Body Shop Created Clothes Have Weird Lightning Issues

"Nindl;c-16243947" wrote:
@Cinebar
Of course. And, as already mentioned, replacing / removing the bump maps following these instructions did not work for me. Thank you very much for showing me the link, I will try to work with them. :)

ETA: I just realised - is it even possible to work with only a mesh using Body Shop? I do need a texture to edit, don't I?

ETA: My bug can't solely be related to Maxis clothing. I just tried it with different custom clothing with bump maps and the issue always occured.

Yes, you can work with the meshes in bodyshop from the site I linked. (No you don't need a texture with any of those). Maybe more tutorials would be helpful. ETA: concerning the meshes I linked, you are going to create your own texture they have supplied the file for that, too. But most will be empty/blank you have to create the texture.

"Nindl;c-16244795" wrote:
@Cinebar
Okay, thank you for the info!
And if it won't work - until someone comes up with a fix for the problem-, I can still stick with recolouring full body outfits and underwear, swimwear... etc as they don't have the weird lighting issue and always turn out nicely and bug-free. :)

I wish I could help but if those instructions don't help then I have no idea. I stopped messing with Maxis sweaters a few months back and moved on to create layered outfits etc. with full meshes, I enjoy working with those more, I guess. Because I can turn something like a coat into a layered outfit and no one would know it used to be a coat. I really like trying my hand at this stuff after all these years. I did it for awhile back in the day, but was actually more interested in playing the games than I was in creating, and now, I do both. Hope you get it worked out! Let us know if you ever do, I would be interested to find out the whole answer, too.

@Cinebar
I agree, I also enjoy both creating and playing. Thank you! Of course, I will post everything on how to solve it and why it happened here, if I find it out. :)

Hey, while you are researching stuff if you run across this problem and an answer I would appreciate it. I have some great outfits but the creater has caused a black line near the bottom of the dress or close to knees etc. I looked at their mesh but couldn't see anything wrong. If you run across the answer of how to fix these meshes someone else created, I would be forever greatful, the clothes are great except for that. ETA: It's not as bad in game, worse in bodyshop, you hardly see it but can see it if they turn a certain way, like the clohtes are ripped near their rump or knees.

http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/932765/what-causes-a-thin-black-line-on-full-custom-outfits#latest

@Cinebar
Thank you a lot for trying to help, but I am afraid I think that is not the solution to the issue. I tried creating a top in bodyshop without changing the hue or saturation, just pasted a heart onto it, and I still got that same problem with the weird lightning. :/

@Cinebar
Lol, I see. :sweat_smile:
But I don't understand, why did this occur also when I didn't change hue, brightness or saturation? Shouldn't simple pasting work?

After lot's of research and trial and error, I found out that the problem is connected to Normal Maps (Bump Maps) and that I should delete those in SimPE. But this didn't work for me for some reason. :/

So now I can only make Body Shop stuff with clothing that doesn't have Normal Maps, which is very few clothing. :(

Does anyone know a bit more about this than I do or has more experience with / knowledge of Normal Maps or SimPe? Because I can't find any more help online and would really, really like to be able to make more clothing.

first off - it's a lot of work

second - after so many years there are T O N S of all sorts of recolors, multiple recolors, new textures & new meshes as well
i would rather advice to search more acurately for what you're looking for than to do your own cc
it's already work to just search, find, download, install & test in game the already existing cc :smirk:

nowadays also is tumblr probably the best source for anything sims
one can drown in the amount of TS2 cc there

but if you are determined anyway to try your hand at doing the same job hundreds of cc makers have already done before you, then maybe start here
Faylen's Clothing Recolor Tutorial Part 1: Basic Recoloring

there are also in the age of youtube videos teaching how to recolor stuff
& that's just the tip of the iceberg when i google sims 2 clothing recolor tutorial

@Rukola_Schaaf
Thank you for trying to help, but that doesn't solve my problem. I do know how to recolour and these basic tutorials don't teach me anything new and don't say anything about my normal maps problem. And I do know that there is lot's of great CC out there and I use a lot of it. I don't want to create stuff because I can't find what I want, I want to create stuff because I like doing it.

I already created CC with clothes that don't have normal maps and they worked out really nice. But I would like to be able to work with all the base game clothing (that has normal maps) as well.

"Nindl;c-16240054" wrote:
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I already created CC with clothes that don't have normal maps and they worked out really nice. But I would like to be able to work with all the base game clothing (that has normal maps) as well.

if you're serious about doing cc then you will probably have to get yourself a better paiting program & will have to dive into the abyss of 3D & learn how & what textures are assigned to meshes

i can't help you there, cause making cc is just too much work for me, i gave up with cc already with TS2 because one has to deal with 3D programs & that's a pain, since 2004 nothing changed in that area, it got probably worse to deal with than easier for the average person not studying design that is :smirk:
i made few cc for TS2 then, but that's ages ago

so you'll have to learn to find tutorials, there are such, after so many years most stuff is already covered by the community
as i wrote - try tumblr as starting point maybe
also you will have to get a good painting program, a wacom pen/tablet & a 3D program (Milkshape i suppose, it's not worse than those paid, if i recall correctly there was also Blender)

your question sounds innocent but opens a can of design worms :joy: