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Height Sliders/Options
nayruslove7
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Would it be possible to at least have three different heights to choose from? (short, medium, tall) I wouldn't mind if we had three options instead of an actual slider. I know that there are height mods out there but there are always clipping issues. I wish this could be patched in the future.
Also sorry if this is in the wrong category...
Also sorry if this is in the wrong category...
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How fun.
I think this is another reason we won't see it in Sims4. For that one kiss there would have to be an animation for small/tall, small/medium, small/small, medium/tall, medium/medium, tall/tall.
And each other kind of kiss would need 6 animations. Or maybe only 4 if the same animation can be used for small/small, medium/medium and tall/tall.
Anyway that's a lot of different animations for just one action.
Either that, or you would have to deal with clippings.
In the case of kissing, it would be cool if there was a way to program a "slot" onto each Sims' mouth. That way, when they are directed to kiss, the lips could be programmed to meet automatically, despite varying heights. Slot A could telegraph to Slot B it's location in 3 dimensions.
The "run up" for each interaction would be the same for all Sims. However, at a certain point, the computer would take over the calculations to align and to smoothly complete the movement. On the fly, Slot B would automatically make the adjustments necessary to "dock" with Slot A.
As it is, there is already a system that allows one Sim to know where another Sim is located and to track their movements. What I propose is taking that technique several steps further. It's possible that it could be adapted for all types of interactions -- playing the piano, reaching for a baby, washing dishes, etc. The Sim's rig would always sense the location of the Sim or object that it needs to interact with and it will adjust movements accordingly.
I supposed that the technique that I described is too advanced (or expensive) for now. However, perhaps it, or some other technique, would make it possible to have varying heights in a future game, without all of the redundant animations.
I have to wonder, though: how do the MMOs do it? Those games have avatars from a wide spectrum of shapes and sizes. Yet, they all seem to manage to interact with each other just fine.
But yeah, it would be a nice feature to have in the game already.
EDIT: I just saw that you mentioned the mods in the first post
yes! i'd be happy with that as well. also, i've noticed that they reuse a ton of their animations. sadly i don't think it will happen...but i wish it would!