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NikkeiSimmer
Rising Adventurer
12 months ago

"Walls Up" or "Walls Down" (2012 was the last time this question was asked)

11 years later...Asking this question again...

So...Do you play "Walls Up"; "Half-Walls" or "Walls Down" when you play.

I play with Walls Up (Thank you @Mikezumi - who was the one who encouraged me to play walls up ).
https://i.imgur.com/tKIC7Z8.jpg
I used to play with walls down when I first started playing the Sims 3...mainly because it was much easier to track my sims back then.

Now, I play exclusively with walls up.
https://i.imgur.com/SifXEdT.jpg
I rarely if ever play with half walls. If I'm wanting to get a screenshot in a tight place, I tend to go in tight on the face of the sim and leave the walls up. I like doing "cinematic shots"...of emotion-filled scenes like this one.
https://i.imgur.com/VyvYfu0.jpg...which involves leaving the windows and walls up instead of going half-wall.
  • not playing atm, but when i do always wall up, only take down if that the best way to get the picture, and then back up.
  • Sprottenham's avatar
    Sprottenham
    Seasoned Adventurer
    I prefer walls up as much as possible, but sometimes use half walls to get an overview because sims may be in different rooms. Walls up always for screenshots.

    *edit: On that note it sometimes bugs me how floors above are invisible when viewed from below and I want to do screenshots in buildings with a more open solution. ;)
  • Half walls as I often play with apartments and that gets difficult without setting the camera to completely top down.