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OasisSarah
New Scout
6 years ago
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[ARCHIVED] Camera keys not working in photo mode (QE)

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) What is your current game version number? 1.59.73.1020 What...
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    crinrict
    5 years ago

    @MR_TURBODRIVER It's in the notes saying it's fixed ? So you tested and it's not ?

    EDIT: Tested, yeah, doesn't work. The bar at the bottom does still work though. It goes up and down now instead of doing nothing like before.

    We fixed an issue in which some hotkeys in Photo Mode (particularly E and Q) were not working.

    As technically they fixed something in Patch 1.63.133 and the QE now do something (just not what it is expected) I'm going to archive this thread.

    If anyone wants to make a new one, for the new issue with them being assigned wrongly, please do so. 

    If not, I will make a new one once I'm through.

    New thread is here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-Camera-keys-not-working-in-Moschino-photo-mode-QE/td-p/9168022

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arkpuppet
6 years ago

Hi,

Since the 12/12/19 patch I'm having the same problem. Prior to the patch, the key bindings were:

W= move closer to the subject

S= move away from the subject

A= rotate left (note this seemed more like orbiting around the subject)

D= rotate right

Q= lower camera

E= higher camera

Z= zoom in

X= zoom out

(See Sims Online "ALL new Camera Controls & Interactions | The Sims 4 Moschino Stuff" video at 1:09: https://youtu.be/uxTevJtWLOE)

After the patch, W, S, A and D just seem to rotate up, down, left and right respectively from a fixed point. Q and E don't do anything anymore. The new slider bar seems to allow for the orbiting motion that A and D once did. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to move closer/away from the subject or lower/raise the camera anymore now that the hotkeys don't function the same way.

I'm using a US QUERTY keyboard on a laptop. I tried connecting a full size keyboard, repairing the game, removing mods and clearing my cache to restore the previous function of the hotkeys with no luck. 

Thanks,

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MapleSimmer
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago

I checked this in two different saves and I can confirm that I am seeing what @arkpuppet is seeing.  I use a separate Cdn English QUERTY keyboard as I play on a desktop.  

I do see this in the update notes for the 12/12/19 game update and I wonder if whatever was done for this is affecting at least some of us.

"Tripods placed on floors other than 1, 2, or 3, should no longer cause the camera to change floors when attempting to take a photo." Before the patch often when I would use the Q and E keys when taking pictures with the tripod it would jump a floor, which is what I expect this was referring to and now those two keys do nothing. 

I have all the packs, my game is up to date (PC: 1.59.73.1020) and I regularly delete my localthumbcache file and I repaired my game after the update.

Best regards,
Jennifer

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