"Onverser;c-17715036" wrote:
A height slider sounds nice on paper, but I just think it's probably more hassle than it's worth. Every single animation would have to work with different height levels, objects would have to be made around it, etc etc. There'd be so many bugs with it aswell. It'd just be a lot of work all round and it'd probably mean packs have even less content as animations would take twice as long so it's a no for me.
Thats the way I see it too.
Too few people understand the extra work the variations are likely to add to the production of the game.
For those who don't get it, here's a simplification of what we're talking about.
With adults (teens and elders) having just one height, the interaction for something as simple as a hug will have, just for the adults:
Adult - Adult
Adult - Child
Adult - Toddler
With short, medium and tall height variations just for adults that becomes:
S Adult - S Adult
S Adult - M Adult
S Adult - T Adult
S Adult - Child
S Adult - Toddler
M Adult - S Adult
M Adult - M Adult
M Adult - T Adult
M Adult - Child
M Adult - Toddler
T Adult - S Adult
T Adult - M Adult
T Adult - T Adult
T Adult - Child
T Adult - Toddler
It's pretty clear why TS4 has the teens the same height as the adults and elders.
Some people might think it's because the developers are lazy, but others can see it's because repeats of the animations for different heights would come at the cost of other content.
