ESL?
Main file is .esl, second is .esl flagged (esp-fe.)

NPCs?
I'm super close to getting NPCs to use it without breaking. Working, just testing for update 1.0. Other authors just need to patch.
 
VR?
no idea, don't have a headset
if 3rd person lever animations work in VR, then.. probably.

Script load?
No. All instances of papyrus scripts are single fire and done in both the main file and quest. No polling, cloaks, etc.

Skirt animations for vanilla clothes?
Yes.

Sprinting animations?
No.

Not breaking sneak?
idk. Help.

Furniture in combat?
SKSE. pls make dll for me ty powerofthree's Tweaks

How does this work?
I saw the Telvanni floating furniture animations and thought- what if we just change the location/time values and then swap the animation?
Then, just stick these in the world like any other animation marker. Easier said than done, but not the worst thing to make.

Example:
idletelvannitower_floatup.hkx (4.6 seconds) (location z +1000)
EVG_vault.hkx (2.3 seconds) (location y +120)

Now- we can't use the Telvanni furniture specifically, as the movement is baked into the behaviours, not the animation file.
Instead, we use Dynamic Animation Replacer to hijack another existing 'single use' animation in the vanilla game, that has no movement.
Then we use Animation Motion Revolution to add movement data to that new animation.

Why not a real climbing system?
can't code. i took an html5 class once. anyway. someone talented is working on one. keep ur eyes peeled

You have a ladder animation. Why can't you replace the ladders in the vanilla game?
First- you can. Kind of. Creating furniture behaviour with multiple entrance and exit points is a ton of work I'm not willing to do though.
Anyway:
The vanilla game rarely, if ever, uses standalone ladders that actually connect to a playable area.
Many are just story set pieces in the sense that they are used as decoration, for mining, tall bookshelves, etc.
I genuinely cannot remember a single instance in the vanilla game where a ladder lead to a flat surface that the player could stand on.
A majority of them connect to a trapdoor, and function as literal teleports to another cell.
It probably is possible to activate furniture, then the said door, but would require more scripting- (delayed activation, perhaps?)
as well as cell edits. If you have the knowledge to make that work, be my guest.

I'm a mod author, do I have to use this framework the way you did, with furniture and markers?
No! you can literally use it however you want. the Modder's Documentation article is help for replicating how /i/ intended it,
which matches the way the telvanni float is used in the base game.
If you're a papyrus/SKSE genius, do. what. you. want.
copy paste the animations into another folder to replace others, make them trigger based on other actions, etc.
just require the main file so people still download this o_o
(it's needed anyway for the sounds to function.)

(LEGACY) No FNIS support?
be a dear and share what mods you use that still require FNIS in the comments!
But no, vanilla behaviour edits are no longer possible with FNIS as they require the author to implement the patch, and they have retired.

(LEGACY) No Legendary Edition? XBOX? Why Animation Motion Revolution?
The only way to get new furniture animations is:
- FNIS/Nemesis, but with no motion data attached (so then it requires AMR, which adds motion data, but is only on SE PC.)

- Adding new animations through ZBT, (Skyrim Behaviour Editor) then adding motion data, then merging behaviour with Nemesis.

I've heard of XBOX porters using these finalized Nemesis behaviour packages as well.

As of now, it doesn't seem to be possible to implement new furniture animations through ZBT.
There's just some missing piece when it comes to activating CK Anim Events. Other new 'types' of animation work, but furniture? Nope.
I promise you, I (and others) have tried.

Lastly- this method is just so much easier to work with. I can freely test animations within seconds rather than waiting 20 minutes with every tedious step.

(LEGACY) You're requiring Nemesis and not using it for new animations, but rather DAR instead? ? >:(
I understand why this seems odd, however:
Here's an older clip from early development when I used FNIS & Nemesis' built in furniture implementation
DAR handled activation with 100% consistency, in comparison.

Do you have a patreon? Any early access mods?
I feel like I don't mod enough to do anything like a patreon. I have many hobbies, and my work ethic gets me burnt out every other month-
it's a vicious cycle LMAO

There IS a donate button at the top of the nexus page, but please do not expect any updates or new mods in return. I'm just out here living ?

Innately Compatible
Other Nemesis Behaviour mods:
(SkySA, Paraglider, True Directional Movement, Combat Gameplay Overhaul etc.)

Other Animation mods

like.. everything tbh, this mod doesn't touch any existing systems!

New meshes added use vanilla UVs, so they (should) work with your textures.

Adjusted/taken into consideration to be compatible
Immersive Interactions - Animated Actions
 - This allows you to physically interact with ground levers, unlike in vanilla.
As there have been a few comments asking, Immersive Interactions is compatible and tested on multiple modlists as I use it myself.

Sound Effect mods - Immersive Sounds - Compendium, Satafinix Collection
Animated Traversal ignores these sounds, and uses a duplicate of vanilla sounds instead. This was done because many 'generic collision' sounds like bodies on surfaces, etc that I tried to repurpose for EVGAT didn't really match what I was going for in the animation compared to vanilla.
(Some lighter vanilla body 'thumps' were much bassier and weighty in ISC for example- which is good, and works very well in game for the original intended purpose! I use it myself. The softer vanilla sounds just make more sense for climbing/drops)

It'll look weird, but it's fine
Destructible object mods - Destructible Skyrim - Breakable Objects (Beta)
Unless this is taken into consideration by level designers, things that you climb on could be destroyed. It won't break animation triggers because they don't depend on these objects at all, but it'll just look weird.

Procedural Leaning - CGO/ True Directional Movement
Looks funny. I would turn it down to the lowest setting possible, imo, just a touch of it is good for me :  )

Mesh replacers
An obvious one, if someone designs a climbing setup around specific objects and then those objects are changed to a drastically different shape, yeah it'll look a little weird.

May cause issues
Cell/Location/Interior/Exterior compatibility will be up to the add-on author using this mod.
No other mod I'm aware of touches the lever pulling systems, which is the only thing EVGAT edits directly. Nearly everything in this mod is isolated.

Mods that drastically change the height of humanoids - High heels, 'Lore-edits' to vanilla races
Character scale directly affects the animation, as well as multiplies the distance traveled per animation.
(the forced character scaling present in the vanilla game does not work on single animation objects, like Telvanni float. booo)

Rigmor of Bruma - cell edit in the same spot as the Content Package ;-;

Not compatible
None noted.

Add-On Mods, Implementation
For widespread EVGAT use, existing furniture objects need to be swapped out for animation-enabled ones.
Please be careful with automated tool use. (Synthesis, Base Object Swapper) As many objects in the base game/mods are just used for decorative purposes, I cannot predict what happens if you interact with an oddly aligned static object.

Q: your mod isn't working
A: hi

Q: #1 - Just a lever animation. Nothing else.
You did not install the correct DAR version for your game. Ensure you are using a matching version (SE1.5.97 & DAR1.1.0, or AE1.6.640 & DAR1.1.3, etc.)
If you know DAR is working, it is possible that you have gone over your animation limit. (roughly 16000?)

Q: #2 - The animation works- but then it plays twice/ snaps back to a lever animation? / lever sound? / then stuck?
You did not install the Nemesis patch. Be sure to tick the EVG Animated Traversal box in Nemesis when you run it.

If this still occurs, delete any cache/outputs that Nemesis may have generated for a clean installation.
For MO2 users, this is cleaning up your overwrite folder from anything Nemesis made.
For Vortex users, delete the output, as well as any .backup files it may have made.
Vortex clean up may require going into your data folder and removing files manually. I don't use Vortex due to this (and other reasons)

Nemesis generates these folders/files in either your output folder/'overwrite' or data folder:
/meshes
/Nemesis_engine
/scripts
fnis.esp

To verify that you have fully deleted a Nemesis cache, it'll throw some errors you can skip about 'failed to read mod cache/reverted settings.'

Q: #3 - Animation plays, but no movement?
You did not install the correct version of AMR for your game.

Q: I checked the box and ran Nemesis, but I don't see "evgat" in the processed mods list in the log.
A: When nemesis is open, do not move EVGAT around by clicking and dragging, leave it in the same spot.
You may need to delete your Nemesis cache.

Q: Your mod doesn't add any markers to the world!
A: yep.

Q: I have to click on a prompt two times before the animation plays!
A: latest update for DAR changed animation caching. swap over to OAR.

Q: I can press on markers on the opposite side of where I am, making me go.. backwards?
A: This shouldn't happen in the EVGMotionCourse test cell/in Flat-Footed. Let me know if that's the case.
If in other places (other author's add-ons,) it's the author's choice to include collision/occlusion boxes.

Q: it looks very wobbly/janky
A:using True Directional Movement or Combat Gameplay Overhaul?
procedural leaning in these mods do that. you can reduce this in their MCMs.

Q: how do i use nemesis
A: i have anxiety

Q: your mod breaks nemesis
A: are you absolutely sure you're able to fully run the engine and update behaviours for other, nemesis, mods, without EVGAT installed,,,, ingame?

Q: i'm getting an error like 32hkx bit architecture
A: you have a mod that has LE animations, not my mod. you can probably ignore. Smooth Magic Casting can say that error and its fine

Q: yes your mod is making nemesis not work and i am competent i promise
A: uh oh lol

Q: T-Posing?
Lots of animation mods can contribute to slow animation caching at the beginning of a loaded save.
So heavy load orders may affect this mod temporarily, 10-20 (maybe longer..) seconds after loading a save.

If you get t-posing well after said time, lemme know but like idk what id do to fix it lol

Q: I can select the 'wrong' marker, eg. on the opposite side of where I am
A: if it's in my content package, let me know.  I tried to manually tune these to function the best they could. If in another mod, that's on the author.

Q: Sounds do not match the surface that my character is on.
A: Furniture animations remove collision from the player, and mess with detecting sounds.
Therefore, I added very generic, all-purpose sounds baked into the animation's annotations.
If you want accurate sounds, you'll need to make copies of the animation with different sound annotations and then do CK work to place them where they should be ingame.

Q: I can move to stop the animation early.
A: done on purpose to fix bugs, trust me it's worth the tradeoff

Q: My character does not align well with the animation. My hands float above/under things.
A: the scaling mechanic in the game doesn't work on this, I did what I could sorry (also why are you using a height lower than .95 and bigger than 1.1?)