Dressmaker Colour and Fabric Requirements After Build 443

Why did the same dress change its score?

Before Build 443, colour and fabric-type requirements were calculated using each panel's raw share of the total fabric area. The October update boosts the contribution of small components, with collars and sleeves given as examples. The developers explicitly warn that scores on past dresses can consequently change.

This is a documented evaluation change. It does not mean a fabric changed colour, a saved design lost panels, or your sewing automatically became worse. Check which part of the evaluation changed before altering the garment.

Work through an unmet colour or material request

1. Copy the client's actual colour and fabric-type requirements.
2. List which selected components use each material. Include the collar and sleeves as well as the skirt and bodice.
3. Check the labels and categories shown in the installed game rather than relying only on a swatch's appearance.
4. Inspect the game's own requirement feedback before spending more.
5. If you test a change, alter one component's fabric at a time and compare the resulting feedback.

This checklist is a way to investigate the requirement. It is not a guaranteed recipe for a particular customer. An illustrative test would keep the main dress unchanged while comparing two collar fabrics; it does not establish how much either collar must contribute.

Do small components always satisfy a requirement?

No exact threshold is supplied in the patch notes. A boost makes small components meaningful; it does not establish that one collar can satisfy every colour or fabric request by itself. Avoid rules such as “one sleeve is enough” unless you have a reproducible result for that commission and build.

Separate three different questions

Colour and fabric-type requirements

The October update changes the contribution of small components.

Style tags

The announcement says tags already used this kind of adjustment. It does not publish a complete tag-weight table.

Construction quality

Use the quality checklist to investigate fit, cutting and sewing separately.

Use the planner for notes, then verify in the game

The commission planner compares the words you type. It cannot measure panel area, identify a fabric from an image, or reproduce the new component weighting. Put the installed build and observed feedback in its notes field, and judge the outfit using the game's evaluation.

If you are comparing an old screenshot with a current score, preserve both dates and builds. A before-and-after change across Build 443 cannot by itself prove that a new outfit choice is better.