How to use SetSkinMode with Modded Skins API?

[grikey]

Hello. First of all, I'm sorry for my bad English. I got help from a translator.

My custom character has ability to transform based on the state of the world or sanity. I made the transformation function using SetBuild("animfilename"). The ability worked properly. However, I got into trouble when I added a skin to my character. After the transformation, I use SetBuild ("baseanim") to return to my original appearance, but it returns to the default appearance, not the selected skin. Here is the code I used.

local function SanityChange(inst, data, forcesilent)
	if not inst:HasTag("playerghost") then
		if inst.components.sanity.current < 40 and not TheWorld.state.isfullmoon then
			inst.AnimState:SetBuild("first_transform")
		elseif inst.components.sanity.current > 40 and TheWorld.state.isday then
			inst.AnimState:SetBuild("baseanim")
		elseif inst.components.sanity.current > 40 and TheWorld.state.isdusk then
			inst.AnimState:SetBuild("baseanim")
		end
	end
end

local function Character_States(inst)
	inst.components.locomotor:SetExternalSpeedMultiplier(inst, "name_speed_mod", 1.2)
	
	if not inst:HasTag("playerghost") then
		if (TheWorld.state.isnight and not TheWorld.state.isfullmoon) then
			inst.AnimState:SetBuild("second_transform")
			inst.components.locomotor:SetExternalSpeedMultiplier(inst, "name_speed_mod", 1.3)
		elseif (TheWorld.state.isnight and TheWorld.state.isfullmoon) then
			inst.AnimState:SetBuild("third_transform")
			inst.components.locomotor:SetExternalSpeedMultiplier(inst, "name_speed_mod", 1.5)
		else
			inst.AnimState:SetBuild("baseanim")
			inst.components.locomotor:SetExternalSpeedMultiplier(inst, "name_speed_mod", 1.2)
		end
	end
end

I thought I would need a set process for the skin I selected, so I added the next line.

inst.AnimState:SetBuild("baseanim")
inst.components.skinner:SetSkinMode("normal_skin", "wilson")

It did not work with the following error.

[string "scripts/components/skinner.lua"]:419: attempt to concatenate field 'prefab' (a nil value)
LUA ERROR stack traceback:
scripts/components/skinner.lua:419 in (upvalue) _SetSkinMode (Lua) <411-435>
   self =
      skintype = normal_skin
      clothing = table: 0000000023C03F70
      inst = 115159 -  (valid:true)
      skin_name = 
   skintype = normal_skin
   default_build = wilson
   base_skin = 
../mods/workshop-2812783478/scripts/ms_customslots.lua:134 in (method) SetSkinMode (Lua) <133-136>

Need a modification so that character can get the skin of my choice at the end of transformation. If you have any ideas on how to use SetSkinMode or reset characters, please help.

Edited September 27, 2024 by grikey
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[grikey]

I thought I could solve it by looking at the skinner component.
I added the following lines to make the skin work.

local skin_name = inst.components.skinner.skin_name
	if skin_name == "charactername_none" or skin_name == nil then
		skin_name = "charactername"
	end

And I made SetBuild.

inst.AnimState:SetBuild(skin_name)

Finally it worked.