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Q&A Thread for Sims 3 Hair Basics Tutorial

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17th Feb 2011, 3:24 PM	#526
Mark9 Test Subject Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 8	i want to ask how to fix dark mesh on hair? Like in this raonjena hair fixed by anubis

17th Feb 2011, 7:09 PM	#527
Whiterider BUTTS! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,788 Thanks: 28210 in 60 Posts 30 Achievements View My Journal	Doing bone assignments is covered in this tutorial, Tsany saadi. Is there something in particular you don't understand? Mark9, it looks like that's just a lighter multiplier texture, or possibly a whiter alpha.
	"On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune." - Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves

18th Feb 2011, 12:49 PM

#528

Mark9

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Originally Posted by whiterider

Doing bone assignments is covered in this tutorial, Tsany saadi. Is there something in particular you don't understand?

Mark9, it looks like that's just a lighter multiplier texture, or possibly a whiter alpha.

Thanks before

but how to do that

? ( i still new on milkshape thing so i don't really understand

)

18th Feb 2011, 2:34 PM	#529
Whiterider BUTTS! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,788 Thanks: 28210 in 60 Posts 30 Achievements View My Journal	It's the texture, not the mesh. You do it in Photoshop or GIMP.
	"On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune." - Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves

18th Feb 2011, 8:37 PM	#530
Anubis360 Scholar Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,267 Thanks: 128036 in 74 Posts 36 Achievements View My Journal	Nope, it's not the texture. It is the mesh. Use the Vertex Extra Data Tool to fix it. You can check HP's hair tutorial to see how it works

19th Feb 2011, 8:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Anubis360

Nope, it's not the texture. It is the mesh. Use the Vertex Extra Data Tool to fix it. You can check HP's hair tutorial to see how it works

Thanks Anubis

but which file in the hair package should i extract and open in milkshape?

19th Feb 2011, 10:57 AM	#532
Whiterider BUTTS! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,788 Thanks: 28210 in 60 Posts 30 Achievements View My Journal	The mesh files - GEOM if you use S3PE. They should be labelled lod0, lod1 etc; if not, the biggest filesize will be the LOD0, second biggest will be the LOD1 and so on.
	"On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune." - Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves

21st Mar 2011, 1:55 PM	#533
Vondure Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 29	I'm flat-out new to hair meshing, and basically just felt my way around it yesterday. I was wondering what causes these weird shadings(blue outlines) and how to fix them. I was also hoping to retain those little strands(red outlines) that was in the original mesh.
Vondure Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 29	The magic page 4 holds. I broke the rule.

25th Mar 2011, 11:00 AM	#534
Tsany saadi Test Subject Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 7 1 Achievements	Vondure its because the specular i think

26th Mar 2011, 12:06 PM	#535
Vondure Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 29	Hi Tsany, thank you for responding. I had been waiting anxiously for an answer for a good number of days now, but I guess people have been really busy recently. Anyway, at first I thought it had something to do with the specular as well. But adding a black alpha to my specular did absolutely nothing. And to add to that, I came across another problem. Do you see those weird polygonal shading patterns around her bangs? I have no idea how to fix it.
Vondure Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 29	The magic page 4 holds. I broke the rule.

26th Mar 2011, 3:41 PM	#536
Robodl95 Alchemist Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,692 Thanks: 14111 in 118 Posts 21 Achievements	Test outside of CAS, that'll tell you if it's a spec problem or not.
	Hi I'm Paul!

27th Mar 2011, 1:34 PM	#537
Vondure Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 29	Both of the meshes appear fine in-game/outside of CAS. I'm almost certain the problem has something to do with the mesh itself rather the texture, since I accidentally managed to fix a separate copy of it after re-meshing it in MS3D. The only thing is, I didn't take note of what I might have done differently, because I wasn't exactly expecting anything at that time. Here are a couply of screenshots. In and outside of CAS: Accidentally fixed copy: What could be causing these abnormalities? I know they don't seem that much of a problem at all but I've seen other people getting in the same trouble so I might as well just try to get to the bottom of it once and for all.
Vondure Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 29	The magic page 4 holds. I broke the rule.

28th Mar 2011, 4:59 AM	#538
Tsany saadi Test Subject Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 7 1 Achievements	can i see the mesh at milkshape?

28th Mar 2011, 3:48 PM	#539
Vondure Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 29	Here they are, from wireframe, smooth-shaded, flat-shaded to textured:
Vondure Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 29	The magic page 4 holds. I broke the rule.

30th Mar 2011, 6:08 PM

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This message has been deleted by chod3994. Reason: I found it. I need my glasses on >_>

25th Apr 2011, 4:05 PM	#540
jodiesam1 Test Subject Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 5	Hi, CTU takes forever to search for meshes, is there any way to speed it up a bit? Thanks

25th Apr 2011, 4:50 PM	#541
BloomsBase Mad Poster Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,965 Thanks: 1592 in 20 Posts 11 Achievements	@ Vondure Those are normalmap issues

9th May 2011, 3:22 AM	Register?? #542
TurtleLover Test Subject Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 7	I got to the step of importing the mesh into Milkshape and when I clicked what you told me to click. A message popped up and said that I need to register. Did I do something wrong because your tutorial said nothing about registration. Thanks if you can Help and sorry if this is a stupid question.

9th May 2011, 8:41 PM	#543
Robodl95 Alchemist Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,692 Thanks: 14111 in 118 Posts 21 Achievements	Milkshake isn't free, you get a 30 day trial but then you have to pay
	Hi I'm Paul!

9th May 2011, 10:32 PM	#544
TurtleLover Test Subject Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 7	Ok and how do I get this 30 day trial because I went to the site the message told me and I dont see a 30 day trial anywhere.

15th May 2011, 9:47 PM	#545
pahtrick Lab Assistant Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 61 1 Achievements	I have a quick question. I made an all new mesh, but now when I try to export it Milkshape gives an error telling me to split the seams before I can export.... what does that mean?

15th May 2011, 11:55 PM	#546
Whiterider BUTTS! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,788 Thanks: 28210 in 60 Posts 30 Achievements View My Journal	When you download Milkshape, the free trial is automatic. pahtrick, that means that you have welded two vertices together which are in different places on the UVMap. Find any "seams" on the mesh - areas where two parts of the mesh which are on different parts of the map meet - and unweld the vertices on the seams.
	"On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune." - Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves

16th May 2011, 8:43 PM

#547

pahtrick

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Quote:

Originally Posted by whiterider

pahtrick, that means that you have welded two vertices together which are in different places on the UVMap. Find any "seams" on the mesh - areas where two parts of the mesh which are on different parts of the map meet - and unweld the vertices on the seams.

Ah, okay... thank you!

28th May 2011, 3:29 AM

#548

TurtleLover

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pahtrick

I have a quick question. I made an all new mesh, but now when I try to export it Milkshape gives an error telling me to split the seams before I can export.... what does that mean?

No its not because it wont let me do anything unless I buy stuff

4th Jun 2011, 9:52 AM	#549
Cheryl Mason Lab Assistant Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 99 Thanks: 3521 in 9 Posts 9 Achievements	The tutorial says it's not possible to create "hat" hair with DABOOBS. Is that still the case?

13th Jul 2011, 4:54 AM

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8th Aug 2011, 7:57 AM	#550
spongejimmy3d Test Subject Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 16	Probably not gonna get a reply because people haven't replied to this thread in a while but I'm having the same problem as Vondure. What exactly do I need to do to fix the issue?

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