Note: Using Toy&Love without Sexlab? It's critical to read Item D
A. What's a Love Pack? A package containing Love Scene animations. Toys&Love uses any of the widely available SLAL Animation Packs, plus its own extended format referred to as a Love Pack. But What's a SLAL Animation Pack? Almost the same as a Love Pack. They have been around for years.
To see packs available see Love&Music Packs
Some mods come with Love Packs included, usually to ensure their essential requirements are met (i.e. critical to a quest etc.)
Any of the widely available SLAL Animation Packs can be used
If using creature SLAL Packs, you will need to have installed WildLife, to enable wildlife
Love Packs are in the same (but extended) format as SLAL Animation Packs and offer some extended features. For example in the future, spanking sounds and red ass
B. How do I Load the Pack? It's automatic, built into Toys&Love, and almost instant. You just install packs with a mod manager and you are done. Already have SLAL packs? You are done, Toys&Love will be using them.
You can add or remove packs at any time, and this will be seen next time you load a save.
This will not corrupt your save mid-game as long as you do not enable/disable the animated objects plugin (esp) that many SLAL packs come with. You do not need these plugins (see section D below)
You may disable selected scenes in the MCM on the Love Scenes Tab.
C. Do I need Sexlab Animation Loader (SLAL)?
No. The function of SLAL is built into Toys&Love.
D. What if I'm using SLAL Packs without Sexlab Installed? Not a problem, but you do need to use the following info...
Some SLAL Animation Packs come with a plugin (esp). The only purpose of the esp is to provide animated objects, like furniture and other items you see. Most SLAL Packs have needlessly made their plugin require Sexlab. But there's a solution...
Let the esp for animated objects install, including opting in if this is optional in their FoMod menu choices.
Disable the esp in your mod manager. That's it. Done!
Ok, but wtf? Why does that work?
Toy&Love has included the Animated Object record from all existing SLAL packs. This is just a reference to the assets (the mesh). This is all the esp does, thus Toys&Love has consolidated and replaced the need for any SLAL's plugin.
This can be used even if you DO have Sexlab installed. It eliminates the need for all those plugins and allows you to change up SLAL packs without corrupting your save mid-playthrough.
This works if you use the 2 steps above. It requires that you've still installed the assets (mesh & texture), and you WILL have them as long as you do those steps. You are only disabling the plugin, its assets are still installed.
E. What about Duplicate Scenes? In some cases, a Love Pack may include the same scenes as an SLAL Animation Pack. This does not matter, as duplicates are ignored.
In Toys&Love a duplicate Scene will be seen under both packs but Toys&Love will treat it as one. You will see this if you disable (it will disable under both packs)
In FNIS duplicates will be listed in the Consistency Check, which is expected, but this is not detrimental at all. FNIS is not registering them twice.
more detail... FNIS reports Duplicates in Consistence Check
F. How many Animation Scenes can Toys&Love load?
There is no limit.
Toys&Love does not load animation scene data into Skyrim objects and arrays at all. Thus it's not constrained by Skyrim limitations. That's part of the reason it's fast. There's still a small performance price to pay if you overdo it, including overloading what FNIS can handle.
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