This what's going on, I can do tops great but when it comes to skirts or dresses i have troubles. :(. All the body parts are named correctly and in the correct spot. Here you can see the top part of the top conforms nicely but the bottom part is gibbled. I tried moving the joint parameters, i get it close to where i want it but when i move it the area where the dress was cut for the body parts moves apart and etc. I was hoping that someone could give me some insite what i maybe or maybe not doing? thanks for reading. jojo

Look at the center points for the hip and thighs and ensure that the centers AND end points match those of the Vicki figure. I'm guessing that you have matched the centers but not the end points.

How did you bone the figure? Did you edit an existing CR2, use the setup room or write a PHI file?

i edited the existing CR2. any idea what maybe causing it to go gibbled? thanks phil

Existing CR2 ... OK. There may be preset bends still in it. Try this:-

• Load just the dress.
• Turn IK's off if there are any in it.
• Go to Window/Joint Editor and zero figure.
• Set hip and BODY translations and rotations to zero.
• Go to Edit/Memorize/Figure.
• Save the dress back to the library.

That should fix it.

ok I'll try it.. oh i have a question to ask for victoria 2 do u cut sections for the right and left buttocks, right and left thigh? or leave the buttocks out? thanks phil

sigh round 2, it looks better, but bit of the same thing.... I had the right and left collar, chest, abdomen, hip, right and left thigh. thanks phil for helping me out with this.. :)

If it's for Vicky, there's also a right and left Buttock... rButtock/lButtock...

Nearly there :)

Yes because the hip goes down to the knees go with Thighs and exclude buttock. Now you are down to adjusting the joint parameters. Start by having Vicki in the zero pose then work on one parameter at a time. You'll most likely have to increase the size of all the spherical fall off zones to take in the extra size of the dress. Also check the Vicki soften hip morph. The default setting is "1" you may need to zero it.

thanks phil i'll try those.