One of the single items most fashionistas won’t do without is their Animation Override. I never really bought a premade AO because I didn’t find one in which I liked all the poses. One of the old posts that gets lots of hits is my “I finally figured out my AO” post. While it doesn’t clearly tell how to set up an AO it’s better than anything else I’ve found. So I’m expanding it here.

While ZHAO, HUDDLES or Wet Ikon don’t match my ideal AO (can I have more than 5 stands please?), but they are the ones I’ve figured out. I’m mainly going to talk about ZHAO, but I’ll point out differences here and there with the set up. I’m warning you now this will be a long post with lots of text. I’m going to show you how to set up a custom animation override. You can get either the ZHAO or the Wet Ikon at different places around the grid, but I put the ones I have in a box and placed it in my cottage.

  1. Pick the poses & animations you like. I usually pick a Walk, 5 Stands and a Sit.
  2. Open the included notecard (or start a new one) the blank one should look like this

    :: [ Walking (also Striding) 1 ] ::

    :: [ Running ] ::

    :: [ CrouchWalking ] ::

    :: [ Flying (also FlyingSlow) ] ::

    :: [ Turning Left ] ::

    :: [ Turning Right ] ::

    :: [ Jumping ] ::

    :: [ Hovering Up ] ::

    :: [ Crouching ] ::

    :: [ Fly Down ] ::

    :: [ Standing 1 ] ::

    :: [ Standing 2 ] ::

    :: [ Standing 3 ] ::

    :: [ Standing 4 ] ::

    :: [ Standing 5 ] ::

    :: [ Hovering ] ::

    :: [ Sitting 1 ] ::

    :: [ PreJumping ] ::

    :: [ Falling ] ::

    :: [ Soft Landing/Landing ] ::

    :: [ Standing Up (That anim you play after you fall when you stand up and brush yourself off) ] ::

    :: [ FlyingSlow ] ::

    :: [ Sitting on Ground 1 ] ::

    :: [ Floating (Hovering underwater) ] ::

    :: [ Swimming Forward (Flying underwater) ] ::

    :: [ Swimming Up (Hover Up underwater) ] ::

    :: [ Swimming Down (Fly Down underwater) ] ::

    :: [ Walking (also Striding) 2 ] ::

    :: [ Walking (also Striding) 3 ] ::

    :: [ Walking (also Striding) 4 ] ::

    :: [ Walking (also Striding) 5 ] ::

    :: [ Sitting 2 ] ::

    :: [ Sitting 3 ] ::

    :: [ Sitting 4 ] ::

    :: [ Sitting 5 ] ::

    :: [ Sitting on Ground 2 ] ::

    :: [ Sitting on Ground 3 ] ::

    :: [ Sitting on Ground 4 ] ::

    :: [ Sitting on Ground 5 ] ::

    for Wet Ikon AO’s you won’t have from the line :: [ Walking (also Striding) 2 ] :: down.

  3. Look at the names of the poses and inset it exactly like it is in the blank lines like so

    :: [ Standing 1 ] ::
    Pose 1
    :: [ Standing 2 ] ::
    fashion 05
    :: [ Standing 3 ] ::
    stand 865
    :: [ Standing 4 ] ::
    stand 866
    :: [ Standing 5 ] ::
    Pose stand x

    etc. Do the same for Walks and Sits.

  4. Save the notecard and rename it to something you’ll remember. i.e., Tanya Book’s AO
  5. Rez the object of the ZHAO, HUDDLES, or Wet Ikon on the ground. (Make sure it is ground where you can rez an object.)
  6. Edit the object and under the contents tab drag the notecard and the chosen poses. For ZHAO and HUDDLES you can use multiple notecards in the same object. For the Wet Ikon style, you’ll only be able to put one notecard in each object.
  7. Take the object back into inventory. When it’s in inventory, Wear it. If you are using Wet Ikon you can stop here. If using ZHAO keep going
  8. Click the ‘Menu’ button to bring up the menu.
  9. Click the ‘Load’ button. On the next dialog box, click the button with your notecard’s name on it. Wait for the script to load your notecard.
  10. Click the ‘Walk’ button. On the next dialog box, click “1″. Repeat with the ‘Sit’ and ‘GroundSit’ buttons, clicking “1″ for both.
  11. Click the ‘AO On’ button to turn the ZHAO on.

Congratulations! You now have your AO that is yours.

Where can you find poses? My SLoog pose landmarks

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