skin preview with multiple paths

[Misha]

so i have noticed, in a thread like this Sorceress.blp , that, if someone has marked that the path of one texture file can be used for two models (which is usually the case with fel orcs/orcs and/or high/blood elves) that the skin preview is not capable of applying, indicating that there is no skin path, which is false.. can this somehow be tweaked? i've kinda seen this problem ever since the skin preview feature appeared

I'll continue posting examples of broken skin paths on occasion, if i find them, if you don't mind

edit: well there's a plethora sorceress, naga, and dragon skins, and none of them allow a preview for some of the more unique models that use said textures.. that makes me wonder what changed, because i was able to preview alternate skins on my custom models, but they aren't an option to pick from.

 

[Ralle]

The texture import path was not separated by comma. You gotta like hit "Enter" after entering one path and then you can enter another one.

 

[Misha]

that means someone would need to keep editing other people's submissions, but i can't hold something like a mod title just so i could do that on occasion

 

[Ralle]

Yeye, it's fine you can report them when you see it.

 

[Misha]

well i still can't see my 'apheraz lucent; lady hive' model in the menu, and it majorly uses the sorceress skin.
or my najanids/dragons, as they use the various dragon and naga textures. and that is just a bit from my own angle of view

 

[Ralle]

It doesn't show all models anymore.

 

[Misha]

that makes me even more curious then.. o_o I'm sure some should be filtered out, but i'd like to know what's the idea.

 

[Ralle]

Sure.

It takes ALL existing models that use the same texture path and backfills this list until it hits 20 models with custom models. It sorts them by the balanced rating (same as ordering by rating).

 

[Misha]

ah, i see.. then there is no bug in me not seeing extra models. 'u' although i wonder if it would be a problem if the skin preview had a 'user models' filter, that just grabs texture-related models from one person. ..unless that is a complicated idea to script.. oO

 

[Ralle]

It's not complicated, but any work is more work and I have many pages of things I want to do

 

[Misha]

no problem, chief