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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
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This section covers meshing [[Body Shop]] content: that is, custom clothing and body meshes, hair meshes, and accessory meshes. 
  
 
==What you will need==
 
==What you will need==
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* [[SimPE]]
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* [[3d Modeling Programs|A 3D modeling program]] - we HIGHLY recommend [[Milkshape]] with the [[Unimesh]] plugins.  Free programs are available but simply will not do what Milkshape will do for its low price.
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* '''Prerequisite for ALL Body Shop Meshing Projects:'''  You MUST be an experienced creator of Body Shop recolours - that is, changing textures and alphas for clothing, hair, accessories, skintones, etc...  These tutorials will not tell how to use Body Shop or make textures for your meshes... and the skills you learn through becoming extremely adept at making recolours/retextures/reskins of Body Shop content are -crucial- to being successful at creating new Body Shop meshes.
  
 
==Tutorials==
 
==Tutorials==
* [[How to link a genetic skintone to a specific not default nude mesh]]
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* [[Tutorials:Accessories - Fixing Accessories to Display Properly with the Pets EP]]
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===Clothing/Body Meshes===
* [[Tutorials:Accessory Meshing Info and Advanced Tutorial]]
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* [[Tutorials:Basic Clothing Mesh Tutorial Bodychop/Milkshape]]
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If you have never made a Body Shop mesh before, you MUST start with these tutorials.
* [[Tutorials:Basic Making Bigger Boobs! (aka Basic Body Meshing in Milkshape)]]
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* [[Tutorials:Beginning Clothing/Body Meshing Tutorial - Using MeshTool/OBJ]]
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* [[Tutorials:Beginning Clothing/Body Meshing Tutorial - Using Unimesh/Milkshape]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Beginning Clothing/Body Meshing Tutorial - Using Unimesh/Milkshape]]
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* [[Tutorials:Unimesh/Milkshape Level 2, Editing and UV Maps]]
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* [[Tutorials:Unimesh/Milkshape Level 3, Combining Mesh Parts]]
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* [[Tutorials:Beginning Clothing/Body Meshing Tutorial - Using MeshTool/OBJ]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Body Meshing - How to use Blender]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Body Meshing - How to use Blender]]
* [[Tutorials:Body/Hair/Accessory Meshing Tools]]
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* [[Tutorials:Meshtool/XSI ModTool/SMD Tutorial]]
* [[Tutorials:Clothing Cloning Plugin for DatGen]]
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* [[Tutorials:Milkshape - Adjusting UV Mapping On Your Modified Body Mesh]]
* [[Tutorials:Easier Method to Gather Clothing/Hair files]]
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* [[Tutorials:Everything You Wanted to Know About Meshes But Were Afraid to Ask]]
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===Accessories===
* [[Tutorials:Eyes]]
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* [[Tutorials:General - Example Bodies and Faces]]
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Accessories are a bit more difficult than bodies, but if you have been through the Unimesh tutorials, you should be able to handle it.
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* [[Tutorials:Accessory Meshing Info and Advanced Tutorial]]
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* [[Tutorials:Accessories - Fixing Accessories to Display Properly with the Pets EP]]
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* [[Tutorials:Making accessories wearable at all times]]
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* [[Tutorials:MiniCustom Icons for Accessories]]
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===Hair===
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* [[Tutorials:Hair Meshing with MilkShape and UniMesh (Beginners)]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Hair - Basics and Beyond Articles]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Hair - Basics and Beyond Articles]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Hair - Categorizing custom hair into the color bins]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Hair - Categorizing custom hair into the color bins]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Hair - Strange Transparency or Holes]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Hair - Strange Transparency or Holes]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Hair Meshing Tutorial]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Hair Meshing Tutorial]]
* [[Tutorials:Hair Meshing with MilkShape and UniMesh (Beginners)]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Hair Tutorials]]
 
 
* [[Tutorials:How to fix the neck gap in hair mini-tutorial]]
 
* [[Tutorials:How to fix the neck gap in hair mini-tutorial]]
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===Infocenter===
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* [[Tutorials:Body/Hair/Accessory Meshing Tools]]
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* [[Tutorials:Easier Method to Gather Clothing/Hair files]]
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* [[Tutorials:Everything You Wanted to Know About Meshes But Were Afraid to Ask]]
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* [[Tutorials:General - Example Bodies and Faces]]
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* [[Tutorials:Making a NL (or later) Body mesh look good in old games]]
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===Outdated===
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* [[Tutorials:Basic Clothing Mesh Tutorial Bodychop/Milkshape]]
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* [[Tutorials:Basic Making Bigger Boobs! (aka Basic Body Meshing in Milkshape)]]
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* [[Tutorials:Clothing Cloning Plugin for DatGen]]
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* [[Tutorials:MTS2 Mesh Tool Clothing]]
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* [[Tutorials:SanMoo's Hair Mesh Tutorial]]
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===Other===
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* [[How to link a genetic skintone to a specific not default nude mesh]]
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* [[Tutorials:How to link a genetic skintone to a specific not default nude mesh]]
 
* [[Tutorials:How to link a genetic skintone to a specific not default nude mesh]]
 
* [[Tutorials:I'm new, where do I start??]]
 
* [[Tutorials:I'm new, where do I start??]]
* [[Tutorials:MTS2 Mesh Tool Clothing]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Making a NL (or later) Body mesh look good in old games]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Making accessories wearable at all times]]
 
 
* [[Tutorials:Making clothes or parts bumpy/reflective/shiny and editing the envcube!]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Making clothes or parts bumpy/reflective/shiny and editing the envcube!]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Mesh - Adjusting the UV Map]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Mesh - Adjusting the UV Map]]
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* [[Tutorials:Mesh - has weird transparency, holes, or strange display]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Mesh - has weird transparency, holes, or strange display]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Mesh - is Laying Down in Bodyshop]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Mesh - is Laying Down in Bodyshop]]
* [[Tutorials:Meshtool/XSI ModTool/SMD Tutorial]]
 
 
* [[Tutorials:Milkshape - Adjusting UV Mapping On Your Modified Body Mesh]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Milkshape - Adjusting UV Mapping On Your Modified Body Mesh]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Milkshape - Blue Lines all over my screen!]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Milkshape - Blue Lines all over my screen!]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Milkshape - Settings and Tips]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Milkshape - Settings and Tips]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Milkshape UV Mapping Shoes/Extras Mini Tutorial]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Milkshape UV Mapping Shoes/Extras Mini Tutorial]]
* [[Tutorials:MiniCustom Icons for Accessories]]
 
* [[Tutorials:SanMoo's Hair Mesh Tutorial]]
 
 
* [[Tutorials:Simple High Heels Mini-Tutorial]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Simple High Heels Mini-Tutorial]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Using Poser to Modify Body Shapes]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Using Poser to Modify Body Shapes]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Beginning Clothing/Body Meshing Tutorial - Using MeshTool/OBJ]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Beginning Clothing/Body Meshing Tutorial - Using MeshTool/OBJ]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Beginning Clothing/Body Meshing Tutorial - Using Unimesh/Milkshape]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Beginning Clothing/Body Meshing Tutorial - Using Unimesh/Milkshape]]
* [[Tutorials:Unimesh/Milkshape Level 2, Editing and UV Maps]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Unimesh/Milkshape Level 3, Combining Mesh Parts]]
 
 
* [[Tutorials:Clothing Cloning Plugin for DatGen]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Clothing Cloning Plugin for DatGen]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Easier Method to Gather Clothing/Hair files]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Easier Method to Gather Clothing/Hair files]]
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* [[Tutorials:Making a NL (or later) Body mesh look good in old games]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Making a NL (or later) Body mesh look good in old games]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Meshtool/XSI ModTool/SMD Tutorial]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Meshtool/XSI ModTool/SMD Tutorial]]
* [[Tutorials:Milkshape - Adjusting UV Mapping On Your Modified Body Mesh]]
 
* [[Tutorials:MTS2 Mesh Tool Clothing]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Using Poser to Modify Body Shapes]]
 
 
* Milkshape: Settings and Tips: [http://www.modthesims2.com/article.php?t=131427 tiggerypum at MTS2]
 
* Milkshape: Settings and Tips: [http://www.modthesims2.com/article.php?t=131427 tiggerypum at MTS2]
 
* [[Tutorials:General - Tig's Editing Suggestions]]
 
* [[Tutorials:General - Tig's Editing Suggestions]]
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* [[Tutorials:Hair Meshing Tutorial]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Hair Meshing Tutorial]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Hair Meshing with MilkShape and UniMesh (Beginners)]]
 
* [[Tutorials:Hair Meshing with MilkShape and UniMesh (Beginners)]]
 
 
 
 
[[Category:Sims 2 Tutorials]]
 
[[Category:Sims 2 Tutorials]]
 
[[Category:Body Shop Meshing Tutorials]]
 
[[Category:Body Shop Meshing Tutorials]]

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Contents

Overview

This section covers meshing Body Shop content: that is, custom clothing and body meshes, hair meshes, and accessory meshes.

What you will need

  • SimPE
  • A 3D modeling program - we HIGHLY recommend Milkshape with the Unimesh plugins. Free programs are available but simply will not do what Milkshape will do for its low price.
  • Prerequisite for ALL Body Shop Meshing Projects: You MUST be an experienced creator of Body Shop recolours - that is, changing textures and alphas for clothing, hair, accessories, skintones, etc... These tutorials will not tell how to use Body Shop or make textures for your meshes... and the skills you learn through becoming extremely adept at making recolours/retextures/reskins of Body Shop content are -crucial- to being successful at creating new Body Shop meshes.

Tutorials

Clothing/Body Meshes

If you have never made a Body Shop mesh before, you MUST start with these tutorials.

Accessories

Accessories are a bit more difficult than bodies, but if you have been through the Unimesh tutorials, you should be able to handle it.

Hair

Infocenter

Outdated

Other


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