Sims 2 Overlay Tutorial

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Using 'Overlay' Option of Paul's Reaction Tester

What is overlay?

It's a type of animation that allows 2 different actions to be performed simultaneously. Overlay animations are usually animations of upper body parts only, so in other words, it's doing one thing while doing something else. For example this is how I made a sim cry on their knees in my Helena movie. I told her to cry using reaction tester and then plead on her knees. In Paul's reaction tester you have an option of running interaction as overlay, but you need to set 'prefer overlay' option in 'Flags' to make it work. Here's how you do it:

1. Click on Flags pie menu string

2. Choose "Set Prefer Overlay"

3. When you choose one of reactions and a dialog window comes up, choose overlay

Now the interaction icon will disappear immediately and you will be able to tell a sim do some other things, while their upper body part will still be performing animation from reaction tester.

So this is cry-mild interaction + plead on knees