Animated Wings Mod (Patreon)

!!Compatible with the July 23rd Lovestruck Patch!!

UPDATES:

*06/02/2024

• Added compatibility with the new Angel and Demon Wing Set

• New interaction for sims with equipped wings that allows them to fly around. ***This REQUIRES the animation package from my Fairies vs. Witches mod in order to work. If you don't have that mod, you only need to add the "SP_FvW_Animations" package to your game.***

03/17/2024

•  Updated to fix a bug that caused some features to be broken from the last game patch.

Hello!

This is a mod that I've periodically come back to and tried to finish for QUITE a while and I've finally gotten it to work! This mod adds a wide selection of wings for fairy sims that are actually animated, without altering the sim rig or overriding any game files. Beyond that, you have the ability to customize them even more with visual effects, size adjustments, movement patterns, and additive colors! I must stress that these are NOT CAS ITEMS and are not found in Create-A-Sim, but rather added with special interactions.

Let's go over the features!

Mod Walkthrough Video: https://youtu.be/LhbqilN7Ha8

Download link is at the bottom of this post! ⬇️

Application

These wings are not CAS items and therefore are NOT applied in Create-A-Sim.

However, if you enter "testingcheats true" into the cheat console and shift+left click your sim, you will find a pie menu called "Wings", where you can select "Enable Animated Wings". This will allow you to click your sim, navigate to the "Wings" menu, and choose "Select Wings", which will open a list of all wings you have installed. From there, you can choose which wings you want to give your sim! Once your selection is made, they'll be applied to the sim and then you'll be able to further customize their visual effects, color, and more.

To remove the wings temporarily, you'll have the option to "Hide Wings", which will keep them hidden until you select the "Unhide Wings" interaction. Or, if you want to remove the wings permanently, you can select "Purge All Wings", which will delete any wings the sim has saved to them as well as any wings they're wearing.

(If you have my Fairies vs. Witches Mod, which is now updated to work with this mod, fairies will automatically have the option to select wings and they will be applied and removed whenever the fairy channels or represses their magic!)

Customization

Once your sim has their wings, you'll be able to click the wings (not the sim) and choose from a selection of customization options!

Color - There is a wide array of color choices that will add a hue on top of the wing texture. Some colors are very vibrant, while others will only add a subtle tint.

Effects - There are several visual effect options to give your wings a magical feel, from dark tendrils to flames or sparkles!

Size - Pretty straightforward, there are three size options: Average, Grand, and Petite.

Speed - You'll have the ability to choose from a selection of movement patterns. These will make the wings flap quickly and sporadically, slow and steady, fast like a hummingbird, and more.

Ages

These wings are available for Infant-Elder life stages and are applied the same way for each stage. Each variation of wings available has a separate package for Infants/Toddlers, Children, and Teens-Elders.

Wings for NPC Sims

Animated wings can be applied to NPC sims as long as you've enabled "testingcheats"! Just shift+left click the NPC, navigate to the "Wings" pie menu, and choose "Select Wings". This will bring up the wing selection menu, where you can choose the style and variation. From there, you'll be able to customize the color, effects, size, and speed just like your household sims, as well as remove their wings from the cheat menu if you decide you don't want them to have wings or you want to change the style.

Installation

Installation is pretty much the same as my other mods:

1. Extract the files from the zip folder and place all folders into your game's Mods folder. This is usually found in (C:\Users\*NAME\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods). I also recommend placing all files DIRECTLY in the mods folder if you have issues getting the mod to work, especially the .ts4script file.

2. Done!

Compatibility

This mod doesn't alter the sim rig or override any game files, so it shouldn't conflict with any other mods. HOWEVER, I cannot guarantee that the wings will work perfectly with every mod, especially the Wicked Whims mod. There shouldn't be any game-breaking bugs, but mods like that may interfere with wings staying attached to sims who engage in "enhanced woohoo". 😂

Permissions

If any of you wish to create retextures of my animated wings, you are absolutely allowed to do so! As long as you clone your retextures from my wings and do not remove the custom tags, they will show up in the wing selection menu.

Also, if you post your retextures for public use, make sure to include a link to this mod. Without my mod installed, retextured wings WILL NOT WORK.

Future Plans

As always, I have plans to expand on this mod in the future. I'd like to add more styles, visual effects, animations, differently rigged wings such as bird or "angel"-like wings, bat wings, etc.

I also have plans to create other animated body parts, such as wagging tails for werewolves, pegasus wings for horses, tentacles for mermaids, etc.

Let me know what ideas you have, what you'd like to see me create, or what you'd like me to add to this mod! :)

Credits

Thank you to AstralBlu on Deviantart for creating the beautiful wing assets that I used for the set of Winx Club wings!

And a huge thank you to the modders on Discord who helped me in trying to make these animated wings work! It took some updated code to make them functional, but their help was integral to creating the finished product. :)