Animated Tails Mod
!!!Compatible with the July 21st Update!!!
UPDATES:
*08/12/2025
Fixed tails reappearing despite "Dependent on Werewolf Form" setting being enabled. Unfortunately, object settings like this (scale, visibility, etc.) don't seem to persist by default, so the object state needs to be reset whenever the lot is reloaded. This means the tail may reappear for a few seconds upon loading the lot, but it should eventually disappear and respect the settings as expected.
07/20/2025
Fixed a bug that caused tails to appear white during snowy weather.
Hello!
A "sequel" to the Animated Wings Mod, this mod introduces animated tails for all your reptilian, demonic, feline, canine, and everything-in-between sims! This is very similar to the Animated Wings mod, with just a few changes/improvements.
Getting Started
To start using this mod, follow the installation instructions included in the zip folder and MAKE SURE to have script mods enabled in your settings. After that, it's as simple as enabling testingcheats, shift+clicking your sim, enabling animated tails from the "Animated Tails" menu, then you'll be able to select from a variety of tail styles to give your sim. You'll also be able to equip and unequip tails from other sims in a similar way!
The Tails
This mod comes with many tail styles from dogs to cats, from demons to deer, from cowplants to motherplants, and everything in-between! Each one has been animated from scratch and has a set of animations that can change based on your sim's mood. The tails are taken from existing cat/dog breeds, horses, mermaid CAS parts, in-game objects, and converted objects from BG3. I plan to continue adding more tail styles in the future, so let me know what you'd like to see!
Customization
There are a lot of ways to customize the tails after selecting them. They are as follows:
Type - Love a tail, but its default movements aren't your thing? You can just change the type to one that better fits your vision. Dog tails can move like cat tails, dragon tails can move like mermaid tails, and horse tails can move like dog tails!
Movement - Once you're satisfied with the type, you can further select the way the tail moves, whether excited and erratic, sad and droopy, or scared and shaky. By default, the tails will adjust to the sim's mood and change automatically, but this can be disabled to manually select the animations.
Color - The color of the tail can be selected from a menu, with many options to choose from. The base color affects how the final shade appears, so neutral swatches are included for each tail, or you can layer colors to create something unique. You can also reselect a swatch of the tail you've already equipped by opening buy mode and using the design tool if the sim with the tail is on the lot!
Position - Cat and Dog tails have an extra option to choose the position, whether up or down. Most of the animation sets have different animations for this setting, excluding a few that don't make sense for the movement type.
Size - Like the Animated Wings mod, you can select the size of your tail. There are a LOT of elements to these objects, so rather than creating separate objects, rigs, animations, and interactions for child, toddler, and infant sims, I've elected to rely on the size options to enable tails for these life stages. Large works best for adults, medium for children, and small for toddlers and infants! Some tails and animations may not look 100% perfect on smaller sims, but this is the best I can do for now.
Werewolf Form - I know many people will want to use this mod for their werewolf/lycan sims, so I added the option to enable the tails to work together with your sim's werewolf form. Similarly to the way animated wings work with fairies, animated tails can be set to equip/unequip with your sim's werewolf form automatically.
Un-Tailing Your Sims
Tails can be hidden/unhidden with a couple interactions when you click your sim, and they can also be removed completely with the "Purge All Tails" option, which allows you to select a new tail from the menu.
If you decide at some point that you want to disable them from the sim completely, you can just shift+click the sim, find the "Animated Tails" menu, and choose "Disable Animated Tails".
Compatibility
This mod should be safe to use with any other mods, as it doesn't alter any game files, however there are a few issues to take note of:
Unfortunately, and I know this is disappointing, but animated tails are NOT able to be equipped with animated wings. This is because the game prevents multiple objects from being slotted to sims at one time. If this ever changes, I'll be sure to update the mods, but this is an inevitable issue currently.
Because of this, animated tails will disappear if your sims decide to partake in "Wicked Woohoo" 👀 WickedWhims must use some mechanic that removes slotted objects from sims, so tails and wings disappear during woohoo, but they should reappear once the deed is done.
This DOES NOT mean the mods can't be installed together. They don't conflict in general, their functionalities just don't work together.
Future Plans
I hope to add more tail designs and conversions as I find/come up with them. If you'd like to see a certain designs, please let me know! I also hope to incorporate some of the changes from this mod into the Animated Wings mod, like categories in the menu and some of the customization.
That's everything for now! Thank you for your support!
As always, enjoy! 😁
Comments (49)
I can't find the tails I know it says install with the instructions in the zip thing but I'm not sure where to find that so I just installed it like I normally install mods and I can't find them anywhere I also can't find the animated wings
in the future, would there ever be a way to implement custom tails into the mod? i would for there to be a unicorn tail one day
i cant seem to find the customization? i can only pick a tail and thats it
click on the tail its self
If you don't already, can you create a fox tail and ears? Thank you!
I downloaded this to make an imp character (eternally looks 8) but when i select "enable animatred tails" nothing happens I even tried tro reloadand tuen it off than back on, still no luck. Just get enable/disable option. I read the instructions but still can't get it to work. What did I screw up?
Have you found a solution to this yet?
I once had the opportunity to see the character's tail retained while running WW animations. I don't know what bug allowed this to happen, but if possible, I would greatly appreciate it if you could try to make both methods compatible; retaining the tail effect is truly excellent.
I can't find the tail menu and i have script mods allowed
Thank you so much!
Hello! Is there a way you can also make it so that you can hide tails with mermaid forms?
I do not see the animated tails menu
Anybody else having the issue where all the pie menu options don't show up, even if you've enabled cheats? All I get is "Enable Animated Tails" and even after I've enabled them, nothing changes. Update: I'm blind as a bat and didn't notice the separate menu. My bad.
Hi! What do i do if its not working at all? Im enabling the animated tail, but it's not showing anything else. I've followed the download instructions so im not sure if its a me thing or a mod thing?
Yo im genuinely supid LOL. My bad
I saw someone else had this problem, but I downloaded the mod and extracted it into my mods folder. But it doesn't show at all in-game. I have script mods enabled, considering I have other mods. I'm not quite sure what to do. Whenever someone could explain, that would be lovely. Thank You!
Hiii, I'm using your mod and love it, but would it be possible for demonic wings to also be tied to fairy form? I found no other way of having a demonic form than using fairies (for the flight), sooo, yeah
Would making an animated tail version of your paintable tails work? Or something similar? I'm playing with werewolves, and I have been using the dog tails, but the color swatches don't match any of the werewolf townies or my own wolf, and it gets a tad bit annoying, especially in different lighting.
Hey there! A major problem I'm having with this mod is that the tails don't line up properly with every body shape. A good section of tail gets cut off on my larger sims (enough to be obvious with the animations), and there's a gap between the tail and back for my skinniest few sims. It adjusts okay enough with sim height (I think the mod I have for that literally just scales the whole sim up or down), but if they've got too much or too little meat on their bones, the alignment is off. Now, the ideal thing would be for it to adjust automatically, like a couple mods I use. Those mods, however, have the benefit of being static meshes in the "body details" slot. If automatic adjustment is unfeasible, a manual adjustment works just fine for me! In fact, a manual override would be great even WITH automatic placement, just to be safe. Forward/backward offset is the most important, but vertical offset would also be nice.
the tail keeps going back to black after woohoo when i have it set to a different color before
i have an unplayed npc my sim dates with a tail, but she'll come over without it on and i gotta keep putting it on. is this a known issue? i know it comes off during woohoo, but it happens without doing that
Because of the way the animated tails/wings function, sims won’t initially have them equipped when they spawn in an area, but they should equip them fairly soon after they appear. Does the sim never equip the tail if you don’t apply it manually?
Would it be possible to make animated ears as well? I would love to see my Sim's mood through their ears <3
i need this too ! ♥
Do you think you could make a kitsune tail(s) like 3 or 5 tails animated at the same time? 🦊
i totaly agree it would give mystical vibes
I'm having an issue with the tails. When I select the tail to be dependent on Werewolf form, the tail disappears at first, but then later it reappears, especially if I switch to another household or exit the game and load back in but it's still registered as dependent. Edit: Sorry for all the comments, I know it must be annoying.
This bug has been fixed in the current version I’m working on. It will be released very soon along with the other mods I’m updating at the moment. :)
I have to ask. Since there is a way to make the tails dependent on wolf forms, do you think you could add a way to do that for vamps and fairies too?
Bringing more attention to this question.
Whoa, that was a quick update! Thank you so much!
Thank you for reminding me! I'd been meaning to fix that issue, and it gave me an opportunity to fix a different bug while I was at it. lol
Just found out that if you have a tail while in the snow, the tail turns an almost transparent white.
I am enjoying this mod but with the new fairies update would it be reasonable to expect future updates to hide the tails when fairies shrink down?
Hello hate to bother but will you be making ears to match with the tails?
Screaming! I absolutely adore these! I hope in the future we can get some tiefling tail designs so I can re-create my dnd babies in game. keep up the great work!
Hello! I have a demon tail suggestion, basically what the tiefling tail looks like except it has fur on the tip instead of the spike, perhaps a little longer and without the scaly design.
Would it be possible to make it so you can raise or lower a tail on the body?
Hi!! I absolutely love all your mods and I use most of them in my game. I just wanted to mention while using on werewolf sims outside of your current active family the "depend on werewolf form" isn't working properly in my save. Even so I'm obsessed with the concept of tails!
This is true for me too, it only sticks if I'm playing as the werewolf, otherwise their tail always shows. Hopefully that's fixable as otherwise I love the mod.
I just want to know I’ve looked it up but I may just be over looking does all of your mods work together like expanded mermaids with expanded plant sims and fairy’s vs witches like I wanna have all the extra occult stuff my game is basically just occults lol but please let me know<3
I am So excited for the animated tails! I have created a dragon sim using your animated wings, as a fairy, and a few other mods/cc, and the tail was the missing part! I asked about this on Tumblr not too long ago but this makes me so happy! thank you!!
Question! I am unable to get the animated tail to work with animated wings. is it supposed to be one or the other?
Need !
Wow your getting good at this as soon the tails this my reaction 0o0
You are an amazing modder and creator!
This is amazing! I'm going to have so much fun with this. I can't believe you made different animations for different moods. It must have taken forever! Thank you so, so much. 😘
I love you and this so much! Thank you! I've been wanting this for so long! Here's to hoping it'll be able to be used with wings one day so my Succubus will finally be complete!
Hey 👋 I absolutely love your mods they are so awesome and fun to play with and I was wondering if you could add more tails from like the anime series Naruto like the tail beast and maybe some Ears to