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**the catch: if you make an accessory top using the CLOTHING TOP space and pair it with another in-game top, you might get some overlap with the textures. it might be wise to make an alternate version that does not have texture in the clothing top accessory space. also you cannot have two CAS clothing items occupy the same “outfit type” (ie, if you made an accessory top and assigned it to the hat portion, your sim cannot wear a hat with that accessory top).

the explanation why: in sims 4, we have one uvmap to take care of all CAS items. it’s hell to be honest because you more or less have to tetris a bunch of textures into a very small map. think of a fully dressed sim? that sim has a hair texture space filled, a face filled, body, hat, glasses etc depending on what you put on them. you need to find an empty space to put that accessory top or outfit on them that will not overlap the other spaces.

the solution: what you CAN do is make your accessory use the bottom right green portion of the UV map (that green portion under the hands and purple portion on the right of the bottom is fair game) because...

the plan of action: try downloading some accessory tops and look at how their UV is laid out. from there you can see the best approach to your clothing accessory item. i also made this PSD so you can properly lay out your new uv texture.

it does take some trial and error but ONE of those slots will work. trust me, i have accessory tops that are sometimes gloves, sometimes a ring, sometimes a bracelet and sometimes glasses :-D

good luck and let me know how it worked out!