∙ Oct 30, 2006

Wow! That sounds complicated, but it sure made a great pic! I love how they're all dressed up for the picture. Great job!

leah2003 VIP ∙ Oct 29, 2006

It is very hard Megan. lol I turn free will off, even though it doesn't really help much. They still want to play and hug and talk with each other.

It helps to have them sit somewhere first because then they will stay put until you tell them to move. Then have them each stand up in turn and use the moveobjects on cheat to pick them up and place them where you want them in the pic. Use the pause button a LOT. Only unpause if absolutely neccessary to pick up a toddler or cancel out an action by someone.

Lastly, have the ones that will be holding toddlers grab up their toddlers. Do that last because if they stand and hold the toddlers too long, while you get everyone else in place, they will put them on the floor and you have to do it all over again.

To get them to look straight, have someone on the lot that is not going to be in the picture walk in front of them (out of camera view) and usually they will look at them straight ahead.

As you can see, it didn't work so well in this pic. They wanted to talk to each other and the kids wanted to play tag and cops and robbers constantly so I had to just take what I could get.

A few object hacks I used are: Merola's mulitpainting to help with their needs, a teleporter shrub so that I could teleport them all to this vacant lot, a mind control mirror to select each family member as needed, and a dresser to change their clothes to formal.

megansleia VIP ∙ Oct 29, 2006

I can't get mine to get a family portrait. how do you do it. this is great.

oldmember_tamiam ∙ Oct 29, 2006

Ha! What a great shot! And they're all so wonderfully dressed too -- whoever owns the local formal wear shop is probably happy to have this family around