Is there a way to remove plumbobs from sim's heads when taking photos? I don't mind seeing them as I play but they are kind of annoying in photos.

They're working on a cheat that gets rid of the plumbob I think. At the very least, they are aware that headlineeffects.off doesn't remove it.

I don't think so. In TS3, hideheadlineeffects also removed the plumbobs. It doesn't do it in TS4. I hope they fix it. I dislike having them there at all.

"ohohraptor87;783474" wrote:Is there a way to remove plumbobs from sim's heads when taking photos? I don't mind seeing them as I play but they are kind of annoying in photos.Before you take a pic, press the Tab key on your keyboard. It will remove the UI tho.EDIT: So, I actually tried this out again and I realized the plumbob is still there except that if you zoom in a bit, it will be easily out of screen.

I really would like for this to happen soon.

Or you know you could just edit the games ini file and completely remove plumbots...its very easy to do. I dont care for them myself at all and don't need them to "monitor" my sims. Sims are pretty good at telling me when they are tense, upset, ect without plumbots.To remove them from the game without using cheats simply go into this directory:C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 4\Game\BinFind the file called Default.ini (should be first file listed) and drag it onto an open notepad. Then simply change the value of plumbot to 0 like this and save. These changes will not effect your game in any other other way other then making plumbots invisible.playeractivecolor = 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 # greenmotivestatered = 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 # redmotivestateorange = 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 # orangemotivestateyellow = 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 # yellowsocialgroup = 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 # white translucentclub = 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 # whitenpcclub = 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 # white translucentensemble = 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 # whiteAnd you will never see them again. Do note that every time the game updates it refreshes the ini file though so you'll have to make this change every time you update the game.

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16 Replies

Pear_Tomato
11 years ago
They're working on a cheat that gets rid of the plumbob I think. At the very least, they are aware that headlineeffects.off doesn't remove it.
MstyBL95
11 years ago
I don't think so. In TS3, hideheadlineeffects also removed the plumbobs. It doesn't do it in TS4. I hope they fix it. I dislike having them there at all.
ohohraptor87
11 years ago
@camman1995
@mystbl95

Bummer. Okay, thanks guys!
DeKaythePUNK
Legend
11 years ago
"ohohraptor87;783474" wrote:
Is there a way to remove plumbobs from sim's heads when taking photos? I don't mind seeing them as I play but they are kind of annoying in photos.

Before you take a pic, press the Tab key on your keyboard. It will remove the UI tho.

EDIT: So, I actually tried this out again and I realized the plumbob is still there except that if you zoom in a bit, it will be easily out of screen.
asphyxiateddoll
11 years ago
I still haven't been able to get this to work for me.
Phoenix1255
New Spectator
11 years ago
I really would like for this to happen soon.
akiraelai2002
10 years ago
I need to know, too! It's so annoying! x( lol
akiraelai2002
10 years ago
> @TS2MichaelD said:
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> The cheat "headlineeffects off" should work now.

Are you sure it will work? I thought it only turned off thought bubbles...
Simgarten
10 years ago
Cool! I didn't know the cheat was working. What I have been doing is selecting a sim that wasn't going to be in the screenshot, so only he/she had the plumbob.
zubiila
7 years ago
A quick trick is to hover the mouse over your sim. This makes the plumbob disappear in place of a name tag, but the name tag doesn't show up in photos. ;)