Only thing that I think I see is that in the list of steps to take, after item 4 and you parent the dress to the hips you should move the slider on the animation frames (the slider at the bottom of the Pose Room page) to about the middle frame (I use 15, if I have the number of frames set to 30 for example). THEN set the F202 pose. Now you need to return the slider to frame number 1 before progrssing to the cloth room. In other words the F404 and dress have to start the simulation at frame 1. By frame 15 they should be in the desired pose. Frames 15 to 30 allow the dress to settle. When the simulation is complete and you return to the pose room you can choose the "best" look by sliding through frames 15 to 30 to get the look you want. Let me know if this helps. Mike