type materialtechniqueset [display="Material Technique Set"]
{
  i32 technique_set_name_ptr [ui, readonly, display="Technique Set Name Ptr"];

  u8 world_vert_format [ui, readonly, display="World Vert Format"];
  u8 has_been_uploaded [ui, readonly, display="Has Been Uploaded"];

  skip(2);  // padding to align to 4 bytes (total header = 8 bytes)

  // Technique count depends on game/platform
  technique_count = 0;
  if (game == "COD4") {
    if (platform == "PC") {
      technique_count = 34;
    }
    if (platform == "XBOX360") {
      technique_count = 26;
    }
    if (platform == "PS3") {
      technique_count = 26;
    }
  }
  if (game == "COD5") {
    if (platform == "PC") {
      technique_count = 59;
    }
    if (platform == "XBOX360") {
      technique_count = 51;
    }
    if (platform == "PS3") {
      technique_count = 51;
    }
  }

  technique_count = technique_count [ui, readonly, display="Technique Count"];

  // Check if this looks like a valid techset
  // In stub/minimal techsets (like in _load files), name_ptr is often a small positive value
  // indicating a reference to another zone. world_vert_format and has_been_uploaded should be 0-1.
  _is_valid_techset = 1;
  if (world_vert_format > 1) {
    _is_valid_techset = 0;
  }
  if (has_been_uploaded > 1) {
    _is_valid_techset = 0;
  }

  // Only parse technique pointers and inline data for valid techsets
  if (_is_valid_techset == 1) {
    // Save position after technique count
    _ptrs_start_pos = pos();

    // Read technique pointers as raw bytes
    if (technique_count > 0) {
      _ptrs_size = technique_count * 4;
      _technique_ptrs_raw = read(_ptrs_size);
    }

    // Parse technique set name if inline
    if (technique_set_name_ptr == -1) {
      technique_set_name = cstring() [ui, readonly, display="Technique Set Name"];
      _name = strip(technique_set_name, ",");
    }

    // Second pass: Parse each technique if ptr == -1 (inline)
    techniques = 0;
    if (technique_count > 0) {
      repeat(technique_count) {
        _ptr_offset = _ptrs_start_pos + (_i * 4);
        _ptr = u32at(_ptr_offset);
        if (_ptr == 4294967295) {  // -1 as u32
          _technique = parse_here("materialtechnique");
          techniques = push("techniques", _technique);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}