A slider is
very unlikely. If anything,
presets would be more doable. A short/average/tall high preset for each lifestage.
You say,
"BuzzBuzz;d-925730" wrote:
Before I continue on with my ideas and concepts, I’d like to address an issue. Height sliders can interfere with animation. Yes, I know. Some of the animations look a bit off but the height slider will come with limitations. Sims aren’t going to be extremely short or extremely tall, just slightly tall or short between the average. Besides, the Sims 4 team are professional game developers. They figure out on how to adjust and fix animations. Not all of it have to be tuned, maybe mostly the kissing interactions but that’s all.
but I don't think you mean it. No one wants to see unfinished or unpolished paid content - and not completely tuning every single animation is unfinished content.
With a slider, an animator will have to go every few increments of the slider and tune the animation for little things: picking a book off of the shelf, washing the dishes, typing on the computer, etc. And those add up to a lot of animating hours. Presets would still have those challenges, but it would be much more doable within both budget and time.
(Also, I do agree: having the word "official" in the title is a little misleading. :sweat_smile: If you're able to, I would change it to "ideas for an official height slider" or something similar.)
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