Character portraits

[short2cake]

Is there any way to stop the portrait/icon/thumbnail (whatever the proper name is) from changing every 2 seconds?

It's not so bad if you have a few sims but when the house is full it lags a bit with all that changing going on.

Also, the lag when someone goes to call someone is crazy...especially if your sim knows a lot of other sims...while the phonebook updates all those thumbnails.

ETA:  All eps and sps.

[Chaavik]

Yes, it does annoy the hell out of me too with the portrait changing in AL. I have a temporary mod in place to at least stop it but the process to make it was pretty painful and long. One of us will definitely look into this and see what we can come up with.

[short2cake]

Ok, thanks Chaavik.
I'll keep my fingers crossed.

[Squinge]

I haven't noticed this problem can one of you post a screenshot of the problem?

[Chaavik]

The character portraits in the main Sim UI panel change constantly when a Sim is changing after a shower/bath, going out or in from the outside, changing clothes and God knows what else.

I can give you a screenshot to show you what I have done to disable the issue somewhat, but it is a long process. I missed one pose and don't know the name of that pose to replace with.

EDIT:

Here's one showing the Sim facing forward with her arms out to the side, but it is that pose I missed but not bad compared to other poses. There are 8 poses the game cycle through for each time a Sim change their clothes, outerwear and so on.

**Vampires are also affected by the stupid UI portrait changing constantly. There is a pose for this particular vampire using an identical pose to the one of my elderly woman.


Here's the other one showing the Sim in a pose I replaced with for all 8 poses I could find.

[Squinge]

oh ok I will have to look for that I never noticed it

[Chaavik]

Heh, I edited the post after you did. Look at what I have up there, and you'll see what I'm talking about.

[Squinge]

lol Thanks

[Chaavik]

The game still attempts to cycle, but with all 8 poses replaced with one pose, it will "remain" the same more or less.

[Squinge]

That is a very strange EaXis bug

[Mr Heartache]

I thought it was a new feature in AL :/ *scratches head*

[Chaavik]

A feature I didn't want, and I'm sure others didn't want.

Is it fixable?

[Squinge]

Good question I will let you know if I can figure out the problem.

[short2cake]

The game still attempts to cycle, but with all 8 poses replaced with one pose, it will "remain" the same more or less.

Does it update if you change clothes and/or change appearance in the mirror or will they still have the old clothes/hair/makeup on?

[Chaavik]

Yes, the portrait gets updated when the Sim's appearance/clothes gets changed, but the game will not use any of the poses except the one I use as a replacement and one other pose I could not find (Don't know the name of the one showing the Sim facing forward with their arms up and straight from their sides.