SetSkinName Limits?

datablock StaticShapeData(RockMarkerData) {
  shapeFile = "~/data/shapes/rocks/rock1.dts";
  
  skin="base";
  category = "ControlPointMarkers";
};

Quote:or was "rock1" just um, editing your filenames for posting on the forums? ;)

//setskinname sets the skinning mask bit dirty, which goes through the packupdate/unpackupdate
//til we get here:

//TSShapeInstance::reSkin(), this is inside a for that loops through all materials:

const char* pName = pMatList->mMaterialNames[j];

bool replacedRoot = makeSkinPath(pathName, NAME_BUFFER_LENGTH, resourcePath,
                          pName, defaultBaseName, newBaseName);

//...and eventually (multiple ifs in-between, but they all do this):

pMatList->setMaterial(j, pathName);

static bool makeSkinPath(char* buffer, U32 bufferLength, const char* resourcePath,
                         const char* oldSkin, const char* oldRoot, const char* newRoot) {

//...
      dStrcpy(buffer, oldRoot);    //[b]this copies defaultBaseName ('base') to the buffer[/b]
      dStrcat(buffer, ".");
      rootStart = dStrstr(oldSkin, buffer);  //[b]this sees if the defaultBaseName is part of the[/b]
                                             // [b]current skin[/b]
      if (rootStart == NULL) {
         replacedRoot = false;   //[b]this flag changes everything[/b]
      }
//...

   if (replacedRoot) {                             //[b]this moves the NEW skin name into the buffer[/b]
      // Then the pre-root part of the old name:
      dsize_t rootStartPos = rootStart - oldSkin;
      if (rootStartPos != 0) {
         dStrncat(buffer, oldSkin, rootStartPos);
      }
      // Then the new root:
      dStrcat(buffer, newRoot);
      dStrcat(buffer, ".");
      // Then the post-root part of the old name:
      dStrcat(buffer, oldSkin + rootStartPos + oldRootLen + 1);
   }
   else {
      // Then the old name:                                 [b]This says, just use the old skin[/b]
      dStrcat(buffer, oldSkin);
   }