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#1 Old 27th Jan 2023 at 8:20 PM Last edited by pico22 : 27th Jan 2023 at 8:32 PM.
Default Action boxes (etc.) actions
Sometimes I amuse myself by writing (or rather, "photographing") stories; for that, I need action boxes and similar devices. Most of the actions they offer I know from the game; others were obviously made by modders; but there is also the third group that looks like it was taken from the game but that I've never encountered while playing. For example: a green leafy painting (it has no special name) offers, among others, at least two "ambulance" actions (helper out, get in back) that I've never seen in the game.
This is only one of such cases. So, have I been blind all this time or what? (Of course, I've never seen anybody killed by lightning either, and I know that is possible.)
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#2 Old 27th Jan 2023 at 11:22 PM
The animations in those boxes are from the game, but were unused, or are used so rarely you don't see them unless it's very spesific actions that happen so rarely some players never see them at all. The ambulance ones are one example of unused ones. You'll find some examples here and there in various animation boxes, but it's sometimes difficult to know exactly which animations it is.

I've seen a sim struck by lightning, although I can't remember if I've only seen it happen via the evil kite from OFB (that's a definite yes), or just by lightning alone. I've seen lightning strike an object a moment after a sim was standing on that object, though. Even have a picture...

I've peeked around in the animation files myself, and have found a few interesting pieces. I did find some unused files, but a few of the ones I found weren't usable, unfortunately (caused some bugs with arms/legs, or plain didn't work/"errored" outside of the original context).

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http://jaydeesims.blogspot.com/ Jaydee's ingame boxes

https://modthesims.info/d/351524/cu...orytellers.html
Prop hack you can use alongside most pose/animation boxes (you need the props too, they're linked)

https://modthesims.info/d/240564/ac...orytellers.html

and I think a lot of the others are here: https://modthesims.info/downloads/t...l&csort=0&fbf=0

This one: https://modthesims.info/d/100738 (has the "Consolable cry" action, which works for kids and above. Start off a sim with it, and choose another sim to "console" the crying sim).

A mix of Decorgal's and TH's poses/overlays (not sure if all are available in archives) - https://simfileshare.net/download/417153/
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#3 Old 28th Jan 2023 at 6:08 PM
I did not realize the game had so much hidden baggage. I can easily imagine an in-game scene in which those ambulance animations would be used; it's a real pity that EA always rushed the developers. Well, at least we have modders.

Thank you for the links. I have most but not all of those boxes; I also have some others but sadly, it's been quite a while and I have no idea where I downloaded them.
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#4 Old 28th Jan 2023 at 10:40 PM
I probably have some more stached around, but I can't remember where I got all of them. The ones you're talking about I think are at Insim (maybe alongside a couple others? Can't remember).

http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,42093.0.html
http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,42499.0.html
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