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@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...
@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.
