finishing with Phase 2

nonpacks/library/vanilla_textures.py

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 """Build the vanilla entity-texture index for the model viewer.
 
-Scans ``MEDIA_ROOT/vanilla/entity/`` (extracted from a Minecraft client jar)
-and writes ``MEDIA_ROOT/vanilla/entity_index.json`` mapping each entity name to
-the best "base skin" relative path, so the renderer can fall back to real
-vanilla textures for models that have no pack textures of their own.
+Scans ``static/vanilla/entity/`` (extracted from a Minecraft client jar,
+tracked in git) and writes ``static/vanilla/entity_index.json`` mapping each
+entity name to the best "base skin" relative path, so the renderer can fall
+back to real vanilla textures for models that have no pack textures of their
+own.
 """
 import json
 import os
@@ -13,6 +14,11 @@ from django.conf import settings
 ENTITY_ROOT = 'entity'
 INDEX_NAME = 'entity_index.json'
 
+
+def vanilla_dir():
+    """The tracked static directory holding the vanilla texture set."""
+    return os.path.join(settings.BASE_DIR, 'static', 'vanilla')
+
 # Entity names whose vanilla layout differs from the model-name convention.
 ALIASES = {
     'polar_bear': 'bear/polarbear.png',
@@ -75,7 +81,7 @@ def _base_candidates(entity):
     """Return (entity, [candidate relative paths]) in priority order."""
     if entity in ALIASES:
         return entity, [ALIASES[entity]]
-    root = os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'vanilla', ENTITY_ROOT)
+    root = os.path.join(vanilla_dir(), ENTITY_ROOT)
     top = os.path.join(root, entity + '.png')
     if os.path.isfile(top):
         return entity, [entity + '.png']
@@ -98,7 +104,7 @@ def _base_candidates(entity):
 
 def refresh_vanilla_index():
     """Rebuild the entity → {default, variants} skin map from the vanilla set."""
-    root = os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'vanilla', ENTITY_ROOT)
+    root = os.path.join(vanilla_dir(), ENTITY_ROOT)
     if not os.path.isdir(root):
         raise FileNotFoundError(f'{root} missing — extract vanilla entity textures first')
 
@@ -125,7 +131,7 @@ def refresh_vanilla_index():
             index[entity]['default'] = variants[0]
             index[entity]['variants'] = variants
 
-    out = os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'vanilla', INDEX_NAME)
+    out = os.path.join(vanilla_dir(), INDEX_NAME)
     with open(out, 'w') as f:
         json.dump(index, f, indent=1, sort_keys=True)
     return index