DESCRIPTION:
This selection of patches is for replacing the original Vanilla WoW (1.12.1 client) Druid Forms with more visually cohesive ones.
Note: You can only have one patch working at a time; this is due to the fact that Horde/Alliance Druids share data for their Travel/Aquatic forms, therefore both Horde/Alliance Druids will always look the same while in said forms no matter how the game client is modified. Also, Travel Form shares its model with 'Tiger' type mobs in the game, which means these mobs will appear as birds in-game unless you are running the "NOTRAVEL" patch version, which I have made as an available option.
In an attempt to satisfy all, I have created several tailored patches. There are Horde-tailored, Alliance-tailored, and faction-neutral patch versions:
-The Horde-tailored version has horned brownish-yellow Travel/Aquatic Forms,
-the Alliance-tailored version has long-eared purplish Travel/Aquatic Forms,
-the "NEUTRAL" patch includes neutrally-skinned Travel/Aquatic Forms,
-and the "NEUTRALNOTRAVEL" patch includes a neutrally-skinned Aquatic Form but omits the new Travel Form so that 'Tiger' type mobs remain cats in-game.
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OVERVIEW IMAGE:
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Better_Druid_Forms-Overview-Small.jpg
INSTALLATION:
Remove "HORDE-"/"ALLIANCE-" prefix from the patch-3.MPQ file; put patch-3.MPQ in game "data" folder. Tested on Kronos and Nostalrius private servers without issue. Note: only usable on vanilla private servers using 1.12.1 WoW game client.
HORDE-patch-3.MPQ
ALLIANCE-patch-3.MPQ
NEUTRAL-patch-3.MPQ
NEUTRALNOTRAVEL-patch-3.MPQ (No new Travel Form, 'Tiger' type mobs remain cats in-game)
TO-DO / KNOWN ISSUES:
-The Aquatic Form is missing an animation for "swimleft"/"swimright". For some reason I can't add these animations even using the exact same techniques I used to add animations to the Storm Crow model.
-The Aquatic Form has a flickering graphic where it meets the surface of the water. (I suspect this may be a graphics-card specific glitch, but I haven't been able to test this theory yet)
-I have reduced the size of the Storm Crow model to compensate for both Kronos and Nostalrius private servers having erroneously enlarged Travel Forms. Should those servers fix that particular bug, I would like to return the Storm Crow model to its original size.
-Replaced all Tiger sounds with silence. Finding correct information regarding 1.12.1 DBC editing was going to make me go absolutely mad.
This selection of patches is for replacing the original Vanilla WoW (1.12.1 client) Druid Forms with more visually cohesive ones.
Note: You can only have one patch working at a time; this is due to the fact that Horde/Alliance Druids share data for their Travel/Aquatic forms, therefore both Horde/Alliance Druids will always look the same while in said forms no matter how the game client is modified. Also, Travel Form shares its model with 'Tiger' type mobs in the game, which means these mobs will appear as birds in-game unless you are running the "NOTRAVEL" patch version, which I have made as an available option.
In an attempt to satisfy all, I have created several tailored patches. There are Horde-tailored, Alliance-tailored, and faction-neutral patch versions:
-The Horde-tailored version has horned brownish-yellow Travel/Aquatic Forms,
-the Alliance-tailored version has long-eared purplish Travel/Aquatic Forms,
-the "NEUTRAL" patch includes neutrally-skinned Travel/Aquatic Forms,
-and the "NEUTRALNOTRAVEL" patch includes a neutrally-skinned Aquatic Form but omits the new Travel Form so that 'Tiger' type mobs remain cats in-game.
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OVERVIEW IMAGE:
------------------------------>link to higher-res overview image
Better_Druid_Forms-Overview-Small.jpg
INSTALLATION:
Remove "HORDE-"/"ALLIANCE-" prefix from the patch-3.MPQ file; put patch-3.MPQ in game "data" folder. Tested on Kronos and Nostalrius private servers without issue. Note: only usable on vanilla private servers using 1.12.1 WoW game client.
HORDE-patch-3.MPQ
ALLIANCE-patch-3.MPQ
NEUTRAL-patch-3.MPQ
NEUTRALNOTRAVEL-patch-3.MPQ (No new Travel Form, 'Tiger' type mobs remain cats in-game)
TO-DO / KNOWN ISSUES:
-The Aquatic Form is missing an animation for "swimleft"/"swimright". For some reason I can't add these animations even using the exact same techniques I used to add animations to the Storm Crow model.
-The Aquatic Form has a flickering graphic where it meets the surface of the water. (I suspect this may be a graphics-card specific glitch, but I haven't been able to test this theory yet)
-I have reduced the size of the Storm Crow model to compensate for both Kronos and Nostalrius private servers having erroneously enlarged Travel Forms. Should those servers fix that particular bug, I would like to return the Storm Crow model to its original size.
-Replaced all Tiger sounds with silence. Finding correct information regarding 1.12.1 DBC editing was going to make me go absolutely mad.