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05-26-09, 09:30 PM   #9
ScytheBlade1
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The GM likely misunderstood you.

MPQ editing = against the rules.

Creating additional directories in the WoW directory = allowed.

They had to code in the functionality for WoW to check new directories for "override" files. Likewise, this functionality cannot be used to replace models or texture -- it will only work with things they've deemed trivial (such as sounds). The line "in any way not expressly authorized by Blizzard;" is the reasoning, as they had to make the new directory overrides work in the first place. You are not editing data files, your actions with such addons do little more than use a facility already in place, which was created by Blizzard.

What you can replace with this method is severely limited in scope. You can't replace core data files, models, textures, or UI elements. Fonts and sounds are the only two things that come to mind (though there may be more).
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