Re: [OPEN] Some households images are smaller than others
I investigated this issue and found the culprit (thanks to MizoreYukii for helping me!):
The update changed the camera settings in these two files:
- auHousehold_Far (Instance-ID „FA54C636F16E3D34”)
- auHousehold_Far_Odd (Instance-ID “35B92B6C248C80B6”)
(One is used for households with even number of sims, the other one for households with odd number of sims.)
Changing the parameters back to the way they were before the update fixes the described issue.
However, I now also believe EA actually did this on purpose to account for horses. Although, as far as I can tell, they could have done it differently and I don't think this is an appropriate solution:
Households with 5+ sims and a horse use the same settings as 5+ sims households without horses. (Although there are extra settings for a lesser amount of sims which, in my opinion, would be also the preferred option for bigger households!).
This means though, as Crinrict suggested before, that when you apply the old settings, the horse doesn't always fit properly.
I shared a mod fix with the old settings as well as an adjusted version with a compromise/in-between version that zooms out a bit more to account for the horses but not as much as EAs solution. You can find it on my Tumblr (can't link it here as it's against the rules).
But I still think this needs an official fix, even if done on purpose. Ideally, households with horses would always be treated differently than households without horses. The way it is now is not a good look for the game - to the degree where people assume that something's broken. (Also, same thing for the foal thumbnails, it looks like they need some recalibration at least.)
On a personal note, I cared enough to investigate this issue because, on top of household thumbnails being messed up in general, this change also damaged some of the custom Gallery poses (mine as well as those from other creators) and people have been messaging me about it (and probably will continue to).
