How neat! I never even thought to request something like this, but this is very cool.

I'm definitely downloading it!

In AL, if one sim wakes up before the other sim, he/she will pull their significant other onto their shoulder and cuddle them. Sometimes, they'll kiss their foreheads and stroke their hair too.

It's cute, but sometimes, it does take them too long to end the animation. This is bad if, say, the sims have to be at work by 7 and they're wasting time cuddling until 6:30!

Hmm, really?

See, I don't really care much for the animation, so I've probably only selected it once manually. lol I almost always play with free will on and they did it so much autonomously; up in the queue, I think it just says "cuddle" and I guess that's what confused me.

Anyway, thanks again, old chap. You're awesome, as always!

Thanks very much, but a quick question here...

Will this also stop them from cuddling during the daytime outside as well? During the day, the option is simply labeled as 'Cuddle' but it's the same thing... they'll go out and lie on the lawn to look at the clouds and whatnot.

Other than that, thank you SO much for this Squinge... You're a great guy.

I cleaned up the topic post and edited the name of the thread so it makes a little more sense now. If you guys can still help to make the outside options to 'Cuddle' and 'Cuddle Under Stars' as non-autonomous, I'd be extremely happy.

Thanks very much for the mod link.

As for the cuddling... I don't mean where the sims are lying in bed and snuggle before they get up. What I mean, is the new 'Cuddle' and 'Cuddle Under Stars' option that they perform outside. Basically, the two sims will go out into the yard and lie down together to watch the clouds and what-not.

The problem with this is that they do it way too frequently. And, it isn't programmed the best on EA's part, because most of the time, my sims will choose to lie on the sidewalk right beside the driveway as opposed to the grass, like they're supposed to.

You mean ol' TJ forgot about it himself? That's hilarious...

I'm keeping an eye on this thread and I looked around Simbology as well, but I don't see the mod yet. I'm still waiting patiently though... no biggie.

This is already an available hack and you can find it here:

http://www.insimenator.org/index.php/topic,49736.0.html

Enjoy!

Thanks very much. If it wasn't for you & Squinge, we'd all go crazy!

I know absolutely nothing about digging through the game coding... I'm lucky that I've got enough sense to learn how to hide/reveal EA's clothing, hair, etc.  lol

The InSimenator hack has this function as part of it.

I'm not sure about a standalone hack that does it though.

I also strongly agree with this idea, if it's possible. My pets are pretty reliable to take care of themselves and I don't feel the need to watch them all night whenever everyone is asleep. Same goes when all of the sims are at work/school.

Okay, two little requests here, if at all possible.

First of all, from Apartment Life, I really dislike the outside 'Cuddle' and 'Cuddle Under Stars' actions. I mean, I do like them, but not when my sims do it autonomously... over and over and over. At any given moment that my sims aren't queued up with something, they're lying on the sidewalk together! It's annoying.

And, the other thing is the stupid, new animation that Mansion & Garden has added; where the sims will place their hand over their eyes in a salute-like motion to shield them from the sun. Not only is this a pointless animation to add so late into the Sims 2 series, but it's terrible.

Not only do they shield their eyes every single time they go outside, it looks even more horrible whenever they have something in their hands! This "shield eyes" animation just needs to be removed completely.

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EDIT: Thanks very much to Chaavik for letting us know that TJ at Simbology has created a mod to stop the 'Shield Eyes' animation from M&G... It's working great!

Normally, I wouldn't have replied to my own thread like this (especially so soon), but I was reading through some posts over at the official forums...

Supposedly, this is some kind of new 'feature' that EA has implemented, meaning they're doing this 'greet'/'be greeted' crap on purpose.

Why in the heck would EA do something like this!? They've completely crippled the community lots in the game now.

I found out if I install Pescado's 'interactwithoutgreeting' hack that it'll override most of the problem, but this is still inexcusable on EA's part. I really hope they address this junk in a future patch.