No, I don't want a close up of the birth, thanks anyways!

[ThyGuy]

Is there some way to stop this from happening? I'm perfectly capable of watching from afar as their stomach gets bigger, or when they have their child. It annoys me to no end when I'm suddenely dragged to the moaning female, even if I have the special event mode turned off. Just tell me a new baby is on the way, let me name it, then let JM's baby control continue with it until the runt becomes a toddler.

No more, there must be a way to stop this from happening!

[Inge]

Oh yes that really gets on my nerves.  On a related matter, I wish each lot would remember what the view was and return you to that view, not a closeup of some Sim it thinks you might be interested in.

[ThyGuy]

That is a very close second, especially on huge lots.

[LFox]

Yeah that gets annoying especially if your rerolling the kid until you get the gender, eye color, skin color ect that you want.

[Syera]

I agree - this is an annoyance that should be rectified.

[ZephyrZodiac]

And it always seems to happen when you're in the middle of something!  Now, a close up zoom on a dustbin-kicker might be useful!

[Ancient Sim]

Oh yes that really gets on my nerves.  On a related matter, I wish each lot would remember what the view was and return you to that view, not a closeup of some Sim it thinks you might be interested in.

That reminds me, there's something combination of keys you can press that will sort of 'record' your position, so that when you've been somewhere else to see to someone else, you can go back where you were.  I've forgotten what it is and I really miss it, it's very useful if you want to return to a certain vantage point after dealing with some other situation.  Anyone know what it is?

[Dea]

At least your game doesnt do what mine does...If Im on the third floor and the sim having the baby is on the first floor...The camera will move to the spot the sim is on just the wrong floor...First time it did it I was confused bc I thought nothing was happening

[veilchen]

Mine does the same thing Starr, confused the hell out of me too. Especially because I sort of forgotten that my sim was due for 'round up'. I couldn't figure out what the heck was happening.

And ZZ is definitely right, it usually does happen when I'm in the middle of something else.

[Paperbladder]

I wouldn't care if it was just focused on the sim but the fact it zooms in is really annoying.  Plus, that thing with the camera being focused on the wrong floor.  I'm wondering if this data would just be in a text file somewhere in TS2's directory, but I'm not that good in finding hidden stuff.

[RainbowTigress]

StarrKist:  Mine does exactly the same thing.  Not just during trimester changes or birth, but also when I double click on a sim to center them, and they are on a different floor.  It will go to where they are, but on the same floor I'm already on, directly over or under them.    So I've gotten into the habbit of paging up and down to see what is going on when that happens.

[Dea]

but also when I double click on a sim to center them

yep that happens to me too.

[ZephyrZodiac]

I agree about the close-up being annoying, especially for each trimester - it's not that it's a close up, it's just that it's too close - far closer than the game will let you get when you want to take a pic!  It just makes it impossible to see what other sims are doing!

[myskaal]

I've forgotten what it is and I really miss it, it's very useful if you want to return to a certain vantage point after dealing with some other situation.  Anyone know what it is?

ctrl +# [4 through 9]

That what you mean?

[Emma]

it was better in the Sims1 when events like 'birth' happened. It was just a PIP. At least you would be able to turn the PIP off

[ZephyrZodiac]

Well, there's PIP in sims2, so why couldn't they have made it so you could choose that if you turned the Special Event Camera off?  Mind you , I love it when certain sim couples (through some glitch in their coding, no doubt) always get the Special Event Camera when they woohoo!

[Emma]

I always get the special event cinematic when one of my sim couples woohoo in the love tub! I've turned that off now though. I just turned it on the other day to see the alien birth cinematic-that one is so cute!

[ZephyrZodiac]

Well, you shouldn't really get the cinematic after the first time, but as I said, there can be a glitch that causes is to happen,  I have one couple who get it when they woohoo in bed too, but the love tub is more frequent.  But a Romance sim who gets it with one partner doesn't necessarily get it with another.  And I don't think it's related to having 3 Lightning Bolts either, as it was happening with just the base game.

But, to go back to the original issue, I think with the camera turned off, you shouldn't get a close up of the birth - I didn't when I played on my laptop and I had to keep a lot of things to a minimum - So I think the answer is to turn it off in a house with a pregnant sim until the birth is over!

[skandelouslala]

I always get the special event cinematic when one of my sim couples woohoo in the love tub! I've turned that off now though. I just turned it on the other day to see the alien birth cinematic-that one is so cute!

I love the alien birth one.  I almost always play with cinematics off, but if I have an alien baby on the way it hasta go on b/c it's just too cute

I don't really mind the zoom in & focus thing....I don't mind it for the birth b/c I'm always excited to see what traits the baby inherited.  It's gets annoying just for mom to get up, wave, and the bump gets bigger though.

[ZephyrZodiac]

I just wish the zoom was slightly less close!  that way, you'd actually see more!

[RainbowTigress]

I've tried the PIP, but I have never been able to get the setting to stick, even since having the base game only.

[ZephyrZodiac]

I hated it in Sims 1 and I hate it now - how many times do you need a close up view of the maid arriving?

[LFox]

The only reason i use PIP is because i forget to pay the bills otherwise.  I remember shortly after the repo men arrive.

[ZephyrZodiac]

Maybe you need the payatbox hack so you only have to tell your sims to pay the bills - and a lot will do it autonomously anyway.

[LFox]

Maybe you need the payatbox hack so you only have to tell your sims to pay the bills - and a lot will do it autonomously anyway.

It's not NL compatible so i don't have it in my downloads.  I see the pay bills pop up when i use macro tastics but i still prefer seeing the PIP of the mail carrier.  It's not such a big deal without payatbox but i do have to cancel the grab bills action after they pull them out otherwise they'll treck 2 miles up hill in the snow against the wind to find a counter.