About getting into creating Custom Animations

[GoldenFrieza]

I would like to ask about how does one get into creating custom animations, most preferably including Combat Animations?

 

I have found twistedtrebla's mods very interesting in concept and gotten my interest. I love the stats idea and it's convince me to give everything a go, from the description it seems brilliant. It's been a long time for me, years even but before, what had been a barrier in the past for me using adult mods was that it wasn't often in an immersive way. But in reading up on here for Fallout 4 it seems things are far better in this regard & I think the Sex Attributes - Framework is exactly the kind of thing, perhaps the missing ingredient I had felt was missing years ago on the earlier games. I guess I am really big on immersion & RP.

 

It's probably premature for me to think about creating my own animations when I haven't used everything yet but this gave me ideas right away, at least for the time being I'm hoping to find out about any information leads I need to find out about how to do this. With some help I hope I could become a contributor. What I'd really like to see are animations/mechanics that affect Sex Attributes in combat. Essentially, similarly to how the player can do a throwing/tripping attack sometimes at random when melee attacking at close range I'd like to create similar abilities that enemies in combat can use against the player. I'd like it if they could be animations similar to the base game's melee combat finishers, (like any of them besides from bladed weapons since those are obviously) but rather than killing the character it reduces Willpower/Self Esteem and they could happen at any percentage based on stats & S/D(ie Broken would mean it can happen at any time even full health). These would lead to a chance of submitting to the enemy or being KO'd(effectively the same thing when they awaken), high Willpower & high Spirit could allow blocking it or perhaps even countering the attack. I've got a number of ideas but I'm first interested to learn about what is possible in terms of customized & new animations specifically via combat animations. It's probably best not to get into too much details yet till I can learn what is actually possible or not but what if weapons like Stun baton or similar, or Assaultron claws could stun characters & this could reduce Willpower?

 

Another idea I'd really like to try is Custom Weapon Animations. I would like it while if in combat, how the character holds their weapon can indicate their Submissive/Dominant orientation and/or current mindset. Submissive character would appear afraid, always looking around, etc. Neutral characters would do so if losing, or thinking they are losing in combat. Perhaps they might even hold their weapon in an improper way, or this could be triggered due to losing Willpower/Self Esteem, showing they're losing composure. Their aim could become worse, I'd seen in cheat mods "no bullet spread/no aim sway" but what if we did the opposite? What if enemies could use Intimidate and make others unwilling ally in combat? What if Intimidated characters have to try to escape, while battling falling Willpower, Self Esteem & Spirit? Hitting Broken status at 0 Spirit could be a pseudo game over of sorts or having to escape somehow and then making the game far more difficult.

From here, things like the Sexual Harassment mod could come into play.

 

I'm currently checking what is available, there are a lot of great looking stuff! RSE & AAF look truly amazing. It seems animators have made big time breakthroughs and a lot is possible. I am going to take my time, choose carefully and read all instructions on installation & compatibility/incompatibility. I've also found helpful information leads from credits sections. It's feeling like the ideas I have in mind are possibilities.