Thanks to Luca for telling us about some film making basics in The Sims 4. One great way to get better is to share your creations, get feedback and keep making videos. When you are finished share your video to the world. Remember, the most important thing is to have fun! Try different combinations of clips and angles and see what works for you. There are many movie editing tools available to assist with this. Remember to put credits at the end of your video. You’ll have to run the same interaction a few times to get all these different shots. Here is a trick that allows you to create dynamic scenes: shoot the same scene for two or three times from various angles, and assemble them together at the end. Now on to our next step, where Dan enters and proposes to Lana.Įvery time a scene is finished, pause the game and position the camera from another perspective to continue from there. Do not take scenes from above, unless it is needed. Always use the camera at chest/face height of the Sim.It is not important to film every step your Sim takes to go home, otherwise the scene can get boring.When this has been done, I press V to stop recording. I press '0' to take the pause off and press V soon after to record.I press TAB KEY to enter camera mode and I move with Q/E and the directional arrows to create my scene.
I place Dan on the sidewalk far from home.Here are the steps I take to create a scene: Let's have Dan coming back from work and proposing to Lana, who unfortunately is not ready to say yes. I created my Sim “actors” Dan and Lana and placed them in Oasis Springs. I can do the same using CTRL + 6, CTRL + 7, etc. Then I press number '5' to come back at that scene. Alternatively you can hold shift + the number to snap to the previously saved position Example: I press CTRL + 5 and the scene will be memorized.Press the same number to return the view to the saved camera position Press CTRL + number from 5 to 9 to memorize your scene.Press TAB KEY to enter camera mode (though you don’t have to be in camera man mode to save camera positions.You can memorize the scene you need by doing the following: You can turn them back on by using the same cheat and typing ‘headlineeffects on’ instead. If you don’t want to see your Sim’s Plumbob or overhead effect, use this cheat: 'headlineeffects off'. You will find your clips here: Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Recorded videos RECORD: Press V to record and to stop recording.TIME SPEED: You can’t change the time speed with UI while in camera mode, so you’ll need to use these hotkeys: Zooming in this mode will alter your FOV (zoom in and out to create more or less of a fish bowl look to the world).And use Z and X (or the mouse wheel) to zoom.Use Q and E to move the camera up and down Hold Ctrl while using one of the above keys to change the pitch (look up and down).Use W, A, S, & D (or the arrow keys) to move the camera around the world.This will remove your UI and put your camera in a much more flexible mode for framing and capturing your scenes. FREE CAMERA MODE: Press the TAB KEY to activate it, you can find it on the left of your keyboard.Here are the most important hotkeys for creating movies. Remember to uncheck ‘UI Sounds’ box in order to avoid recording all the clicks/pause sounds. Your 'Video quality' setting should be High or Not Compressed for the best quality. But did you know that it also gives players the opportunity to record clips directly from the game to help create these movies? This is how you do it: GAME OPTIONįirst, you should check your options 'Game options/Video capture'. The Sims 4 gives us the unique opportunity to create stories about anything from generations or romantic situations to friendships or tragedies. We are delighted to welcome Luca as our blogger today who is going to show us all how to make videos in The Sims 4.