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6 years ago
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VideoCameraStates malfunction (?)

Hi all, 

I've ran into an issue this evening that I haven't had in the past. I can no longer move objects up or down (presumably) due to my videocamerastates. I have read the articles on what to do - from exiting sims 3 camera mode, to deleting the text out of the videocamerastates file, to even just deleting the whole document itself: nothing works, unfortunately. My 9 and 0 keys work in other games, I don't use a number-pad -- honestly, I can't really see a reason why everything I've tried doesn't work. Am I doing something wrong?

Every time I re-enter the game, I:

 - turn on bb.moveobjects

 - press 9 and 0 on an object  (no luck).

 - press shift+9/0 (no luck). 

 - press ctrl+9/0 (no luck).

By this point, I have saved camera states for both keys, though only 9 appears to take me back to its "state." Should I just delete the whole "videocamerastates" file? Is there a solution? Thank you for reading/helping, I hope I can get this fixed. 🙂  

edit: is there a way to just remove saved camera states from my game entirely? I would happily go without them as I don't use them. 

  • @josiebeanss It's certain worth a try to delete the whole folder. Don't think there's a way to disable them.

    MoveObjects does work for other functionality then moving up and down ?

    EDIT: 

    Found something else int he patch notes that might help


    Camera Positions saved to the “9” key could conflict with using the “9” key to raise an object in the air when the bb.moveobjects cheat is turned on. To resolve this, we’ve introduced the ability to clear out a previously saved camera position.
    • Existing Camera Position functionality:
      • “Ctrl” + “5-9” will set a saved camera position.
      • Once a camera position has been saved…
        • “5-9” keys will smoothly move the camera to that position.
        • “Shift” + “5-9” will immediately snap the camera to that position.
      • New Camera Position functionality:
        • “Alt” + “5-9” will remove a previously saved camera position from the selected number.


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  • @josiebeanss It's certain worth a try to delete the whole folder. Don't think there's a way to disable them.

    MoveObjects does work for other functionality then moving up and down ?

    EDIT: 

    Found something else int he patch notes that might help


    Camera Positions saved to the “9” key could conflict with using the “9” key to raise an object in the air when the bb.moveobjects cheat is turned on. To resolve this, we’ve introduced the ability to clear out a previously saved camera position.
    • Existing Camera Position functionality:
      • “Ctrl” + “5-9” will set a saved camera position.
      • Once a camera position has been saved…
        • “5-9” keys will smoothly move the camera to that position.
        • “Shift” + “5-9” will immediately snap the camera to that position.
      • New Camera Position functionality:
        • “Alt” + “5-9” will remove a previously saved camera position from the selected number.


  • @crinrict thank you, thank you! So far, so good. I have deleted the folder, and my keys/moveobject functions have been working just fine. I appreciate your help!