There is NOTHING in the way, there are no objects anywhere near them. I have to keep using "moveobjects on" to move them around! Any help?

It might be a long shot, but have you tried reset sim?

reset sim will work you need to type it in like this: resetsim (first name) (last name)

I was having a something in the way issue a few days ago and was kind of annoyed when I finally figured out what was wrong. My sim would be upstairs in the bedroom, or in the kitchen or out by the mailbox -- just random places -- and he'd do that something in the way animation and crossed out footsteps thought bubble. I couldn't find anything physically in his way. He'd apparently be "trapped" in places that were no problem just moments before. I'd move objects out of his way, I reset sim, I'd save and quit and restart. Sometimes he'd just walk away, as if never blocked, but other times he'd still stand there, even in an empty room, waving his hands around about being blocked.Finally, I noticed that every time he was blocked, the action queue showed an image of the lawn sprinkler. I hadn't reckoned out just what the relationship was but suddenly the light bulb in my brain came on. He wanted to play in the sprinkler. It was placed so it covered the entire garden, however, it was in a circle of trees, which did NOT allow room for him to get next to it to play in the spray.Argh! :oops: So I moved the sprinkler out into an open area of the yard. And no more blocked sim problem.Now when my sim starts freaking out about being blocked, I first look to see what is in his action queue.

My sims didnt like the walls in their house, so now I have to have an open plan house, which is really annoying..

this used to happen to me from time to time, but then I realized it was at the destination that was the problem.I wanted them to go to bed, but the stairs were blocked or the wall was too close to the shower so they wouldn't go.It has nothing to do with what is right in front of the them. Check the entire path because something is in his way from where he is to where he wants to go.I had a chair placed too far from a table and he was outside. I wanted him to go inside. It wasn't until I realized the obstruction was the chair - not his path of travel.

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

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martawollf
12 years ago
I am having this problem. A lot. And not just with one sim... My horses too. There is nothing around them at all and they keep saying they can't move but they don't say what is in the way. Once I move them with moveobjects on they move... but before that they just stand there. Is there any fix? I know for a fact that nothing was blocking them. oh yea, and thye like the just float through the floors too.
wolfyboyremus
6 years ago
This is happening to me too! But only on a certain lot even though NOTHING is blocking them! It's so annoying!
HotBlackSand
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Hey @mayaash ... Welcome to the forums.

If it is only happening on a particular lot, then there is a routing issue on that lot.
Many things can cause routing issues, so it is hard to tell what your particular problem is.

You may have better luck scanning topics that discuss Routing Issues.
Also ... Here is a link to the New Members Club ... https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/802194/new-members-club-come-on-in/p1

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lisasc360
Hero
6 years ago
"mayaash;c-17592507" wrote:
This is happening to me too! But only on a certain lot even though NOTHING is blocking them! It's so annoying!

@mayaash, I'm going to assume that you play The Sims 4 given that your 1st post a couple of months ago was in the TS4 section. With that said, you might have better lucky getting an answer to your problem by heading over to the AHQ site and searching for your problem over there as this is an old Sims 3 thread.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/ct-p/the-sims-4-en

Or you could go to the Archive section down below on the main page of this site to look for similar issues. That section is an "Read Only" section since EA wants any game issues to be posted over on the AHQ site that I have provided for you already...?
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/categories/the-sims-4-help-center-archive
EA_Joz
EA Staff (Retired)
6 years ago
Hello everyone, please remember that necroposting is against the rules. I've gone ahead and closed the thread.

Please review our Posting Rules & Guidelines here:

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