War3 Model Editor v1.00

This is a model viewer/editor for Warcraft 3 models (mdl/mdx).
See the included help-file for more information.

Features:

¤ Model Viewer
¤ Model Editor
¤ Geoset Importing/Exporting
¤ Can save/load the model formats *.mdl and *.mdx
¤ Can save/load the texture formats *.bmp, *.tga, *.png, *.jpg, *.jpeg, *.pcx and *.blp
¤ Can import other model formats (importers stored in DLLs)
¤ Ability to convert between the model formats
¤ Ability to convert between the texture formats
¤ MPQ Browser (very fast loading)
¤ Support for custom listfiles
¤ Support for custom MPQ filters & icons

Extras:

¤ Loading Screen Creator
¤ A tool to create colored text for Warcraft 3

Get it at: http://home.magosx.com/index.php?topic=6.0

Not bad at all; its good for people who do not know how to MDL edit on thier own.

Do you intend to release the code? If so, how soon do you speculate?

Suggestion: Allow for vertex movements. It should not be too complex to allow for the functions of the MDL Vertex Modifer into the program. However what would be trickey is allowing 3d rotations while using that type of feature (Of course 2d editing like the Vertex Modifer would be pretty simple, 3d makes it far more difficult)

Uploaded v1.01

¤ Bug fixes
¤ Added a MS3D (Milkshape) importer

I dunno if or when the main source code will be released!
I will add some kind of geoset editor in future versions but that will prolly take a while to implement!

You can add .3ds and .max importers or best than that, exporters?

Whoever wants can write their own importers. There is no support for exporters at this time. I have been looking into max and gmax importers myself but I just cannot find any max/gmax file format descriptions. I've also heard that the max file format is patented (rumors?).

Since I have no idea how to create models, I clicked on you help menu, then on help. When I opened it, all it said was "This Page can not be displayed" do I need to change something or do i need to use a different program for learning how to make models

The 'Help' menu works for me. Make sure to UNZIP the entire file, not just the .EXE.

Thanks I might acually be able make a model

By far, one of the best free warcraft model editor program that I've seen. Probably some features are tricky, but (at least for me) it has been very helpful. Keep working!!!

Wow. Now I can destroy the wor- oh err, I didn't know you were there... Yeah... Hehehe... (Thanks! This is a lifesaver...)

Your "Don't Inhert Scaling" Flag for attachment points doesn't do anything... My models still inherts scaling on any graphical effects that appears on them, such as curse, inner fire, auras, etc... When this flag is checked on the attachment nodes such as "origin ref" the model still inherts the scaling value set in the Unit Editor.
I know this because my familiar units are all scaled between .80 - 2.50and graphical effects and auras that appear on my .80 scaled unit are extremely tiny. While the same effects are huge on my 2.50 unit.

Unless I'm missing something else I need to do.

Inherit scaling means the node does not inherit scaling anims from its parent, it does nothing to attachments ingame.

So then the question is, how to I make it so spell effects don't scale? Because despite all my familiars looking the same size, they're scaled differently. Like my Blade Familiar is scaled at .80, while my ice familiar is at 2.50, they still look the same size but spell effects are vastly different sizes.

I feel like an idiot when I say this but...
How do I launch the program?