WoWExplored has come up with an early Christmas present, in the form of a pre-release version of WoW Model Viewer. Although there are some minor issues with the code, such as armour scaling, texture mapping on some models and random crashes, it’s stable enough to get the Machinima community going again with all the new characters, creatures and doodads that are available in Wrath of the Lich King.
WoW Model Viewer 0.6.0.1 Beta
Getting it to run can be a bit tricky. The program is a debug pre-release version, and as such requires the debug libraries for Visual C++ 2008. Luckily, these are available as a free download from Microsoft’s website here. It adds 1.5GB to the installation size, but it’s the only solution until the debug libraries are released separately. The reliance on VC++ also throws a spanner in the works if you’re using Windows 2000, as it seems to only be compatible with XP and upwards.
Looking forward to seeing some new machinimas using this.
Tags: machinima, wowmodelviewer