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Body Shape

Added 2023-11-25 08:51:11 +0000 UTC

Subscriber Kev In touched on an interesting topic and I wanted to talk about it in more detail, which resulted in a whole article. If you are interested in how mods are built, then read it.

Women's breasts look different depending on the clothes they are wearing. Nothing restrains the bare breasts and they look natural; the breasts in a bra look more rounded and full, while the breasts under a leather jacket become flattened. In the real world.. Can this be done in the game? Yes. But there is a nuance. I'll start in order:

In my mods you can remove any item of clothing. Most addons use a mask file for this. Using a mask file, I can “remove” any item of clothing. The effect does stack. But if the shape of the model changes, as is the case with boots, for example, a different approach is needed - replacing the model. When removing boots, the shape of the character's legs changes - the calf muscles relax, the foot becomes flat. This means that the mod uses two different, fully customized models with a set of all clothes: #1 - On tiptoes and boots, #2 - Barefoot with flat feet. When you remove shoes from a character, you are essentially installing another mod. This is a full-fledged mod only without boots. All addons work on this mod, as well as on the "boots mod".

But let's return to the female breast. As I wrote above, the shape of the breast depends on what the woman is wearing. For example, in the case of the "Warm Ada Battle 2" mod, for maximum realism I will have to make 4 different body models - naked, a body under a bra, a body under a sweater and a body under a jacket. And then make clothes based on these bodies. Now in the mod, only the naked body is used as a basis, and by “putting” clothes on Ada layer by layer, she becomes “bigger”. The jacket, which should “flatten” the breasts, does not flatten them, but repeats the shape of the previous item of clothing (suit).

But the problem is not that many models need to be made; if necessary, I will make as many bodies and clothes as needed. Extra work doesn't scare me. The problem is different. In the case of addons that use a mask file, the effect is summed up: - you take off the character’s sweater, then her panties, then her bra, etc., until you strip her naked. This method will not work with addons that use “model replacement”. When installing such addons, each new addon will overwrite the previous one. The effect does not stack. In other words, you will have to operate with 8 (!) main mods, or even more. This is VERY inconvenient.

As a conclusion: - I agree with the remark, Ada’s breasts in the jacket don’t look quite as they should. I will take heed of this comment and will look for ways to solve this problem in the future. Constructive criticism helps improve the quality of my work.