I haven't played my game lately but I will go in and check it later. I prefer the way it worked in TS3 when music didn't fast forward I've been complaining about that since TS4 was released. I like to listen to my music when I fast forward my sims through sleep or anything else I want them to hurry up with.
There's a cheat for this, matchspeedstereo off or something. I don't use it, so I don't remember.
If the TV scramble is intentional, maybe they'll include a cheat the way they did for stereos.
@greenXen If you find the cheat, or know how to find the cheat, please let me know. I have looked at several cheat pages/sites and I can't find anything for it. I will enter it, as it really bugs me.
I think it comes up if you type help into the cheat bar.
I haven't played my game lately but I will go in and check it later. I prefer the way it worked in TS3 when music didn't fast forward I've been complaining about that since TS4 was released. I like to listen to my music when I fast forward my sims through sleep or anything else I want them to hurry up with.
There's a cheat for this, matchspeedstereo off or something. I don't use it, so I don't remember.
If the TV scramble is intentional, maybe they'll include a cheat the way they did for stereos.
@greenXen If you find the cheat, or know how to find the cheat, please let me know. I have looked at several cheat pages/sites and I can't find anything for it. I will enter it, as it really bugs me.
I think it comes up if you type help into the cheat bar.
I haven't played my game lately but I will go in and check it later. I prefer the way it worked in TS3 when music didn't fast forward I've been complaining about that since TS4 was released. I like to listen to my music when I fast forward my sims through sleep or anything else I want them to hurry up with.
There's a cheat for this, matchspeedstereo off or something. I don't use it, so I don't remember.
If the TV scramble is intentional, maybe they'll include a cheat the way they did for stereos.
I haven't played my game lately but I will go in and check it later. I prefer the way it worked in TS3 when music didn't fast forward I've been complaining about that since TS4 was released. I like to listen to my music when I fast forward my sims through sleep or anything else I want them to hurry up with.
There's a cheat for this, matchspeedstereo off or something. I don't use it, so I don't remember.
If the TV scramble is intentional, maybe they'll include a cheat the way they did for stereos.
@greenXen If you find the cheat, or know how to find the cheat, please let me know. I have looked at several cheat pages/sites and I can't find anything for it. I will enter it, as it really bugs me.
I think it comes up if you type help into the cheat bar.
I really hope it is not intentionally.. because it is rather annoying to look at.....
Plus I don't know what TVs some of you have if you think that is what fast forwarding looks like... maybe back with video tapes... but not now. Even fast forwarding shows/movies at x12 or even x32 you just see sped up pictures/frame skipping... not a blurry mess that resembles what happens when you rub a magnet across the screen.
And as someone who can be quite sensitive to quick flashing of colours and lights like that, I think it is totally unreasonable for that to be intentional.
I think that's pretty cool, isn't that what happens when you fast forward when you watch movies?
Yes it is, and since I fast forward. There's no point in my Sims watching movies now. Is there? At this rate, they might as well speed up every other sound too. Why not? It's realistic, after all.
They do speed up sound like when they talk, and even the stereo music has been fast forwarded in an old patch.
It's happening to me too, but I just figured that it was intentional, to make it fit with everything else that speeds up when you fast-forward.
I can't say that it really bothers me (right now) but that could easily change after awhile. I am the one using a mod to permanently stop the music from speeding up along with fast-forwarding the game. So I understand why the TV situation would bother some people.
Hopefully it really is just a bug, and we'll see it fixed soon.
I noticed that and freaked out. I expected some weird creature to pop out of the screen like in The Ring lol. I don't think it's a bug, seems like an intentional design choice to me.
I actually like it this way. Makes sense because we're actually making time go faster
@Pekesims found information in the tuning descriptions to indicate the scrambling is intentional:
"distortion_speed - Game speed at or above the distortion speed will have a distortion effect applied to the video when that speed is selected."
I think they should at least add a cheat in the way they did for the stereos.
If it's in the tuning info, it should be easily moddable, though I agree that many users would prefer an in-game cheat. (Personally, I don't mind the change - if I'm playing on speed 2 or 3 I'm only trying to get through a step and am watching only to see when that step is done.)
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@Pekesims found information in the tuning descriptions to indicate the scrambling is intentional:
"distortion_speed - Game speed at or above the distortion speed will have a distortion effect applied to the video when that speed is selected."
I think they should at least add a cheat in the way they did for the stereos.
If it's in the tuning info, it should be easily moddable, though I agree that many users would prefer an in-game cheat. (Personally, I don't mind the change - if I'm playing on speed 2 or 3 I'm only trying to get through a step and am watching only to see when that step is done.)
This is me. I only speed through certain sections so I don't care if the music and/or video are sped up. Which also means I wouldn't care if they DIDN'T speed it up. At the very least, it would be nice to have a cheat to set it the way you want.
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Simguru Daniel says this is a feature in the game not a bug.
It's a feature that lost them a sale (I was going to buy the movie pack). Hope that makes them happy with their decision. @SimGuruDaniel It looks terrible.
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I wonder can we re-size that tv? I'm going to go check.
@mskube Just tested. Can't make it smaller, but can definitely make it bigger. Picture looks good too. Hopefully they won't fix it. Still won't buy the pack unless the fix is undone though. It's a change that wasn't necessary. There are plenty of other changes that need to be made. This was not one of them.
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I wonder can we re-size that tv? I'm going to go check.
@mskube Just tested. Can't make it smaller, but can definitely make it bigger. Picture looks good too. Hopefully they won't fix it. Still won't buy the pack unless the fix is undone though. It's a change that wasn't necessary. There are plenty of other changes that need to be made. This was not one of them.
Thank you, so glad we can re-size it I hope they leave this tv alone. I really wish they would just fix the bugs instead of tweaking things. There are some bugs that have been going on for months, like the sit down before putting books and toys away as well as cleaning up the dishes. I don't know what that scrambled tv has to do with movies.
I wonder can we re-size that tv? I'm going to go check.
@mskube Just tested. Can't make it smaller, but can definitely make it bigger. Picture looks good too. Hopefully they won't fix it. Still won't buy the pack unless the fix is undone though. It's a change that wasn't necessary. There are plenty of other changes that need to be made. This was not one of them.
Thank you, so glad we can re-size it I hope they leave this tv alone. I really wish they would just fix the bugs instead of tweaking things. There are some bugs that have been going on for months, like the sit down before putting books and toys away as well as cleaning up the dishes. I don't know what that scrambled tv has to do with movies.
That's my point. It has absolutely nothing to do with anything. There are already several things that need work in this game. Scrambling the view on the television was not one of those things. It does absolutely nothing for gameplay other than peeve a select few off (like me). Other than that, there are no benefits to it. I can not reiterate enough how little it adds to anything.
There is a list of things that should have been given priority over this, and I'm not talking about things that are missing. I'm talking about things that need fixing since day one and counting.
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I have no clue why this would be a thing. I cannot stand it. It's just too cartoony, weirdly the DJ booth doesn't do this the video speeds up like televisions did before. Is this some performance based "feature"? Because I think it looks ridiculous, especially with a pack based around TV's and movies releasing this week.
I have no clue why this would be a thing. I cannot stand it. It's just too cartoony, weirdly the DJ booth doesn't do this the video speeds up like televisions did before. Is this some performance based "feature"? Because I think it looks ridiculous, especially with a pack based around TV's and movies releasing this week.
Not to mention that with today's technology, fast-forwarding a video keeps it pretty much intact (but faster). It doesn't look like the telly's been magnetized.
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I think it comes up if you type help into the cheat bar.
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Okay, I'll check that. Thanks!
Ugh I had no idea, I'm going to go check on this.
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Plus I don't know what TVs some of you have if you think that is what fast forwarding looks like... maybe back with video tapes... but not now. Even fast forwarding shows/movies at x12 or even x32 you just see sped up pictures/frame skipping... not a blurry mess that resembles what happens when you rub a magnet across the screen.
And as someone who can be quite sensitive to quick flashing of colours and lights like that, I think it is totally unreasonable for that to be intentional.
They do speed up sound like when they talk, and even the stereo music has been fast forwarded in an old patch.
I can't say that it really bothers me (right now) but that could easily change after awhile. I am the one using a mod to permanently stop the music from speeding up along with fast-forwarding the game. So I understand why the TV situation would bother some people.
Hopefully it really is just a bug, and we'll see it fixed soon.
I actually like it this way. Makes sense because we're actually making time go faster
I think they should at least add a cheat in the way they did for the stereos.
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I think they should undo it.it makes the tvs look broken and awful.
If it's in the tuning info, it should be easily moddable, though I agree that many users would prefer an in-game cheat. (Personally, I don't mind the change - if I'm playing on speed 2 or 3 I'm only trying to get through a step and am watching only to see when that step is done.)
This is me. I only speed through certain sections so I don't care if the music and/or video are sped up. Which also means I wouldn't care if they DIDN'T speed it up. At the very least, it would be nice to have a cheat to set it the way you want.
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Lol, that's probably the real bug then.
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Guess all my sims will have the same tv then
It's a feature that lost them a sale (I was going to buy the movie pack). Hope that makes them happy with their decision. @SimGuruDaniel It looks terrible.
@mskube Just tested. Can't make it smaller, but can definitely make it bigger. Picture looks good too. Hopefully they won't fix it. Still won't buy the pack unless the fix is undone though. It's a change that wasn't necessary. There are plenty of other changes that need to be made. This was not one of them.
Thank you, so glad we can re-size it I hope they leave this tv alone. I really wish they would just fix the bugs instead of tweaking things. There are some bugs that have been going on for months, like the sit down before putting books and toys away as well as cleaning up the dishes. I don't know what that scrambled tv has to do with movies.
That's my point. It has absolutely nothing to do with anything. There are already several things that need work in this game. Scrambling the view on the television was not one of those things. It does absolutely nothing for gameplay other than peeve a select few off (like me). Other than that, there are no benefits to it. I can not reiterate enough how little it adds to anything.
There is a list of things that should have been given priority over this, and I'm not talking about things that are missing. I'm talking about things that need fixing since day one and counting.
Not to mention that with today's technology, fast-forwarding a video keeps it pretty much intact (but faster). It doesn't look like the telly's been magnetized.