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EnkiSchmidt's avatar
2 months ago

Favorite animation

For the longest time I'd named the hottub woohoo here, because it is adorable, but there's one that is so useful that it beats cute: Sitting on the ground.

Sims being able to sit on the ground while also talking to each other as well as to sims sitting nearby is such a godsend! The sim pictured here, Poe, is talking to his droid - ingame he uses the "Practise singing" animation. It looked so natural, especially with the little guy turning his head occasionally.

(The droid is a regular JtB droid, only with an orange recolor.)

Poe, sitting on the ground, discussing plans with Commander Trach.

Of course I could have had the same conversation with both of them on the couch, and the effect would have been the same: Their relationship would have risen. But the ground-sitting animation makes the scene so much better visually, contrasting the more casual Poe with the proper officer.

What are your favorite animations? Anything that changed your game on some fundamental level?

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  • Well, it hasn't changed my game but I really like the animation for telling youngsters a story from a book - it's cool reading toddlers to sleep but, even more, I like the ability to read to a group of kids/toddlers at the same time, it's so cute.

    When the closet woohoo animation first came out, I thought that was great too, but then they ruined it by re-using it for the shower etc.

  • Yeah really love sims can sit anywhere now also sitting in bed to chat, eat snacks and watch tv is so cozy 

    kinda wish we had more options with sofas and chairs too tbh all sims sitting proper just strikes me as odd 😅 maybe cause I never sit proper myself 😂

  • Off the top of my head, I like the Play animation between grownups and toddlers and the Kiss Cheek animation.

  • Infants stretching in bed when they wake up. Absolutely adorable. ❤️

    I also really like the animation of a toddler and an adult where they are playing and the adult lets the child fly on their back. 

  • kukkahilla's avatar
    kukkahilla
    Seasoned Ace
    2 months ago

    And now I'm embarrassed, because I didn't realise the shower woohoo was re-used closet woohoo 😂🙈 Like... I don't know how I didn't notice during all these years!

    I love it when kids play in the closet. It has fun animations 😊

  • Jehane40's avatar
    Jehane40
    Seasoned Veteran
    2 months ago

    I love the cuddling in bed. One of my Sims couples does that automatically when they go to bed, and if one of them joins the other a bit later, they cuddle until they fall asleep, too. Come to think of it, the Lovestruck pack added a few very cute and fun animations, like when a Sim playfully pinches their partner's butt, the partner will react with a "Oh, you" gesture and a giggle... and I really, really love the making out animation you get once your Sims level up their romance skill. It's basically just very passionate kissing while standing.

    Adults playing with kids is adorable, too, and I love the animation you get when an adult kisses an infant or toddler goodnight. 

    Oh, and for some reason, I think the chewing animation looks kinda cute on female Sims, don't ask me why 😁

  • I think one of the cutest animations was when I had a generational family, and I would see the Grandmother come into her teen granddaughters bedroom and just sit on her bed and talk to her.  I now also love to see the couples sitting on benches looking at the sky and such ( since the love struck expansion came out ). Oh, and when growing together came out I loved the infant animations, the baby rolling over in bed was particularly cute.  Since growing together there are such cute animations for infants.  Growing together + Infants really did change the game for me, just like toddlers did.  I really like being able to draw in sims from the gallery for sims to date too with cupids corner.  Cottage living, and horse ranch have some cute animations too for the animals.  I laughed so hard the first time I saw my sim get bucked off their horse.

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