SC4 PIM-X LE Controls

[mallenuk 193]

Hi all,

I must be missing something here, for sure! I can see to use the Lot Editor is SC4 PIM-X, you use the keyboard but no matter what or how I search I cannot find an explainer on what the keyboard controls are. I don’t understand how no one else could have asked this question before now?

I have tried the user guide included with the download, Google, the search on this website and Chat GPT with various different search terms and to no prevail. Intrigued to what I have missed!

Can someone point me in the right direction please…

Thanks,

[xnight34 56]

On pages 64 and 65 of the manual contained within the download here, there is a list of the keyboard shortcuts the program uses. For convenience, I will copy paste the list presently.

Do not use capital letters!
h : pan mode – for moving the lot in each window
p : prop mode
v : overlay mode
b : building mode
f : flora mode
t : texture mode
n : cycle family – only on the building and only if the building is in a family
1, 2 ,3, 4, 5, 6 : zoom level – zoom 6 only for the 2D part (for azerty users, use SHIFT to get 1 etc.. )
+/-: zoom/unzoom
a : cycle through dual view ( 3D&2D ) single views (3D or 2D )
d : duplicate selection
m : mirror (only for base and textures)
s: toggle snap-to-grid
CTRL-s: set size of snapping grid
DEL: delete selection (except if it’s the building)
HOME: rotate selection CW
END: rotate selection CCW
PGUP, CTRL-PGUP: rotate view CCW
PGDN, CTRL-PGDN: rotate view CW
CTRL-t, CTRL-b, CTRL-l, CTRL-r : if multiple selection, align everything on Top/Bottom/Left/Right of the selection’s bounding box to align multiple selection on vertical center or horizontal center, move the selection to the vertical or horizontal boundary of the lot
CTRL-ARROW UP/DOWN: nudge object vertically
CTRL-SHIFT-ARROW UP/DOWN: nudge object vertically 10x faster
ARROW UP/DOWN: nudge object forwards/backwards
SHIFT-ARROW UP/DOWN: nudge object forwards/backwards 10x faster
ARROW LEFT/RIGHT: nudge object left/right
SHIFT-ARROW LEFT/RIGHT: nudge object left/right 10x faster
CTRL-I: capture the current 3D window as lot icon (ploppables only)
SHIFT-b: toggle background display in LOT-X 3D view
SHIFT-LEFTCLICK DRAG: move background picture (only when in pan mode) left click => select CTRL- left click => add/remove from selection. Requires something is selected before hitting ctrl.
Box select by dragging a box with the mouse. Works according to mode.
To move things, you should drag ( ie left click in a selected object then drag ), different from Maxis LE !

[mallenuk 193]

Oh, wow! I missed that! Thank you!!

You have very few posts for someone who has been a member since 2017 so I feel very privileged for you to have responded XD