[LE] Is there a better way of masking meshes (for deletion/splitting) in Outfit Studio?

[SmedleyDButler]

The problem is this: I have some meshes I'm working on in Outfit Studio. I am deleting elements or sometimes splitting the mesh into multiple components.

 

However the masking feature of OS is... well, kind of idiosyncratic. If you've used OS's masking tools, then you might know what I mean: occasionally, masked verts still show as green with no mask shadow, or unmasked verts show as red (but at least with no mask shadow, so those are easier to detect) - even if you've pressed Q to ensure verts and their masking are visible (I wouldn't even TRY this without that enabled). So I can check and double-check and still end up with some verts masked which weren't supposed to be. Also (unavoidably), you can only select verts from the front face, even if your brush is set to go through all layers. So selecting verts hidden behind other mesh layers often requires you to twist and turn the model until you can select it.

 

That means it's harder to see if you selected anything else in the process, and, combined with the previous problem, can mean you have masked random areas you don't want to be masked without noticing, even if you flick over to the wireframe to try and look. A couple verts may be selcted but not showing as such, OR they do show as such, but you still miss them anyway in a complex, multilayered mesh. So I look, and look, and look again, and hit delete/separate verts. But when move the two parts apart to check everything, there's a random hole or floating fragment.

 

What can I do? Is there any way to save a mask so I can just save and reload instead of remasking everything from scratch every time there's an error? Other options?

 

 

 

 

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[SmedleyDButler]

Oh, ha, never mind!

 

Discovered the latest build of OS has new features which allow you to restrict masking to connected surfaces only - a godsend for this purpose!