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Dance animation hack

July 16th, 2006

After getting some requests I finally decided on releasing this. This is the object I used for Ooh La La to get my sims to dance in sync. It contains all the dance animations from the base game (so no kooky dances from Nightlife) and can be used by Teens through to Elders. The object looks like the modern mirror and can be found under Hobbies, Misc.

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The Dance Sequence interaction is exactly as seen in the last scene of Ooh La La and your sims will keep dancing this sequence until you stop them (by cancelling the interaction). All the other animations are single animations and your sim will only do them once. You can of course string the same animation together over and over. The transition animations weren’t included because your sim will slide back into his original position after he moves and thus it’s not very useful.

Animations are categorized by the level of skill your sim usually needs to do them and the names are the same as in the animations list. For the most part, these names are descriptive but sometimes (with the Couples dance animations) the name only describes what one sim does when the other one does something completely different. But by keeping the names the same you can see what animations are normally paired together when two sims dance together. The “A” and “B” with some animations simply tells you that it’s a Couples dance animation (but of course they can still be used by one sim only).

I also added the Bust A Move animation. I’m not sure what will happen if you don’t have Uni installed but my best guess is that the sim will reset (with an accompanying error message if you have testing cheats enabled).

Lastly, there’s also a Pose animation. When you string dance animations together, you’ll notice that some sims will dance to the right and others to the left. This is because animations are mirrored in the game so that sims can be right or left handed. So to get them all to dance in the same direction, just use the Pose option to get everyone to point the same way. The animation will loop until you cancel it. So if one sim points the other way, just cancel the animation and choose it again until he points the same way as everyone else. Once everyone is pointing the same way, pause the game, choose your dance animations, and then cancel the Pose interaction. They’ll all dance to the same side because if a sim starts an animation to the right for example, he’ll do all other animations in the cue to the same side.

Now I am by no means an experience modder and I’m sure this hack doesn’t comply with certain standards, so I don’t take any responsibility if something goes wrong in your game. There shouldn’t be a problem though since it’s very simple and it works fine in my game even with other hacks.

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EDIT: I changed the object and it has now been cloned from the Red vs Blue painting. You can still find it under hobbies/misc, but now it has a picture of the Ooh La La poster heehee

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  2. Jetglaze (Matt)

    First Comment! :tease:

    Anyway, I was suprised when I saw this. I thought you would keep it to your self, I know I would have. lol

    But either way, thanks for posting! :thumbsup:

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  3. Dave

    OMG! Thanks! I can now have that cool dance I wanted.

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  4. SpunkyChristy

    Pretty Cool Jixs! I knew it had to be something that made the choreographing in “Oh La la” So good! Thanks! :thumbsup:

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  5. Serge

    :rant: thank gawd yu released this :clap: now i can do my videos in sink instead having to bust my butt in trying to make them all follow eachother

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  6. F!rey

    AWSOME! Now my sims can have a REAL party! :clap: :yay: :thumbsup:

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  7. Amber

    love you so much for making this hack. You have truly made my day

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  8. Videogames224

    :clap: :clap: :clap: Yes! Thank you so much for uploading it. This is a wanderful mod. I have wanted this for so long!

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  9. Chris

    :excited:
    I can’t believe this. I had a video idea in my head and thought, if only my sims can dance in sync. :(
    Then a light flashed, I saw your blog entry saying “Dance Animation Hack”
    :clap: :clap:
    Thank you soooooooooooo x’s enfinity(Hope I spelled that right) much

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  10. Lil

    :excited:
    Wow! Thank you, thank you, thank you! This hack is so cool! :cool:
    Thank you soooooooo much!

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  11. natalie

    :thumbsup: :clap: :) :D THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH! I was looking for this everywhere! :D

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  12. natalia

    :yay: Finally my Sims can dance better and GO CRAZY! Though I could never live up to the Ooh La La video, I’ll try! Thanks for being so unselfish and sharing your talent with everyone. This is the true Simming spirit, the way it should be! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

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  13. Skye

    I saw your video, and loved it! What talent!!
    Skye

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  14. Alex

    YEES, finally! I have always wondered how everyone could make them dance the same, and now i know! THANK U! :thumbsup:

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  15. Anna

    :thumbsup: OMG YAY I’m glad I finally found this cos I’ve been lookin 4 it everywhere! lol

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  16. Natasha

    OMG I love you haha OK maybe not but thank’s for this I’ve been looking for a dance hack for SO! long and now I have one and now I have some video’s I can make caz I have this haha well anyway thank’s :clap:

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  17. Lala

    :clap: coolio :clap:
    this rocks, i could use this :thumbsup:

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  18. JanePstar

    HELL YEA! THANKIES SO MUCH :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :thumbsup: :excited: :excited: :excited: :excited: :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay:

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  19. Miniver

    :thumbsup: Thanks so much helps me with my video making! :thumbsup:

    KEEP UPLOADING :excited:

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  20. Confusedwithhacks

    :clap: Yay! thank you so much for putting this hack up I can’t wait to make my next video! Thanks a million

    I hope i don’t get confused this time :oops:

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  21. Big Mo

    :unsure: :( :( Hello, I hope to get some help making my sims movies

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  22. HELP ME

    help me please i can download that but i cant find it in my sims 2 buy mode what will i do :cry: but still great blog :clap:

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  23. Hopeless

    HELP i have know idea but it wont work and i really need it plz HELP!! :cry:

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  24. jasi

    :excited: :cry: :shocked: :doh: :whistle: :yay: :yay: :shifty: ;) :clap: :tease: :sleep:

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  25. athena

    awesome hack but is it base game compatible ??? :thumbsup: :unsure:

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  26. icarly episodes

    :excited: you got it!

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  27. trey

    :think: how do u unzip that dockuments????

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  28. Charziie

    How do u Like Open/Work the Notepad file onece your on it ???? Im really stuck and really need the mod …
    Can you help ?

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