I still see quite a few comments about the camera being hard or confusing so just to make sure you all know about it - you can change your in-game camera back to the TS3 style controls by using the hotkey "Ctrl-Shift-Tab" OR you can change it in the options panel.
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I will take another look because I cannot find it, and there have been postings on here about using a number key on the keyboard and one of the mouse buttons to get the tilt feature, which works but is a pain.
To use the tilt you use the wheel on your mouse and hold it down while moving the mouse until you have the camera where you want it.
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Right click on their avatar at the bottom of the screen and a small camera appears on their face. That allows you to sit back and 'follow' them. Not as good as TS3 but it does work.
How is that 'Not as Good as Sims3'?
Maybe it's just me, but that sounds exactly the same as how it worked in Sims3
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Are you using a laptop? You should be able to hold down your middle mouse button to tilt the camera up and down if you are in TS3 Camera mode. Or, you can use Ctrl+S or Ctrl+W or Ctrl+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Down Arrow.
are you using a mouse? a keyboard? touch pad? When you say "soooo slow" in what way?
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Why was it necessary to make any interface changes at all? Two was the easiest to use, 3 a close second and 4, well it's just painful. A sweet interface is more precious than rubies. A game without one is like a day without sunshine.
I played 2 for YEARS (the XP finally died). I played 3 for a few months. I played 4 for a few hours. I then spent the last week downloading patches for 2 and trying to figure out if it will run on 7-64 with a GTX 660 card.
I'm also having a hard time adjusting to the new camera controls (or lack thereof) after playing TS3 on and off for the past 2 years. Clicking on the top down view just isn't the same as having that tilt button. It moves my lots out of focus, and I end up having to scroll back and forth with the mouse wheel. Sometimes I can't zoom in close enough to see details clearly. (I'm still not always sure about the color of walls and other objects. I've adjusted lighting in the room(s) and in options, which hasn't helped.)
If/when you've found a patch to play TS2 on Windows 7, could you please post it on my profile? I've tried to play, but it always freezes after the intro with just the music playing. I'd really appreciate it, and thanks in advance. :-)
@SimGuruLyndsay I've tried using a mouse, keyboard and touch pad and basically what I mean by slow is that I have to keep my cursor against the edge of the screen for ages to get anywhere because it's not responsive or sensitive enough if that makes sense? Same with rotating, I have to keep picking my mouse up and moving it back because I've run out of space to move/rotate on my desk as a result of having to do the movement for so long to get anywhere (that probably makes no sense!). It's not a performance issue, my game runs really smoothly and it doesn't lag or glitch when I'm moving.
I just don't think the camera controls are sensitive enough in TS4. I.e. in TS3 I could touch my cursor to the side of the screen and it would zip off in that direction, which might have been annoying for some players but for me it's incredibly frustrating trying to get anywhere in Sims 4.
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I know change can be difficult but it shouldn't be this bad. I thought I was the only one having trouble with the camera controls. When I went from sims 2 to 3 I had trouble with the controls for maybe the first week. With sims4 it has been what, 8 weeks and I am still struggling.