Sim Height.

Actually, as a friend of someone with animation knowledge, this can be happen but they will have to be limited on specific height. The hardest part is probably making sure that all animation are correctly synced. Further information, let's summon @Gullveig

The easiest way to make 'heights' work with certain animations, it to not have a slider. Instead, have specific heights. Short, average, tall, then have animations that sync for all. (kiss for short/tall, kiss for tall/average, ect) however, there are so many more animations beyond kiss that I could imagine someone going mad. Taking a picture together, hugging (I imagine lots of chests clipping into short faces), and I'm sure there are others I'm not thinking of. Plus, the mesh for clothing would need to be altered. A tall sim would be 'stretched' so the mesh would need to be extended. I wouldn't imagine that clothing would look the same on every height, but I could very well be wrong!! Either way, a slider is not feasible. Perhaps 3 specific heights, yet, but even that is a LOT of work.

Different heights within the age groups should have been offered in the most recent version of the sims..with or without sliders.

"kurdaneva;15591644" wrote:
A tall sim would be 'stretched' so the mesh would need to be extended. I wouldn't imagine that clothing would look the same on every height,

They might be able to do it, by putting the height difference in the legs, but then there might be issues with long dresses, they'd either be too long on short sims, or too short on tall sims. But everything else should work ok.

Either way, a slider is not feasible. Perhaps 3 specific heights, yet, but even that is a LOT of work.

It's a pity so few people seem to understand this.

@TJKazuha09 Why are you tagging an amateur like me for this...

but either way. Yes, from what I know... it's possible. They just have to change the way an animation sync, but I think they might want to compress the file size since animation targeting and rigging might be so much more complex than the current one. The only way to keep it sync is to give limitation on the height difference.

I'll give an example. Skyrim is where you can see proof of animation between 2 different height characters in game sync. Different races have different height, yet their animation can sync almost accurately and also... uhm.. their...modders... are able to sync the animation as well. If it wants to be done in sims game, they will need to add tags on characters with specific height.

Let's say: Character with height 1-3 tagged as Short. Character with height 4-6 tagged as Normal, Character with height 7-10 tagged as tall. Then after that... well.. idk, maybe their dev know more than me, they might have to add special interaction between characters or to simply add new rigging to fit the height difference. But I still think it's possible with more effort.

I'm sure it's possible..the game is still in production...still baking off the base.

Guys, why are we discussing this again? I don't know how to close threads.

"AshtontoAshton22;15592140" wrote:
Guys, why are we discussing this again? I don't know how to close threads.

Ask a guru.

I was kind of shocked when I realized height wasn't a choice.

Certainly, it's not as easy as simply adding it. The game needs to be able to account for different heights. It can be done however, many games have height choices and adjust animations accordingly. It's not easy, but I'd fork over money for an expansion to support it (or an eventual sequel, since it's better if the game is designed with it in mind from the beginning).

I've been using my sims as different heights for over a year now. Just look up height mods and install it, not that hard.