diff --git a/code/ryzom/tools/build_gamedata/workspace/common/characters_maps_hr/panoply_generique.cfg b/code/ryzom/tools/build_gamedata/workspace/common/characters_maps_hr/panoply_generique.cfg
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+
+// the extension for the masks of the texture
+// If "mask1" is a extension, and that there's a bitmap name "tex_mask1", it is a "mask1" mask for tex
+// Each mask has its own set of colors
+mask_extensions = { "skin" , "user" };
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////