🎁 [BG+] AnimXGenWear: An Animation State Mod for Nonconforming Sims! -- [3/8] ☄️ This update includes translations for my "Switch to [X]" custom interaction for all supported languages, courtesy of "Sims 4 Translator" by VOKY.

⚔️ TS4: BASE GAME ⋆🚀 8/17/24 ⋆🌠 11/2/24 ⋆☄️ 3/8/26
🔄 Always compatible [🌐], unless EAxis modifies certain animation controllers [🌐].

🔗 REQUIRES XML Injector (or my unreleased "BUFF Override") for the custom "Switch to [X] Clothing Preference" interaction (found under the "Actions" Pie Menu on Sims) to work.

⚠️ Do not use this with "Sexy Pose determined by Clothing Preference".

🆘 You can request assistance or inform me of issues in a new comment on this post, in a new post in the Troubleshooting Community Chat, or via DM (Discord). I don't bite, unless biting is the necessary response.

🌸 Special thanks to Meep62 and plasticbox for laying the foundation with "Sexy Pose determined by Clothing Preference" and "Sexy Pose Equality" respectively. Without these creators and their mods, AnimXGenWear would not exist.

🎙️ It's easy to fake a smile when you've been doing it for a while... -- Did you know that pink was once considered masculine, and blue feminine? Would you like a history lesson on the bigotry and the commercialism that changed it?

☆// ⋆ TOTES "SIMPLE" MOD DESCRIPTION:

AnimXGenWear (AXGW) re-configures our gendered animation controllers to work with our "Clothing Preference" Trait instead of our "Gender" Trait, allowing us to switch between Feminine animations and Masculine animations on any Sim aged Teen and older, without having to rebuild that Sim in CAS.

In other words, a Female Sim with the Masculine "Clothing Preference" Trait will use Masculine gendered animations, and a Male Sim with the Feminine "Clothing Preference" Trait will use Feminine gendered animations. These gendered animations include standing, sitting, various flirting interactions, some reactions, "Freshen Up" on mirrors, etc.

The simplest way to verify that this mod is working, is to "Freshen Up" at a mirror, then switch your "Clothing Preference" Trait and "Freshen Up" again. The gendered animations for "Freshen Up" are distinctly different for Feminine and Masculine.

Please note that animations will only change after the current animation ends.

There are multiple ways to switch your "Clothing Preference" Trait:

1. Use my custom "Switch to [X] Clothing Preference" interaction located in the "Actions" Pie Menu on Sims.

   • Requires XML Injector or <INSERT MY UNRELEASED BUFF OVERRIDE> for this custom interaction to appear in your game.

   • Immediately switches the Sim's "Clothing Preference" trait. No need to enter CAS, use the Cheat Console, or install MC Command Center.

   • This interaction is always available on all ACTIVE and TARGET Sims aged TEEN+. In other words, this interaction works on all Sims whether or not they are currently selected or a part of your household.

2. Enter CAS and change the "Clothing Preference" setting under "Gender".

3. Use the Cheat Console.

   • Use the following two cheats to switch from the Feminine "Clothing Preference" trait to the Masculine "Clothing Preference" trait. Female Sims default to the Feminine "Clothing Preference" trait on creation.

     • traits.remove_trait GenderOptions_Clothing_WomensWear

     • traits.equip_trait GenderOptions_Clothing_MensWear

   • Use the following two cheats to switch from the Masculine "Clothing Preference" trait to the Feminine "Clothing Preference" trait. Male Sims default to the Masculine "Clothing Preference" trait on creation.

     • traits.remove_trait GenderOptions_Clothing_MensWear

     • traits.equip_trait GenderOptions_Clothing_WomensWear

   • If you've forgotten (or just aren't certain) which "Clothing Preference" trait your Sim has, you can use both "remove" cheats, then use the desired "equip" cheat.

4. Use MC Command Center to remove your current trait and then add the opposite trait.

   • This is more tedious than the other options, but it works.

AnimXGenWear is a work-in-progress passion project. There are a number of gendered animation controllers not yet reconfigured for AXGW, but the ones currently included cover the bulk of the animations you will see regularly. I will dedicate some time to "finishing" this mod in the future... after a whole bunch of "CAS Filters" updates.

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☆// ⋆ REQUIRES XML INJECTOR (OR MY "BUFF OVERRIDE"):

• 🔗 XML Injector (Website) -- https://scumbumbomods.com/xml-injector

• 🔗 XML Injector (CF) -- https://.../xml-injector

• 🕒 My Unreleased "BUFF Override" -- PENDING™

☆// ⋆ NOTICE MY POST ATTACHMENTS, SENPAI:

• 🎁 GDrive Folder -- PENDING™

• 🎁 SFS Folder -- PENDING™

☆// ⋆ RELATED PROJECTS:

• 💜 Gender Variance Collection -- https://../collection/884497

• 🤸🏽‍♀️ Animation Overrides Collection -- https://../collection/884903

• 🎀 Fully compatible with My Little Animation Overrides.

☆// ⋆ EVEN MOAR BOOTY:

• 🐞 BUGFIXES & BAND-AIDS Collection -- https://../collection/884858

• 🔇 Silence the Noise Collection -- https://../collection/1367566

• 🗺️ All-in-One Live Event Rewards Unlocker -- https://../posts/120588981

• 🗺️ Batty Bat™ CASMenu Override (Standalone) -- https://../posts/107958333

  • 🗺️ More Columns × Batty Bat™ -- https://../posts/135116776

• 🗺️ CAS Filters -- https://../posts/126616540

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WHOA, NELLY! I STILL NEED TO TO OVERHAUL THIS POST!

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DO YOU LIKE MY OWL? (INSTRUCTIONS):

By default, your CLOTHING PREFERENCE TRAIT (yes, it's a "trait") matches your "Gender" (Sex) so it must be changed manually to see the effects of AnimXGenWear.

In CAS, it's as simple as switching your Clothing Preference in your Gender Details.

In Live Mode, you've got a few options including our own custom interaction. These traits are coded to conflict with each other so when using the cheat console or MCCC, you've gotta remove one before adding the other.

*️⃣ Our custom interaction is a one-click immediate interaction that does all the everythings behind the scenes. Your sim will not stop their current action nor will they play any animations to signal the change, it just happens. I like this minimalist, immediate approach.

• 1️⃣ CLICK on your sim or the target sim.

• 2️⃣ OPEN the ACTIONS Pie Menu.

• 3️⃣ CLICK on the custom interaction named SWITCH TO [X] CLOTHING PREFERENCE et voila! Now do it again! 😺

You really don't need any of the following instructions anymore but I'll leave them in.

*️⃣ Press Control + Shift + C to open the console and use the following cheats to switch your Clothing Preference. These are copypaste friendly:

• traits.remove_trait GenderOptions_Clothing_WomensWear

  • traits.equip_trait GenderOptions_Clothing_MensWear

• traits.remove_trait GenderOptions_Clothing_MensWear

  • traits.equip_trait GenderOptions_Clothing_WomensWear

*️⃣ If you've got MC Conman (Command) Center installed, you can use MC CAS to switch your Clothing Preference:

• 1️⃣ CLICK on your sim or another sim and open MC CONMAN CENTER.

• 2️⃣ Navigate to MC CAS » MANAGE TRAITS.

• 3️⃣ FIRST click on REMOVE TRAIT and type in MENSWEAR and click OK.

  • Both "WomensWear" and "MensWear" traits contai- hold up, you could probably shorten this to SWEAR! Yep, SWEAR it is! 🎙️ I swear it's really so!

• 4️⃣ CLICK on your trait to remove it then click OK on the NO MATCHES FOUND popup.

• 5️⃣ THEN click on ADD TRAIT and search MENSWEAR.

• 6️⃣ NOW choose the Clothing Preference trait you want.

• 7️⃣ If you're using the "OPTIONAL_BG_UI_SimBust" addon, you'll need to SAVE AS... your game, then EXIT, then DELETE YOUR "LOCALTHUMBCACHE.PACKAGE" FILE, then relaunch the game to see the changes.

Lookit, I can GIF! ... and I totes missed the opportunity to name my sim "I Am The Rocket Scientist". I'm not remaking this damned FIG again.

ET VOILA! Your sim is now gender-nonconforming! It's that easy and it hurts absolutely no one except the fragile bigots who want to control the way you talk and the way you walk and the way you dress and the way you wear your hair. ☃️

I THINK, THEREFORE I AM (ASM PROGRESS):

Here's a list of what's ✔️ completed, ⭕ outstanding, and ❌ shelved because they're a pain in the arse. 👌 are easy to see in action - if these work then they're all working.

FIFTEEN (15) COMPLETED & RELEASED ANIMATION SETS:

• ✔️ IDLE - Sit

  👌 Switch your Clothing Preference, stand up and sit down again!

  Affects all idle sitting animations.

  More testing is required but this should also affect all gendered sit animation idles when seated at objects and in hot tubs. I forgot those were things where sitting happens.

• ✔️ IDLE - Stand

  👌 New animations will start when the previous animation ends.

  Affects all idle standing animations.

• ✔️ IDLE - Teen Selfie (TEEN ONLY)

  Only affects the idle selfie animations when seated and standing.

  These animations occur randomly and can take in-game hours to see.

• ✔️ IDLE - Tend Bar

  Affects idle stand animations when tending a bar.

  This might require exiting the Tend Bar interaction and doing it again.

• ✔️ INTERACT - Attempt To Seduce (x2)

  Found in Romance » Flirtation (only available after First Kiss?)

• ✔️ INTERACT - Chat

  Affects Flirty "idle" chatting animations between sims.

• ✔️ INTERACT - Mirror » Freshen Up

  👌 Switch your Clothing Preference, find a mirror and Freshen Up!

  Affects both wall mirrors and full-length mirrors.

• ✔️ INTERACT - Sexy Pose

  Found in Romance » Affection

• ✔️ INTERACT - Show Off Outfit

  Found in Friendly » Small Talk

  I think this is only available to TEENS but they can Show Off to other ages? I might override the interaction for TEEN+.

• ✔️ INTERACT - Stereo » Dance

  Affects one dance animation when Flirty. It's the female sim hip sway.

• ✔️ REACT - Emotions

  Uh... see INTERACT - Chat above and REACT - Flirty below. It's more of that.

• ✔️ REACT - Fitness Changes

  Affects the animations that sometimes play immediately after losing or gaining weight. These can be seen sometimes after completing activities like jogging or using a fitness machine. They often get replaced by other idle animations. Testing this one was so damned annoying, you don't even know!

• ✔️ REACT - Flirty

  Affects the animations that play when sim is the TARGET of a Romantic interaction.

• ✔️ UI - Sim Bust

  This is the bust of your sim in Live Mode. It changes depending on your mood. IIRC, only the Flirty bust is gendered.

  You MUST delete your localthumbcache.package in order to see this change after swapping your trait because these thumbnails are cached. Restarting the game WITHOUT deleting your cache.package WILL NOT MAKE IT WORK.

FORTY-EIGHT (48) OUTSTANDING ANIMATION SETS:

• Base Game - 11

• EP02 - 1

• EP03 - 4

• EP04 - 2

• EP05 - 2

• EP06 - 4

• EP07 - 3

• EP09 - 1

• EP10 - 1

• EP12 - 4

• EP13 - 2

• EP15 - 1

• EP16 - 6

• GP06 - 1

• GP08 - 1

• GP12 - 1

• SP15 - 1

• SP46 - 1

• SP49 - 1

THREE (3) SHELVED ANIMATION SETS:

• Base Game - 3

MORS CERTA, VITA INCERTA (PROGRESSION):

⚡ 2/2/2025 - FEMALE AND MALE SIMS HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT "DEFAULT" WALK ANIMATIONS!

This explains why Scarlet's "Default Walk Style" bothers me. I thought it was just #TransframeProblems, but maybe it's that they're using the wrong animations?!

The reason I missed this is because these animations are not defined in Animation State Machines. They're defined in the Walkstyle, which is not easily modified...

I'll look into this more later. If I can't bring this to heel under AXGW, I will attempt to fold it into my upcoming Walkstyles Pie Menu as a custom walk styles.

My ongoing work on the Elder Walkstyle Override exposed this.

⚡ 9/24/2024 - "HOW DOES ATTRACTION WORK?" AND OTHER MUSINGS.

... and can I make it more inclusive?

I'm working on the full Gender Options Pie Menu and as I'm coding the AttractedTo interactions, I'm wondering how exactly does attraction work? I've had a quick look and I can't determine for certain but I assume it's Gender (Sex) based.

I'll poke around to scratch the itch but I don't know if I'll pursue this. Reason being, I'd have to create two custom traits for gender presentation (or three if I include an option for androgyny and I wouldn't be able to do androgyny properly without new gender-neutral animations), then I'd have to determine how attraction works and change it to presentation... or I do new matching custom Likes and Dislikes and Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs for presentation. This could work and I can test the idea using the current Clothing Preference iteration of this mod by making Likes, Dislikes, etc. based on Clothing Preference!

Maybe I should break away from the Clothing Preference trait with custom traits now that I can do "Immediate Interactions" that add, remove and swap traits. The problem with this is the way the ASMs work - I'd have to configure my custom traits to be added to the sim on creation in order to avoid LE errors.

This could all just be me over-complicating this mod before I've even completed the outstanding animation sets.

⚡ 9/18/2024 - I'M WORKING ON THE PIE MENU INTERACTION!

After 7 hours of Maximum Effort™ I have a functioning pie menu interaction for the selected sim that swaps the two traits on the fly - trait_GenderOptions_Clothing_WomensWear and trait_GenderOptions_Clothing_MensWear.

So far I've only gotten it to work for the "selected" sim. I would like to make it work for "target" sims too. I know this is possible because there are EAxis cheat interactions that function like that AND there are script mods with interactions for adding and removing traits on "target" sims. I'm hoping it doesn't require a TS4SCRIPT because I don't want to learn PYTHON modding right now.

⚡ 8/18/2024 - 51 OUTSTANDING! 67 TOTAL!

37 DLC identified + 11 BG outstanding + 3 BG shelved = 51 remaining + 15 BG completed = 66 optional + 1 mandatory = 67 AXGW overrides in total!

<flops over and flails arms> I knew I shouldn't have gone looking yet! 😹

♪ There was a girl I knew, she said she cared about me. She tried to make my world the way she thought it should be. Yeah, we were desperate then to have each other to hold, but loooovvvveeee is a long, long road!

🚀 8/17/2024 #5 - INITIAL RELEASE! 💜

⚡ 8/17/2024 #4 - PLASTIC WHO? SEXY WHAT?

I !@#$ you not, I've only just seen the plasticbox "Sexy Pose Equality" mention in Meep62's description.

Meep62's mod connects the animation sets to the Clothing Preference trait while plasticbox's mod adds the opposite animations into the animation loops for both genders (sexes).

I've considered modifying some animation sets similar to what plasticbox did even before seeing their mod but I'm not sure where it would apply yet. The intention of AXGW is to give you the option to switch between animations sets whenever you want, not to make everysim randomly do both sets of animations.

Who knows what the future has in store. I am but a chaotic and egotistical amateur mod creator.

FYI, both Meep62's and plasticbox's mods work after all these years. ASM mods only really need updating in order to add new functionality or in the event EAxis adds or removes animations from the game.

✔️ 8/17/2024 #3 - ONWARD!

The instructions for swapping your traits have been expanded. It even includes a swanky new GIF that I'll add to the attached images at the top!

I'm also adding short descriptions to the completed package list so you'll know what to look out for. I might do some animation screenshots in the future for visual aid.

⚡ 8/17/2024 #2 - 🚨 CAUTION: ROGUE ROBOTS!

There are other mods out there that modify ASM configs that will conflict with this. It is imperative that my packages be given priority in your Mods folder or they will not work.

If you have another ASM mod that you simply cannot live without and would like it merged, let me know. I'm willing and likely able to make AnimXGenWear compatible with other ASM mods. Depending on what it is, I might not roll it into the main release, but I can keep it updated as an alternate override for you.

✔️ 8/17/2024 #1 - HOW DO I RELEASE THIS THING?

I want to do a MERGED package, but I also want to do UNMERGED packages specifically for simmers who want to pick and choose which animation set is affected because this mod is fully MOD-ULAR!

Maybe I just do both... <whines> why did I start including a #Sej folder?! It would be so easy to just drag and drop these packages into SFS.

⚡ 8/11/2024 - PROGRESS!

The last few game updates halted progress but I'm back at it.

I've identified a total of 29 animation sets for the Base Game. 11 are ready to go, #12 is testing.

Testing takes the most time, that's why the Initial Release won't include everything. I have to trigger every modified animation with both traits to ensure it's functioning as it's supposed to.

There are a few more animation sets from other DLCs but I've decided to focus on the Base Game first as it has the most, then work on the others.

If anysimmer is willing to help with the testing, I'd be more than happy for the assist.

Also, I want a Pie Menu interaction to swap the traits. I don't know Pie Menu modding but I know it's possible. It might not make it into the Initial Release but it's gonna happen eventually. I don't want to halt progress or push back the Initial Release indefinitely while I learn how to mod pies.

☆// ⋆ DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?

This was on the back burner for so bloody long that I still can't believe I finally figured it out.

Back in 2021, Meep62 released a mod called "Sexy Pose determined by clothing preference instead of gender" over on ModTheSims. It modified the the Romance » Sexy Pose interaction to play the Feminine or Masculine animation depending on the Sim's "Clothing Preference" instead of their "Gender" (Sex). In other words, if your Sim is Male with Feminine Clothing Preference, then the Feminine Sexy Pose animation plays instead of the Masculine animation, and vice versa.

There was another mod released from another creator that covered the sitting and standing animations, but that creator has since gone off the deep end into transphobia and "ZOMG! PRONOUNS AND NEUTRAL VOCABULARY WILL END THE WORLD!" and further doubled down with batshit buffoonery like "IF GENDER ISN'T BINARY, THEN THE CONCEPTS OF GOOD AND EVIL ARE MEANINGLESS! MEANINGLESS, I SAY! WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF MY PRECIOUS GENDER BINARIES! OH MY G-"

<CLEARS THROAT AND CACKLES> Sorry. I'm just repeating what I heard, bruh! 😹👹

I TIGRESS! 🐯

Much to my dismay, neither of these mods were ever expanded.

I started dissecting Meep62's mod shortly after discovering it in 2021~2022, in the hopes of expanding it, but my brain didn't click until July 2024, and thus "AnimXGenWear" was born.

The answer to this section's title is "Yes, I dreamed about doing this for years," and I chased that dream until it became a reality.

This, more than anything else I've done, is my pride and joy. 💜

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☆// ⋆ BASIC INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:

The following options must be enabled for this mod to work properly:

• ✅️ GAME OPTIONS » OTHER » "Enable Custom Content and Mods"

If using XML Injector or LOT51 for the custom interaction:

• ✅️ GAME OPTIONS » OTHER » "Script Mods Allowed"

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These are ZIP archives. They can be opened or extracted with:

• Windows Explorer on Windows -- https://../windows/zip-and-unzip-files

• Finder on Mac -- https://../mac/zip-and-unzip-files-and-folders

I personally use 7-Zip for all of my zipping needs. It's free and it's open-source:

• 7-Zip for Windows -- https://7-zip.org/

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This ZIP archive contains a "#Sej" folder and sub-folder for better mod organization.

• 1️⃣ EXIT the game.

• 2️⃣ DOWNLOAD the ZIP archive.

• 3️⃣ OPEN or EXTRACT the ZIP archive.

• 4️⃣ DRAG 'N DROP or MOVE the "#Sej" folder into the following folder:

  • Documents » Electronic Arts » The Sims 4 » "Mods"

• 5️⃣ Choose "Replace the file in the destination" if prompted to "Replace or Skip Files":

• 6️⃣ LAUNCH the game.

☆// ⋆ PROJECT MIRRORS:

• PENDING™

☆// ⋆ ZIP CONTAINS (0) TS4SCRIPT + (1x2) PACKAGE:

This is a simple "Animation State Machine" override.

This should NEVER contain TS4SCRIPT files, BATCH files, EXE files, or anything other than PACKAGE files, my "#Sej" folder, and a sub-folder.

This section exists as a reminder that we are in someone's crosshairs.

Rogue TS4SCRIPT files, BATCH files, EXE files, etc., encountered where they don't belong could contain malicious PYTHON script or other !@#$ that will attempt to infect your device and steal your personal information when executed by you or the game. Malware can ruin lives. Don't !@#$ around.

🗜️ sej_AXGW_[YYMMDD]_[RELINFO].zip

• 📁 #Sej » AXGW

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_MANDATORY.package

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_OPTIONAL_BG_Idle_Sit.package

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_OPTIONAL_BG_Idle_Stand.package

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_OPTIONAL_BG_Idle_TeenSelfie.package

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_OPTIONAL_BG_Idle_TendBar.package

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_OPTIONAL_BG_Interact_AttemptToSeduce_F.package

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_OPTIONAL_BG_Interact_AttemptToSeduce_M.package

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_OPTIONAL_BG_Interact_Chat.package

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_OPTIONAL_BG_Interact_MirrorFreshenUp.package

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_OPTIONAL_BG_Interact_SexyPose.package

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_OPTIONAL_BG_Interact_ShowOffOutfit.package

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_OPTIONAL_BG_Interact_StereoDance.package

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_OPTIONAL_BG_React_EmotionsLow.package

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_OPTIONAL_BG_React_FitnessChanges.package

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_OPTIONAL_BG_React_Flirty.package

  • 📄 sej_AXGW_OPTIONAL_BG_UI_SimBust.package