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The mule, blanket and saddle are the same build at every value.","affects":"geometry","options":["none","empty","ore","tools","full"]},"boomtown":{"type":"range","default":0.6,"label":"Boom","describe":"the kit-wide boom, in four steps. 0 to 0.2, a bad year: the mule stands hipshot on three legs with the near hind resting on its toe, both baskets hang slack and empty whatever panniers says, their canvas rims sagged in, and the lead rope trails from the chin along the ground. 0.3 to 0.4: standing square, the chosen load sits level inside the baskets, the lead hangs from the chin to the knees. 0.5 to 0.7: the load is heaped over the rims and lashed across each basket with a rope X from the buck horns. 0.8 to 1, a boom day: a water keg rides in the V of the two bucks, a rolled tarpaulin is strapped across the croup behind the pack, and the lead is tied up short to the front buck's horn.","affects":"geometry","min":0,"max":1,"step":0.1},"arrangement":{"type":"range","default":3,"label":"Arrangement","describe":"re-deals the loose load: where each ore lump sits along and across its basket, how it is turned and squashed, how big it is and how deep it is bedded in the heap, and how far the pick and shovel lean out and rake fore or aft. Every value is a different pack; both baskets get the same deal mirrored, so the mule stays symmetric. Changes nothing when panniers is none or empty.","affects":"geometry","min":1,"max":9,"step":1},"weather":{"type":"range","default":0.5,"label":"Weather","describe":"colour only, how long on the road. Road dust climbs the legs from the hooves in the dust colour: none up to 0.5, the pasterns at 0.7, over the fetlocks and up the cannons at 1. The basket canvas and the tarpaulin bleach paler toward 1 and are fresh and deeper at 0, and the sawbuck timber silvers a little. The hide above the dust, the hair, the leather and the iron do not change.","min":0,"max":1,"step":0.1},"coat":{"type":"color","default":"#a57c4d","label":"Coat","describe":"albedo of the hide: barrel, neck, head, legs above the dust and the tail cord, one flat tone"},"points":{"type":"color","default":"#c9b492","label":"Points","describe":"albedo of the pale mealy muzzle, from the noseband forward"},"hair":{"type":"color","default":"#33312f","label":"Hair","describe":"albedo of the upright brush mane, the tail's tuft and the inside of the long ears"},"dark":{"type":"color","default":"#171512","label":"Dark","describe":"albedo of the eyes, nostrils and mouth, the darkest thing on the mule"},"hoof":{"type":"color","default":"#5a4a37","label":"Hoof","describe":"albedo of the four hooves"},"blanket":{"type":"color","default":"#cdb894","label":"Blanket","describe":"albedo of the blanket zone"},"wood":{"type":"color","default":"#8a5c3b","label":"Wood","describe":"albedo of the wood zone"},"leather":{"type":"color","default":"#6b4a2f","label":"Leather","describe":"albedo of the leather zone"},"iron":{"type":"color","default":"#3a3733","label":"Iron","describe":"albedo of the iron zone"},"rope":{"type":"color","default":"#c79a5f","label":"Rope","describe":"albedo of the rope zone"},"canvas":{"type":"color","default":"#bcbb9b","label":"Canvas","describe":"albedo of the canvas zone"},"tarp":{"type":"color","default":"#9d8f7a","label":"Tarp","describe":"albedo of the tarp zone"},"ore":{"type":"color","default":"#9a9184","label":"Ore","describe":"albedo of the ore zone"},"keg":{"type":"color","default":"#9c5f33","label":"Keg","describe":"albedo of the keg zone"},"dust":{"type":"color","default":"#d9a87e","label":"Dust","describe":"albedo of the road dust weather paints up the legs from the hooves"},"build":{"type":"range","default":0.55,"label":"Barrel build","describe":"barrel depth under a held back line: 0 a lean hard-worked mule with daylight under a tucked belly, 1 a grass-fed one; the blanket, sawbuck, cinch and baskets are raycast onto the rebuilt barrel","affects":"geometry","min":0,"max":1,"step":0.01},"legs":{"type":"range","default":1,"label":"Leg length","describe":"leg length below the shoulder and hip: 0.85 a short-legged cob of a mule, 1.15 a rangy one; the animal re-bases on the ground and the pack rides up or down with the back","affects":"geometry","min":0.85,"max":1.15,"step":0.01},"crest":{"type":"range","default":0.85,"label":"Head carriage","describe":"head carriage: 0 the head carried low and forward on a long working neck, 1 the poll high and the muzzle drawn in; the halter and lead follow the head","affects":"geometry","min":0,"max":1,"step":0.01},"neck":{"type":"range","default":0.86,"label":"Neck length","describe":"neck length, the head and the halter riding out with it","affects":"geometry","min":0.85,"max":1.2,"step":0.01},"head":{"type":"range","default":1.12,"label":"Head size","describe":"head size about the poll: 0.85 a neat head, 1.2 the heaviest mule head, the long ears scaling with it","affects":"geometry","min":0.85,"max":1.2,"step":0.01}},"presets":{"bay":{"coat":"#a57c4d","points":"#c9b492","hair":"#33312f","dark":"#171512","hoof":"#5a4a37","blanket":"#cdb894","wood":"#8a5c3b","leather":"#6b4a2f","iron":"#3a3733","rope":"#c79a5f","canvas":"#bcbb9b","tarp":"#9d8f7a","ore":"#9a9184","keg":"#9c5f33","dust":"#d9a87e"},"mouse-grey":{"coat":"#9d8f7a","points":"#e6d8bb","hair":"#2b2320","dark":"#171512","hoof":"#33312f","blanket":"#ece9e2","wood":"#8a5c3b","leather":"#6b4a2f","iron":"#3a3733","rope":"#c79a5f","canvas":"#cdb894","tarp":"#7c6a4e","ore":"#9a9184","keg":"#9c5f33","dust":"#bcbb9b"},"dun":{"coat":"#c79a5f","points":"#f6f2eb","hair":"#5a4a37","dark":"#171512","hoof":"#33312f","blanket":"#cdb894","wood":"#8a5c3b","leather":"#6b4a2f","iron":"#3a3733","rope":"#d9a87e","canvas":"#bcbb9b","tarp":"#9d8f7a","ore":"#9a9184","keg":"#9c5f33","dust":"#e6d8bb"}},"rev":1792408797,"materials":{"coat":{"kind":"fur","finish":"short"},"points":{"kind":"fur","finish":"short"},"hair":{"kind":"fur","finish":"long"},"dark":{"kind":"keratin","finish":"polished"},"hoof":{"kind":"keratin","finish":"natural"},"blanket":{"kind":"fabric","finish":"wool"},"wood":{"kind":"wood","finish":"raw"},"leather":{"kind":"skin","finish":"natural"},"iron":{"kind":"metal","finish":"rusted"},"rope":{"kind":"fabric","finish":"linen"},"canvas":{"kind":"fabric","finish":"canvas"},"tarp":{"kind":"fabric","finish":"canvas"},"ore":{"kind":"stone","finish":"rough"},"keg":{"kind":"wood","finish":"oiled"},"dust":{"kind":"soil","finish":"dry"}},"materials_note":"what each colour zone is made of: `kind` and `finish` name a procedural PBR material in https://polyfork.dev/materials.mjs (dressByAlbedo finds a zone by its albedo in COLOR_0). A zone not listed has not been classified.","preview_v":1792428907,"mod_v":1792408797}