Hmm...I did and it does not work for me. Oh man.

Hey, just wanted to say thanks. These cameras are a bit beyond my simming powers usually. I just wanted the better neighborhood view. So I opened up your zipfile and just put that one in. Works like a charm. Also, it is really really great of you to have the maxis one also available for download.
(I have all expansions)

AwesomE!

Thank you, GunMod' I’m really jazzed about trying out your Gun Mod’s Camera.
I went with GCM-31-A.RAR : because you } prefer this version.
What is so terrific about you gunmod is the extraordinary fact you have made it
possible to try out different version of your camera.
You must be quite knowledgeable in the understanding of `Maxis game functions.
Again - Thank you so very much`

This is great. I love it.

However, I was wondering if there's any way to, or if you know any way I could change the controls for tilting the camera up and down. For some reason I am unable to use the standard "click middle button/mouse wheel" and move mouse. It was the same with the original cameras. I'd be very happy if you could help me.


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I had this downloaded before & had to format my system. I redownloaded it today with seasons installed & it makes my game crash. I really like it alot & I was hoping for an updated version? Any thoughts on when it may be out, if at all? Thanks again & I hope theres a compatible version soon!

I just did a clean install of all ( I think I have them all) the eps and the first custom thing I installed was this camera mod and it worked fine so perhaps your crash problem is due to something else or a combination of this mod and something else.

Has anyone had any problems with this in Seasons? I'm curious because I had created a custom hood and when I went in, I was able to scroll sideways briefly, tried to zoom out and it wouldn't budge. It was like the hood was 'jumping' side to side by about an inch. I have no idea if this is a problem with the cameras or something else going on just figured I'd post here first.

My apologies if this has already been asked. I clicked to go to last page but apparently it didn't. I'm going to read the most recent posts and see if there is an answer there, but leave the original post in tact in case there isn't.

Ok to update for anyone else thats having trouble. I had been using version C. I changed to version A and its working perfectly for me now!

hi i just got seasons does this mod work with seasons?
thanks donna

Gee, did you read the thread?

Some folks are having problems with seasons and some of them are not. Try using version A of the camera because it seems to work for most people. Or the C version that works for other people. There seems to be no clear pattern here. Otherwise you can follow the above advice and alter the "constrain" values to .20 each instead of the .35 that is default by going into the camera.txt files and searching for the line.

thanks man. this is my favorite download in the whooooole entire world. and now i love you.



my kitten is warm.

Does anybody have glam life installed? The reason i ask this is because when i installed glam life, the gunmods cameras didnt work, and that was about six months ago..

I really ready to install it and it anybody has any suggestions on how to get the gunmods camera to work, your help would be greatly appreciated.

*goes and blows the dust off of Glam Life Stuff Pack...literally*

Yep, I have (and so have others) glamor life, and this works. Once you install a expansion that has a later date (like pets or seasons) then the cameras work as posted by gunmod. If for some reason you are playing glamor life with the base game or with university then RabidAngel's solution is the way to go.

note: this solution replaces the camera.txt files in ProgramFiles/EAGames/GlamourLifeStuff/ TSData/UserData/Cameras

I cannot stress enough: backup the txt files before using this mod with glamour life!
Don't forget to make a backup of those camera files before you overwrite them!

Cool, I really like it

I have a small question...well, I think anyhow. I dled this earlier and placed it in cameras, just as instructed and then when I went into the game, I could not type anything in boxes. IE: trying to type a lot name or naming a Sim. I tried restarting the game a couple times and it wouldn't work still. I reinstalled the Maxis original cameras again and they work fine. Is there another hack that may be conflicting or something? I would LOVE to be able to use these cameras, as Maxis ones get annoying and are frustrating sometimes. I only have the base game and University so far.

I'm having a problem with this mod. Everytime I strat the game while waiting for the neighbourhood to load it crashes, all because I downloaded your mod. What should I do? because I really need this.

I love the mod. I have a nice neighborhood I created in SC4 and the camera is the only way to play the entire neighborhood. However, I am experiencing an issue, that after some research, appears to be linked to your mod. I have a system with 4GB of RAM and when I use the mod, there appears to be some sort of memory leak. I am running Seasons. When I revert back to the original cameras, the memory hovers around 35%, but when I use the mod, it spikes up to 80% as soon as I open the neighborhood. And after awhile the app crashes. Is there an update to this mod for seasons? Or has anyone else experienced this issue?

I wonder whatever happened to Gunmod. He sure was good at what he did. Does anyone know?

Hi and Thank You for this!!

I play on a laptop and don't use an external mouse (my mouse is a touch pad), so are there keystrokes for tilting the camera?

Thanks again,
Michelle

hit tab, then raise and lower the camera from there. it's crude and it's not perfect but it's better than nothing.

PS, I believe that gunmod moved on to other things. I know his wife had a baby and it was a difficult time for his family. Perhaps eventually he'll come back, or another modder will step in and pick up his work.

Anyone having problems with the neighborhood camera should try using the default neighborhood camera with the following changed:

constrain .2 .2 .2 .2 (suggested elsewhere in thread)
or
constrain .15 .15 .15 .15 (I'm using this setting)

This will allow you to see the entire hood without altering the rest of the camera ablilties.

Heck, I'll .rar up my neighborhood camera.txt file and add it here...

does this enable u to let ur sms go to the far edges of the neighborhood too?

Sims can 'go' where ever there are roads.

For example: the default downtown has a road the heads toward the river, loops down along the water then back up and over following a bridge.

Normal Sims 2 neightborhood camera does not allow the player to pull back enough to see this.

Changing the constrain value expands the view of the neighborhood. If you can see further, you can place lots along the road, and have sims move into those lots.

The major limitation to any neighborhood is the roads.

I found that using the constrain changes was a good compromise. I can use all of the other camera.txt files that gunmod has provided and get wonderful closeups, but for my neighborhood I really didn't need that.

Again, yes in a way it does enable the player to expand out to the edges of the neighborhood, along the roads.

Well thank you so much for stepping in and answering my question, best wishes to GunMod (just throwing it out there in the universe for what it's worth)

Cheers,

fallengelohio,

The neighborhood camera causes some systems to experience a memory leak. If your game was crashing in the neighborhood screen that might have been the cause.

Seeing as you deleted your message I have very limited information to go on with my attempt to assist you.