I've tried several times to add a bump map to aardvarkams' wonderful gothic lolita dress [http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=48073], but no success. I After following the popular tutorial by Morague, I end up with a clean alpha and the bump map doesn't show.

Has anyone ever successfully added a Bump Map to a custom mesh?

One idea I had, but wouldn't know where to start is replace the mesh of a skin [with Bump Map] with the new mesh [No Bump Map]. This is probably what the tut is telling you to do anyway, but it's just a thought.
Desperately seeking assistance. Thanks.

Unless one of the other tools for importing meshes (such as Simpe`s import or Wes`s pugin which I don`t think do) support it then you won`t be able to add bump maps to new meshes as the mesh tool at least doesn`t create the needed datalist.

Okay I see. Thank You.