Skinner Beefalo

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-03-03

Overview

Skinner_Beefalo manages cosmetic equipment slots for beefalo entities. It tracks equipped clothing items per slot (beef_body, beef_feet, beef_head, beef_horn, beef_tail), updates animation symbol overrides when clothing changes, and persists clothing state across saves. It interacts with the AnimState component to apply skin builds and with BEEFALO_CLOTHING lookup tables for clothing metadata.

Usage example

local inst = CreateEntity()
inst:AddComponent("skinner_beefalo")

-- Equip a new head item
inst.components.skinner_beefalo:SetClothing("beefalo_head_robot")

-- Check current clothing
local current = inst.components.skinner_beefalo:GetClothing()
print(current.beef_head) -- prints "beefalo_head_robot"

-- Clear all clothing
inst.components.skinner_beefalo:ClearAllClothing()

Dependencies & tags

Components used: None identified
Tags: None identified

Properties

Property	Type	Default Value	Description
clothing	table	{ beef_body = "", beef_horn = "", beef_head = "", beef_feet = "", beef_tail = "" }	Holds equipped item names indexed by slot type.

Main functions

SetClothing(name)

• Description: Equips a valid beefalo clothing item. Updates the corresponding slot and triggers an onclothingchanged event, followed by rebuilding animation overrides.
• Parameters: name (string) — the item name (key from BEEFALO_CLOTHING).
• Returns: Nothing.
• Error states: Has no effect if name is not valid (validated via IsValidBeefaloClothing).

GetClothing()

• Description: Returns a copy of the current clothing table.
• Parameters: None.
• Returns: table — e.g., { beef_body = "...", beef_head = "..." }.

IsClothingDifferent(newclothes)

• Description: Compares current clothing with a candidate set. Returns true if any slot differs.
• Parameters: newclothes (table, optional) — candidate clothing table keyed by slot names.
• Returns: boolean — true if any mismatch, false otherwise.

HideAllClothing(anim_state)

• Description: Removes all active clothing symbol overrides without modifying the clothing table.
• Parameters: anim_state (AnimState) — the animation state to clear overrides on.
• Returns: Nothing.

ClearAllClothing()

• Description: Clears all clothing slots, fires onclothingchanged for each, and rebuilds animation overrides.
• Parameters: None.
• Returns: Nothing.

ClearClothing(type)

• Description: Clears a single clothing slot by type, fires onclothingchanged, and does not rebuild animation overrides (caller must invoke ApplyBuildOverrides if needed).
• Parameters: type (string) — slot key (e.g., "beef_head").
• Returns: Nothing.

ApplyTargetSkins(skins, player)

• Description: Assigns item skins directly to the entity via AnimState:AssignItemSkins, then reapplies clothing via ClearAllClothing and sequential SetClothing calls.
• Parameters:
  • skins (table) — must contain keys: beef_body, beef_feet, beef_horn, beef_tail, beef_head.
  • player (Entity) — required to obtain userid.
• Returns: Nothing.

OnSave()

• Description: Returns the current clothing state for serialization.
• Parameters: None.
• Returns: table — { clothing = self.clothing }.

reloadclothing(clothing)

• Description: Restores clothing state (used on world load or save restore). Validates data and fires onclothingchanged per slot, then rebuilds animation overrides.
• Parameters: clothing (table, optional) — clothing table to apply (usually from save data).
• Returns: Nothing.

Events & listeners

• Listens to: None.
• Pushes: onclothingchanged — fired when any clothing slot is set or cleared. Payload: { type = string, name = string }, where name is the item name (empty string when cleared).