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Old 12-15-2007, 04:01 PM   #1
Zirconia Wolf
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Default Meshes vs Skins vs Textures?????

Okay, I give up.

I get that a Mesh is the 3D wire frame that forms the "skeleton" for Sims & the "framework" for the different clothing styles.

I get that a Skin is something of a catch-all term for "the-specific-pattern-that-makes-clothing-look-like-it-does" & that a Skin is laid over (i.e. referencing) a given Mesh.

I get that a Texture is the thing that makes clothes & such appear ribbed/smooth/wrinkled & such.

But when I see a Sim naked in the game am I only seeing some kind of Maxian default 3D Mesh or am I seeing something more along the lines of a clothing-like Skin/Texture that is merely referencing a given Mesh?

In short, is "naked" just another clothing style for a Sim or not?

(If you haven't guessed it, I'm not getting much in the way of help on other sites in my quest to make my Elders appear less saggy when they are naked in my game. Clothing swapping is easy, but no one wants to answer my nude questions. Grrrrrr....)
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