DB/CharSections

This table defines the textures for the different types of character-variations that involve a texture only. These are hair, beards, the base skin etc.

1.12.1.5875

struct CharSectionsRec {
  uint32_t m_ID;
  uint32_t m_raceID;
  uint32_t m_sexID;
  uint32_t m_baseSection;
  uint32_t m_variationIndex;
  uint32_t m_colorIndex;
  stringrefⁱ m_TextureName[3];
  uint32_t m_flags;
};

Wrath

3.0.2.8905-3.3.5.12340

Table

Column	Field	Type	Notes
1	ID	Integer
2	Race	iRefID
3	Gender	Boolean	Male = 0, female = 1.
4	GeneralType	Integer	See below.
5	Texture1	String
6	Texture2	String
7	Texture3	String
8	Flags	Integer	See Below
9	Type	Integer
10	Variation	Integer	These are the variations / colors of the Type.

It seems to have been reordered in WotLK. The Type and Variation fields have been in front of the textures before.

Warlords

6.0.1.18179

Struct

struct CharSectionsRec {
  uint32_t m_ID;
  uint32_t m_raceID;
  uint32_t m_sexID;
  uint32_t m_baseSection;
  stringrefⁱ m_TextureName[3];
  uint32_t m_flags;
  uint32_t m_variationIndex;
  uint32_t m_colorIndex;
};

8.0.1.25902

enum CharSectionType {
  Skin = 0,
  Face = 1,
  FacialHair = 2,
  Hair = 3,
  Underwear = 4,
  HDSkin = 5,
  HDFace = 6,
  HDFacialHair = 7,
  HDHair = 8,
  HDUnderwear = 9,
  Custom1 = 10,
  HDCustom1 = 11,
  Custom2 = 12,
  HDCustom2 = 13,
  Custom3 = 14,
  HDCustom3 = 15
};
struct CharSectionsRec {
  uint32_t m_ID;
  uint32_t m_TextureName[3];
  uint16_t m_flags;
  uint8_t m_raceID;
  uint8_t m_sexID;
  uint8_t m_baseSection;
  uint8_t m_variationIndex;
  uint8_t m_colorIndex;
};

Field Descriptions

The meaning of some of the fields change depending on the GeneralType value.

/	0 - Base Skin	1 - Face	2 - Facial Hair	3 - Hair	4 - Underwear
Type	-	FaceType	FacialHairType	HairStyle	-
Color	SkinColor	SkinColor	HairColor	HairColor	SkinColor
Texture1	SkinTexture	FaceLowerTexture	FacialLowerTexture	HairTexture	PelvisTexture
Texture2	ExtraSkinTexture	FaceUpperTexture	FacialUpperTexture	ScalpLowerTexture	TorsoTexture
Texture3	-	-	-	ScalpUpperTexture	-

For HD textures, add 5 to the GeneralType you want. Note that you may have to default to non-HD for some textures. Eg non-HD has texture1 and texture2. HD only has texture2.

NOTE: Legion introduced more GeneralTypes, 10-15. 11 is Demon Hunter tattoos, others are unk.

Flags

Flag	Description
0x1	Playable (probably)/CharacterCreate
0x2	Barbershop
0x4	Death Knight texture
0x8	NPC skin (e.g. the necromancer human skins with facial marking etc)
0x10	Seems to be regular, mundane skins
0x20	Demon Hunter texture
0x40	Demon Hunter face (unsure why these have a separate flag)
0x80	Something to do with a couple of Demon Hunter blindfolds?
0x100	Silhouette (black) texture
0x200	Void Elf - Entropic Embrace (dark purple) texture
0x400	Night Elf - Black eyes (related to "Night Warrior" questline])