Stupid/Random Questions V4

Once you open your mesh in Milkshape, you'll see 3 groups.
You only need to see the one with the feet, which should be the last one. So hide both the first body group, and the morph.

You won't see anything wrong...until you click on the Joint tab, and select Draw vertices with bone colors.

Each bone has its own color. Aqua = right foot (r-foot), while purple = left foot(l-foot)
You can see that feet have 3 bones. Toe, foot and calf. Right foot has...blue, aqua, pink, respectively,
while left foot has..pink, purple, lime.

The right foot on this mesh has one vertice that is purple..that can't be right. It should be aqua.
The left foot is pretty messed up..there is lime on the foot part, while it should be all purple.

If you compare this to original maxis feet, you'll see how it should look.

Solid bone color means that the vertices are assigned 100% to that bone. Gradient means vertices are partially assigned to more than one bone.
The ankles for instance, should be assigned to both foot and calf. This is why you see a gradient between the feet and the calf.
You also see a gradient, between the toe and the foot.
(This is how you animate hair, by the way.

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We'll start by fixing the easiest one, the right foot. Only one vertice needs fixing.
You will need to select that purple vertice, so go back to Model tab, click select, then by vertex.

Select that vertice.

It is important that only this vertice is selected, so to be sure, untick Draw vertice with bone colors, in Joint tab.
You should now see which vertice(s) is(are) selected, because..red.

Now make sure only the one you wanted selected is selected.
It's time to re-assign it.

With your vertice selected, click on show, in the joint tab...

It tells you what is the current assignment of that vertice.
Now change it, so it is 100% r-foot, drag the bar to the max, and click assign.

The color of that vertice should change right away, from wrong purple to proper aqua.

This foot is done.

Now the left foot.
Only the exterior of the foot seems wrongly assigned. If you look at the interior of the feet, it looks pretty descent.

Like for the right foot, select the faulty assigned vertices, and make sure only these ones are selected.
You would not want to have some of the other foot's vertices in the mix.
You really just want the exterior of the foot part selected.

RE uncheck draw vertices with bone colors, to be sure you selected the proper ones, just like earlier.

Click on show again, in the Joint tab. Is it 100% l-foot ?

It should, so change it. You might want to select l-foot as the first bone, instead of l-calf,

and then drag the bar to max, and click assign.

Now that foot looks way better, but there are still vertices that need fixing, between foot and ankle...

Since it looks good on the interior side of the foot, select those vertices, and click show.

It should be around 55 for one bone, and 45 for the other.
It is what you want to assign to the exterior of the foot as well, so go ahead and select what seem to be the same vertices on the other side.
Click assign.

It might not be perfect..but now at least, you should not get funky movements when your female teen checks herself in the mirror.

And, nothing stops you from defining, perfecting even more.

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