Thanks kapitan_zur_see, good info
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ref, if you've never worked with xml before, then you better read up on xml in general first before even touching Collada. I have over 8 years experience with xml and done tons of stuff with it (professionally), and personally I thought Collada was not so simple (it's not hard either, but takes some different approaches of what you expect).
That, and if you don't use standardized coding techniques, you'll be in for some serious mess. That doesn't mean one can't learn and try of course. I don't want to keep you from going at it, I'll even help if you need it.
swdw, thanks, that's a good idea. It'll take a month or more though until we are there (I want to wait for the modders input when they get to play with S3D), so no rush
[edit] shall I add pictures to the top thread of the different texture maps? The raw texture so to speak...