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canelacaliente
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3 hours ago

Screenshot Manager Needs Better Organization - Filters & Sorting Please!

I use the in-game screenshot function constantly to capture moments for my stories and legacies. While the ability to take photos is great, the tool we have to manage them is seriously lacking in basic organization features.

  1. What area of gameplay is your feedback about?
  • Game Tools / UI (The Screenshot Capture Manager)
  1. What works well right now?
    The fundamental ability to take screenshots and have them saved automatically in a central, in-game gallery is invaluable. It's fantastic that we can use the "c" key for quick snaps and the Tab key for more controlled camera shots, and that they all go to the same place. Keeping them separate from the regular save files is also a good design choice.
  2. What isn’t working or feels frustrating?
    The manager is essentially a giant, unsorted list with zero organizational tools. This becomes a massive problem for players who take hundreds of screenshots over multiple save files. The main frustrations are:
  • No sorting: The newest images are always at the bottom, forcing you to scroll through hundreds of pictures to find your latest ones.
  • No filtering: There's no way to filter screenshots by the save file they came from, the world, the specific household, or even if they were taken by a Sim vs. the "c" key.
  • No information: You can't easily see how many screenshots you have total, or how many are in a filtered view. It feels disconnected and basic.
  1. What new ideas or improvements would you suggest?
    The Capture Manager needs a significant UI overhaul to include standard organizational features. I suggest adding:
  • Sorting Options: Primarily by Date Taken (newest first or oldest first).
  • Filter Tags: A sidebar with clickable filters for:
    • Save File Name
    • World (Willow Creek, Henford-on-Bagley, etc.)
    • Household
    • Sim
    • Camera Type (Screenshot vs. taken by a Sim)
    • Memory Type (e.g., happy, sad, angry, etc.)
  • A Counter: A simple line of text that says "Showing X of Y images" so you know the scope of your collection.
  • Search Function: Ideally, a search bar that can parse Sim names or other metadata.
  1. Why would this improve your gameplay experience?
    For players who use screenshots heavily, this would be agame-changing quality-of-life improvement. It would:
  • Save a huge amount of time when trying to find a specific picture for a story or to share online.
  • Make storytelling and legacy play much easier by allowing us to review the history of a specific household or save file without seeing everyone else's photos.
  • Help manage storage space by making it easy to see which save files have the most screenshots and delete them in batches if needed.
  • Bring the tool up to a modern standard that players expect from any photo management application.

This isn't about changing how we take pictures, but about making the photos we take actually usable and manageable. 

Please upvote 👍 this post so we can get this feature in the game.
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