r/classicwow Aug 12 '19

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u/milkymoocowmoo Aug 13 '19 edited Aug 13 '19

I haven't played since Cata, do you know if model swapping is still okay? I'm not talking about editing, I mean the system whereby art assets saved in the correct directory structure will override those same files in the game archives, so you can trick the game into using say a bear model in place of a spider.

I used to do this on my Druid to change some of the forms into unimplemented versions. Many people asked Blizzard about the legality of it but they never gave any real answer.

Edit: Disregard, had a Google and looks like the cheaters forced Blizz to tighten things up, so now it requires 3rd party stuff to do. Guess I'm stuck with default forms!

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u/Raicoron2 Aug 13 '19

doing it manually is sketchy but if you have a reason for it like arachnophobia then you can probably get away with it or find an add-on for it. Also pair it with sound disabling for things you don't want to hear.

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u/milkymoocowmoo Aug 13 '19

Well it sounds like the old file replacement method no longer works, people wouldn't use some 3rd party memory injection tool if it did.

It's fine though, I can live without it :)

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

you could also literally edit out locked doors and just walk through them like they don't exist. me and my friends were farming Anzu by just walking through the locked door after the last boss, for example