Client measurements, and a check for a bad reading
Every commission starts with the tape, but the dress is scored against the client’s true size. Type what you set the mannequin to and see how many Quality points a miss costs.
The mannequin gears will not adjust
Build 443 adds mousewheel and arrow-key adjustment for sizing gears. Try those inputs if dragging is difficult; watch the tape reading before making patterns.
In the first mannequin tutorial, drag the tape onto the mannequin first, then hold the left mouse button on a gear and turn around its centre. A click alone does not turn it. Keep the tape on the bust, waist or hip guide so the corresponding reading can update.
- Place the tape at one of the three measurement guides.
- Hold and turn that part’s gear; watch its number change. Release, then do the next part.
- Compare all three numbers with the client sizes before making patterns. A saved client reading does not set the mannequin automatically.
If the dial moves but a number stays blank, check the tape’s guide level. If the dial reaches its stop, check the mannequin minimum and a bad tape reading. Camera controls and accessory rotation use different actions: open the controls by stage.
Type what the mannequin is set to. A part left blank counts as exact. A part counts as exact when it is closer to the true size than 0.44 cm on the bust, 0.41 cm on the waist or 0.36 cm on the hips.
Already measured this client?
The saved bust, waist and hip readings load when the same client returns, so you can confirm them without taking the tape again. Confirming a saved reading does not adjust the mannequin for you: set its three measurements before making the patterns. If the stored reading was inaccurate, remeasure rather than confirming the same mistake.
All ten clients
| Client | Bust | Waist | Hips |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose | 86.3 | 68.8 | 95.8 |
| Prudence | 96.2 | 69.5 | 103.6 |
| Priya | 104.1 | 78.6 | about 112.5 |
| Marie | 93.6 | 70.5 | 102.2 |
| Edith | about 111.1 | 89.6 | about 119.7 |
| Dorothy | 98.2 | 83.4 | about 110.3 |
| Fiona | about 114.5 | 92.9 | about 124.5 |
| Alice | 86.8 | 70.4 | 97.6 |
| Vivian | 95.7 | 71.4 | 101.8 |
| Adora | 91.6 | 71.4 | 101.0 |
| Mannequin minimum | 81.5 | 61.4 | 92.1 |
These are the sizes the mannequin is checked against when the dress is scored. Careful tape readings land within a few tenths of them; about marks a value that is approximate.
What a miss costs
Fit is 20 of the 100 Quality points on a commission dress. Each part within about 0.4 cm of the true size counts as perfect. One part about 2 cm off roughly halves the fit, which is about 10 Quality gone, and about 3 cm off on the bust (less on the hips), or about 1.6 cm on all three, zeroes it: that dress can reach 80 at most. The full formula, and why a perfect cut and seam can still stop at 80, is on getting 100% quality.
Taking a clean reading
- Drag the tape onto the yellow guide lines on the body and hold it still until the reading records.
- If a reading will not register, try dragging the tape inward across the body rather than around the outside of it.
- Do bust, waist and hips one at a time. A reading more than a few tenths away from the numbers above means the tape was off the line.
- Set the mannequin to these numbers. Its dials stop at about 81.5 bust, 61.4 waist and 92.1 hips, so a reading below those cannot be matched.
Thinking of sewing a game dress for yourself? The game’s patterns do not scale to a real body as they are: see whether the patterns work in real life.
If a reading went wrong
Use Rose’s true size
86.3 cm bust
Waist 68.8 · Hips 95.8
Fit 100 / 100
No Quality lost to fit.
Follow a tape reading 2 cm high
88.3 cm bust
Same waist and hips; only bust is off.
Fit 59.4 / 100
Costs 8.1 Quality points.
You do not need to measure her again. The fit is scored against the client’s true size, not against the numbers the tape gave you, so set the mannequin to her size in the table above and the fit is perfect. The accuracy percentage on the mannequin screen compares the mannequin with your tape readings, so it will then show less than 100% or a warning; it does not count toward Quality. The reverse also holds: that screen can read 100% while the real fit is poor, if the tape readings were off.
The game saves each client’s measurements. When she comes back for her next dress you can measure her again, and if you skip measuring, the saved numbers are used. For Crowning Glory, which needs Quality 95, set the mannequin to Adora’s true size rather than trusting a hurried reading: there may be no later visit to measure her again. Everything else that sets Quality is on getting 100% quality.
The measuring box jumping about is on the measuring-box bug, and the whole run from measuring to Finish Dress is on how a dress gets made.
Check how fit contributes to quality together with grain and sewing.