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From the original post, which has incorrectly been marked as "Sovled", and edited to add additional ways that this bug has yet to be fixed:
When having sims pose for photos using the tripod, we used to be able to move the camera around using the WASD keys and Q + E to freely move the camera around the composed scene. It would work like we were moving the camera around when we press the TAB key in-game - WASD would allow us to move closer and farther away (not by zooming, by moving the camera forward and backward in the scene), and essentially see the subject in almost 360 degrees.
In addition, Q + E would bring the camera up and down, like the rising and falling of an elevator.
Now, six months after it was broken, the W + S keys are only zooming in and out, A + D pan the camera on its' stationary east-west axis, and Q + E is panning the camera on its' stationary north-south axis.
The patch released in 12/2019 completely removed the functionality of moving fully on a horizon and being able to get shots at "eye-level" regardless of where the sims are. For example, taking profile pictures of toddlers is now much more difficult (if even possible at all) as the camera can only "pan down" at them, shooting their photo from above.
The above photo was taken in the glorious few months that this feature actually worked. Using Q+E I was able to move the camera down to the eye level of the short tiny toddler and snap a picture.
Essentially, removing the features advertised in the Twitch play below.
https://clips.twitch.tv/StylishSpinelessHedgehogPunchTrees
Why am I explaining this in extra-deep detail and re-iterating points made before? Because it seems our reports in the past have gone on deafened ears for the past 6mos and I truly am at a loss for what else to do to get this fixed.
This is UNREAL. Unreal. You break an entire feature where keys arent doing what they are supposed to, so you just make the keys that do nothing, do something but still not what they are supposed to. These devs are a JOKE. Refund everyone who bought this pack, you clearly don't care to fix the entire point of the pack.
I totally agree. Gosh I’ve stopped playing sims 4 because of this issue since 3 months ago I believe. I thought after all the updates and new packs, they would’ve fixed this but noooooo. Thanks ea for disappointing one of your game’s biggest fan. You are frauds I am so frustrated with your performance.
Dear mr. Guru, still no fix?? I didn’t pay quite amount of money for such failed performance of this pack. It’s been months. This isn’t a cry of a player who is not contented with what you produce. This is a cry of a player that is very frustrated of not being able to experience what he is promised. I am very disappointed I cannot stress it enough.
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Any news from a SimGuru (I can't call them gurus, they show us that they have no power!) or dev don't care about what we are allowed to have and prefer to earn more money playing StarWars?
@xjfo411xwonderfully said!
This is such a baffling bug because it was a feature that was working. If it was some misunderstanding about a pack's functionality that would be one thing. However, we had the feature for a while. The only thing I can think of is that it had some sort of deep error that would take a while to correct, so they are quietly hoping we forget about it. The "Q and E" patch notes from the June patch almost felt like they were trying to get one over on us. There is no way they really thought that was solving anything.
The fact that they haven't even said: "Hey, we know that a core feature of a game pack is busted, it is just taking a while to fix" makes me think that they aren't going to fix it. I hope that they know that there are enough people who care about that feature to invest the time into fixing it.
Hi 🙂 Hopefully this can help you while you wait: snip
- Wrote this comment before actually trying it and was disappointed again lol
CM Edit: No mod linking please.
