Forums - Retro-porting

[Archive] Import creatures from Cata/MoP/WoD/Legion in 3.3.5

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:15:44 +0000

Hi all! I will try to explain to you how to do this simple import in 3.3.5!

Summary

Tools required
Find and convert
A quick look in DBC
DB edition
In game?!

Tools required
Of course, we will need CASC Explorer to find new models, fresh meat... As well as a converter for our M2 otherwise it won't work!
CASC Explorer here => https://github.com/WoW-Tools/CASCExplorer/releases/
And the converter over here (even supports particles!) => https://mega.nz/#!Jc0TQCqa!N_AInk3dRr_JmrJ-ZIHHVtHKtJ7MzpvLKEeGqDF2XFM
MyDBCEditor
We have everything we need, here we go!
Find the model
First of all, before starting, it is necessary to find the model you want, otherwise we will not go very far...
I choose Murloc2 (path: Creature/Murloc2) which is a model that comes straight from Legion
Once chosen, extract the model and all the files that go with it to a folder, .m2, .skin, .anim, .blp... All!
Which gives us:

It's cool, I have my model, but what to do with it? Select your M2 and drag and drop onto the previously downloaded converter.
Here is the result once it's finished:

Delete the .m2 and .skin then rename the following files like this:
mymodel.m2_lk -> mymodel.m2
mymodel.skin_lk -> mymodel.skin
Conversion complete!
You can now put your new(s) model(s) in your MPQ patch, we will no longer need it.
Server side edit coming soon!
First of all, open WoW Model Viewer (yes I didn't put it in the required tools because it is needed everywhere...). With it we will be able to know what texture we will apply to the model, so open WMV and select your new model like this:

The part that interests us here is the box where it is written murloc2_green, this is simply the name of the texture of Murloc... Green! But as you might have suspected, on WoW Murlocs have several colors, if you don't want a green murloc first, take blue, purple, orange...!
Amazing huh?
For my part I will start with the green murloc and I will do the others later... Well, I know the name of the texture! So let's open CreatureDisplayInfo with MyDBCEditor and start creating the DisplayID for our Murloc!
Go to the last line of the DBC, right click and choose "Insert line...", be careful, your ID must be unique, so as not to overwrite another DisplayID, in my case since I want to replace the old murlocs with the new ones, I would start with 31.
Please note, for each texture you apply, you will need to create a new line! One for green, one for blue...
Quick explanation:
First column: Unique ID
Second column: the model ID as saved in CreatureModelData.dbc (31 = the old murloc model, since I changed the path in CreatureModelData from the old murloc to the new one, I can leave it at 31)
Third column: no idea, we put 0
Fourth column: CreatureDisplayInfoExtra. no interest here, leave at 0.
Fifth column: Put 1
Sixth column: Display opacity, 255 = opaque creature, 0 = ghost.
Seventh and eighth column: Extra texture, when you create a creature, it does not need CreatureDisplayInfoExtra but from these two columns, write in the first the name of the texture you have chosen (in my case murloc2_green)
Next column: Sound ID, default 0 but if you want to give your creature a voice, go snoop in NPCSounds.dbc.
Last column: 0
This is what it looks like:

I won't explain to you how to use CreatureModelData, it's relatively simple and in most cases, you just have to copy the contents of an old line, create a new one, change the path of the model to the new one (creature/murloc/murloc.mdx => creature/murloc2/murloc2.mdx) and you're done.
Put these two DBCs (CreatureDisplayInfo and CreatureModelData) in your server's DBCs, then in your MPQ patch. No need to touch it anymore either, we're attacking SQL!
Creature_model_info
Server side!
In your DB world open the Creature_model_info table
Rap explanation... no come on, copy the contents of another line and paste it like a brute, don't change anything EXCEPT ONE THING!
Your ID must be the same as the one chosen in CreatureDisplayInfo, in my case: 31.
This is your DisplayID to use for your creature.
We save, we create the NPC, we restart the server...

I hope this tutorial is quite simple and complete, if you think any information is missing, don't hesitate to say so in the comments! I would complete

[Archive] Fix corrupted Legion M2 (20810 build)

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:09:59 +0000

Original Post: https://www.wowmodding.net/topic/1493-fi...810-build/
A little tutorial from me, about Legion M2. At the build 20810 or higher, M2 change. You just need to remove in hexa with 010 Editor this :

After that, you've this :

Change M2 version (12 to 10)

And you get a working model for WoD.

[Archive] How to downport BfA M2/WMOs to 3.3.5a

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:04:46 +0000

Original Post: https://www.wowmodding.net/topic/1544-ho...s-to-335a/
Tools needed:

CascExplorer
Adspartan's Multiconverter
BfA Listfile (put this in your CascExplorer folder)

Thanks to Wungasaurus for the correct listfile

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Enjoy your new models, homeboy

[Archive] Collections to Wotlk and more!

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:02:50 +0000

Original Post: https://www.wowmodding.net/topic/1569-co...-and-more/

What you need:
Blender
ObjtoM2
010 Editor
https://www.wowmodding.net/files/file/32...s-version/

You need to Replace the given m2 Humanmale, this will add the 15 Attachpoints.
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1_wEc4HGmqYqLcbD1Xe586ZJB6B9JagOF
Since Attachments are always calculated in addition to the 0xyz Point, if you open a standart wow helmet the Helmet is near the 0 point and if the Bone value Z axis is 1 the Helmet is automaticly placed up on the Head if you would add the helmet on the Head of the Source Model, the Helmet will appear at 2z axis and is double calculated which brings you to the weird Placements Outside of the Model. I tried to set a Attach position to 0xyz and it worked the Edited meshes will always appear on the right spot.
To avoid weird original Placements you just need to Add Attach Points trough 010 Editor as an example ive added 15 new Attach Points that are connected to specific bones and start at 0xyz:
55.Head
56.Chest
57.UpperArmRight
58.UpperArmLeft
59.LowerArmRight
60.LowerArmLeft
61.RightHand
62.LeftHand
63.Pelvis
64.UpperLegRight
65.UpperLegLeft
66.LowerLegRight
67.LowerLegLeft
68.FootRight
69.FootLeft
The ID of the Attachpoints are:
41-55 in same order Head is 41 and Footleft is 55
The downsides every Race need those 15 extra Attachments, but you can avoid some extra armor creation since they are the same bones for every Race, like nightelf could use Human_M Armor. Ill try to calculate some Positions to actually only edit Humanmale and fit it on Gnome, Dwarf and Nightelf and other Races.
TUTORIAL VIDEOS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdOyiR98...ing.net%2F
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8kGhpOv...ing.net%2F

[Archive] Retroporting to WOTLK Update 1

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:00:20 +0000

Original Post: https://www.wowmodding.net/topic/1571-re...-update-1/

CASCExplorer -> CASCExplorer (getting your m2,blp,skin.. files)
WDBX Editor -> WDBX Editor (editing your .dbc files to get your retroport working)
MPQEditor -> MPQEditor (creating custom patches)
Multi Converter -> Multi Converter (make your .m2 files work)
335 Server -> Server (i use this one)
WOTLK Client -> just google it (preferably a FRESH client with NO other custom patches)
TXID -> TXID (Fix our .m2 files) <- new
010 Editor -> 010 Editor (Search in our .m2 file for possibly more .blp files it may need) <- new
Make your retroport folder nice and clean!

The beginning.. finally
Open CASCExplorer and click on File -> Open Online Storage -> WoW Retail -> Select the only Build there is and wait.

Now we need to decide on what we want to retroport, I think that i'm going to Retroport the Vicious War Spider. On the Quick Facts tab, it shows us it's Icon Name, but we just copy the part after inv_.

In CASCExplorer we head to Creatures and look for viciousalliancespider

We extract every file there. Now in our Export folder we open TXID and put viciousalliancespider.m2 about 15 times in there, then click FIX

We then open viciousalliancespider.m2 with 010 Editor. press CTRL + F and change the search type to text(t)

There you can scroll through the results, we then look for every .blp in there, but since this .m2 file is weird, it shows 20+ occurences of .blp, but we don't need those since they don't have a path.
(You can also double-check on wow.tools, just search up viciousalliancespider and click on the "I".)
We actually have every file we need, so we open Multi Converter 3.3.0 and put every file in there, don't worry if only one file shows up in there, that's completely normal. Click on Fix again.

We can close Multi Converter and TXID (if you didn't already) and open WDBX Editor. Select CreatureModelData.dbc and CreatureDisplayInfo.dbc from your Server's dbc files. Mine are located in \server\data\dbc.

We open both with WDBX Editor and Select WOTLK from "Load Definition"

We start in CreatureDisplayInfo.dbc by making a new Line, Right-Click -> Insert Line.
Your ID and ModelID have to be unique. Mine are as follows: ID= 32764; ModelID= 10005. We then only change CreatureModelScale = 1 (how big your Creature will be) ; CreatureModelAlpha= 255 (1 = almost invisible; 255= no transparency). Now we change our TextureVariation_1 to viciousalliancespider.

Now we can save CreatureDisplayInfo.dbc and make sure it's saved in your server.
Open CreatureModelData.dbc now and go to ID 30 (it's Creature\MineSpider). Right-Click -> Copy Line, then Right-Click -> Insert Line -> Right-Click -> Paste Line.
It should look like this now.

don't worry, i changed my ID to 10006 because ID 10005 was already in use, but somehow i deleted the Line. you can still use 10005.
We then only change "ModelName" to our path, our path is Creature\viciousalliancespider\viciousalliancespider.mdx .
.mdx because else wow can't regognize your Creature.
We're done now with server sided.
Now we do client sided, which means we need to make a patch.
Open MPQEditor and create a new MPQ, name it patch-4.mpq. In your MPQ, we need to make 2 folders.
Right-Click on the first file and make a new folder called "DBFilesClient", now do the same thing again but make sure they are separated, the other folder is calles "Creature".

in Creature we can drag and drop our viciousalliancespider folder in there.

We now head to DBFilesClient and drag-and-drop our CreatureModelData.dbc and CreatureDisplayInfo.dbc in there.

Now we are done with everything, just start your server again and morph into 32764.
ALWAYS DELETE YOUR CACHE

If it has cube texture = wow can't find the path you used (typically a typing error; capital letters; no .mdx at the end; no backslash used)
If it has green texture = wow can't find the correct texture (used wrong .blp in CreatureDisplayInfo.dbc like using viciousalliancespider_armor instead of viciousalliancespider)
If it is invisible = have you ran it through both converters? did you accidentally changed CreatureModelAlpha to 0?
If it crashes = is your ID in CreatureDisplayInfo.dbc populated? Did you make sure your creature uses the same ModelID?

[Archive] Retroport to WOTLK- WINGS

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:52:42 +0000

Original Post: https://www.wowmodding.net/topic/1572-re...tlk-wings/
Credits: @ stoneharry on discord❤️
What do you want from me now?? 1/6
I want you to have:
wow.tools (getting your .blp and .m2 files)
WDBX Editor -> WDBX Editor (editing your .dbc files to get your retroport working)
MPQEditor -> MPQEditor (creating custom patches)
Multi Converter -> Multi Converter (make your .m2 files work)
335 Server -> Server (i use this one)
WOTLK Client -> just google it (preferably a FRESH client with NO other custom patches)
TXID -> TXID (Fix our .m2 files) <- new
Stoneharry's Spell Editor -> Spell Editor (Make the spell for our Wings) <- new
HeidiSQL -> HeidiSQL (Edit spellvisualeffectname, because the spell editor has a bug that doesn't let you properly save it without having it changed in the Database first) <- new

TXID -> TXID (Fix our .m2 files) <- new
010 Editor -> 010 Editor (Search in our .m2 file for possibly more .blp files it may need) <- new
I hope you've seen my latest tutorial so you already know how your folder should look like.
LETS DO THIS! 2/6
Open your wow.tools, select the box with the best ping, click on the world icon after that -> World of Warcraft 9.1.5 bla bla bla

Now click on Models and search for "wings", we're going to use "capewingstiger".
It's better to change the export folder to the one you were already using so it all goes in one place (don't worry, they will create subfolders).
Use my settings and export as M2.

Now head to your exported folder, go to spells and slap that capewingstiger.m2 into TXID about 15 times. Click Fix.
Do the same now again, but use MultiConverter 3.3.0. Click Fix.
Finding "missing" files from 010 Editor 3/6
Open capewingstiger.m2 with 010 Editor, press CTRL + F and search for blp.
Make sure you're searching by text(t) (it's to the right of the search bar).
Now, wow.tools exported everything but they are not in the same folder. for example:

We're creating the Spell now 4/6
Enter your Database data, so it can connect to your Database.
Select Import/Export and Import every file that begins with Spell

After you're done with that, we make a "New Spell", we create it from an existing ID, i'm using the ID = 69188 since it attaches to your back already.
My new SpellID is 90008 since i already have some custom spells.
Now listen very closely, this is IMPORTANT.
First go to Visual -> Kits & Effects and copy the first VisualKit

Now head to Base and delete "Spell Visual 1" and turn it to a 0
Go to Visual -> Kits & Effects and Paste it there again. If the Paste option is greyed out, go to 69188 (rocket pack) and copy it from there.

Should look like this, click on Confirm. (BEFORE GOING BACK CLICK ON "SAVE SPELL CHANGES")
Now we go back to 69188 (rocket pack) and copy the lower part. Go into your new spell and Paste it in Visual Kit Effects & Attachments. Confirm this too!
Our AttachmentID HAS TO BE 12 since it will be attaching it to our Back, where wings should go to, right?
From there set all the things below to 0 or else you get a weird rotation, weird angles etc..
Weird Rotation:

Save Spell Changes once again.

Adjusting our Spell manually in HeidiSQL 5/6
In HeidiSQL open the "spellvisualeffectname" table and click on "Data". Click on "Show all" and scroll to the bottom.

There should be a new Entry called "JetPack" or something else if you changed the name before.
We change the name to XuenWing and the FilePath to spells\capewingstiger.mdx and change everything else like i did or else they be too small (for my taste).

Go to your spell editor once again and click on "SAVE VISUAL MODIFICATIONS" they should all change to your manually edited entry.

Save Spell Changes once more and click on Import/Export, select Export and wait for all Tables to load, just click Export checked to DBC.

You can close the Spell Editor if you like to. Go into the folder of the Spell Editor and go inside of "Export". I sorted the files there by Date, so i know what i just changed, drag and drop these into your Server's DBC files.

Make sure they are the right Time, mine are from yesterday, but i changed it today (12.02) and my server couldn't find the spell xD.
Making a Client-Sided Patch in MPQEditor 6/6
Open MPQEditor and create a new MPQ, name it patch-4.mpq and hit next until you're in the MPQ. From there you create new Folders called "DBFilesClient"; "spells" ; "Creature" ; "item"

Make sure they are separate folders, from there you drag and drop "all" the new dbc files from your Server into DBFilesClient.
Put all the files from your exported spell into the spell folder, then the siberiantigergod and pandarenserpentgod into "Creature".

then in the "item" folder create a subfolder called "objectcomponents" and put your shoulder folder in there.

If it looks like this, you're good. (no need to restart server since we only edited our mpq and no .dbc files).
Restart your Server, delete your Cache folder and type .cast 90009 (or the ID you used instead).

[Archive] How To Put Custom Sounds On Creatures

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:00:04 +0000

Original Post: https://www.wowmodding.net/topic/1573-ho...creatures/
Well, let's see the simplest way to put custom sounds for your server, or lua scripts. (could also teach how to do that )

You may think it's stupid, but it's really useful to know where the tools will be where you'll be working.
2. We will start by making a folder that will be our patch, it can have any name but it IS IMPORTANT that it ends with .MPQ, something like this.

3. Now we are going to work on the parts of our patch.
a) our patch will consist of two folders.

b) It is important that within the Sound folder, you make another folder, it can have any name, it is only to keep an order since that is what the DBC directory requests.

c) We are going to prepare the DBFilesClient folder, for this, we have to move the DBC file whose name is SoundEntries.dbc
4. Now let's get the sounds as such.
a) I recommend for creatures/mounts, to use the wowhead sounds. But if this is not what you want, you can download any .mp4 sound and convert it to .ogg in any online converter.
b) b) When you have the sound, it will move it to the subfolder inside the Sound folder that is in our patches folder.

5. Start work with the .DBC file
a) We open the .DBC with any DBC editor, personally I recommend WDBX Editor.
ab) In column 1, the ID will go.
ac) in column 3, the name will go, it can be anything.
ad) in column 4 the name of the file will go, it is important that you put the type of file at the end. Like this:
ae) in column 24 we will put the path of our sound, so that it looks something like this:
af) We save the .dbc files

6. To finalize and test our sounds in the game
a) We move our patch .dbc file to our local server folder, and reboot.

7. Let's try it! you can use the .play (id) command to play the sound on the server. if all went well, it should be heard. if it says that the sound does not exist make sure you have moved the .dbc file to your local server files.

8. Now that we hear our sound on the server, we can start working on our creature. If your sound did not play, you need to review the steps above.
a) To start working on the .dbc files, we need to move three new files to our patch: CreatureModelData.dbc, CreatureDisplayInfo.dbc, CreatureSoundData.dbc, these three files will go in the DBFilesClient folder.
b) Let's start working with CreatureSoundData.dbc
ba) We will duplicate the last row, and to start modifying we have to know the meaning of each column.
bb) To know what each column means, we can use the WDBX editor, I will also give some instructions so that you know what we are talking about.
bb1) Column 1: ID
bb2) Column 4: Here you will put the ID of the sound you want to play when the creature suffers an injury.
bb3) Column 8: Here you will put the ID of the sound you want to play when the creature is standing still, like the roar of the spectral tiger.
bb4) Column 10: Here you will put the ID of the sound you want to play when you start a fight with the pet (when calling its aggro)
bb5) Column 12: Here you will put the ID of the sound you want to play when the creature plans.
bb6) Column 14-18: Here you will put the ID of the sound you want to play when the creature stirs.
bb7) Column 19-22: The sound you want to play when the creature hits will go here.
Strongly recommending that you use the WDBX Editor if you have any questions on the tables.
bc) When you made the changes you think necessary to the CreatureSoundData.dbc file you will save it and close it.
9) Now we will make some changes to CreatureDisplayInfo.dbc, and CreatureModelData.dbc
9a) We will start by checking a column of CreatureDisplayInfo.dbc
9a1) We will check that in column 12, there is the number 0, this is so that it takes the sound directly from CreatureModelData.
9b) We will now make a change to the CreatureModelData.dbc
9b1) In column 13, we'll put the CreatureSoundData id and then save the file.

10) Now, we transform into our creature, and listen to the new sounds!

If you need extra help, you can message me on discord. Fruitdealer#3760
Thanks to Tyrallis ❤️

[Archive] Retroport to WOTLK- WEAPONS

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:54:28 +0000

Original Post: https://www.wowmodding.net/topic/1574-re...k-weapons/

We need
wow.export (getting your .blp and .m2 files)
WDBX Editor -> WDBX Editor (editing your .dbc files to get your retroport working)
MPQEditor -> MPQEditor (creating custom patches)
Multi Converter -> Multi Converter (make your .m2 files work)
335 Server -> Server (i use this one)
WOTLK Client -> just google it (preferably a [b]FRESH [/b]client with [b]NO[/b] other custom patches)
TXID -> TXID (Fix our .m2 files)
HeidiSQL -> HeidiSQL (Copy existing weapon and slap our custom one on it)
010 Editor -> 010 Editor (Search in our .m2 file for exported files we don't see in one folder)
Speedrunning Retroporting 2/5
Open wow.export (or) CASCExplorer, both is fine, really i'll use wow.tools for this.
Open your wow.tools, select the box with the best ping, click on the world icon after that -> World of Warcraft 9.1.5 bla bla bla

You should automatically be in "Models", good. Search for any weapon.
I looked for "ArtifactSoulrend_d_03" since i was going to add it anyway. Select any color and export it using my settings. (if you want to be extra fancy and add an Icon, go into wow.tools -> files -> Search "artifactsoulrend_d_03" and download the interface/icons/inv_sword_2h_artifactsoulrend_d_03.blp ) we later will make it into our custom patch no worries.

Now head to your exported folder, go to items\objectcomponents\weapons and rename artifactsoulrend_d_03_red (whatever the color is).m2 into
artifactsoulrend_d_03.m2

Now slap that bad boy .m2 file into TXID about 15 times and hit FIX.
Do the same with MultiConverter, but only put it once in there. Click Fix afterwards.
You can utilize 010 Editor Step 3/6 and search for .blp and if you used wow.tools you can look in the folders it may have created, but for this specific weapon everything is in items\objectcomponents\weapons that we need.
Editing our DBC File ? 3/5
Open ItemDisplayInfo.dbc from your servers dbc folder.
We open ItemDisplayInfo.dbc with WDBX Editor and Select WOTLK from "Load Definition"
We start in ItemDisplayInfo.dbc by making a new Line, Right-Click -> Insert Line.
Make a unique ID (mine is 100050); ModelName_1 = name of your .m2 file + .mdx (sword_2h_artifactsoulrend_d_03.mdx); ModelTexture_1 = color of your weapon (mine will be sword_2h_artifactsoulrend_d_03_red); InventoryIcon = the name of the Icon if you downloaded one (inv_sword_2h_artifactsoulrend_d_03). Everything else can be left blank or 0.
Save this into your servers dbc folder and open heidisql.
Server sided! 4/5
In HeidiSQL open [b]item_template [/b] -> [b]Data[/b] -> [b]Show all [/b]
look for a weapon you want to duplicate, it's better if they match the criteria of the weapon you just downported = (Artifactsoulrend is 2h Sword) so you duplicate a existing 2h sword aswell. Then you just change the "displayid" to the one in ItemDisplayInfo.dbc and (re)start your server after saving it.
Client Sided ? 5/5
I suppose you know how you make a MPQ already (explained countless time) but i'll explain it quickly again.
Open MPQEditor and create a new MPQ, name it patch-4.mpq and hit next until you're in the MPQ. From there you create new Folders called "DBFilesClient" ; "item"; "interface"
Make sure they are separate folders, from there you drag and drop "all" the new dbc files from your Server into DBFilesClient.
ItemDisplayInfo.dbc in DBFilesClient
then in the "item" folder create a subfolder called "objectcomponents" and put your weapon folder in there.
your weapon folder in item\objectcomponents
create another subfolder in "interface" called "icons" and put your icon that you just downloaded in there.
your icon in interface\icons.
Delete your wow Cache and add your new item, drag it into your weapon slot and it should look very beautiful!

Invisible = didn't convert with TXID First and then Multi Converter
Weird texture = wrong name in TextureVariation_1
No animation = not everything put into your mpq patch
Crash = ??? maybe wrong name in ModelName_1 or wrong ID used in Heidisql IDEK
Green particles = not everything put into your mpq patch

[Archive] Shadowlands M2 to Wotlk 3.3.5 (Including Skels)

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:52:35 +0000

Original Post: https://www.wowmodding.net/topic/1576-sh...ing-skels/

What I will assume you know for this tutorial.

How to acquire files from CASC or Wow.tools
Your way around the 010 Editor and have the relevant template
Adding files to MPQ
Editing the correct DBC files to add model to client
How to use blender to decrease poly count if required

Tools you need

M2Mod 9.0.0
My MultiConverter fork
The most recent listfile.csv in the same directory as both of the two previous programs

Step 1 - TXID Removal
For this step you can use any TXID removal method you want.
This step can also be done at any point before the MultiConverter step but it's just easier to do it now and not forget it.
I will get round to reimplementing the TXID removal that MultiConverter 3.6 has in my version, at which point you won't be reading this step
Sylvanasshadowlands3 is weird and M2Mod requires her Skel to be renamed to sylvanas.skel, I haven't seen another skel model with this issue.
Step 2 - Convert to M2i
Load the m2 you want to converter into M2Mod and click Go!
** Option Step **
You now have the model in m2i format, this is the stage where you would decrease the poly count and edit submeshes if necessary.
The max poly count for a model is 21845 in wotlk, probably best to check how many it has before you run into issues later on.
This guide will give you some idea of what to do HD character model triangle reduction
Step 3 - Convert back to M2
Whether you or not you have forayed into Blender it's now time to convert back to M2, just Preload and Go! once more.
You will now have an Export folder inside the original model folder, in my example I have an extra skel from before which I will delete now because MultiConverter uses the model name to find the skel.
Step 4 - Change skin names
To avoid skin errors we must rename the LOD skin files into normal skin files, however many LOD files there are rename them to be in ascending order after the original skin file. To produce something like below.
Step 5 - Edit M2 number of skin profiles
Now we need to go into 010 and change the number of skin profiles to be 4 or however many skins you now have.
We haven't converted the file yet so you'll need to run the template at the offset 0x8
Open up the Template Results and find the entry relating to number of skin profiles and change the value of 1 to your number.
Step 6 - MultiConverter
All we have to do now is convert the M2 to Wotlk format
This step will work for models that have skels and ones that don't.
If the model has a skel you will see the size of the m2 drastically increase once it's converted whereas when there is no skel it barely changes.
Drag the M2 into MultiConverter and click Fix, for one file the conversion should be very quick.
The size has increased so if the green progress bar didn't give it away we have now put the skel back into the m2.
Step 7 - Add to MPQ and DBC editing
Now add the converted files to the MPQ and edit the correct DBCs, @Tyrallis has a guide on how to do this Retroport to WOTLK Update-1
Step 8 - Admire Ingame
Please comment an issue you have and i'll try and update the guide, any issues with MultiConverter please go to Github repo and submit and bug with reproduction steps.