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luciusstorm
Seasoned Veteran
2 months ago

Animations I would love to see

Not sure where to put this idea, so I thought I'd put it here...

One thing I would love, both as a player and SimLit writer, would be for Sims to be able to walk and talk at the same time. Even if it was just the generic "chatting" animations, I would love to have sims have the option to talk while walking.

For that matter, I'd love some actual "walking together" animations, where sims in a group moved together as a group rather than drifting into the kind of single file, spaced out, movement they do now. 

I guess, while I'm wish-listing, I may as well add my desire for more "emotional depth" in coversations. Sims conversation animations seem to be either smiling or angry. I'd love to see other emotional states have more, and more distinct, conversation animations... Thoughtful, Serious, Worried... just some more depth and breadth to their emotional reactions.

Those are just some animations I would love to see in the game. I'd love to hear other's thoughts...

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    elliebreton
    Seasoned Veteran

    The hikes that came with Snowy Escape are good for walking and talking together. They also stop occasionally to check their map or take some photos. It's pretty cool.

    I've always wanted animations for infants, toddlers and kids to be able to sit and cuddle on a parents lap while watching tv or having a story, or just a chat.

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      luciusstorm
      Seasoned Veteran

      I'll have to check out hikes. I haven't really used Snowy Escape since I got it. 

      Those kid animations sound great. I'd love to see that too.

  • Sims move together as a group while doing the walk through the parks. Otherwise, they don't move much as a group, or even walk in the same direction. They do talk to each other, like the other day when my sims were on a date out at a bar and they kept talking to each other while randomly changing chairs and tables because bar was full and they could not manage to sit at the same table together. 😁 But the conversation was going strong. 

  • I have never made any animation mods as of yet, but they are a rather time-consuming mod to make.  Is this a project that you intend to make yourself or are you asking the mod community to create one for you?  If I have time, I can research the process and make it for you if I can, but I'm knee-deep in another project atm. But I can ask other modders if they would be interested!

     

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      luciusstorm
      Seasoned Veteran

      Honestly, I was just wish-listing for things I'd like to see officially added to the game. Not that I'm opposed to mods. I'm a fan of mods, but I'm certainly no coder.

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