the comp for 3 hours every tues/thurs and sargon, i looked on the tutorial site, saw nothing reguarding importing skins, and i asked about 3 times for a tut. on it. Gruf how did you find that custom path (for the skin)

 

[MasterOfABCs]

Sorry for double post

argh, i need to know how to find cusomt paths, like the one gruff gave me.

 

[Grurf]

Use winmpq in this way:

1. What unit is the skin meant for?
2. Is it a RoC of TFT unit?
3. Open Winmpq
4. If it is a RoC unit, open war3.mpq, if TFT, open war3x.mpq
5. In the upper part of the window, you see a field with a *
6. Change that into *[Partoftheunitname]* (I.E. *blood* for your skin because the bloodmage is called Hero_BloodElf in the files)
7. Seek the .blp that belongs to the unit you want to skin in the listed files
8. Right-click it
9. Click rename
10. Copy it (Ctrl + C)
11. Go to the import manager, and paste (Ctrl + V) the path as a custom path for the skin.

That is the way I use to get paths of skins.

 

[MasterOfABCs]

i downloaded minmpq, but i'm so lost, i got to about number 4 or 5 on your list but i dont now were the wc3., wc3x is, help please

 

[Heptameron]

i downloaded minmpq, but i'm so lost, i got to about number 4 or 5 on your list but i dont now were the wc3., wc3x is, help please

War3.mpq and War3x.mpq are found in your Warcraft III folder (where Warcraft III was installed).

 

[MasterOfABCs]

Thanks to all of you who helped me!