How to use the Pose Player

Introduction

This tutorial will show you how to use the Pose Player mod.

What you will need

The Pose Player mod

The Sims 4 game

Setup

You will need to make sure that script mods are enabled for your game.  You can do that from your in-game settings.

Instructions

1. Download the Pose Player mod and extract the two files inside the .zip.  Place both files into your Sims 4 Mods folder as shown below.  You can also put custom poses into your Mods folder if you would like them to be played in the game.

2.  Start the game up and click on your Sim as you usually would when you want to tell them to do something.   You will notice a new choice appears in the menu of actions.  Select Pose By Name.

Note: the sim must be standing or they will not pose with the animation you choose.

3.  You need to enter a clip name into the box that pops up.  There is a list of all the EA clips posted in the same download as the Pose Player itself.  You can highlight a clip name on the list, copy it, and paste it into the pop up box in the game.

4. This is what the box will look like.  Once you've entered a clip (pose) name click the check button.

5. Your Sim will start performing the pose. 

6. If you want you can click on any other Sim, even Sims that aren't the active Sim, and tell them to pose too.  They can perform a different pose than the active Sim is performing or they can perform the same one.

7. When you want the Sim to stop performing a pose click them again and select Stop Posing from the menu.

8. If you want your Sim to perform a custom default override pose you need to type in the name of whichever EA pose the custom pose overwrites.  

Here is a list of the CAS trait animations for playing custom poses that you have downloaded for CAS:
a_CAS_trait_active_x
a_CAS_trait_artLover_x
a_CAS_trait_bro_x
a_CAS_trait_cheerful_laughWaveOff_x
a_CAS_trait_clumsy_x
a_CAS_trait_commitmentIssues_x
a_CAS_trait_confident_headTilt_x
a_CAS_trait_creative_x
a_CAS_trait_deepThinking_x
a_CAS_trait_evil_x
a_CAS_trait_familyOriented_x
a_CAS_trait_foodie_x
a_CAS_trait_geek_x
a_CAS_trait_gloomy_x
a_CAS_trait_goofBall_x
a_CAS_trait_heelClick_x
a_CAS_trait_hotHeaded_x
a_CAS_trait_idle_01_x
a_CAS_trait_idle_02_x
a_CAS_trait_idle_lookAround_x
a_CAS_trait_insane_x
a_CAS_trait_lazy_x
a_CAS_trait_loner_x
a_CAS_trait_lovesOutdoors_x
a_CAS_trait_materialistic_x
a_CAS_trait_mean_x
a_CAS_trait_musicLover_x
a_CAS_trait_neat_x
a_CAS_trait_nevernude_x
a_CAS_trait_romantic_f_hand2Heart_x
a_CAS_trait_romantic_f_strikePose_x
a_CAS_trait_romantic_m_cockHeadAndSway_x
a_CAS_trait_slob_x
a_CAS_trait_snob_x

Picture credits: UntraditionalNerd for the Minotaur character.  OM for the screenshots.