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
0x20	Demon Hunter texture