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Ann3535S
New Traveler
11 months ago

About Taking Snapshot of Finished Design Challenge City

So, I create a city in the design challenge and I take a snapshot of it for entry into the contest....if I decided that I was unhappy with the snapshot, bad lighting or whatever, is there a way to undo the snapshot and retake it before the start of the contest?

Are there other features of the imaging process that I should know about?

Thanks ahead of time for any advice given.

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  • @Ann3535S There is no way to retake the submission shot.
    All I can suggest is that you wait in preview for the right conditions.
  • Ann3535S's avatar
    Ann3535S
    New Traveler
    11 months ago

    Shame, it would have been better if there was a function that allowed a retake of the snapshot. Thanks for the info.

  • GrumpyBedlam's avatar
    GrumpyBedlam
    Seasoned Ace
    11 months ago

    The trouble is that when you take the snapshot, your design is submitted and any buildings etc you may have used from storage or borrowed from your city are returned to storage. Basically your design has been dismantled.

  • IMO it ought not be this way.  Simply add a step after taking the thumbnail whereby I can either approve it, thus finalizing my submission, cancel the entry, perhaps due to a previously unnoticed flaw, or simply retake the shot perhaps getting better lighting, composition, etc.  Moreover, the thumbnail shown for my approval should match exactly the final version as voters/viewers will see it.  Here I refer to the aspect ratio and title bar at the bottom.  In my case, the final thumbnail is rather different from the way it looked when I snapped it on my iOS device.  Often I find I’ve cut off a portion of my scene due to this.  Super frustrating to have all my careful meticulous work, including the composition of the final thumbnail itself, come down to, and possibly be wasted by, one simple irreversible button click. 

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