I've been thinking about downloading one for more diversity, but the animations make me reconsider, so I'm wondering what everyone thinks.

Haven't tried it w/ TS3 yet but I'm using a height slider in TS4. I suspect there's not that much of a difference between the two games using this type of mod. The animations are of course affected and will not line up perfectly (as you mentioned). I only make slight adjustments avoiding major height differences. How noticeable the in-game animations will depend on how much you use the slider.If you're using it with custom poses... I've heard you can use OMSP (One More Slot Please) to line up the poses better... but don't quote me on that. :p

I only use it sparingly. I’m obsessive enough in my gameplay that the wonky interactions due to the height differences bother me too much. I mostly use it only if there is a reason behind it or for story purposes. For example, I use the slider on my werewolves to make them some of the tallest sims in the neighborhood.

Yes! It does goof up the animations between sims sometimes, but I don't care. Very tall sims clip or stick out when under the bed covers. I've got gentle giants dating and partnered with short sims. Kissing is a mess, they keep hitting each other's necks, noses, or foreheads, and a few other interactions like that end up out of alignment, but I would never dream of letting such get in the way of true love. Besides, it's not polite to stare. :)

I use them to adjust heights of child sims as they get older and to shorten a newly aged up child to reflect the height a three year old should be as that's how they are when they age up from a toddler.I also want eight year olds to be taller than a three year old so even if they dress the same you can still tell which one is older by height.

No. I can't stand the messed up animations. They're bad enough as it is sometimes lol, I don't need to make it worse.

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SimplyJen
Rising Spectator
6 years ago
Haven't tried it w/ TS3 yet but I'm using a height slider in TS4. I suspect there's not that much of a difference between the two games using this type of mod. The animations are of course affected and will not line up perfectly (as you mentioned). I only make slight adjustments avoiding major height differences. How noticeable the in-game animations will depend on how much you use the slider.

If you're using it with custom poses... I've heard you can use OMSP (One More Slot Please) to line up the poses better... but don't quote me on that. :p
Amphorasims
6 years ago
I only use it sparingly. I’m obsessive enough in my gameplay that the wonky interactions due to the height differences bother me too much.

I mostly use it only if there is a reason behind it or for story purposes. For example, I use the slider on my werewolves to make them some of the tallest sims in the neighborhood.
igazor
6 years ago
Yes! It does goof up the animations between sims sometimes, but I don't care. Very tall sims clip or stick out when under the bed covers. I've got gentle giants dating and partnered with short sims. Kissing is a mess, they keep hitting each other's necks, noses, or foreheads, and a few other interactions like that end up out of alignment, but I would never dream of letting such get in the way of true love. Besides, it's not polite to stare. :)
TadOlson
6 years ago
I use them to adjust heights of child sims as they get older and to shorten a newly aged up child to reflect the height a three year old should be as that's how they are when they age up from a toddler.I also want eight year olds to be taller than a three year old so even if they dress the same you can still tell which one is older by height.
Dreamerz13
Rising Vanguard
6 years ago
No. I can't stand the messed up animations. They're bad enough as it is sometimes lol, I don't need to make it worse.
astridentanja
6 years ago
I’m fine with all sims having the same height and animations being messed up would bother me more (I’m even bothered when it happens on uneven terrain). I would have preferred males being a bit taller than females, but at the same time I can understand why that would require a lot of extra work animation wise*. I’m fine with the fact they decided to spend that time on other things.

*it would be nice if there’d be a way to develop animations where hands/legs/eyes/mouths/whatever sims use during interactions automatically are linked. Then different heights wouldn’t matter, it would always look correct.
xoXLiaraXox
6 years ago
No I haven't, in fear of animation clipping - that stuff just turns me off. But I really would like a height slider or different heights on ages like teen and YA, that was made by the developers - without bugs and stuff. It wouldn't have to be much difference in heights either, just a little for variation's sake.
jillbg
6 years ago
Ansolutely! I've always got a thing for tall men ;)
VexingQuery
6 years ago
I've never even tried. The animations being all messed up would bother me way too much, and mess up all my pictures. And I love taking pictures of my sims in action.

What good is a tall and intimidating, or petite and adorable, partner if every time you go in for a kiss, someone gets a mouth to the eyeball? Or they can't sit on chairs right?

No thanks.
Deshong04
6 years ago
I used to think I wouldn't be able to get over the mismatched animations but ended up appreciating the diversity of different heights so much that I started not to care about the animations being performed incorrectly. I mostly use the height slider for kids and teens to visually demonstrate different ages in my custom life span.
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If you make two Sims the same height whether short or tall, anywhere in-between the animations should always align correctly with each other. But some animations/interactions won't be the same with the height altered slightly and/or dramatically. I use NRass MC to be able to see the numeric slider value so I can be precise if I want the heights of two Sims or more to be exact. Here are some examples from my game.
https://i.postimg.cc/ncB6KRCg/Screenshot-550.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/tCPQq3GM/Screenshot-325.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/hPmbk9Gt/Screenshot-198.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/c4YfP3XP/Screenshot-2784.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/sD7kHdDP/Screenshot-3219.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/02DXNbBb/Screenshot-3293.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/63JF1kHC/Screenshot-499.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Xq6NSnst/Screenshot-474.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/8kvsy0Zq/Screenshot-373.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/7hS6f5Cx/Screenshot-421.jpg