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E-Dragon Slayer

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by: chaud [More]

This does not work in 3.2.

Most people's computers kick into overdrive when the login screen is open, and you shouldn't have to suffer the extra heat and dragon roars. This modification allows you to slay that e-dragon by changing your login screen, hopefully within the Blizzard ToS (You are not modifying any game files or running third party programs). You can choose from any of the character selection screens, BC, classic, or blank login screens.

1) Put the GLUES folder inside your Interface folder.
2) Structure should be similar to ...World of Warcraft\Interface\GLUES\MODELS\UI_MainMenu_Northrend
3) Open UI_MainMenu_Northrend and select the login screen you want by copying the files from a folder and pasting them into UI_MainMenu_Northrend.

This has been tested with the most of the US and EU clients. You will need to use a workaround if you play on a Mac for some reason.

Care about the legality? See this green post.

Firstly,

While people's desire for an 'official' response is understandable, Blizzard is generally loath to comment on things like this. They typically reserve the right to decide at any time that they don't like something, and coming out and saying out that something is okay restricts their ability to do that. Moreover, most of the people who post on the forums are community reps, not the legal team, and strictly avoid making statements that might prove to be legally binding on the company without extensive council.

To address some of the concerns raised as best I'm able:

The game maintains a "folder structure" in its collection of MPQ files. This folder structure is analogous to the folder structure on your hard drive. When the game client needs a particular file, it actually looks on your hard drive FIRST, then if it doesn't find the file, it looks in the MPQ "folders" in the same place. That's how tweaks like this work in the first place. Modifying the MPQ files is very bad; not only will it get you suspended or banned, it will often prevent WoW from loading at all, because a program called Warden checks them. However, Warden doesn't monitor substitute files like gun sound replacements.

The kicker to this is that Blizzard (1) expressly programmed in the ability to override files like this, and (2) later expressly REMOVED the ability to override critical files like the mob and terrain models and textures. This is a pretty good indicator that they're probably okay with it, but it is NOT legally binding and does not constitute actual permission.

Model changing, on the other hand, is well-established as a bad practice and has gotten entire guilds banned. So anything that involves model replacement is pretty suspect.

On the third hand (Quick, get an octopus!), this doesn't impact the actual play experience, which is what they're worried about first and foremost.

Summation: It doesn't look actually bad, but use very much at your own risk; this really straddles a line (yes, I know that's pretty much what the thread has said so far, but I wanted to throw a little more actual information into the mix).

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07-13-09, 01:16 AM

Kupotek

An Aku'mai Servant

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Originally posted by chaud
Maybe you missed the large red This will no longer work in 3.2.

I don't see why this wouldn't work in 3.2 or require a very slight fix like pretty much all addons will require in 3.2, or are they going to make it impossible to change the login screen which is just a complete waste of time. But hey, that's Blizzard, stop players from doing stuff that doesn't effect gameplay.

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07-12-09, 08:23 PM

chaud

A Kobold Labourer

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Originally posted by Tavil
Will you be able to update it for the new patch or is Blizzard blocking it?

Maybe you missed the large red This will no longer work in 3.2.

07-11-09, 11:02 PM
Tavil Premium Member Forum posts: 2 File comments: 5 Uploads: 0	Will you be able to update it for the new patch or is Blizzard blocking it? Last edited by Tavil : 07-11-09 at 11:02 PM.

07-02-09, 04:05 PM
T3nchu A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 23 Uploads: 0	What's the mac work around?

07-02-09, 08:44 AM
Gsusnme A Wyrmkin Dreamwalker Forum posts: 55 File comments: 199 Uploads: 1	Fantastic, thanks for this!

07-01-09, 11:19 PM
Norek A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 9 File comments: 85 Uploads: 0	Ok seriously i made a post about this like a month ago and no one responded to it, now I happen to randomly be browsing the UI forums and there was a link to this. I <3 you madam/sir/being of coding knowledge __________________ Norek - Garithos

07-01-09, 10:42 PM
CurtisTheGreat A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 7 File comments: 200 Uploads: 1	I love you.

07-01-09, 10:20 PM
Raisehell A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 3 Uploads: 0	God bless you... DIE DRAGON!!!!!!!!

07-01-09, 10:08 PM
canismajoris A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 1 Uploads: 0	I'm a bit confused on the process, anybody mind walking me a step by step process on how to change my login screen. I r dumb. nvm! got it! awesome! Last edited by canismajoris : 07-01-09 at 10:10 PM.

07-01-09, 09:50 PM
bakageta A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 1 Uploads: 0	Excellent addon, it's very nostalgic to see the original login screen, and for those of us with less than amazing computers this really helps out.

07-01-09, 09:03 PM
Gilak A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 1 Uploads: 0	Ok, I cant get it to work... I am doing what the directions say to do... NVM! I got it working and I love it! Last edited by Gilak : 07-01-09 at 09:08 PM.

07-01-09, 06:53 PM
Tavil Premium Member Forum posts: 2 File comments: 5 Uploads: 0	You sir are a FREAKING GENIUS!! Thank you so much!

07-01-09, 12:21 PM
Helidoc Hoghead Forum posts: 31 File comments: 15 Uploads: 1	Thank You!

07-01-09, 11:16 AM
Crevox A Defias Bandit Forum posts: 3 File comments: 28 Uploads: 1	Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you Last edited by Crevox : 07-01-09 at 11:43 AM.

07-01-09, 03:34 AM
noble8 A Warpwood Thunder Caller Forum posts: 95 File comments: 157 Uploads: 1	Mac The black template will not crash the mac wow client. To fix this open \\interface\\AddOns\\....UI_MainMenu_Northrend.M2 in a text editor. Type in a word, eg. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Save it. Oh, and enjoy __________________ If science and religion are destroyed, science would re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion. Last edited by noble8 : 07-01-09 at 03:35 AM.

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