It hasn't actually gone to the 'take photo' screen though; that's half the problem. It just thinks it has. Also, I forgot to mention that pressing the esc key no longer opens the menu like it usually does, probably because the game thinks it's taking a photo. I can open the menu manually though (like, by pressing the button).
Sounds like a different issue tbh. You will probably need to close down the game without saving
Some days ago my vampire game was badly hit by the Cannot-save because-a-Sim-is getting-older bug. I lost three hours of gameplay. May it be that this bug is triggered by NPCs staying forever in your Sims' queue after compelling them to drink? I observed that indeed the portraits of the NPCs in the queue are aging up.
