Animation Question

[Sims4_Creation]

I'm new to animating and am stuck. I made an animation on the newest Blender version but don't know how to transfer that to the Sims 4 Studio since new versions of Blender are incompatible. Do people use the older version of Blender to create animations or is there a way around this issue? 

[The Abyss]

I don't really do animations so this is probably not the answer but couldn't you just open the animation in an older/s4s compatible version of blender and save it from there?

[Sims4_Creation]

2 hours ago, Frank Horrigan said:

I don't really do animations so this is probably not the answer but couldn't you just open the animation in an older/s4s compatible version of blender and save it from there?

No, the older version of Blender doesn't open any files made in the newer versions. 

[The Abyss]

27 minutes ago, Sims4_NSFW said:

No, the older version of Blender doesn't open any files made in the newer versions. 

Open the older version of blender with a rigged sim model>Go to 'File'>'Link...'>choose your animation file>Choose Action and click the animation. 

To check if the animation works: Put sim rig in pose mode>Press "I" on the keyboard with a bone selected and location,rotation,scale>Vertical split and open non linear animation in the new window>right click the grey box next to 'rig action'>right click delete the new strip>open the 'add' drop down>Click Add action strip and select your animation.

If this doesn't work try the whole thing again but with "append" instead of "link..."

Edited August 6, 2023 by Frank Horrigan