Expressions and Anims Guide

A little while ago, I posted a little guide to the imageshare on posing and expressions in FO4, but because the imageshare moves so quickly and images get buried in no time, I figured it would be a little bit more helpful to post it here as it's own page. This is not a proper "mod", as it doesn't change anything in game and cannot be installed through NMM or any other programs. It's just a text file and some reference images.

Below is a complete copy of the guide:

Expressions:

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Use the console command "caa AnimFaceArchetypexxx" to set an actor's expression. Just make sure that you save before you do it, because as of right now I don't know how to reset the expressions and setting an expression on the player character will break the camera!

Replace "xxx" with one of the expression names below:

Afraid Amused Angry Apologetic Awed Concerned Confident Conspiratorial Defiant Depressed Disbelief Disgust FatherDeath Flirting Friendly Grateful Happy Impressed InPain Irritated Mayor Nervous Neutral Piper Player Pleading Preston Puzzled Question Relieved Sad Sarcastic SinisterSmile Somber Stern Sturges Surprised Suspicious Thinking Tired VaultTecRep Worried

For example, say you wanted Piper to smile for a portrait - you'd open the console, click on/select Piper and type "caa animfacearchetypehappy". Instantly happy Piper!

Now, I didn't include all the expression commands in the image above because a lot of them are either super subtle or very similar, but I tried to list all of them in the list above. For easy access in game just type "Help archetype 0" in the console to bring up the list of all the commands.

Postures:

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While most of the 'archetype' settings are all for expressions there are a couple that can be used to change the way your character stands... It doesn't sound incredibly useful, but it also changes the idle animations your character performs when they've been standing still for a while. For example, the 'irritated' posture has the character crossing their arms, face palming and resting their hands on their hips, while the 'confident' posture has characters cracking their neck, flexing their fingers and looking around. Good for screenshots if you've got the patience to wait for the right idles. Use the command "caa AnimArchetypexxx" to change the posture of your character, where "xxx" is rep