WoW code/artwork exporter built-in?
 

From the PTR 4.0.6 updated patch notes:

- Console commands have been added to the login screens: ExportInterfaceFiles art, ExportInterfaceFiles code.

Seems like there'll finally be a proper tool to export code and art again. How would we go about entering this though?

Run wow with -console suffixed, like this:
Open the console during login screen using '`' key.

Then write in the following value(s) and hit enter:
Atleast this is what I imagine is intended.
I might be wrong on the console key part, as the default is '`'.

This is 100% working in the current live version of wow. I was able to get all the art and code using the above mentioned -console command and accessed it by using `

It took about 6 minutes for it to put all the artwork and code into my Interface folder.

Now I need recommendations on what to use to play with these blp files. As well if i wanted to change one. Do i leave it in the same place as it it just modify the file and play the game or is there a path they need to go into.

If you want to play around in the console the first thing i suggest you do is. this will make the console box much larger to see some of the bigger help menu's

Note: these export directly to your Interface folder. This means that if you're going to extract the art, back up any sort of manual overrides you have there presently first.

Is this working for anyone on 4.0.6? It works for me on 4.0.3a, but on 4.0.6 it just pauses for a half a second or so like it's going to do something, and than just returns, and doesn't update any files.

I think they're looking into it.

The patch notes say it is an option on the 'login' screen, it also says
"For opening cinematics there is now a streaming option interface in the login screen for play-on-demand".

But these are not showing up, at least on my PTR.

You have to enable the console to use the ExportInterfaceFiles commands (which as has been said, work fine on 4.0.3a, however don't currently work on 4.0.6). I have no idea about the streaming option, playing the game before it's completely downloaded is pretty crummy anyway, I've just waited for it to download.

I belive the play-on-demand is the "cloud" version of wow, which simply lets you play anywhere without installing the game first.

Mine is installed in program files (x86) ((new computer sill learning it ; ;) and have no clue how to run wow in console mode...any pointers, lol?

Still this ^^. Right-click the shortcut you use to open WoW and go to Properties. Change the path to look like the above (except with your actual path first, of course).


PS- WoW should not be installed in Program Files - that isn't the default location.

You don't need to use the wow.exe file to get console up and running. You can just make a copy of your shortcut, rename it something, and add the "-console" after the launcher.exe statement.

In windows make this change to the target line:
"D:\Programs\World of Warcraft\Launcher.exe" -console

you can add any number of options that the game uses, such as -dxd11, just put them at the end one at a time.

Right. Whatever shortcut you use to launch WoW (be it a shortcut to wow.exe or a shortcut to launcher.exe).

I recommend you
http://www.wowinterface.com/download...lity.html#info

and this
http://www.getpaint.net/download.html#download

I have not found any editor with native BLP support.

typing "ExportInterfaceFiles art" does nothing,
but "ExportInterfaceFiles ART" works.
It creates \BlizzardInterfaceCode\Interface in World of Warcraft Public Test
with 310 folder anf 19.122 files, keeping Interface folder safe.

Hate to necro like this, but anyone know if console command works on current version, or a place to export all the art?

Instead of asking in the forum...try it? :D Just launch WoW with "-console" and hit the tilde (~) key on the login screen.

In short, yes, it still works and has worked ever since they removed the external extractor Blizzard had provided for download previously.

This has been changed its now export into a folder called "BlizzardInterfaceArt" with a "Interface" folder inside.

Lol, I would no have asked had I NOT tried it~ :p

Yep, I'm an idiot, I was trying to append the launcher, not the path to WoW itself~ :o