Can't move Camera when Sims taking photos
When having my sims take photos, I am unable to re-adjust the frame once I have clicked to take the photo. This makes taking photos extremely difficult, especially if I want to rotate the frame. I ha...
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So, the issue is with only the tripod camera, and you can take one photo then it locks up and won't let you change the view, either zoom or rotation. Do I have that right? Can you still take the 10 photos that are available? And are you having any trouble exiting the camera using the X in the upper right of the camera view screen? Lastly, does the problem happen in a mod free game?
I haven't used the tripod in a while. I just use the handhelds for my photos, so I am going to test using the tripod and see if it happens then. I'll get back to you after I do a little testing.
One thing I do know though, is the photo taking process has quite a bit of lag in it at times, especially if you spam taking several in a row. I've also noticed that the game seems to really get laggy now since the L&D prepatch where my sims just stand there for longer than used to, especially if you just loaded in/traveled, etc. but also at other times as well like when you come out of the camera screen. I wonder if what you are seeing is related to that and if the camera is sort of freezing up for a longer time than it did before. So, another question. If you let it just sit for 30 seconds or so, does the ability to adjust for the next photo come back? What I'm getting at is, is it freezing up completely or has it become just awfully slow.
Hope this helps.
It happens with any camera, with the tripod or without. I am able to move it initially, but once I take the first picture, it will not allow me to re-adjust. I can still take the maximum photos. And I still rotate or zoom. I just can’t click the viewfinder and move its location. Does that make sense?
it does happen without mods. I tried removing them. I also tried removing the entire Sims 4 folder to get rid of any bad saves. I even tried uninstalling the game and starting from scratch. But nothing fixed it. At times I have noticed lagging. Almost like the viewfinder is a little hard to control. And today I noticed my sim standing there forever and not taking the photoOk. So, let me make sure I understand you correctly. The camera works and opens the photo screen. You can zoom in/out, you can rotate on the tripod, you can take either 5 or 10 photos without having to close the camera screen depending on if you use the handheld alone or handheld/tripod combination. And can you exit the photo screen by either clicking the X in the upper right corner of the photo screen or after taking the 5th or 10th photo, again depending on if you use the handheld alone or the handheld/tripod combination. So, if all that is what you are getting, everything is going the way it should so far.
And there's one more thing about taking photos and from you've said, this seems to be your main issue. When you open the camera screen, can you rotate 360 degrees horizontal and about 180 degrees vertically (straight down to straight up) around your point of view (POV)? Keep in mind that the view you get is from the height of the sim's eyes who is taking the photo so the initial POV you get is the same as is it for a RL person more or less. If a sim is standing, the POV will be higher than if the sim is sitting. To change that view, all you have to do is click anywhere on the photo screen once, rotate as you like, then click the photo screen again, just once, to freeze the position. If you double click either time, either the photo screen does not move or conversely, doesn't hold its position. If you open the photo screen and hit the take picture button to take a picture, it does auto freeze the photo screen on the initial POV. I find that many times, the initial view will be pointing in odd directions due the way the sim was holding their head at the time the photo screen opened so you have to adjust it. That's normal though.
So, what happens when you click on the photo screen? Is it not releasing and letting you rotate the entire view around and up and down?
Hope this helps.
You’ve described it perfectly in the bolded text. I can initially move the camera around and take a photo or multiple photos. But when I click once anywhere in the photo screen to change the view, it remains locked/frozen and I cannot move it. So basically, the single click anywhere to readjust will not work. The only way to readjust is close the camera with the “x”, give the command to the sim again and start over.
