My problem is that when setting a scene not in cameraman mode I have very little control over where the camera goes,how high or low or the correct angle. When in cameraman mode I can set up shots that are exactly correct but when switching out of cameraman mode my camera leaves the scene & zooms into the sky.

I'm aware of the hot keys for setting camera position but am unable to even come close except in cameraman mode so unable to return to an appropriate position to adjust props/characters (as no adjustment is possible in cameraman mode)

I am in need of aid/information on how to correct these problems.

It happens both when hitting tab or not. It is an intermittant problem.

when in neighborhood view the icons for the various games I have, which appears in the upper left corner of the screen, do not disappear, as does the control panel, when switching to free camera mode. When I film the neighborhood view this is quite unacceptable. Is there a means of fixing this?

I have created a sim. Placed her on a starter lot, provided her with sufficient money, and now want to move her into a house I made for her
however, I don't know how to move her from the lot she is on now to the new lot.

Help appreciated.

I have tried removing the downloads folder but the game will not start without it. Also on a completely empty lot the car function works fine so I suppose I might do a 50/50 removal from the downloads folder to try to narrow it down.

Any other suggestions/ fixes appreciated.

I am having a problem re. sims not being able to get in/use cars on a particular lot. When attempting to do so the sim freezes and I have to reboot the game to continue. It only happens on one particular lot. Is there a fix for this other than trashing the lot?

Thanks you for any suggestions.

no I didn't know that was available.

My showHeadlines off cheat doesn't stop the headlines from appearing. Is there a hack, or other method that is more effective than the cheat?

I understand that but what I want is a double height wall to give a room a 2 story ceiling.

Currently even though I have constructed rooms with no dividing floor between the 2 stories only the walls for the floor I am on show in the game and if I attempt a higher up position (in order to film), the walls for the bottom floor show up and destroy the effect of a high ceilinged room.

I have seen examples of both two story walls and windows but cannot find any info on how to construct a two story wall.

Any assistance much appreciated!

I am interested in creating new animations for a sim I am using in a movie and can't find anything appropriate in the various anim boxes etc.

I would appreciate any suggestions about tutorials specific to creating custom animations of sims.

thank you.

Thank you for the advice- it will be a good addition to my sims2 tool set.

Having no knowledge of sim city I noticed that in videos on the simcity site there are sims present as part of the game, but I cannot find info as to if they are playable similarly to sims in the sims 2 or only act as active background figures.

Also, if one creates a neighborhood in simcity populated with buildings, streets etc. and imports it into the sims do any houses, etc import as well or is the result an empty neighborhood that then needs to be populated?

Thank you for any information re. these issues.

For many of the action hacks such as the decorgal hacks, Aikeaa animation paintings, etc I understand there are overlay options that allow one to do 2 or more activities at the same time. I know that some of them have this option built in, but none seem  to give a clear understanding of exactly how it is accomplished.

Also, I wonder if it possible to combine overlay activities from different hacks to create a combined action or if it is only possible within the structure of a single hack?

Can anyone provide suggestions how/where to find info?

Thank you.

What exactly is borkination. Someone mentioned it to me as an answer to a question I raised.

Doing a google search didn't provide a definition of the word/process and I'm curious to understand the meaning of the term.

Thanks for any enlightenment.

Thank you all for the excellent suggestions.

Gwill & Tngrspacecadet, I apologize for my cynicism. I thought you were playing with me, not providing valid info.

LOL

Yes, thank you both but could you be more specific as to HOW to accomplish this.

Thank you,

at various times I have seen images or video of Sims or objects seemingly suspended in the air, or flying, and wonder how this is done?

Info would be appreciated.

I had not heard of Rose's animbox- where might I find it?

J/.M.Pescado

Thank you for the input. I will try that. I never thought to take that approach. I sometimes forget that what you see isn't always what you get.

I just read about a program called Simpose 2 that is used in conjunction with Simpe. As I have never heard of it before I wonder if it is a program that is no longer viable or what?

Any input would be appreciated.

Stranger & stranger. I tried importing a new version of my sim, placed her on a lot, opened my game & was going to import her but suddenly the skipping is not happening.

The only thing I did aside from that was that before I last closed my game I used an insiminator add on the "deleter" to delete the problem sim. When I reopened the problem sim was back without the problem.

I guess I'll see how long it lasts.

Jolrei & Sette,

Well you got to me before I got to you. I: first moved all my hacks to the desktop, then my Downloads folder to the desktop, I have all recent EA patches,  rebooted the computer, and then tested the game behaviour without any CC.

With no difference.

Next I will try deleting cache & cigen and let ya know.

How would I know if the sim was saved properly? The body shop image of the sim is present in body shop.

I created a sim in body shop (the free time edition as it is my last installed EP) and cloned her. I then opened my game and CAS, to import her into my neighborhood only to find that she was not present. All the other sims I created were available.

Any suggestions why this might be occurring and what a solution might be would be appreciated.

Thank you

Jelenedra,

Thank you for the clarification.