Copy model from resourcepack but have different texture

[inner linden]

I have a custom item model in my resource pack. I want to copy it and put a different texture on it. Is this possible to just copy the model without copying the whole file, effectively increasing the resource pack size? Or must I copy the whole file with all the model data and then change the texture?

[lucid laurel]

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[inner linden]

I tried setting the parent model but not sure how that works

I opened the child file and BB tells me to navigate to parent, but that just opens the parent file

[timber turtle]

You'd make a json file that looks like this:

{
  "parent": "path/to_your/custom_model",
  "textures": {
    "0": "path/to_your/other_texture"
  }
}```

So if you had your custom model in assets/example/models/test/your_model you'd put `example:test/your_model` as the parent there.
Same for your texture, but starting from the textures path.

If your base model has several textures you specify several.
what I wrote as "0" has to be the same value as in the base model.

[inner linden]

So I have this, when I open tan_ah64_main_body.json it opens the parent model and I click adopt textures

But that opens the parent model and not the child one, how can I see the model while editing the texture of the child?

[timber turtle]

oh, idk if you can load it in like that 🤔

[inner linden]

Oh right it'll work anyway in-game so it's fine, thank you.

[lucid laurel]

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[inner linden]

but I guess i'll have to edit the texture in the parent model temporarily or something