I'm afraid that without coding, the worst case you have will be how it is... Here is how it works : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><actor version="1"> <castshadow/> <group> <variant name="Base"> <mesh>structural/mesh.dae</mesh> <textures> <texture file="campaigns/structures/mesh.png" name="baseTex"/> <texture file="campaigns/structures/mesh_spec.png" name="specTex"/> </textures> </variant> </group> <material>basic_glow.xml</material></actor>