Making Custom Limbs and Armor Layers Display Properly

When you play with a cosmetic or custom armor add-on powered by DGLib, the library updates your character's appearance behind the scenes without overwriting your entire personal skin.

Partial Skin Swaps and See-Through Layers

Instead of replacing your whole character texture at once, DGLib swaps out specific body parts—such as an individual arm or leg—while leaving the rest of your skin unchanged. It also places see-through layers over your skin, which helps custom armor from your add-ons fit cleanly on your character.

Verifying Your Vanilla Skin Layers

Because DGLib combines skin images and adds layers over your base look, keeping your vanilla skin overlays enabled ensures cosmetics display as intended:

1. Load into a world, press Escape, and select Options....

2. Click Skin Customization... to view your character's outer layer switches.

3. Turn ON the toggles for Jacket, Left Sleeve, Right Sleeve, Left Pants Leg, Right Pants Leg, and Hat so outer cosmetic layers are not hidden by your client settings.

4. Click Done, return to your game, and press your perspective key (default F5) to inspect your swapped limbs and fitted armor layers in third-person view.