My sims keep saying there's something in the way?

thekendranater wrote:
This is driving me crazy! It's happened in a lot of my games making it impossible for me to play normally without using cheats. My sims just stand there waving not able to get into their homes because of a blue pillow blocking the way. It's some problem with the door itself because they can walk up close to the door they just wont go through it. Anyone know what this problem is? The weird thing is is it just pops up after a few days in the game. The first few days are fine and they can get in and out then bam! they just stop going through the door even though i haven't placed anything new around the door!

I've had this issue almost since the game launched. Usually I delete the door and replace it. If that doesn't work I remove any items anywhere near the door. One time it was a dollhouse that was on the porch and 5 spaces away from the door on the porch! :shock: If you have an entryway that contains an arch (before the door) it can confuse sims as the door is considered inside a room (or something like that). I have found that any lot I find with issues like this, often adding a second door to the back or side can help it (if I can't figure it out). Sure, sims might use the wrong door to enter but at least they can enter. If I find a lot that really just can't seem to fix no matter what I try, I usually delete it from my game now to avoid the errors (and lag) it can cause. HTH!

This happens to me just few days ago. Whenever i ask my sims to " Go Here " on some path. They will show a blue pillow in the bubble on thier head and saying there is that thing in their way but theres actually nothin! :x Its so annoying! Even though i Evict the household, few minutes later, it happen again. Is this probably got to do with the mods that i've installed? Or maybe its a glitch? EA needs to fix this.

i also had the same problem. but i just got generations and world adventures yesterday and the problem happened after i installed those eps. i had my sim living in starlight shores in one of the original homes, nothing i built or downloaded. all she was doing was stargazing and then i tried to make her go inside and refused to go in because the door was in the way. the same with the front door. but if i took the wall down it was fine. so i put it back up and put back the doors but she couldnt get out of the house because, once, again, door was in the way. there was nothing blocking it.

i noticed the same thing happened with the arch on the outside of the house that connects to the path that leads to street. she refused to go through it too because the front door was in the way. so i had to delete that section of the wall and she can walk through it but still not get in her house.

so i got fed up and bought her a computer and moved her into better house and so far no problems with the doors. all that happened was she lit a fire in the fireplace and it leapt out and set fire to the carpet but thats normal.

I've had this issue too but with several different things. And nothing is blocked on my property. I generally can solve it by telling them to "Go here" about 2 inches away, then queue up what I wanted them to do in the first place. But it is annoying when you tell them, for example, go harvest that wild pepper just of the property line, then come back to put away your dirty dishes you just left on the table (neither of which are blocked out in any way). And they say "no feets" >> I'ma cancel all your queue >> "I think I'll go play in the sprinkler now..." Never mind that the plate is on a picnic table 5 'blocks' away from the sprinkler...

This happens roughly two or three times per 5 hour play session.

Also why is it every time I let my Sims idle on their own... "Sprinkler"? I have a video game system on a nice TV set, a highly expensive laptop just chilin' there on the Simhogany desk, and a neat little dance-ish area set aside for music. Never mind that sometime their stats are in the yellow, or the baby needs attention. No combine that "erase all queue because I obviously can't get there" thing I mentioned above with wanting to play in the sprinkler, and it get's really annoying.

I have this problem ALL THE TIME! I replace the item but once again they cant move.I move the sims with MoveObjects but that doesnt work.Im sick of this.My sim is about to die because she cant eat anything.Every time she uses an object a bubble pops up with footsteps saying she cant cause something is in the way!HELP

kenziexjayden wrote:
I have this problem ALL THE TIME! I replace the item but once again they cant move.I move the sims with MoveObjects but that doesnt work.Im sick of this.My sim is about to die because she cant eat anything.Every time she uses an object a bubble pops up with footsteps saying she cant cause something is in the way!HELP

Sorry if you have tried, since it was mentioned earlier in the thread, but have you tried Ctrl+Shift+C resetsim firstname lastname ?

liindsayanne wrote:

This is my problem. She cannot cook as the entire area in the middle of my kitchen appears to be unusable? I cannot click to walk into that area. The queue picture does not change from fridge/cooker. I have tried reset and re-bought all the items. I have tried deleting the entire kitchen and she still cannot cook. Any ideas?

I had the same problem. The only way I could correct it was to go into Edit town mode. Click on the bulldozer and bulldoze the lot. It will tell you to move the family out first. Move them out WITH the house. They will be on the clipboard. Bulldoze the house then delete the lot. Now place a new lot back where you removed the other one. Now click on the family on the clipboard and place them with their house back on the lot. This was the only way I could manage to clear the blocked path. I tried to reset the lot and it didn't help. It was like there were invisible items blocking their path and somehow doing it this way managed to reset everything. Hope this helps. :)

I am so glad it worked for you. :mrgreen:

There can be things that can be invisible called solcialjigs that can block our sims.

I have had them in the past and not realized what they were, though a couple times they looked like ovals in buy/build mode and not invisible but they were undeletable and would stay with the house even if I made a copy to the library.

There is a process to get rid of them but it is beyond what I am willing to do with my game and I do not fully understand it with the little I've read on it so I can not help anyone with them. But some searching would bring answers if your were really interested.

I will say that it is MUCH preferable to use the teleport here cheat then to use moveobject on, on a sim. I have read in multiple places that using MOO on sims causes issues with your game. And I can say from experience with my own games when I have used this cheat for modeling pictures that it definitely causes lag and eventually corruption of the save. My game in general, does seem to be more sensitive to MOO then many other people's though but it is good to be aware of this.

while in my house my sim says there is something in the way when it walks into the house it shows the foundation like they are standing in the foundation but shows them standing above it