Try using shorts rather than bytes for bone indices.

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://src.earth.threerings.net/nenya/trunk@238 ed5b42cb-e716-0410-a449-f6a68f950b19

src/java/com/threerings/jme/model/SkinMesh.java

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.FloatBuffer;
 import java.nio.IntBuffer;
+import java.nio.ShortBuffer;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -620,13 +621,13 @@ public class SkinMesh extends ModelMesh
     {
         int bonesPerVertex = _sconfig.getBonesPerVertex();
         int size = getBatch(0).getVertexCount() * bonesPerVertex;
-        ByteBuffer bibuf = BufferUtils.createByteBuffer(size);
+        ShortBuffer bibuf = BufferUtils.createShortBuffer(size);
         FloatBuffer bwbuf = BufferUtils.createFloatBuffer(size);
 
         for (WeightGroup group : _weightGroups) {
-            byte[] indices = new byte[bonesPerVertex];
+            short[] indices = new short[bonesPerVertex];
             for (int ii = 0; ii < indices.length; ii++) {
-                indices[ii] = (byte)((ii < group.bones.length) ?
+                indices[ii] = (short)((ii < group.bones.length) ?
                     ListUtil.indexOf(_bones, group.bones[ii]) : 0);
             }
             for (int ii = 0, widx = 0; ii < group.vertexCount; ii++) {