skin question: halftrack namespace

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I am working on a skin which I wanted to publish as a single mod containing a version of that skin for each of the factions. Unfortunately, the (file)name "halftrack" is used identically by both the Soviet and German. So I can only get one looking correctly and the other will be broken because two completely different vehicles are looking for the same map by name.

Before I punt and just split this into two separate skin mods I wanted to ask if there is any possible workaround.

Thanks,

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I am not sure I understand the issue. Are you talking about the folder the textures are in?

As long as you put them in their own "armies" folder, there should be no conflicts.

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When you use the tools to create the directories for you, it doesn't create them under separate armies subdirs on disk. It does have the armies as a folder in the mod/xml hierarchy, but they all point to the same level directory on the filesystem. I tried to get around this by deleting the "halftrack" entry for the german army and creating it manually, pointing to a differently-named burn folder.

To answer my own question, the above did work, but only after I cleaned and rebuilt the entire mod. Something was being cached which prevented it from recognizing the new folder until I did so. That was the trick that stumped me for a while... should have thought of it earlier!

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Another reason not to use the wizard. If you set it up manually, it wouldn't be an issue. Have you seen my tutorial on that?

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I've seen the tutorials, but creating 60 or so skin directories, burn entries, etc is a lot to do manually. Instead the workflow I've settled into is to use the wizard to have it create the entries and then edit the few I need to change. That said, I wouldn't know WHAT to edit if not for what I learned from your tutorials!

Thanks,