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@ConyoK Oh no, you don't hit the tab button when using the tripod, although it should still work even if the tab button is pressed since I just tested it to see if it mattered. Just to be doubly sure, you saved both PhotoCamera.ini files with the TripodUseFreeCam = 1 and checked that both files are still saved as .ini files? I'm sure you did, but it never hurts to check again in case something went wrong and the file didn't save the new value.
If both of those files are correct, you can try deleting the cache file and a few others that might be causing the fix to not register. Whenever I make any changes to the game files, I go into the Sims 4 folder in my documents and I always delete the spotlight file in the cachestr folder (if you also have the cache folder, delete the files in there as well), the entire onlinethumbnailcache folder (not related, but never hurts to delete it to refresh things), the Config.log file, the localthumbcache.package file, and any other log files or files with exception in the filename. Beyond the exception related files, the others will regenerate when the game is started.
You don't happen to be using any mods? I've got a ton of mods on mine, so it may not be that, but if you're using one that also utilizes the tripod camera, there might be something related to that causing it to not work.
Edit: Ah sorry, I'm wondering if I misunderstood. Do you mean move freely as in move exactly you like can when you hit the tab button when not using the tripod camera? Or that you can't change the height of the camera when taking a photo using Q and E?
I can change the hight with Q and E, i cant move freely when hitting tab, it doesnt work anymore.
Its stoped working last year.
OMFG, editing both .ini get the freecam to work again with tripod ! THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!
EDIT: for some reason S and D is inverted, S make the cam move to the right and D to the left, its weird
Great, I'm glad you got it working! That is odd, I'm not sure why it would be doing that. Maybe selecting to invert the horizontal camera rotation would fix it in the game camera settings? For me the A pans to the left and the D to the right and my W and S move the camera forward and back. Lol I just realized that I can move around the entire room with the camera while taking a photo, I thought the W and S were zooming in and out. But I couldn't find anything in the PhotoCamera.ini or Camera.ini files that could be causing the inversion. Maybe deleting the cache files again and restarting the game will fix it?
I don't know how to clear cache, the weird thing is that in the cinematic mode i dont have this inverted thing with S and D
@ConyoK @xjfo411x That's so odd though that the controls are inverted for those two keys. The only thing I can think of that might make it different is if you're using the Sims 3 vs Sims 4 camera (although I doubt that) or if you inverted the vertical or horizontal camera rotational. I don't have the issue, but I do have my vertical camera rotation inverted. I did mess with other settings in the Camera.ini, but it was mainly to slow down the camera movement speed and the rotational distance. But maybe I did change something else that affected it. Or a keyboard layout issue? It's odd that it only affects the photo camera view though. I'll keep looking through the .ini files to see if I may have changed something else that could have affected that. Maybe try inverting the horizontal camera controls in the game camera settings and see if that helps?
@WriteToLive I must congratulate you on your fine discovery and thank you for sharing it here with us! Good show!
I've done the changes to the .ini file and the tripod is finally worth using once more! Absolutely marvelous!
I do suffer from the same problem as mentioned earlier though, namely the inversion of the horizontal camera keys. In addition, I found that the slider underneath the camera controls stops functioning as well (the one that lets you rotate and orbit the camera around the subject). This, however, is all completely acceptable and still a great workaround for this most annoying "bug". For reference, I use the Sims 4 camera and do not have any inversion enabled in options.
And what a massive slap in the face this is for the team over at EA! These people are so shamefully incompetent that they can't even tweak existing settings in their own software! If I were them right now, I'd die of embarrassment like a sim...
@WriteToLiveMAJOR PROPS. Thank you for helping this issue! I also have the issue where the A and D buttons are reversed, but the core functionality is there!
@DMDragonCT @xjfo411x @ConyoK @jred250 Would you be okay with posting the text of your PhotoCamera.ini file (from both the Bin and Bin_LE folder in case there are differences between them) or attaching the files if you would prefer (maybe with one filename updated so I know which is from Bin and which is from Bin_LE)? I figure comparing them against mine is a good place to start to see what's different between our settings that could be behind the problem.
Here you go :
[Time]
PhotoModeFadeTime = 1.0
PoseChangeFadeTime = 0.25
[Speed]
RotateZoom = 60.0
RotatePitch = 0.003
RotateYaw = 0.003
RotatePitchKeyboard = 0.872665
RotateYawKeyboard = 1.221730
OrbitZoom = 60.0
OrbitPitch = 0.003
OrbitYaw = 0.003
OrbitPitchKeyboard = 0.872665
OrbitYawKeyboard = 1.221730
OrbitRotation = .35
TripodMove = 1.75
TripodMoveVertical = 1.5
TripodZoom = 60.0
TripodPitch = 0.003
TripodYaw = 0.003
TripodPitchKeyboard = 0.872665
TripodYawKeyboard = 1.221730
TripodRotation = .25
ZoomNotch = 5.0
[Limits]
RotateMinPitch =-45.0
RotateMaxPitch = 45.0
OrbitMinPitch =-4.0
OrbitMaxPitch = 4.0
OrbitModeMinRotation = -4
OrbitModeMaxRotation = 4
TripodMinPitch =-60.0
TripodMaxPitch = 60.0
TripodMinRotation = -60.5
TripodMaxRotation = 60.5
TripodMinHeight = 0.2
TripodMaxHeight = 10.0
TripodOrbitMinDist = 0.75
TripodOrbitMaxDist = 8.5
StudioMinRotation = -30.0
StudioMaxRotation = 30.0
ZoomNotchCount = 12
[View]
RotateMaxFOV = 90.0
RotateShortMaxFOV = 90.0
RotateVeryLongMaxFOV = 90.0
OrbitMaxFOV = 52.5
OrbitShortMaxFOV = 52.5
OrbitVeryLongMaxFOV = 52.5
TripodMaxFOV = 90.0
TripodShortMaxFOV = 90.0
TripodVeryLongMaxFOV = 90.0
RotateMinFOV = 30.0
RotateShortMinFOV = 60.0
RotateVeryLongMinFOV = 25.0
OrbitMinFOV = 21.0
OrbitShortMinFOV = 36.75
OrbitVeryLongMinFOV = 19.0
TripodMinFOV = 30.0
TripodShortMinFOV = 60.0
TripodVeryLongMinFOV = 25.0
TripodUseFreeCam = 1
RotateRestrictedFOV = 60.0
OrbitRestrictedFOV = 36.75
@WriteToLive After testing some myself I marked your post as workaround solution.
I do have the same issues as others here which namely are:
- Slider stops working
- A/D inverted.
I tested both with inverted/not inverted camera and that didn't make a difference.
Also I'm not sure about QE, doesn't' that work properly now even without these changes ?
So I guess this is a good workaround for the moment until EA fully fixes it.
Now doesn’t work as of the April 27, 2021 patch. Such a shame ☹️ now all of my sims photos are gonna be so ugly
Yup, the workaround now doesn't work for me anymore either.
So back to waiting for a real fix by the developers.
Maybe the Sims 6 will be out by then.
