"We are missing old textures, sorry guys"

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imgur . com/a/QPArL9y
heres your kobold texture, converted from the BLP to PNG

ufile .io /99gpa
heres the M2

So let me explain this to you. Blizzard has no excuse to not bring back the textures 100% as they where. During blizzcon they stated they can’t because they don’t have them anymore, used kobald as an example. I must be a magician because it took me 20 seconds to extract them from the the common.mpq.

I am not really sure what they endgame is for them.

No sharding, server q if needed
No loot sharing, support tickets or just say say tough luck don’t ninja.
No changes.

100% blizzlike, not Activision Classic* Vanilla wow ft. cash shop and demon knights

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…Wait, when did they say that? I remember them saying they found all the data from 1.12, including art assets like textures, animations, and models.

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They stated that they didn’t have all the old textures. They used Kobald as an example of a texture they didn’t have. I just provided it to them. I’m a literal wizard. They should hire me.

Tbh, sarcasm aside. If Blizzard is as inept as they come across, they should just cancel the project and make it abandonware.

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I’m on your side there Phront. Dont remember them stating they didnt have them at all…

Think about it though. Classic, with some updated models and art? WoW was way ahead for its time way back when. Now, we have the ability to have even better graphics linked through the game and we’re complaining because people want the old graphics?

Personally. I look forward to updated graphics because it doesnt actually affect GAMEPLAY and makes the world all that much more appealing to play in…

ALSO

They never actually stated that they didnt HAVE the kobold art assets from 1.12. They just used the kobold as their example. Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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oh, holy balls that was a cool effect. YES! gonna break the forums

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Didn’t they then show that they found the textures in the archive on their “backup of a backup” folder? I think maybe you should watch that portion again.

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Yes I remember them stating they have found the old textures in an old folder. No worries.

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If people keep pathetically whining at this level of absurdity I would not blame blizzard if they gave us all the proverbial middle finger. This complaint about "we demand old graphics " is beyond epic stupid.

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People are going to pull every temper-tantrum in the book on the lead up to Classic. This isnt the first “GiVe US oLd GRapHIx” I’ve seen and wont be the last.

BUT HOT DAMN!

People are trying way too hard to get the version THEY think is ‘exactly perfect’ when we’re going to have to make do and compromise with blizzard for the odd change here and there. The “old graphics only” crowd is definitely in the super minority but they’re are some of the most frustrating lol

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Yes we do. I’ll be disappointed if the side-by-side comparisons between Vanilla and Classic are anything less than ~95% identical.

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I wouldn’t be so sure about that. Kind of a bold statement there.

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LOL you "old graphics " people are doing NOTHING but hurting the future of classic with this absurdity.

Smh

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heh op post on a false premise then people pile on op and post the obvious things like “old gfx are stoopid guise” .

old gfx are what makes sense in a vanilla based project.

new gfx make alot less sense and will be alot more jarring with new and old intertwining .

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Lol, how do you figure that updated graphics will be “jarring”

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I’m not sure what the OP is talking about. The demo had old textures.

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imagine being stuck spending resources in simulating an old environment that might just fail after a year :wink:

there’s a bunch of ford model T fans but you don’t see ford making a model T anymore :wink:

*“why does wow suck now?”
idk maybe becuase half of the devs are on mobile project and another 1/4 are working on classic wow :wink:

asmongold: " i want classic BabyRage"
blizzard: “ok”
asmongold:“wtf retail wow sucks wtf happened!? f it i’m gonna play darksouls”

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No. That is incorrect.

What they said was the way the current client translates the assets and uses them in the game is different. That’s why they had trees in unusual places and misplaced water. That’s why the lighting was unusual with certain lamps.

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No offense, but I can see why you’re in the guild you’re in.

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https://media.giphy.com/media/srTYyZ1BjBtGU/giphy.gif

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imagine playing super mario 64 with the newest mario gfx being your avatar and everything else being the dated old gfx.

ya something like that.

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