Revenge Of The Pants (#22205)

I have actually tested this PR to verify it. Thanks to Sentry for
finally giving me the data point needed to figure out where the hell the
bug was coming from. It turns out the culprit for The Pants Hard Delete
was people accidentally saving Abstract Pants in their loadout, which
would immediately produce a runtime error when the game attempts to add
them to the chargen dummy.

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code/modules/client/preference_setup/loadout/gear_tweaks.dm

@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ Path adjustment
 	return "Type: [metadata]"
 
 /datum/gear_tweak/path/get_default()
-	return valid_paths[1]
+	for(var/key in valid_paths)
+		return key
+	return null
 
 /datum/gear_tweak/path/get_random()
 	return pick(valid_paths)
@@ -154,9 +156,15 @@ Path adjustment
 	return tgui_input_list(user, "Choose a type.", "Character Preference", valid_paths, metadata)
 
 /datum/gear_tweak/path/tweak_gear_data(var/metadata, var/datum/gear_data/gear_data)
-	if(!(metadata in valid_paths))
+	if(metadata in valid_paths)
+		gear_data.path = valid_paths[metadata]
 		return
-	gear_data.path = valid_paths[metadata]
+
+	// Fallback for when metadata is actually the path (value) instead of the name (key)
+	for(var/key in valid_paths)
+		if(valid_paths[key] == metadata)
+			gear_data.path = metadata
+			return
 
 /*
 Faction-based Path adjustment
@@ -164,10 +172,17 @@ Same as the adjustment above, but the associated value is a list with the first
 */
 
 /datum/gear_tweak/path/faction/tweak_gear_data(var/metadata, var/datum/gear_data/gear_data)
-	if(!(metadata in valid_paths))
+	if(metadata in valid_paths)
+		gear_data.path = valid_paths[metadata][1]
+		gear_data.faction_requirement = valid_paths[metadata][2]
 		return
-	gear_data.path = valid_paths[metadata][1]
-	gear_data.faction_requirement = valid_paths[metadata][2]
+
+	// Fallback for when metadata is actually the path (value) instead of the name (key)
+	for(var/key in valid_paths)
+		if(valid_paths[key][1] == metadata)
+			gear_data.path = metadata
+			gear_data.faction_requirement = valid_paths[key][2]
+			return
 
 /*
 Content adjustment

code/modules/client/preference_setup/loadout/items/pants.dm

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ABSTRACT_TYPE(/datum/gear/pants)
 /datum/gear/pants/trousers
 	display_name = "pants and shorts selection"
 	description = "A selection of pants and shorts."
-	path = /obj/item/clothing/pants
+	path = /obj/item/clothing/pants/black
 
 /datum/gear/pants/trousers/New()
 	..()

code/modules/client/preference_setup/loadout/items/xeno/tajara.dm

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ABSTRACT_TYPE(/datum/gear/shoes/tajara)
 /datum/gear/shoes/tajara/boots
 	display_name = "tajaran boots selection"
 	description = "A selection of shoes and boots fitted for Tajara."
-	path = /obj/item/clothing/shoes/tajara
+	path = /obj/item/clothing/shoes/jackboots/tajara
 	whitelisted = list(SPECIES_TAJARA, SPECIES_TAJARA_ZHAN, SPECIES_TAJARA_MSAI)
 	sort_category = "Xenowear - Tajara"