Product: The Sims 4Platform:PCWhich language are you playing the game in? EnglishHow often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)What is your current game version number? V1.21What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All of themSteps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Using the tripod from moschinoWhat happens when the bug occurs? Child sim and adult sim arent fully able to take photos together. “Take photo with” child does not come up as an option, when someone else takes a picture of child and adult they do their own separate poses and do not touch. Cant take selfies with adults.What do you expect to see? My friend took pictures recently she does not have any mods, and successfully took a photo of her adult and child with the adult lovingly placing his hand on the childs shoulder, also their mother crouching next to the child for a photo. Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? YesDid this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No My sim child can’t take pictures with a sim adult. I am able to take a picture with a pet and toddler, but not a child. When I have another sim take a picture of the adult and child they do poses that seem very separate. My friend does not have this problem and took pictures of her adults taking pictures with children in cute poses. She does not use mods. Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title

https://youtu.be/0DGVlGvdfGQNot the greatest video. It ran longer etc.So I made a new family and I tried to test photography options.Parents can't take selfies together with kidsParents can't take pictures of kids with either phone or the tripod.I can get a picture of parents with kids if there is another adult there using taking picture of.I can take a picture of an adult holding a toddler On the one hand I get it but at the same time I was certain you could take selfies with kids before. Just seems odd that you can't take family portraits together without really trying to trick it I would also like to point out the severe slowdown after switching from photography mode back to live mode.PS4 - updated version. All available content packs.

@crinrict I can testify that even on console Adults and Children cannot take selfies together or use the tripod to take a picture with .... together. They can both be on the markers and take pics that way. But I can't set up pics of parents and kids without markers.

Selfies are definitely supposed to be unavailable between children/adults, due to height differences, that's by design. The inconsistency with Take Photo With sometimes working and sometimes not sounds like a potential bug, we can investigate, thanks for all the info everyone 🙂

Yes I found out selfies is not an option. I can not take a picture of a child and an adult sim together unless i place the moschino markers. My friend was able to take pictures with her sim children without the markers and poses were interacting with each other. She does not use andrews pose player either. EDIT1: She was given the option on the small menu that shows in the corner with emotion faces. (If that makes sense) she clicked the happy poses and thats what came up. The childrens poses interacted with the adults. EDIT2: Here is a video she sent me https://youtu.be/LZ4p-ZQYuIk (merge post) - Atic

Hey! I’m the friend with the magic poses, lol. All I do is have an adult go to tripod to take a picture. I choose “take picture of” then it gives me options of children and adults who are on the lot. I choose a child and an adult, and they pose sweetly. If I use markers they will not do the sweet poses.

[OPEN] [MSP] Child sims can’t take pictures with adults

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crinrict
Hero+
6 years ago
@LyssSimpatico Please test this without mods installed before reporting as a bug.

Thanks.
LyssSimpatico1
6 years ago
I did
crinrict
Hero+
6 years ago
@LyssSimpatico Could you test a fresh save that never had any mods in ?

Also make sure to delete the localthumbcache file.
Bearpal64
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
@crinrict I can testify that even on console Adults and Children cannot take selfies together or use the tripod to take a picture with .... together. They can both be on the markers and take pics that way. But I can't set up pics of parents and kids without markers.
crinrict
Hero+
6 years ago
@Bearpal64 Tested this and I'm curious now how the friend of OP did it then. I get the option for two Sims without the mark but they don't show up as option with your Sim.

Not sure if this is a bug or on purpose though.
Sid1701d9
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Photography is a Adult Skill as it came as part of the Get to Work expansion pack run a retail photography retail shop. Even though kids can take pictures with camera the skill won't show up until adulthood, non of my teen sims seem to have the skill either. This is why kids can't take pictures with Adults. There is a work around though have the adult and kids be in a group and now use the photo studio from Get To Work to take picture of group.
CGrant56
Hero+
6 years ago
@Sid1701d9 Ok, but in my game. Children can gain the Photography skill. It is one of the 13 that they can gain skill in plus the original 4 for a total of 17. And it's really easy too. Just send them out into the world and take about 125 to 150 pictures and the skill maxes.
I don't know if there is a problem with adult/child photos now though. I don't take many group photos. I'll have to check when I start my game but I do recall there was a similar issue a while back but I seem to remember there was a patch note indicating that it had been fixed. May be wrong on that though.
Also, if you have IL, sims teen and above can gain photography skill by diving at one of the buoys. I can't remember on children atm.
Edit: Ok, children can take regular photos of teens and above and vice versa. But not selfies. They can only take selfies with other children. Teens and above can't take selfies with children. I suspect this is because of the height differences between them and teens and above. This is with a camera in their inventory. Didn't try with a photo studio or the tripod.
Edit 2: Went back in and tried with the tripod and marks. Could not find the poses in the OP's picture but could get a child and teen to pose together. TBH, and maybe I'm wrong, but the poses in the picture seem to be a pose using Andrew's Pose Player. I've got some that are very similar to what's in the pictures.
LyssSimpatico1
6 years ago
so can we all safely say this is definitely a bug? My friend was able to take pictures of their adult and child without markers and we cant? Lol. I contacted gurus on twitter but no response.
crinrict
Hero+
6 years ago
@LyssSimpatico I don't know if it is hence the unsure.

How did the picture turn out for your friend ? I was able to get adults and children on one picture but as you said, not together. I just didn't get the option with the active Sim and a child.
Sid1701d9
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
It could be my children needs to max out creativity before the photography skill will unlock. My child sim skill was level 7.