Post by Fwecka (Lolabellesims) on Sept 6, 2021 1:58:58 GMT -5
I'm trying to convert this robe and write up a tutorial about it. The mesh was in horrible shape and required a lot of cleanup and the topology is godawful. The terrible topology has led to some issues.
1. I can't close the hole in the bottom of the robe without problems because the topology is so awful. There is not one clean edge loop from which to extrude new faces.
2. It doesn't reach the ground which will mean the feet will be visible. If I do not include shoes with this mesh, will parts of the robe end up hidden once the sim equips shoes? Would it be better to add shoes to the mesh?
3. I've tried to straighten the faces on the bottom (select edges, s, z, 0) but the texture appears stretched. Tried extruding but again, the textures are stretched. If I move a single vertex textures are stretched.
I could unwrap the new faces that I've created, but if those new faces are not connected to the original UV islands for this portion of the robe, there will be sharp edges in the mesh.
I'm leaning toward extruding new faces and re-unwrapping the entire skirt portion of the robe, but the UV islands will no longer match up with the texture If I do that. I'm thinking I could just bake a new texture from the old one; I'll have to rearrange all the UV islands anyway to place them on the CAS map. Thoughts on this?
Also, I'm trying to keep the conversion process as simplified as possible since the person I'm helping doesn't have much experience with Blender.
Here is the latest file that I've been playing with.
1. I can't close the hole in the bottom of the robe without problems because the topology is so awful. There is not one clean edge loop from which to extrude new faces.
2. It doesn't reach the ground which will mean the feet will be visible. If I do not include shoes with this mesh, will parts of the robe end up hidden once the sim equips shoes? Would it be better to add shoes to the mesh?
3. I've tried to straighten the faces on the bottom (select edges, s, z, 0) but the texture appears stretched. Tried extruding but again, the textures are stretched. If I move a single vertex textures are stretched.
I could unwrap the new faces that I've created, but if those new faces are not connected to the original UV islands for this portion of the robe, there will be sharp edges in the mesh.
I'm leaning toward extruding new faces and re-unwrapping the entire skirt portion of the robe, but the UV islands will no longer match up with the texture If I do that. I'm thinking I could just bake a new texture from the old one; I'll have to rearrange all the UV islands anyway to place them on the CAS map. Thoughts on this?
Also, I'm trying to keep the conversion process as simplified as possible since the person I'm helping doesn't have much experience with Blender.
Here is the latest file that I've been playing with.
