Skin Rendering
Making 3D Skin Layers and Ears follow Apoli's model and colour powers.
3D Skin Layers and Ears both draw extra geometry from the player’s skin file rather than from the vanilla player model, so out of the box they ignore what Apoli does to that model — a player faded to 10% alpha still had a fully opaque hat layer floating around their head. Apoli hooks both so their geometry follows the render powers.
This integration is behaviour-gated and adds no types. Nothing to enable, no new JSON syntax; install either mod and the powers you already have start applying to it.
What follows what
| Apoli feature | 3D Skin Layers | Ears |
|---|---|---|
apoli:model_color — whole model | tinted, alpha included | tinted, alpha included |
apoli:model_color — parts entries | tinted per matching body part | whole-model colour only |
apoli:modify_model_parts rotation / scale / pivot | followed | followed |
apoli:modify_model_parts visible | followed | followed |
apoli:modify_model_parts hidden | followed | — |
apoli:custom_model_render replacing the skin or model | hidden | hidden |
apoli:modify_player_model | hidden | hidden |
apoli:prevent_feature_render | skin_layers_3d | ears, or one feature at a time |
| Fully transparent model (alpha 0) | hidden | hidden |
A render_as_overlay custom model does not hide either mod — an overlay is drawn on top of the vanilla skin, so the extra geometry still belongs there.
Feature names
Alongside the vanilla feature-layer names, apoli:prevent_feature_render accepts:
| Name | Hides |
|---|---|
skin_layers_3d | every 3D Skin Layers layer — hat, jacket, sleeves, trouser legs |
ears | every Ears feature |
ears_ears | ears |
ears_horn | horns |
ears_snout | the snout |
ears_tail | the tail |
ears_wings | wings |
ears_cape | the Ears cape |
ears_chest | the chest piece |
ears_claw_left_arm · ears_claw_right_arm · ears_claw_left_leg · ears_claw_right_leg | the matching claws |
An apoli:prevent_feature_render with no feature/features at all means “every feature layer”, and that includes both mods.
{
"type": "apoli:prevent_feature_render",
"features": [
"skin_layers_3d",
"ears_tail",
"ears_wings"
]
}Flattens the skin back to two dimensions and tucks the tail and wings away — handy while a form-change power has the holder in a shape those features don’t belong on.
apoli:model_color’s forced-white overlay (red,greenandblueall set to1) reaches the 3D layers but not Ears — Ears’ vertex path takes no overlay coordinate, so a whitened player keeps normally-coloured ears.
Both integrations are client-side. A dedicated server neither knows nor cares whether these mods are installed, so a pack using the feature names above stays loadable either way.