Personal Cameras

SCREENSHOTS
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This is a pack of cameras designed to improve the experience of taking screenshots, building, decorating and playing. Adapted to my personal preferences.
The main features are:
  • more freedom: extended zoom, camera tilt angle, and in some cases movement range,
  • reduced smoothing: the camera stops moving around or zooming in/out faster than originally,
  • slightly wider field of views: adapted to a 16:9 screen – except for free cameras, which have a wide range of field of view settings.
Each camera also has its own unique features.

These mods won't work in the Downloads folder.
See the installation section.
This camera pack is not the same as the pre-release pack. I've made a few adjustments since the pre-release. This pack also doesn't include a 45° camera.
Free cameras
The cameras activated with the Tab key in the lot and neighborhood views.
Designed to give more precision when taking screenshots.

File name: FirstPersonCameras

Changes compared to the original cameras:


Lot camera
The camera of the lot view: in live, buy, and build modes.
Designed to enhance the building and decorating experience and give more freedom in live mode.

File name: LiveCamera

Comparison with the original camera:


Neighborhood camera
The camera of the neighborhood view.
Designed to expand the view and make decorating easier.

File name: NeighborhoodCamera

Comparison with the original camera:


Known issue: if the camera drift setting is enabled (it's in the camera options) and the camera is zoomed out too far, the terrain and objects disappear partly while the camera is drifting.

Installation
  1. Go to the Cameras folder in your save folder, which typically can be found in one of these paths:
    • Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Cameras
    • Documents\EA Games\The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection\Cameras
    • Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2 Legacy\Cameras
  2. Make a backup of the original file you want to replace, by renaming it e.g. from LiveCamera to _LiveCamera.
  3. Extract the zip file with the selected camera file, e.g. LiveCamera, into the Cameras folder.

Uninstallation
  1. Go to the Cameras folder (see in the installation section for how to find it).
  2. Remove the file of the camera you no longer want to use, e.g. LiveCamera.
  3. Rename your backup file to the name it had originally, e.g. from _LiveCamera to LiveCamera.
If you don't have a backup file, you can find it in the zip file CamerasBackup.

Other notes
You can use all or some of these cameras.
They should work with other camera mods – as long as those mods don't modify the same cameras as the ones you've chosen from this pack.

Credits
Ciastko
Creators of SimPe
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