Shorten a maxis window?

[TanyaTurner]

I know how to create custom window but not how to modify a Maxis window's mesh in MilkShape. I want to shorten one of Maxis windows..


Like this http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/5/3/7/1/9/MTS2_MaryLou_441256_finestre2.gif

How do you do it? There's no tutorial for it.. Sorry I'm very new to MilkShape :help:

[Numenor]

Don't expect to find a tutorial specifically written for each and every possible task...
If you follow the general "start-to-finish" tutorial for meshing objects, you will get the basic knowledge about Milkshape.

EDIT: wait, you say you alredy know how to create custom windows; so, where's the problem? If you know how to create a mesh in Milkshape, how is it possible that you don't know how to edit an existing mesh? Am I misunderstanding your question?

[leesester]

I have a similar problem - when I try to make a hole in a mesh the window or door goes all bent - I often end up making a whole new mesh using the original as a model and just making my bits shorter - is there a tool for ungrouping or whatever? Is this the "Unimesh"?

[TanyaTurner]

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c21/m4rilyn86/owindows.jpg

This long window comes with Apartment Life. I was disappointed when I saw there is no short one. What did Maxis think when they created this?! It doesn't match other windows.. and a house could look weird if it had only long windows..



So I try to create short versions of the model above, I want them to look like these..

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c21/m4rilyn86/windows.jpg
(this pic is photoshopped)






http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c21/m4rilyn86/whitewin.jpg

windkeeper has successfully cutted off some part of this window and made it short
check out http://nene.modthesims2.com/download.php?t=101336

I wonder how s/he did it?

[HystericalParoxysm]

I have a similar problem - when I try to make a hole in a mesh the window or door goes all bent - I often end up making a whole new mesh using the original as a model and just making my bits shorter - is there a tool for ungrouping or whatever? Is this the "Unimesh"?

I don't know exactly what you're asking here, and it's probably best if you start your own thread including pictures of the issue you're having.

I wonder how s/he did it?

Made a clone, modified the mesh to look smaller, modified the wall cutout so it would fit the new mesh, and linked it to a diagonal? If you're familiar with making custom windows, this should all be very familiar to you already - all that is really different is that you modify an existing window mesh, rather than making your own from the start.

[TanyaTurner]

Yes but I don't know how to edit a Maxis mesh.. How do I ungroup/separate parts of the window? I don't want to edit the whole mesh, just some parts of it..

[Numenor]

There's no need to ungroup anything, imho; select and delete the last wooden stick (the one applied over the glass, the lowest one); then select the vertices of the lower part of the window and move them up (or move and scale vertically) until you are satisfied. I can't be more specific because I don't use Milkshape. If I have to ungroup a mesh, I weld the vertices with UVmapper and then use the Ungroup function of Wings :P .

[TanyaTurner]

Can anybody tell me how I unselect these red lines under the white borders?

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c21/m4rilyn86/msw.jpg