Zoom could be controlled with the + and - keys. keys would rotate the view-, went right and. In addition to the controls in the Control Panel, the, and. There were four viewing angles, each of which was 90 degrees apart and three zoom levels. In the original PC version of The Sims, the camera was limited to an isometric perspective. In The Sims 3, ⇧ Shift + ⌅ Enter shifts the camera to the active household's home lot. Pressing ⏎ Return or ⌅ Enter causes the camera to focus on the selected Sim. Hotkeys can also be used to control the camera. Starting with The Sims 2 and The Urbz: Sims in the City, the camera control can be reverted to 'The Sims 1 Style'. In 3D games in the series, the camera can be rotated (horizontally) and tilted (vertically) around using the Ctrl + Right mouse combination, Shift + WASD keys or Ctrl + WASD or Arrow Keys (Windows and Mac OS X) the right analog/C-Stick (all consoles except the Wii) C + Control Stick (Wii). The camera can be panned around using edge scrolling, by right-clicking and dragging, or by using the WASD or arrow keys. keys, and zoomed in and out by using either the + and - or z and x keys.
In addition to using the buttons in the user interface, the camera can be rotated by using the, and.