Dress with Broken Fingers and Triangles ...Can I Fix This?

Hi. This item has very torn uv_1, which is responsible for morphing. Before i explain how to fix it, tell me if youd prefer to stay in blender 2.7x or use blender 4.2?

Unfortunately, theres no Data transfer in 2.7, so you need 2.79

- install 2.79;
- in s4s settings change blender path to blender.exe in blender 2.79 installation folder;
- in s4s main menu click on CAS, in the search bar paste yfBody_DressMaxi, clone it, export the blend, naming it Reference;
- open zulf celtic dress recolor attempt - BROKEN.package and export the blend again, open it in 2.79;
- in UV editor enable sync, press B, click and drag to select all uvs of hands, in 3d view press Delete and choose Faces;

- select everything with A and Tools - Remove doubles, Merge distance to 0.0001;

- in the outliner double-click on s4studio_mesh_1 to rename it to Garment;
- File - Append - reference.blend - Object - select s4studio_mesh_1, Shift-select all other s4studio_mesh_, append;
- delete rig.001, bone_bone_shape.001. Select s4studio_mesh_1, shift-select others, in 3d view press Ctrl J to join, rename to Reference;
- select Garment, delete all vertex groups, then delete uv_1;

- add Data transfer, choose Reference ( which is visible) as Source object. Enable Vertex data and vertex groups, change Mapping to Nearest face interpolated. Enable Face corner data, then UVs. In the drop downs choose Nearest face interpolated and uv_1. Click on Generate data layers, apply;

- switch to Edit mode, select everything with A, Tools - Weight tools - Clean with All groups, then Limit total;

- select Reference, in edit mode select everything and remove doubles. Then disable Limit selection to visible and select only the hands. Press Ctrl I to invert, then Delete - Vertices;

- in this order: select Reference, Shift- select Garment, join with Ctrl J;
- in uv editor choose Edge select, select this whole uv island, Select - Select boundary loops, Mesh - Edges - Edge split;
- save, import back into the original package

Okay, so! That fixed a lot of problems, thank you so much for the thorough tutorial! However, now there are other weird bits, and I'm not sure how to fix them either. They're minor, but I wanted to ask.

First, the sleeves are now tearing around the wrists. I think that was happening before too, but I suspect I didn't remove enough of the hand mesh? I was afraid of leaving a hole, so I was over-cautious.



Second part, I haven't the slightest idea what happened there. The left is the original skirt. The right is the skirt now.

Took me this long to give it a try, but that did it! Thanks for all your help! :D

Hi, you need to edit the weight paint. Select the rig and switch from object mode to pose mode. Select the hip bone and move the leg forward with the R key until you see the mesh bend.




Switch to your studio_mesh and go to weight paint mode (it is located in the same place as object mode) on the right select the Data tab and find the vertex groups b_L_Calf and b_R_Calf. You need to edit the weight paint in both of these groups. In this case, it is enough to use the smear and blur tools. Try to blur your weight paint so that the creases are removed.



If you can't do this in the pose, return the bones to their original position by selecting them with Ctrl+a - RCM - clear user transform. - don't forget to do this when you're done with weight paint.

You can also move other bones to check the weight paint of other vertex groups.

Among other things, your mesh is divided into many parts, select it in edit mode on Ctrl+A, then select mesh - clean up - merge by distance at the bottom. This will save you from artifacts in the game and help avoid mesh breaks in animations.

I also noticed that at the bottom your dress does not connect to the feet, this will be visible when your character is lying down, I would suggest connecting the vertex on the cutouts to the ankles of the legs, but you can also just close the holes and down the skirt on the legs a little in sculpting to hide the gap. The main thing is not to change the shape and position of the feet.