Solved Can I have multiple textures in a single skin?

I've been working on some improvements for this mod.

Among the additions, I've planned the introduction of different paint schemes for the body as selectable skins.

I have multiple shell skins working already (thanks to @mumboking), but I'd also like to have matching rims and other painted mechanical bits for each paint scheme.

Can I have a set of multiple textures/mappings into a single skin?

Like, say, the material for the outer rim (one of the parts I'd like to change according to the selected paint scheme) is currently defined like this:

Code:

singleton Material(CRDTest_KlaytonRim)
{
  mapTo = "KlaytonRim";
  diffuseColor[0] = "0.0 0.0 0.0 1";
  diffuseMap[1] = "KlaytonRim_d.dds";
  specular[0] = "0.5 0.5 0.5 1";
  specularMap[1] = "KlaytonRim_s.dds";
  translucentBlendOp = "None";
};

One of the skins in materials.cs:

Code:

singleton Material("MMBody.skin_F150_body.MetalMulisha")
{
  mapTo = "MMBody.skin_F150_body.MetalMulisha";
  diffuseColor[0] = "1 1 1 0.1";
  diffuseMap[0] = "/Shells/MetalMulisha_d.dds";
  dynamicCubemap = true;
  doubleSided = "1";
};

Is it possible to make it so that the selection of a shell skin from the parts selector also determines a specific mapping (to a differently colored texture) for this part?

 

Pretty please with sugar on top and a cherry...?

 

Thanks!

I don't need multiple layers though, I need to apply textures to different parts of the vehicle: I'd like my skin to be constituted of a set of textures, the main paint design going over the body, plus multiple, color-coded ancillary parts.

Is that even possible with the skin system?

 

Thought it could be working like that, but so far had no success with it.

Now you've motivated me to find what's wrong with my materials and fix it.

Thanks again!

 

One more question for @Nadeox1

Can I worship you as my divinity of choice from now on?

(Works perfectly, thanks a lot!)

 

Yet another question.

Now I have multiple bodies sitting on the same chassis. Can I make the selectability of the skins dependent on the body?

Example: I have multiple paint schemes for the original body of the truck selectable through the skin system, but just one for the new body I've recently added.

There's a dedicated material for each body mesh, of course, but all the chassis parts are in common, and I wish to skin some of them to match the colors scheme of the body.

So I've made a skin for the new body as follows:

Code:

singleton Material("MaxDBody.skin.Gold")
{
  mapTo = "MaxDBody.skin.Gold";
  diffuseColor[0] = "1.0 1.0 1.0 0.3";
  diffuseMap[0] = "vehicles/CRDTest/Textures/MaxD/MaximumDestruction.png";
  dynamicCubemap = true;
  doubleSided = "1";
};

singleton Material("MaxDHeadlights.skin.Gold")
{
  mapTo = "MaxDHeadlights.skin.Gold";
  diffuseColor[0] = "1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5";
  diffuseMap[1] = "vehicles/CRDTest/Textures/MaxD/MaxDHeadlights.png";
  specular[0] = "0.5 0.5 0.5 1";
  specularPower[0] = "50";
  translucentBlendOp = "None";
  doubleSided = "1";
};

singleton Material("KlaytonRim.skin.Gold")
{
  mapTo = "KlaytonRim.skin.Gold";
  diffuseColor[0] = "0.0 0.0 0.0 1";
  diffuseMap[1] = "vehicles/CRDTest/Rims/KlaytonRim_Gold_d.dds";
  specular[0] = "0.5 0.5 0.5 1";
  specularMap[1] = "vehicles/CRDTest/Textures/Main/KlaytonRim_s.dds";
  translucentBlendOp = "None";
};

[*snip*]

It works just fine, but I can't prevent it to appear in the list of skins available for the other body type. Then the common parts are changed accordingly, but the main body and the headlights (shell-specific) obviously fail to load.

The header of the two bodies as follows:

Original body:

Code:

"CRDTest_body_F150":{
"information":{
"authors":"SealedGecko",
"name":"Ford F150 Fiberglass Body",
}
"slotType":"CRDTest_body",
"slots":[
["type", "default", "description"]
["paint_design","CRDTest_skin_Grinder","Shell Design"{"coreSlot":true}],
],

Alternative body:

Code:

"CRDTest_body_maxd":{
"information":{
"authors":"F2YS",
"name":"Max-D Fiberglass Body",
}
"slotType":"CRDTest_body",
"slots":[
["type", "default", "description"]
["paint_design","CRDTest_skin_Gold","Shell Design"{"coreSlot":true}],
],

I tried having dedicated slot types for the paint designs ("paint_design" renamed as "paint_design_F150" for the first body, "paint_design_maxd" for the second), but then skins didn't work anymore, so I guess that's a fundamental keyword in the skin system.

What can I do, other than having two separate vehicles?

 

Pretty PRETTY please with sugar on top and a cherry and whipped cream...?

 

Thanks, I got it to work as suggested by @mumboking, which is basically the same solution you gave here.