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This mod adds more interesting idles, neutral and angry dialogue gestures and other animation variants specifically to children. Also some animations added to Narfi and Cicero, but not Babette or Skuli. To the extent it was possible by reusing vanilla assets, I tried to make them appear more curious and playful - like kids supposed to be.

Some animations were already added to children with my other mods NPC Animation Remix (DAR) - LE, Gesture Animation Remix (DAR) - LE and Immersive folded hands (DAR) - LE, so I made this mod with consideration of it. It`s like three layer cake and this mod adds frosting on top of it. Also I chose folder numbers in such a way what conditional idles from other mods will work for children. 

You don`t have to install this 3 mods if you don`t want, this mod can work standalone, but without it you will see about 90% of full picture I tried to paint. 90% is a lot though and way better than vanilla state.




Necessary to read information:
(Addressing concerns people tend to have)

• You can install this mod during playthrough and disable or uninstall or reinstall or update at any time as well!
• To see if it will look good with your unique mod setup, just install it and see for yourself
• This mod works without Nemesis or FNIS. Dynamic Animation Replacer needed only - both SE and AE versions of DAR will be able to play this animations 
• You can safely install it for Skyrim VR - I wasn`t using "IsInCombat()" condition
• Remove previous version of my mod with all it`s files then updating - "replace" option in mod organizer
• At any time in your playthrough you can delete folders or animations from it or modify DAR conditions. Use provided folder description as a reference. If you deleted something you didn`t mean to, just reinstall mod and maybe try again. To play .hkx animations use hkxPoser
  

If during/after installation some sort of error pops up or animations in your game can`t play and you see static pose instead:
Mod Organizer 2 users - rename mod folder in your mod manager to "LCA DAR" and it will fix this
Other mod manager users - extract the zip file and rename the "Lively Children Animations (DAR)" named folder to "Data", repack and install



Unnecessary to read information:
(You can read it later, if need be)

Animations that are not included in "no looped idles" version of this mod are highlighted with this color

Dynamic Animation Replacer folder structure and short description of what is doing:
2099000096 -- mt_idle_a_leg_shift.hkx animation reused for children as a variant of mt_idlehhdleftidle.hkx and mt_idlehhleftidle.hkx (30% chance)
2099000095 -- rf_serious_interested1.hkx animation reused for children in place of mt_idlehhdleftidle.hkx and mt_idlehhleftidle.hkx; rf_playful_idle.hkx animation reused for children in place of mt_idlehhdrightidle.hkx and mt_idlehhrightidle.hkx (this kind of animations will be seen when child is idling or in dialogue, 49% chance)
2099000094 -- mt_idlehhdleftidle.hkx, mt_idlehhleftidle.hkx, mt_idlehhdrightidle.hkx and mt_idlehhrightidle.hkx replacers (base coat of paint, 100% chance)
1751 -- children`s version of scratch head animation with right and left hand

This folders are below 0 priority in DAR:
-217 -- vanilla opposite sex sprint as run for children + idleexamine + idlestudy variants (with 25% chance)
-218 -- vanilla sprint as run (shorter legs - need to peddle harder) + idlelaugh + idleexamine + idlestudy variants for children (added with 50% chance, which makes addition with this folder placement)
-220 -- children neutral and angry gesture animation replacers (almost, 93% chance) and falling after bump animations (alternative to "killable children" mod)
-1007005 -- mt_idle.hkx idle replacer for children (so if you have installed too heroic/sexy idle as a replacer for this kind of animation, it won`t affect children)
-1007097 -- playful idles and 1 gesture for children in vanilla player homes, added with "mt_idle_a_left_long.hkx" kinds of names, may be seen while children are standing around or in dialogue with player or each other
-1007098 -- more childish idles added with "mt_idle_a_left_long.hkx" kinds of names, may be seen while children are standing around or in dialogue with player or each other



This mod made with reused and previously unused vanilla animations extracted from Animations.bsa and modified with hkxPoser by opparco, when it was needed. Another mod I couldn`t make it without - More Informative Console by Linthar - I used it to reveal information about NPCs, objects and locations to apply as part of conditions in DAR
And of course, existence of all my mods depends on genius Dynamic Animation Replacer by Felisky384

Big thanks to attackdr0ne for backporting animations to make this mod available for LE!