Should be featured. Very useful hack

For me, this is a disappointment. i like the "look" option that the sims do. Why? Reminds me of LCP when your little sim would be bored and basically ask (sometimes doing just that on his typewriter) what to do?

Jasumi, thanks. I'm glad you like it.

Baskar, I'm afraid I don't quite understand your disappointment...Did I not adequately describe what to expect? Were you expecting it to do something else?

These two mods are separate files that work independently. Those who like their Sims looking at them can have their Sims look at them on command. Those who do not like the random glance to the player won't need to worry about it. Basically, if you like the "look" option, you do not have to get rid of it. In fact, you can download the LookAtMeNOW.zip file and have your Sims look at you as often as you want. It does not affect the natural "look at player" interaction; it just allows the player to be able to click on the active Sim and have him/her perform it on command.

No one should be making you use either of these mods. You do not have to download or install either of them. If you do not like it, simply remove it from your Downloads folder. Simple as that; no harm should be done.

I hope that helps...? Again, I do not understand your disappointment.

This is great, thanks! NoLookAtMe is amazing, and I was really irritated with my Sims looking at me all the time.

*nevermind. I got it working.*

I'm sorry, but I don't have M&G. Thus, I am unable to see what M&G has changed or why it would quit working under that environment. It was a fairly easy mod to make, but I'm afraid someone with M&G would likely need to create a M&G version (unless someone can tell me what I would need to change to make it work).

ETA:
Also, make sure there aren't any conflicts with any other mods you have installed.

Wait, sorry, it was my own fault - I had another mod that was causing the crashing. NoLookAtMe had nothing to do with it, and works fine as far as I can tell Ignore the previous message.

It's okay; I'm glad you got that sorted out.

Yaaaaaay!!! *WORSHIP*

thank u so much i really needed this

I just wanted to let you know that upon deleting the mod the Social Debug Super Duper Hug popped up in my game. I don't know if I was the only one, but I just wanted to let you know. Thanks for the hack though even though I never really found a use for it.

preemptive_doodle, thanks for letting me know. About the 42nd post here, there is an explanation about the object. I'd link to Numenor's post directly, but being able to see other posts might provide helpful context. As far as I know, I don't think that its cause is anything on my part.

hop^^^^^^^^^^

how do I activated it

I've never commented on it, but I do like that hopping sheep.

Rabbittbigbang: For "LookAtMeNOW," click on the active Sim (the Sim you're currently controlling) and you should see a "Look at Player" pie menu option. For "NoLookAtMe," no activation is required. It should work behind the scenes for as long as it is in your Downloads folder.

yes tht is sooo true!
i hate it wen my sims always stare at me, always smiling.
AHHHH!! the HORRROORRR!!!

Really awesome, super-useful must-have! But the post needs more keywords, lol, I had a hard time finding it again.

billielith: I certainly understand and I apologize. Some posts have too few keywords and some have too many (which is especially bad if they're too vague or too tangentially descriptive and thus irrelevant). I'm open to suggestions for more keywords. If you have any in mind that would make finding it easier, just let me know.

Thanks again, everyone, for your downloads, comments and for hitting that "Thanks" button.

Very nice! Thanks!

I so love the 4th wall hack!

Just a question - is it possible to make the "look at Player" action instant (as in not queued), so that the sim can look at you while in the middle of another action?

I know it's possible with pose hacks (such as the face overlays from Decorgal's pose hack, which can be changed to "instantly" with some tweaking in SimPE).

It would really help for animation-type poses, such as those JD made with the EAxis animations, or just regular interactions that aren't from pose/animation hacks.

simmer22: I'm glad you like it. I tried checking the "Immediately" flag for the action in SimPE, but it did not seem to make the interaction any faster. I'm honestly not sure if this can be done as an overlay. My guess is that it's actually a command and not an animation per se. That is to say, the "Look At" action is its own interaction in this form. (Of course, I could be wrong. My experience with the "Look At" primitive is not at all extensive and I don't know of many modders who have even bothered with it.) What could perhaps be done, however, is to edit an interaction (e.g. from a pose box) to add the command for the Sim to look at the player at the point you want them to, but that might run into the same issue as before. If someone wants to do this, they can certainly look at the code in this mod. I really wish I could be more helpful; I'm sorry.

It's all right. I just wondered if it was possible

I've tried adding the "immediately" flag thingy to maxis-type poseboxes a few times, but usually they either start throwing errors or they simply won't work properly. Seems like only the custom poses and overlays can deal with the "immediately" flag.

Sims already break the 4th wall hence when they can't cross a path.

lol stupid sims!that made me crack up lol

I think it's so cute when my sims look at me.

How would you go about extending the time a sim looks at you? Like a TV anchor delivering the news and looking at the camera for a longer period of time. Queing several looks doesn't extend the time looking at the camera.