Tahna's WoW model editing guide V2

EDIT: Well, apparently the music in V1 broke the copyright laws and got muted, so i had to reupload it with somethin' a tad different.
It had a lot of great comments (Which unfortunately reset due to the reupload), thanks a bunch :] I'm really glad people find this useful.

The first things you must do in order for this to work, is download a hex editor. I'm using XVI32 in this tutorial

XVI32 Download:
http://www.handshake.de/user/chmaas/delphi/download/xvi32.zip

Then, you need something to turn the decimals into hex numbers.
Here's a little something to help you out:
http://www.easycalculation.com/decimal-converter.php

A little something i stitched together 'cuz i was bored, hope it's not too difficult to understand. You'll probably need to pause the video every now and then, for the tempo can be rather fast at times.
So, have fun with your bloodfang warlock dual wielding Cataclysm's edges, and grand marshal hunters wielding a gun and a sword at the same time. The possibilities are limitless ;]
Just a quick note, you can't put pants into your head. Believe me, i tried :D Nor can you put a shield into your main hand, since it'd be the wrong way. Same goes for main hand fist weapons for offhand and the other way 'round. Oh, and the edits reset everytime you patch, so if you wanna keep your edits, just move the itemcache into some other folder while you patch.

Q&A so far:
Q: Can skin and armor can be changed this way too?
- A: Yes, armor changes work just like weapons. Skins are a bit different and i have no experience from that, sorry : /
Q: can you get banned for this?
- A: No, Blizz has no way of seeing what you have done with your itemcache. There are some programs which do the same thing itemcache tunin' does, and some of them can be tracked. But not this, nu-uh.
Q: Does this still work in 3.1?
- A: Yeah, it should still work, does for me at least.
Q: Can other people can see the changes you make?
- A: No, it's just you.
Q: Can mounts be edited too?
- A: Umm, i thiiiink soo... probably. But i havn't looked into it, so... Google is your friend. Or maybe if i get bored i'll do a second guide with some more stuffs ;o
Q: Changing the sheathing of my staff fail'd. Halp!
- A: The number to wield a weapon in your back like a staff is 02
Q: How to reset the changes?
- A: Just delete the itemcache, WoW will create a blank new one.

Yours truly
Tahna

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[Lloyd4o]

Hey it works perfectly, but i have a problem. I changed my rogue's "Venerable Mass of McGowan" with "Warglaive of Azzinoth" but i held them on my waist which is kinda.. not cool ;/ and since heirlooms got no durability how could i change the place they are worn? Sorry about my bad english.

[XeroTehGreat]

@Lloyd4o The easiest way that comes to mind would be to make a backup of your itemcache and just look for a random 03 number (waist) from somewhere between your weapon and the next piece of equipment in the editor and try it out. If it doesn't work, just create another copy of the file and try again. Don't worry, there shouldn't be too many 03s around. On the other hand, it HAS been several years since i last tried this out myself, so... If it doesn't work, we'll try to think of something else

[Fox1270]

Sorry for all the questions but,

Does it actully modify your damage? or does it make your wep look like a different one???

[XeroTehGreat]

@Fox1270 No, it just changes the look of your weapons

[Fox1270]

I got it working...but...there are no zeros....how am I supposed to do it now?

please help me

thanks :)

[XeroTehGreat]

@Fox1270 I've actually been afk this week but i'll see what i can find when my own patching's done

[theelitemihi]

My eyes hurt me!!!!

[bloodi01]

sooo i been using this since its on the web. Kinda cool way to adjust your usually boring wow gameplay. But i have some questions and a problem ANYONE PLS HELP!

Since cata is out currently 4.0.3.1 i dont find any itemcashe.wdb i only found itemtextcashe.wdb wich does not contain the usuall stuff. Anyone pls help?

At second i want to ask abaut "Balanced Heartseeker hairloom". If i dual wield it on my rogue and reskin it to "Warglaive of Azzinoth" but it has main and offhand skin?

[okey4o]

how to change the number of items?

[ACiDRiFT]

@XeroTehGreat Does this still work in Cata? I used to do it all the time in wrath but now I cant find the itemcache folder.

[sarba16]

He I have a question what's happened to me is that it will reset your edits and if you try to search for your models you use it comes up string not found??? Has this happened to u

[sarba16]

Thank you so much I was playing around with it all last night and it worked perfect. Was able to change the horrible looking savage saronite crap on pali to some epic older amour skins