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AnextraminitutorialwhereIgointowhathappensifyourtopbottomisshorter(and/orskintight)oryou'reseperatingthebottominsteadandwhattodo
whenyouwanttoseperateapairofpantsbutthetopiscoveringthewaistline.Thistutorialcoversthecombiningoftwomeshpartsandmergingofvertex
data/normaldatasotherearenogapsatthewaist.ItisbasicallyPartTwooftheprevioustutorial(orQuestionsandAnswerstime,ifyouwant).

ForthisminitutorialIamgoingtoassumeyou'vereadmyothermeshingtutorialorareatleastfamiliarenoughwiththematerialtomakesenseofthis.I'll
beskippingquiteafewstepsandreallyonlygoingintothenecessarybits.Iamnotfixinganytextures,importingorexportingmeshes,makingmesh
packages,etc.Youshouldbeabletodoallthatoragain,readtheothertutorial.

InessencethisisanextendedpartofmytutorialthatIjustcouldn'tquitefitintothatonewithoutmakingaconfusingmessofitall.Thisisheretotellyou
howtodealwithsituationswhereyourseperatesaregappyatthewaistoryoudon'tknowhowtoseperatesomethingthat'spartiallycovered(suchasapair
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ofpantscoveredbyaverylongsweater).ThislastbitisverysimilartohowtoswapshoesonameshorsimilarthingsalsohandledinMTS2'sUnimesh
tutorials,part3(linkforthcoming,MTS2iscurrentlydown).

Makesureyouhavethenormaldatamergeandvertexdatamergeplugins.

PartOne
(skintight/shorttopsandbottoms)

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Youmayhavealreadynoticedthatsometimesyouwanttoseperateabottom(oratop)anditlookslikeyoucanjustcutitinhalfandbedonewithit.Such
asforthisoutfit(ifwepretendthetopisn'textendingdowninfrontofthewaist).Mostofthewaistlooksperfectlyfinealready,asimplecuttingoffofthe
legsanddone,right?

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Exceptwhenyouswivelthecamera(ormaybeyoualreadyimporteditingame)younoticetherearegaps!Thingsdon'tlineupnicelyasthefullbodymesh
isnarrowerthanthetoprowofnormalpairofbottoms(orbottomrowofatop).

Forcaseswhereayouaremakingabottom,orfortopswheretheshirtisshorterthanthewaist,youalwayshavetomakesuretoalignthetoprow(for
bottoms)orbottomrow(fortops)exactlysothatitmatchesupsmoothlyandwithoutseamsorgaps.

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Thesolutionisquiteeasy.Withbothgroupsnothidden,selectapairofverticesthatshouldbeatthesamelocation(butaren't),suchasindicatedinthe
screenshot.

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Nowfortheeasywaytofixthis.WiththetwoverticesselectedclickonVertex>VertexDataMergethenclickonVertex>NormalDataMerge.

Whatthisdoesiscopythecoordinatesfromtheverticesinthefirstgroupontothoseofthesecondgroup,essentiallymovingthemallinthesameposition.
Handy,huh?

Nowifyourepeatthisforallthevertexpairsaroundthewaist(onepairatatime)you'llhaveatotallysmoothandgapfreewaistline.

Here'salittleextratip:Thisworksformorphstoo!Butifyouwanttocopythedatafromamorph,makesureyourenametheguidelinemorph(theone
whosedatayou'recopying)oryou'llgetanerror.

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Note:Normalsarewhatcontroltheshadingoftheoutfit.Ifthenormaldataisn'tmergedyourmeshmayappeartohaveaseamatthewaistbecausethe
lightisbouncedoffitdifferentlythanthetopyou'reputtingabovethewaist.

You'llstillhavetogothroughalltheotherstepsofseperatingamesh,renamingthefile,etcetcbutreally,that'sallthereistoit.Oneseamlessseperated
pairofpantswithnogaps.

ThereisalsoahardwayandI'mgoingtoputithereinitalicssoyoucanlearnabitextraaboutthewhysandhowsofthesetools.Ifyoudon'twanttolearn
more(althoughIreallyrecommendyoudo),skipthispartandgoontoparttwo.

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Goingbacktoanearlierpointinourtutorial,whilehavingthetwoverticesselected,clickonVertex>ExtendedManualEdit

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Thislooksreallyintimidatingthefirsttime.Butwhatyou'relookingatisasetoftablesthatlistthecoordinatesofeveryselectedvertex,theirnormal
coordinatesandtheboneassignments(ifyouhavethetopleftbuttonsselectedasIdoanyway).

Thetworowswiththe0infrontofthemaretwoverticesfromourfirstgroupandthetworowswiththe1infrontofthembelongtothesecondgroup.Itis
perfectlynormaltohavemorethanonevertexintheexactsamelocation,sointhiscaseour2selectedverticesareactually4.Ifyoulookatthexandthez
coordinatesyouseethatwhilethetwoverticesfromthesamegroupmatch,betweenthetwogroupstheydonot.

Ifyouchangethenumbersinthetablesyouactuallymovethevertices.Soanotherwaytogettheverticesinthesamepositionisasimplecopyingofthe
data.Youwanteverythingtobealignedtothefirstgroup(thisisyouractualingamebottommesh,afterall,thatisalreadygaplessandsmooth).Simply
copythenumberlistedundertheXfromMesh0ontothenumbersforMesh1thendothesamewiththeZcoordinates.Repeatforthenormalcoordinates.
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Done!Sobasicallywhatthemergetoolsdoisexactlythis(copyingthenumbers)butwithoutyouhavingtodoalotofcopypasting.

Onelastthing.Iamnotgoingtoexplainthebonesrightnow,animationsarebetterleftalonestill,butnotehowtheyarethesameacrossall4vertices.This
isimportant.Ifoneofthebonesisassigneddifferentandyouloadyourmeshingameyou'llalsogetweirdgaps,evenifitlooksnormalwhenthesimis
standingstill.Soiftheboneassignmentsdifferyou'llalsohavetocopytheseover.

PartTwo:
(Help!Mypantshavenowaist!)

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Herewehaveasituationthat'sabitmoredifficult.Thispairofpantsdoesn'thaveawaistduetothelengthofthesweater.Wecouldcutitinhalfbutthen
we'dbetakinghalfasweateralongwithitandthatwouldn'tlookgoodatall.

Butsomethingcanbedoneaboutthattoo.

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Beforewestartonameshlikethiswe'regoingtopickabottomasourbasethathasthekindofwaistyouwant.Takeyourtimetoselecttheoneyouthink
ismostappropriatetofitontothepantsyouwannaseperate.HereI'vepickedthesebaggypants.

Whenstartingyournewmeshimportthesebottomsthenimportthefullbodymesh.Asexplainedintheothertutorial.

(Remembertocopyoutthetextinthecommentfile)

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FirstLet'sremovethepartsofthefullbodymeshwedon'tneed(withthebottomgrouphidden).Whenwe'redonewe'llprobablyhavequitealowcutwaist
likethis,maybethereisn'tevenmuchofawaistleft.

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Nowselectthebottommesh.Whilenormallyweleavethisonealoneuntiltheend,thistimewe'regoingtocutpiecesoutofthisonetoo.

Selectallofitfromtheshoesupuntilaboutwhereyouthinktheothermeshbeginsanddeleteit.Basicallywhatwewantleftisonlythewaist,longenough
sothatitmatchesascloseaspossibletowherewecuttheothermesh.Thecloseracutyoucanmakethebettersosearchforthebestlocation(itis
possibletoremovemorefromthefullbodymesh,forexample,ifthatgivesyouacleanercut).

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Withbothgroupsunhiddentheendresultlookssomethinglikethis.Sometimesyoucanhaveacutsocleanthatyoucan'ttellthereevenhasbeenacut,
unfortunatelythispairofpantswasabitmorecomplicated.

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Nowselectapairofverticeslikethis.Aha,yousay,we'regoingtodothevertexdataandnormaldatamergeagain,aren'twe!?Yep.

However,tothosethatwishtoknowmoreI'mgoingtopointoutalittlesomethinghere.

(youcanskipthenexttwobitsifyoudon'twanttobeconfusedbythisfornow,againIsuggestyoudostudyuponthiseventually.Itpaystoknowwhat
you'redoingandwhy)

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Ifwelookattheextendedmanualedit(Vertex>ExtendedManualEdit)datafortheseverticesyoucanseesomething.Heretheboneassignmentsdo
notlineup.Hadyoumerelycopiedthecoordinatesandputthismeshingameyouwouldhavesomehugegapsoncethesimstartedmoving.

Alwayschecktheboneassignments!

Ibelievethedatamergetoolscopytheboneassignmentsanyway,butitdoesn'thurttodoublecheck.

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Havingdonethevertexandnormaldatamergeforeveryvertexpairweshouldhavesomethingthatlookslikethis.Goodright?Nowwe'redone?

Sadly,notquite.

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Selecttheentiremesh(Edit>SelectAll).

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We'regoingtoassignatexturetotheentiremesh,yourememberhowtoright?(1.ClickNew,2.Clicktoselectatexture3.Clickassign).

Ohdear,nowyoucanseeinthecircledareawhereweconnectedthetwomeshesthatthetexturedoesn'tlookrightatall.

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OpentheTextureCoordinateEditor(Window>TextureCoordinateEditor)

TheCoordinateEditorseperatesthedifferentgroups.Lookatthecircledpartandseethatitsaysbottominthepulldownmenu.Thatisourfirstgroup.

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Ifyoupulldownandselecttheotherone(body)yougettoseetherestofthemesh.

Thisisn'tveryuseful,isit?Howcanyoufixitifwe'vegotthesepartssplitovertwogroups!Well,wecanmergethegroupsintoone.Butbeforewedothat
weneedtodoonelittlething.

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Onthebodygroup,selectthetopfewrows.We'regoingtomovethesedownalittle.Ifwedon'tandwemergethetwogroupspartofthemwilloverlapand
that'llmakeitreallyhardtofixourproblem.

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There,that'sbetter.

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Nowwithbothgroupsstillselected,clickontheregroupbutton.

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Weshouldendupwithonegroup,usuallynamedRegroup01orsomethinglikethat.

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NowbacktoourTextureCoordinateEditor.

Noticethegapbetweenthetwoparts?Partofthatisbecausewemoveditabit,ofcourse,butthisiswhythetexturelookedsostrangeonthemodel.

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Firstlet'smakethingsabiteasiertoworkwith.Changethenumbernexttoscale(I'veherechangeditto1)andclickthescalebutton.This'llzoomthingsin
abit.

AsinregularMilkshape,youcanholddownCTRLandclick+dragtomovethingssoyoucancenterthepartyouneedtoworkon.

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Nowwiththingsabitmorezoomedin,selectaverticeasshown.Andsimplymoveittoit'smatchingverticebelow.

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Likethis.

You'llwanttodothisforeverypairofverticesuntilthetwopartslineupcompletely.

IbelievethereisalsoaUVmergetoolonMTS2somewherethatcoulddothisfareasier(likethevertexandnormaldatamerge,exceptfortheUVmap).I
haveneverusedithowever(onlylearnedaboutitrecentlyactually)soIamdoingitthiswayfornow.

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Onceyou'vecompletelylinedupbothhalvesofthepantsandthereisnomoregapontheUVmapyoucanclosetheEditor.Asyoucanseeinthe3dview
now,thetexturelooksalotbetter.

Nowwejustneedtorenameourgrouptobottom.

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Andcopythecommentsoverfromtheoriginalbottomgroup.

(asit'llprobablyhavemergedthetwosetsofcomments)

Nowyoucantreatitjustlikeanyregularmeshyou'vealreadymade.

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Andthat'sit.Well,exceptforthetexture.Asmostfullbodymesheslikethisdonothaveawaistpaintedonthetextureeitheryou'regoingtohavetopaint
oneinyourself.Thatissomethingforadifferentkindoftutorialhowever

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