[GTW] Large Photos Much Dimmer Than Other Sizes - Fixed in the 4/13/15 Patch

BryonyRae

Is anyone else experiencing this? See image below:

lizziebeth0890

I can't even get different size photos. All of mine stretch out and show up as large photos.

ceejay402

i havent noticed an issue which camera are you using and whats your sims skill level

BarryEvans

There are filters on the camera which affect brightness etc. Have you used different filters?

BryonyRae

I'm using the top end camera (Crystal Clear Digital Camera), and my sim's level is 5. I am not using any filters. The issue is consistent across all of the photos I take, regardless of quality (i.e. the big photos weren't just bad shots).

Note that the Crystal Clear Digital Camera is the only one capable of taking large photos in the first place.

ceejay402

ok i only started with the crystal camera so didnt know whats your video card. ill do some more test tonight to confirm my memory

BryonyRae

NVidia GTX 560. Thanks.

Ayumap

@lizziebeth0890 - I had this issue too. I had to close my game, delete everything in the cache folder and repair my game. When I reloaded the game and took new pictures they came out as they were supposed to.

lizziebeth0890

Yeah I did the same thing and it worked for like a half an hour and now it's doing it again. I guess I will just have to close the game and repair often. Maybe I'll just quit playing my photographer sim for awhile. :(

BryonyRae

I went ahead and cleared the cache and repaired. No change, but I did discover something interesting. The problem only applies to large photos taken with a horizontal orientation. The vertical orientation is just as bright as the medium sized photo. See image below:

BryonyRae

@ceejay402 Any luck checking this out? Or has anyone else experienced this?

BryonyRae

Update: Just tested, and I have the same issue with the In a Flash Photo Studio, so it's not camera specific.

ceejay402

BryonyRae wrote: »

NVidia GTX 560. Thanks.

ok it does look like some of my the pics are different in color though i think its seems both medium and large landscape. heres a good example.

not sure ill have time this holiday weekend to try more tests with fresh files

BryonyRae

Ah, thank goodness I'm not the only one! Interesting that you picked up on a difference between the orientations for the medium photos too, but it is far more subtle, at least in my game. Given that this isn't just happening to me, I'm going to go ahead and report it.

Cerrydd

Same here...

BryonyRae

Thanks for checking it, @Cerrydd. Nice to know it's not just me, although I'm sorry you are also experiencing the bug.

BryonyRae

Pleased to report that the issue appears to be fixed in today's (4/13) patch! I still wonder about the slight different in brightness/clarity between portrait sizes and landscape sizes. It's subtle but noticeable. Portraits are more vibrant. But still, I'm just happy to be able to take some decent large landscape shots now!