Interior Pics of Eden Village - Country House

Tigerblue ∙ Apr 27, 2007

accentia, thank you so much for taking the time to write such a detailed explanation. I knew it was linked to the diagonal tile but couldn't explain why things worked perfectly when the Sims moved towards the house, yet they got stuck when they moved away from it. I don't think I've noticed it before because I haven't built a lot with such a prominent wing to the building. It's because it's there that Sims sometimes prevaricate when asked to go to the driveway. Much appreciated. I shall amend the blog entry to point people towards your response as a fix if they're having problems.

accentia ∙ Apr 27, 2007

Cont/
- but Sims don't always think like that!

So what the sollution? As I said, I'm no programmer, so I just put something there so they can't use the half-space at all. A fence works well for example, just place two fence pieces so as to form a triangle with the wall section. (In other words, you need to "square off" the 45 degree wall sections with in this case, fencing). A short rail-fence with an outdoor floor tile seems to be okay but even this may not fit in with the esthetics of your buildings, so try placing other decoration objects into the triangle corner pieces.

You could of course simply place shrubs/hedging in the ajoining three full squares and those could be continued across the front of the bay to complete the other side too. I mentioned "decoration objects" because if shrubs etc are forced into the triangles with "moveobjects on", (fence or no fence), the Sims won't be able to trim/water them...

Sorry this was a bit long, but I hope it helps!

accentia ∙ Apr 27, 2007

Hi Tigerblue, firstly a big thanks for your creations! Secondly, I thought I'd comment on sims getting stuck, as I know how to get around it...
I am not a programmer but I guess the best way to discribe this problem would be that it seems like a "path finding" / "nodes" issue that the Sims are using...

As the corner of the bay window is still available for them to stand in or walk through as a short-cut, they are using it as a direct route to where they want to go. Since this space is also ocupied by wall/foundation, this is where they have a problem. In your screenshot, Granny can transverse the space from bottom right to top left (towards the doorway) but not bottom left to top right, as she is trying to do - in order to get to the telescope or whatever. (Graphically, she can go this way "", but not "/" and the opposite is true for the other half of the bay/corner section. I hope this makes sence!) We all know that she should use the doorway (doh!)whether going to the Kitchen, Study, Bathroom etc -