[LE] How to Preview Idle Animations

[jedp15]

When creating a package you have a tab labeled "Idles" that lets you assign idles to characters using the package. When selecting idles, you can preview an actor, and I assumed so you can preview what the animation looks like (seems pretty logical, right) however, there's no button or option to preview the animation.

 

The CK wiki has nothing on this topic and I'm left wondering if it was a feature left out for some reason.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

[IsharaMeradin]

Maybe this thread from a few years back will answer your question. Theirs was almost identical.

https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/1991789-how-do-you-view-idle-animations-in-ck/

[dylbill]

I remember having to preview idles for a mod I made for Fallout 4. I couldn't find a way to do it in the Creation Kit, so I made a script to preview them in game.

 

 

 

Scriptname TestIdles extends Quest 

Int test = -1 
Idle[] Property TestIdles Auto ;Add the idles you want to test to this array in the creation kit
Actor Property PlayerRef Auto

Event OnInit() 
    RegisterForKey(42) ;left shift 
EndEvent 

Event OnKeyDown(Int keyCode) 
    test += 1 
    If test >= TestIdles.Length
        test = 0 
    Endif 
    
    PlayerRef.PlayIdle(TestIdles[Test])
    Debug.Notification(test)
EndEvent

 

 

This script requires skse. You can change the actor from PlayerRef if you want to test them on another actor.

[megapatato]

[two years later]

 

Here's a video that shows most of them (at least the ones for bipedal actors)