Tilting the Sims 4 Camera up and down?

What I had to do was go into game options - camera - and check the sims 3 camera mode box. Then to tilt the camera up/down I hold down ctrl button, then hold down the right mouse button, and move the mouse around. At first it was a little weird but I got used to it after a while and have no problems :)

I had to ask the same question before ;)

"exmk000;12570316" wrote:
> @lynny said:

> If you're in the Sims 4 controls (not the Sims 3 reverted controls) and you hold CTRL and the left mouse button, you can adjust the camera to any angle. It's a little annoying to have to revert back and forth between the two, but it works.



If I press CTRL it won't allow me to move the camera at all with the left mouse button.

Hmm. That's weird. It won't let me if I'm using the Sims 3 controls, but if I use the default it will.

"lynny;12570258" wrote:
If you're in the Sims 4 controls (not the Sims 3 reverted controls) and you hold CTRL and the left mouse button, you can adjust the camera to any angle. It's a little annoying to have to revert back and forth between the two, but it works.

Thank you so much @lynny. This worked beautifully

> @ladybastilla said:
> I believe that if you go into Game Options --> Camera and Controls you can get "sims 3 camera" and use left mouse + mouse movement to fix this. I had to enable that to make the camera spin for me.

Oh thank you for that! I've been struggling with the camera, it was one of the few things in the game that I was not liking.

I actually love the new camera! Took some time to get used to but so far loving everything! :#

"alia_26;12561108" wrote:
And do we even have the ability to edit color shading of items like in the Sims 3 ?? I know I couldn't in Create-A-Sim for any of the coloring, for example, six colors for a dress and no ability to make it darker or lighter or change colors of parts of an item. I think my disappointment will be at an all time high if that ability is gone !!

Look at MTS for mods that add more color choices for clothes and such. But we do not have any ingame way to adjust the colors at all. We just get the preset choices. You can't make things match like we could in TS3 nor can we affect the hue/value of the color. :(

Mylita

I still cant figure it out

This will work if your scroll wheel on your mouse is clickable. Go into Options Menu. Select "Game Options". Select "Controls & Camera". Enable "The Sims 3 Camera". Now in the game while you moving the mouse forward or back, click down on the scroll wheel button as you move the mouse. This will tilt your screen down or up.

On a relative side note, I think it's completely moronic that they didn't keep the controls in the middle bottom of the screen, accessible at all times like they were in Sims 3. But the Powers That Be decided we had been using the UI wrong all these years and hired someone who obviously doesn't have a history playing the game to hide the controls in the upper right corner. YIPPEE.

Edit: rofl I want to be the person who sits around and thinks up every non-curse, negative word to put in the "PLUM database". *rolls eyes... It's just sunshine and rainbows around here. Too bad this game isn't.

"NOVEMBER_11SARAH;13588163" wrote:
I still cant figure it out

I was hopping with anger and frustration with the camera when I first got the game. Now that I understand it all and have it setup right, I like it.

There are two camera modes:

Sims 4 mode
This mode is great for quickly switching between Sims and following them. I use this mode when in large households and I need to switch round Sims quickly to get all their needs sorted before work/school

LMB: Click and drag the screen
RMB: Rotate left and right around the cursor (If you right click a sim, the rotation is around them)
Click and hold mouse wheel: This will pan the camera in the direction that you drag the mouse.

Sims 3 mode:
I use this mode if I want finer grained control over the camera movement and is good for static situations where you can control the angles etc.

LMB: not used.
Click and hold RMB: Pans the camera in the direction you drag the mouse.
Click and hold mouse wheel this allows you to rotate in all angles from vertical to the horizon

You can switch between the two modes with CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

I have the Sims Steel Series mouse, but any mouse with extra buttons can make the game much smoother to play.

I have mapped the keyb combination to a spare button, so I can switch the camera mode by just pressing a little button on the mouse. The other button I have mapped to the needs window.

I'm having issues with the cameras in both 2 and 4 and not being able to tilt is one of them. In S2 when I press tab and go back in player mode again the camera's suddenly somewhere high up in the sky, me looking down.
The Sims 3 camera works for me like driving a car, I don't even think about what I'm doing anymore, all goes naturally and easy.