TUTORIAL: How to Divide a Full-Body Mesh into Top & Bottom Meshes -updated 2 Nov 2006

[BeosBoxBoy]

if you try using Peter Jones's PJ Body Mesh Tool for SimPE Extracting mode it will go faster!

[The Mule]

The mesh tool comes with Simpe yakov...but thanks! the tut i was following prior to this one was pre-mesh tool....
of course I screwed up this tutorial too, by trying to get too fancy from the start and split marvines alpha skirt and heels....

[BeosBoxBoy]

gah - alpha bottoms and tops give me the dreads and shivvers.  There is a substacially good reason EA chose to make so few alpha meshes other than hair (with hair it was un-avoidable).  Things can go terribly wrong in the animations and the 3D meshing software has a rather rude habit of misplacing faces while you are working on them (especially if there are morphs involved).

[MohicanTunes]

This helps a lot.. I'll try make up something.. I know it won't work cuz I suck at milkshape ahaha

[MohicanTunes]

Guess what.. it worked.. twice! ahah
Thanks beos! This is the easiest tutorial to follow I've ever seen

[The Mule]

His always are, aren't they?

[MixdCrysy]

I just wanted to say thanks for this tutorial It is very detailed and easy to follow

[rhldavies]

Does this work on custom whole body meshes also or only maxis-made meshes only?

[hannahanarchy1]

I'm sorry if this has already been asked, but is it possible to use any other program other than milkshape? Or can it only be done with milkshape?

Nice tutorial by the way!!

[BlooM]

I'm sorry if this has already been asked, but is it possible to use any other program other than milkshape? Or can it only be done with milkshape?

Nice tutorial by the way!!

You can use Blender for editing/replacing and making meshes but it isn't the easiest proggy and there are not many tutorials arround for it.
Dont think blender has a pluging to fix boneassignements also, but im not sure

[hannahanarchy1]

Thanks for the help, I will try using Blender but if I find it too difficult I will buy Milkshape.