Animated Inebriation and Drunk Role-Play

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Intro

Even when I uploaded the first iteration of this mod back in 2021, I knew that I wanted this mod to be more.  I wanted to put something together that had the bells and whistles I wanted to see implemented in this sort of mod.  Unfortunately for me, at the time my knowledge of Papyrus, animating, and the Creation Kit in general was rudimentary(Still is...lol!).  However,  over the last few years, my knowledge of these tools has grown.  That knowledge, coupled with the thoughts and ideas many of you have discussed with me in the comment section along with a few ideas of my own,  spurred on a desire to create the mod I wanted to upload in the first place.  What follows is the results of that pursuit, and I hope that this mod is for you also a mod you wanted to see uploaded in the first place.

Animations

One of the common dislikes about the vanilla drunk animations by some was that they were too exaggerated and in some instances a little wonky.  AI now by default has new animations that are somewhat more conservative(only slightly...) in their movements.  The new animations in my opinion are a bit more realistic and fluid.  However,  many of you like the older animations just fine(myself included) and will prefer to have those instead. This is why animations both new and old are now selectable via toggle in the new MCM. "But, what if I like both?", you say? No problem! In addition to being able to select either new or old animations individually, there is now a mixed option that will play each version randomly at the same time.  NPCs also have a toggle for this option in the MCM.  All animations are conditioned to respond to most needs and drunk mods, and are now properly annotated for footstep sounds on terrain.

Please note: Animations in this mod do not currently cover combat and sitting(furniture) animations. While I may at some point include these, there is already a mod that covers these quite well.  Drunk or Drugged Animations by samuelga24 has implemented these perfectly. I have created a "patch template" in the optional files section that you can use to patch over AI to use his animations. Simply download the file and follow the ReadMe instructions.  Please note: there is a little legwork to be done here. You will have to transfer his hkx files to my template, but this is a relatively easy process.

Also, if you prefer samuelga24's drunk animations, you can easily use the template to overwrite my animations.  If you have trouble with this, please DO NOT bother samuelga24 about it! Comment in the post section or DM me. I'm happy to help.   Update: Drunk and Drugged Anima