I'm working on creating CC clothing for men from early 1800s. I was successful (i think) in creating a YA long coat which I was able to convert for teen & elders. (photo below)


I am having a difficult time creating a waist coat with an embedded vest. I'm not sure why the fingers become distorted. Can anyone explain why this happens. I use blender to modify in game CAS parts.


Also...
Is there an area for requests? I was hoping to ask for a little help in creating other historical CC clothes.

There is an area for requests...although every time someone wants to know it takes me forever to find the damn thing so it's no surprise that people ask. Maybe the inscrutable nature of the thread placement/findability is on purpose...lol.

Anyway, it's in the WCIF section and it's a sticky at the top here:

http://www.modthesims.info/showthre...t=392614&page=1

I love the long coat by the way...it looks fantastic

Thank You orangemittens! I completely forgot about the WCIF section. I'll head over there to see if anyone else is looking for more historical clothing or could possibly help me.

Just to clarify, there are no requests sections and requests are not allowed. THere is a thread where creators who take requests post and you contact them via pm. That is in WCIF and is stickied, which OM linked to.

I'd also recommend looking at the Content List in the wiki, also is stickied in WCIF. Many people are already building long lists for TS3 stuff.

That "flying appendage" usually occurs when you mess up the vertex count on a mesh and/or screw up the bone assignments. From the looks of it, you took an EA mesh and rescaled/shaped/stretched it to create the coat, correct? If so, during that process, you may have accidentally added or deleted a vertex causing the mesh to explode like that.

The best advice I have for this is to start over again, being careful not to change the vertex count.

Also, these threads may help you out as well:
http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=408344
http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=404636

Thank you daluved1! Your thread links are very helpful. I will reevaluate my mesh and work more carefully not to change the vertex count. I may have done this when I 'inverted' the bottom of EA jacket mesh and 'pulled out' the back.

Also, thank you HugeLunatic. Once I followed the link provided by orangemittens, I was able to surmise that it wasn't an official request thread, but a list of creators who take requests. I'm glad you clarified, just in case someone else happens to come across this thread and is unaware of the 'creators who take request thread'.

Since it's just that one vertex, it's also possible that you accidentally selected it when changing bone assignments - check that it's still assigned to the finger before you go starting again.

Lol...thanks for making it more clear than I did what that thread is...I guess I shouldn't assume everyone is literate or will read the first post before eagerly posting their own :P

We all used to assume that OM... we learned the hard way .

I'll try to learn from your experience and not make that mistake again...you know what they say about assuming...lol. :P