DD or ZaZ? Which version of ZaZ?

[Qviddhartha]

I have a largish WIP mod, and looking to add NPCs using yoke and pillory animations and having them hang around between animations, wearing their yokes or stuck in their pillory.

 

My first though was to use DD, but I then realized that things look simpler with ZaZ (and it looks simpler for my mod's users as well).  I am currently using ZaZ v7, because I couldn't get v9 to work and then saw online various people recommending to use v7 instead of v8 or v9.

 

Before investing time in creating a dependency I may regret... I thought to ask the experts.  Which base mod should I build on?

 

I'm using LE, though I hope one day to port to SE.

[TheVolcanoGodess]

ZaZ v9 is considered controversial because it was built by a different author (I think).

Most people are sticking with either ZaZ v7 or ZaZ v8+.

Personally I'm on v8+ for SE. But I'm not quite sure how v8+ holds together for LE.

 

[Qviddhartha]

Looking more closely at the pillory nifs in ZAZ, DD and my animation packs, it appears I have no choice but to go with ZAZ.

 

DD pillories differ from the ones used by Leito, FB, Billyy and Nibbles.  It's the same with xcrosses, and I am not finding racks or bondage posts, which also have interesting SL animations.

 

This may be the result of DD's rules which prohibit copying or modifying its assets, thus preventing animators from incorporating AnimObject versions in their own work....

[Hex Bolt]

2 hours ago, pfB6cs said:

This may be the result of DD's rules which prohibit copying or modifying its assets, thus preventing animators from incorporating AnimObject versions in their own work....

ZAP permissions are fairly restrictive too.  "The content in this upload is not open source or resource material.  You may not use my content or derivatives of my content without my expressed permission."  To your original question, for using yokes and pillories on NPCs with LE, ZAP should work best for you (version 8 or 8+).

[CaptainJ03]

10 hours ago, TheVolcanoGodess said:

ZaZ v9 is considered controversial because it was built by a different author (I think).

No, still made by t.ara but it's way too big. It needs some serious tweaking on your system to even run, and it feels like adding a two ton concrete block when you want to go surfing on a sunny day. And they don't care if it can be converted to SE or not.

 

10 hours ago, TheVolcanoGodess said:

Most people are sticking with either ZaZ v7 or ZaZ v8+.

Personally I'm on v8+ for SE. But I'm not quite sure how v8+ holds together for LE.

 

all three versions v7, v8, and v8+ run fine on LE, I'm using v8+

 

Edited September 1, 2024 by CaptainJ03