#ts3:casanimedit

[simbouquet]

Updated 23/11/2024:

Rebuilt the entire mod from the ground up! Now includes more edited animations for all ages and better overall behavior. Check the full post for more info! ❤️

TS3: CAS Animation Edits

This is a revamp of my old CAS Animation Edits mod that I released a couple years ago.

The mod aims to resolve a couple annoyances with the behavior of Sims in CAS; I've edited the CAS jazz script file and edited a number of EA animations to make Sims move around less while you're working on them, plus a few extras.

It won't make Sims stand completely static! There are already some great mods out there which achieve that, so I decided to focus on giving them better animations to improve the overall CAS experience.

More info, preview and download under the cut!

Features

Gender-neutral animations:

"Greeting" animations when creating a new Sim are no longer different between male and female Sims; instead, they will play a custom greeting animation.

Female Sims no longer stand with their heads tilted to the side; they now use the same idle animations and reactions as male Sims.

Better idles:

Sims stand still more when idle, rather than constantly gesturing and moving around. They will only react to changing body sliders and picking traits.

Improved facial animations: less smiling, no eye movements when zoomed into a Sim's face. Much more comfortable for editing facial features and taking screenshots. :P

Toddler animations have been replaced so that they will stand up.

The camera needed to be adjusted to zoom into the toddlers' faces correctly; I've included an extra package that combines Buhudain's edit of Shimrod's CAS camera mod with the toddler values from @criisolate's Closer Camera.

Known Issues

Some trait animations will snap back to the standing position once finished. This is an EA bug and not caused by the mod itself.

Compatibility

This mod will conflict with any other mod that edits the ingame\sims\soloanims\cas\animation\cas.jazz resource in JazzData.

The camera mod will conflict with any other mod that edits the CASCameras and CASCamerasWS INI resources.

Download: SFS / MTS

23/11/2024: Mod has been rebuilt from the ground up!

01/08/2022: Fixed CAS greeting animation flickering.

12/11/2021: Added extra flavors to the initial release version.

10/11/2021: Initial release.

Credits & Thanks

s3pe: Exporting/Importing resources, creating the package file.

SmoothJazz: Editing the jazz script.

Blender: Tweaking the animations.

No CAS Facial Idles by joninmobile: Served as inspiration for this mod.

Buhudain's edit of Shimrod's CAS Camera and @criisolate's Closer Camera in CAS: Combined both mods into one as a fix for the toddler zoom.

@miikocc's Polaroid Graphics Bundle: Elements used in the preview images.

[simbouquet]

Hi! Wanted to let you know that your CAS animation edit causes pets to glitch in CAS when you choose to create a pet.

Hey!

Just had a quick test and all works just fine on my end.

Please check that you're not having a conflict between CAS Anim Edits and other mods that work similarly, like spagtscully's New CAS and CAP animation options, jonha's Replaced CAS animations, and joninmobile's No CAS Facial Idles — especially the latter one, because it hasn't had an update since a year before Pets was released and thus is very likely to cause weirdness with cats, dogs and horses in CAS.

If you have any of these mods (or others that edit the same game resources) installed along with my own, there'll definitely be some clashing. You'd have to keep only one and delete the other.

[simbouquet]

Hi Simbouquet ! Would you consider adding version of your cas animation edit mod without a smile (the one that stays even when you edit the face) , if it's possible at all ? I used to have static A poses from Spagtscully , but switched to your mod recently and loved it , only this smile makes it really hard to see what sims will actually look like in the game , and thought I'd ask you . Thank you in advance ! :)

Hey =)

I've gone ahead and made two extra flavors for CAS Animation Edits.

Now you can choose the NoFacialIdle file if you want your Sims to breathe and move around a little as usual when zoomed out, but completely freeze when you zoom in on them; or the StandStill file if you would prefer them to completely freeze as soon as the greeting animation is done.

I'll update the original post in a moment, too.

Download here!

[simbouquet]

TS3: CAS Animation Edits

This is a 2024 revamp of my old CAS Animation Edits mod that I released a couple years ago.

The mod aims to resolve a couple annoyances with the behavior of Sims in CAS; I've edited the CAS jazz script file and tweaked a number of EA animations to make Sims move around less while you're working on them, plus a few extras.

It won't make Sims stand completely static! There are already some great mods out there which achieve that, so I decided to focus on giving them better animations to improve the overall CAS experience.

More info, preview and download under the cut!

Features

Gender-neutral animations:

"Greeting" animations when creating a new Sim are no longer different between male and female Sims; instead, they will play a custom greeting animation.

Female Sims no longer stand with their heads tilted to the side; they now use the same idle animations and reactions as male Sims.

Better idles:

Sims stand still more when idle, rather than constantly gesturing and moving around. They will only react to changing body sliders and picking traits.

Improved facial animations: less smiling, no eye movements when zoomed into a Sim's face. Much more comfortable for editing facial features and taking screenshots. :P

Toddler animations have been replaced so that they will stand up.

The camera needed to be adjusted to zoom into the toddlers' faces correctly; I've included an extra package that combines Buhudain's edit of Shimrod's CAS camera mod with the toddler values from @criisolate's Closer Camera.

Known Issues

Some trait animations will snap back to the standing position once finished. This is an EA bug and not caused by the mod itself.

Compatibility

This mod will conflict with any other mod that edits the ingame\sims\soloanims\cas\animation\cas.jazz resource in JazzData.

The camera mod will conflict with any other mod that edits the CASCameras and CASCamerasWS INI resources.

Download: SFS / MTS / Patreon

23/11/2024: Mod has been rebuilt from the ground up!

01/08/2022: Fixed CAS greeting animation flickering.

12/11/2021: Added extra flavors to the initial release version.

10/11/2021: Initial release.

Credits & Thanks

s3pe: Exporting/Importing resources, creating the package file.

SmoothJazz: Editing the jazz script.

Blender: Tweaking the animations.

No CAS Facial Idles by joninmobile: Served as inspiration for this mod.

Buhudain's edit of Shimrod's CAS Camera and @criisolate's Closer Camera in CAS: Combined both mods into one as a fix for the toddler zoom.

Adobe Photoshop: Creating the preview images.

@miikocc's Polaroid Graphics Bundle: Elements used in the preview images.

Franzilla's Handwritten Simlish fonts: Used in the preview images.