It's possible that it's intermittent or requires a certain specific way that it has to be done.  I'm really not sure.  I've seen it work with clothing.  I think it's safe to say I lean more towards a DS Dabbler than a DS Scientist :D

But the plugin is probably the best route to go and keep the pmd as injections for clothing or figures.

I don't think it's been updated for DS4 though?

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