string get_model_parameters_desc;
float get_model_parameters(string mod, float skn); // call with string_null to clear; skin -1 means mod is the filename of the txt file and is to be split
+ERASEABLE
+string translate_key(string key);
+
// x-encoding (encoding as zero length invisible string)
// encodes approx. 14 bits into 5 bytes of color code string
const float XENCODE_MAX = 21295; // 2*22*22*22-1