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ShellyO572
New Novice
5 years ago
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how to work sims 4 camera

I just recently purchased the Sims 4 and was playing in the tutorial for 3 hours trying to get the camera to rotate other than in video mode. Is there another way? I played Sims 3 years ago for a bit...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    5 years ago

    @ShellyO572 @PugLove888  There's a camera icon in the upper right corner, a little to the left of the three dots on the far right.  Click the camera icon, then choose the Sims 3 camera instead of the Sims 4 one.  Then, if you want, click the original camera icon again to close the menu.

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SheriGR
Hero
5 years ago

@PugLove888 Like you, I don't even think about it, and do most by muscle memory on movement. This bites me on the butt, though, as I play Sims 4 Camera normally, but lately I switch to Sims 3 Camera to get certain camera angles for screenshots or when checking something I'm building, then I forget I have it on and go turn or pan/drag in the way I would with Sims 4 camera and find myself rotating a selected room or some other shocking  and destructive thing. Gotta love "Command/Control + z". Man, I wish they had that in real life!

@ShellyO572 There's a great list of 'hot keys' in this Carls Guide: https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/controls.php

He has tons of great guides!

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Psychotps
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@SheriGR Yea, I never got used to the Sims 4 camera defaults. I played Sims 2 and 3 for YEARS, and the first thing I did was set Sims 4 to the Sims 3 camera controls. It's just natural to me at this point.

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