Assistance with mesh problem in SCK

[scorrp10]

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[wilwhitt56]

19 hours ago, scorrp10 said:

That file is an empty archive...

oops, my bad

https://mega.nz/file/d0RyRZpJ#lBE5SMx43zfgNh70Sbl6RO3AVS9dqkG45FCT1Lunsws

[scorrp10]

Why do you keep putting the extra shapes under that Fahrbod:34 NiNode?    Where are you editing this thing?

So, I open your malebody_0.nif  in NifScope.     

• Ctrl+C torsofeathers mesh under Fahrbod, Ctrl+V it under SceneRoot.   
• Ctrl+Del   Both Fahrbod:34 and HIMBO
• Spells - Optimize - Remove Bogus Nodes and Unused Strings.   Save and Close.
• Start OutfitStudio, File - Load Reference - HIMBO Body (SoS Phys)
• File - Import - From NIF - import the saved malebody_0.nif, which now only has torsofeathers.
• Select torsofeathers, click bones, select all bones, delete from shape.
• Next I turn off textures, switch HIMBO Body to wireframe, and start using Inflate/Deflate and Move brushes to make the feathers better fit the body.
• Then torsofeathers - copy bone weights.    Then Mask Bone Weights, and then again Copy Bone weights, wit ha radius of 7.
• Add SkirtBBone02 and 03 from Skeleton, weight the Tail to those.
• Now again, I mask Weighted vertices, press Q so that vertices are highlighted.    I see there are a few green dots inside the dody.    I just delete those vertices.
• Then I save the BodySlide project, with similar prameters as the female.

Them I select torsofeathers, and go Slider - Conform Selected.      Now, I test out various sliders, and see that tail feathers are not responding too well.  So I mask just the tail feathers, Invert mask, and then again do Slider- Conform Selected - and increase search radius to 20.   Save the project again.

[scorrp10]

Next, getting the arm feathers.    Open the female project, right-click on arm mesh, choose Export to NIF.    Same for arm001 mesh.   Now in the male project, File - Import - From NIF,  import both arm feather meshes.    Checking their bone weights the y seem to be close enough, so I leave them as is.   They can be tweaked later.    However, for both arm meshes I do Slider - Conform Selected. and Save.

Here is the result