Any tips for my new movie? (I know this is a very shallow question. D:)

[MissMercury1973]

Hello, my dear fellow Simmers!

I have been making sims movies since I was six, yet, now, obviously, they're far, far better. I always record in HQ and turn off sound, but I was wondering how people get those awesome camera panning techniques (Did I use that in the right context?) I have gunmod's camera hack, and I attempted to install perameters (Sorry about my awful spelling -_-) but It did not work when I tried filming in the game. Any help?? :D

[TotallySimsCrazy]

I Know I May Not be the best for This! but I Got an epic technique off YT so This will Sort your troubles! (Good as i was wondering and found it!)

It May Not work at first but you have to edit the files to your tastes! But this Vid on YT Can tell you all that!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXpe9nn2iQk

[sims2sims2]

You don't actually install parameters, they come with the game but they are really bad.
Copy and paste this into your My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Cameras
and then open up FirstPersonCameras.txt with Notepad.
Delete everything in the document, but not the document itself or you won't have a Cameraman mode/TAB mode.
Replace it with this:


#--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------#
# First Person Cameras #
#--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------#
# ---------------------------------------- -------------------
# Modifications Copyright 10/18/2005 JD Wohlever, aka GunMod
# GunMods Camera Mod 3.1 modded by dwelliford
# ---------------------------------------- -------------------

# Free moving first person camera.
camera "CameraMan" CameraMan
fov (10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80)
clip 0.05 5000


setparam defaultminchange 0.001
setparam mouseheadingsensitivity 0.0005
setparam upperpitchlimit 87
setparam lowerpitchlimit -87
setparam orientationminchange 0.00125
setparam orientationsteps 10
setparam fovminchange 1.0
setparam fovsteps 4
setparam mincameraheight 0.15
setparam maxcameraheight 150
setparam translationminchange 0.00125
setparam translationsteps 10.0
setparam maxvelocity 15.0
setparam velocitysensitivitymin 1
setparam velocityminchange 0.00125
setparam velocitysteps 1.0
setparam ticklimit 50
setparam constraintwidth -10
setparam objectFadeDistance 0
setparam objectFadeFalloff 0
setparam objectFadeAllObjects 0
setparam objectFadeCineCam 0


#--------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
# Free moving first person camera.
camera "CameraManNH" CameraMan
fov (10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80)
clip 1 5000


setparam defaultminchange 0.001
setparam mouseheadingsensitivity 0.0005
setparam upperpitchlimit 87
setparam lowerpitchlimit -87
setparam orientationminchange 0.00125
setparam orientationsteps 1
setparam fovminchange 0.00125
setparam fovsteps 4
setparam mincameraheight 2
setparam maxcameraheight 800
setparam translationminchange 0.00125
setparam translationsteps 1.0
setparam maxvelocity 10
setparam velocitysensitivitymin 1
setparam velocityminchange 0.00125
setparam velocitysteps 5.0
setparam constraintwidth -10
setparam objectFadeDistance 0
setparam objectFadeFalloff 0
setparam objectFadeAllObjects 0
setparam objectFadeCineCam 0


#--------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
# Camera connected to head bone of selected sim.
camera "First" First
fov (40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120)
clip 0.2 2000
smoothing 2 2

setparam defaultminchange 0.005
setparam mouseheadingsensitivity 0.00005
setparam mousepitchsensitivity 0.00001
setparam translationminsteps 1
setparam translationsteps 5
setparam objectFadeDistance 0
setparam objectFadeFalloff 0
setparam objectFadeAllObjects 0
setparam objectFadeCineCam 0

I got it from here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkBgGQzQ6Iw)
They're called parameters, and to use them you press TAB, find an angle you like and press CTRL and any number 4-9. To return to that angle, press the number you just pressed but without CTRL. For example, if I wanted the camera centered on my Sim, I would go to my Sim, find the angle I want, and then for example, I'll use 6. So I hold CTRL and press 6 at the same time. Then to return back to that angle, I'd just press 6. But to have them in your movie, you have to actually film the movement. So if I wanted that parameter in my movie, I would start recording before I press 6, so the parameter shows in my movie.

Also, you may already know these but here are more tips:
Open up the cheat box, that is CTRL, Shift and C all at once. At the small white bar at the top of the screen type in plumbbobtoggle and that green diamond (or red if you don't take care of your sims) disappears. Open the cheat bar again, and type in showheadlines off. This makes speech and thought bubbles disappear, so if your Sims are talking about another Sim, it'll help if the speech bubble above their head doesn't have handcuffs in it.
Just use lots of custom content, use parameters for scrolling around the scene, clutter up your set using OMSP's, and use extras when your sims aren't at home. Don't film at community lots, there's a mod that lets you have 50 sims in a household, not at CAS but by moving them in. Don't film on community lots because you can't control them, instead use that mod and make some people stand around, talk, etc. Don't make them too distracting, you should still see the main characters.
Also use lots of poseboxes and then once your sim is in a pose that overlays, use Decorgal's talk hack (requires OFB, NL and Uni I think) and your sim will use that slow talk movement instead of waving their arms crazily.
Hope this helps. :rofl:

[TotallySimsCrazy]

Thanks! I Just reinstalled Sims because of a technical crisis and i needed those thanks so much!