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omegastarr82
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#1 Old 19th Jul 2012 at 5:47 AM
Default Muscle Definition
Anyone know why my top has less muscle definition than other tops? I used the nude top as a base. It's really no big deal as I don't have any juice heads in my game, but it would be nice to know.
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Nysha
Née whiterider
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#2 Old 19th Jul 2012 at 5:03 PM
If the sim is a teen or an elder, then it's because the teen and elder male nude tops don't work with the muscle definition slider. You might have forgotten that if you have my fix installed, but even then anything cloned from the nude top would still be broken. Unfortunately, that's kind of a pain to fix; I don't remember precisely how to fix it right now, so let me know if you need me to check. If its a YA/adult shirt, I don't know.
What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact.
CmarNYC
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#3 Old 19th Jul 2012 at 5:43 PM
You can fix it using Delphy's GEOM Editor - easiest is to open an adult top with the muscle definition working and export the MTNF, then open the non-working mesh and import that MTNF.

If that's not it - have you tried running it though my tangent recalculator?
BloomsBase
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#4 Old 19th Jul 2012 at 8:01 PM
think those are missing a TGI reference?
omegastarr82
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#5 Old 19th Jul 2012 at 8:40 PM
@whiterider - It is a YA/A top so that's not it.

@CmarNYC - I've run it through the one that's included in your meshtoolit, it did fix the seams. I'll give the GEOM editor a go. The muscle definition does work, it's just not as strong as game tops. Both pics are with it at 100%.

@Bloom - I'll take a look.
omegastarr82
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#6 Old 19th Jul 2012 at 8:55 PM
OK, tried the MTNF thing, didn't work.
omegastarr82
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#7 Old 20th Jul 2012 at 8:15 AM Last edited by omegastarr82 : 20th Jul 2012 at 8:33 AM.
OK, so I think I've narrowed it down to a TSRW problem. I'm going to try to remake this one using S3PE and CTU to see what happens. I've looked at the cc shirts I have in my game and found that tops with new meshes made with TSRW have this issue while those not made with TSRW don't.

It's TSRW, just did a quick test.
Nysha
Née whiterider
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#8 Old 20th Jul 2012 at 2:46 PM
That's interesting, I wonder if TSRW is creating incorrect TGI refs. Sadly I can't compare at the minute, don't have my modding computer. :/
What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact.
CmarNYC
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#9 Old 20th Jul 2012 at 4:57 PM
It's definitely TSRW not correctly calculating tangents when it imports a mesh. It's not just less muscle definition, the whole shading is different. I was able to fix it by exporting the project contents to a package, exporting the GEOM from the package, running it through the Mesh Toolkit tangent recalculator, and replacing the package GEOM with the recalculated one.
omegastarr82
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#10 Old 20th Jul 2012 at 5:23 PM
And as always that did the trick, I forgot you put out a stand alone for that one. Thanks doesn't even begin to express the gratitude bestowed upon you.
denis.sims
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#11 Old 18th Jan 2013 at 7:57 PM
Default Muscle definition mod
Please can you give me the name of the muscle definition mod,because i haven't got the sims 3 late night expansion,but i need this mod.Please give me the name or the link :DD
Thanks! :p
CmarNYC
Ms. Byte (Deceased)
#12 Old 18th Jan 2013 at 10:00 PM
If you mean the muscle definition slider, that came with the patch that came out for Late Night. You need to patch up to date; you don't need LN.
denis.sims
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#13 Old 20th Jan 2013 at 8:11 AM
How?? xD I'm not so good at these things like,installing ,mods,patchs,etc :/
Esmeralda
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#14 Old 20th Jan 2013 at 11:30 AM
Quote: Originally posted by denis.sims
How?? xD I'm not so good at these things like,installing ,mods,patchs,etc :/

Start up your Sims 3 Game Launcher, click the Game Updates button near the bottom, and let the Launcher update your game to the latest patch level. (You have to be online for this, of course!)

Or, you can patch manually: http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php...lp:TS3_Patching . Since it sounds like you've never patched, or at least not since before Late Night, you'll need to download the big Super Patcher.

If you have problems or questions about patching, the Help forum is the place to ask rather than in this thread.

After patching, the muscle definition slider will be in your game.
denis.sims
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#15 Old 25th Jan 2013 at 9:44 AM
Ok,big thanks :D
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