!!!Compatible with the July 21st Update!!!
UPDATES:
*08/12/2025
Fixed tails reappearing despite "Dependent on Werewolf Form" setting being enabled. Unfortunately, object settings like this (scale, visibility, etc.) don't seem to persist by default, so the object state needs to be reset whenever the lot is reloaded. This means the tail may reappear for a few seconds upon loading the lot, but it should eventually disappear and respect the settings as expected.
07/20/2025
Fixed a bug that caused tails to appear white during snowy weather.
Hello!
A "sequel" to the Animated Wings Mod, this mod introduces animated tails for all your reptilian, demonic, feline, canine, and everything-in-between sims! This is very similar to the Animated Wings mod, with just a few changes/improvements.
Getting Started
To start using this mod, follow the installation instructions included in the zip folder and MAKE SURE to have script mods enabled in your settings. After that, it's as simple as enabling testingcheats, shift+clicking your sim, enabling animated tails from the "Animated Tails" menu, then you'll be able to select from a variety of tail styles to give your sim. You'll also be able to equip and unequip tails from other sims in a similar way!
The Tails
This mod comes with many tail styles from dogs to cats, from demons to deer, from cowplants to motherplants, and everything in-between! Each one has been animated from scratch and has a set of animations that can change based on your sim's mood. The tails are taken from existing cat/dog breeds, horses, mermaid CAS parts, in-game objects, and converted objects from BG3. I plan to continue adding more tail styles in the future, so let me know what you'd like to see!
Customization
There are a lot of ways to customize the tails after selecting them. They are as follows:
Type - Love a tail, but its default movements aren't your thing? You can just change the type to one that better fits your vision. Dog tails can move like cat tails, dragon tails can move like mermaid tails, and horse tails can move like dog tails!
Movement - Once you're satisfied with the type, you can further select the way the tail moves, whether excited and erratic, sad and droopy, or scared and shaky. By default, the tails will adjust to the sim's mood and change automatically, but this can be disabled to manually select the animations.
Color - The color of the tail can be selected from a menu, with many options to choose from. The base color affects how the final shade appears, so neutral swatches are included for each tail, or you can layer colors to create something unique. You can also reselect a swatch of the tail you've already equipped by opening buy mode and using the design tool if the sim with the tail is on the lot!
Position - Cat and Dog tails have an extra option to choose the position, whether up or down. Most of the animation sets have different animations for this setting, excluding a few that don't make sense for the movement type.
Size - Like the Animated Wings mod, you can select the size of your tail. There are a LOT of elements to these objects, so rather than creating separate objects, rigs, animations, and interactions for child, toddler, and infant sims, I've elected to rely on the size options to enable tails for these life stages. Large works best for adults, medium for children, and small for toddlers and infants! Some tails and animations may not look 100% perfect on smaller sims, but this is the best I can do for now.
Werewolf Form - I know many people will want to use this mod for their werewolf/lycan sims, so I added the option to enable the tails to work together with your sim's werewolf form. Similarly to the way animated wings work with fairies, animated tails can be set to equip/unequip with your sim's werewolf form automatically.
Un-Tailing Your Sims
Tails can be hidden/unhidden with a couple interactions when you click your sim, and they can also be removed completely with the "Purge All Tails" option, which allows you to select a new tail from the menu.
If you decide at some point that you want to disable them from the sim completely, you can just shift+click the sim, find the "Animated Tails" menu, and choose "Disable Animated Tails".
Compatibility
This mod should be safe to use with any other mods, as it doesn't alter any game files, however there are a few issues to take note of:
Unfortunately, and I know this is disappointing, but animated tails are NOT able to be equipped with animated wings. This is because the game prevents multiple objects from being slotted to sims at one time. If this ever changes, I'll be sure to update the mods, but this is an inevitable issue currently.
Because of this, animated tails will disappear if your sims decide to partake in "Wicked Woohoo" 👀 WickedWhims must use some mechanic that removes slotted objects from sims, so tails and wings disappear during woohoo, but they should reappear once the deed is done.
This DOES NOT mean the mods can't be installed together. They don't conflict in general, their functionalities just don't work together.
Future Plans
I hope to add more tail designs and conversions as I find/come up with them. If you'd like to see a certain designs, please let me know! I also hope to incorporate some of the changes from this mod into the Animated Wings mod, like categories in the menu and some of the customization.
That's everything for now! Thank you for your support!
As always, enjoy! 😁