Re: Routing issue with Lots / Edit Mode in Roaring Heights

it is the entire world that this happens.... I was trying some other areas, just moving around buildings and it's just not possible... any lot that is bulldozed automatically makes the area un-routable.  your only choice is to use the lots available, which is very disappointing if you are trying to make the world your own. 

I have posted this same question and request for help in the World forum on the Sims 3 Website,  and   Mod the Sims website, a week before I came to EA Answers for help.  No one had a solution.  there is no cheat code nor any bug fix or modification that can be used to fix un-routable issues unless you try to rebuild the entire world in CAW.  I'm creative...but not that creative. 

I'm hoping that a fix can be done.  If I could adjust something in the lines of code, I'd be willing to try....but i don't normally like to mess with that stuff unless I have clear direction of what needs to be done.    

  I love the pre-made worlds, but I also love adding venues from the EA / Sims 3 store to my worlds so I can have a little bit of everything when I'm playing.  I've never had so much trouble moving things around.... Normally if you bulldoze a couple of lots to make room for a bigger one, the games allows it... I've never seen it automatically make the land and space un-routable like this.

is there anyway to get this information to the creators of the game so that a fix can be put into place?

i know some issues were reported with RH on the forum let me see if i can find the thread and link here  not sure if your issues was reported in it though as i've not looked at in a few days ...

edit to add link http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/729601.page 

also if you could name one of the lots your bulldozing and what your replacing it with if i have the same item i can go to RH edit town and see what happens

Well.... it's just about any lot.  I started with that little strand of beach..where the 30 x 20 homes are.  I relocated them on the other side of the strand... that took almost 30 min to do.  then i bulldozed the 30 x 20 plots.... that entire part of the strand became un-routable and I was not able to place any size lot there after that.  I even tried to replace 30 x 20 lots back... and I could not.  then I went to the other side of town where the hospital is... and all the land that is unforuntately wasted  and unusable.  I tried deleting a 64 x 64 lot and replacing with a 60 x 60 lot so I could place the Equestrian center.... no can do.. once your delete the lot the entire space becomes un-routable.  The same with any plot of land in the center of town,  I wanted to add  the pet store and consignment store... so I deleted  a couple 30 x 30 empty lots.... once they were gone the space again became un-routable and I was unable to place any lots... no matter the size.  doesn't matter if you are using a lot that is smaller or bigger than the ones you bullzone... once you get rid of them,  the land becomes completely un-routable and un-usable.

After about 2 hours of posting the question on vaiouse forums and then going back into the game to try again, using a couple of cheats codes... well I gave up, deleted the game and started a new game to see if I could just live with it the way it is.

No one really has an answer.... it's gonna have to go to the Sim Gurus and then maybe a programmer who can upload an update.  that's the only thing I can think of. 

wOW tell you what i haven't much time the last few days to edit town in RH but i'll give it a whirl later tonight will post sometime tomorrow results if any or if i have the same issues as you 

ok i launched RH went to edit town was able to place the al fresco market @ 22sunset road which is a 50x50 lot and the market is 40x40 i set the lot type to visitors allowed no issues with placing the market however over at 36 riverside terrace behind the hospital and to the left (depending on map view too to the right anyhoo no matter as i think you know the lot i'm talking about 64x64  ? ) i went to place the equestrian center the bigger one i changed the lot type to equestrian  would not place the centre on the lot so i went to build/buy threw some sofas on the lot back to edit town bulldozed the lot which set it to no visitors allowed i did not change the lot type and just placed the centre on the lot (success) my sim was able to go watch the horse show @ 5pm

I was able eventually able to place the Equestrian center as well.... when i restarted the game from scratch I just changed the 64 x 64 lot to equestrian center and plopped it down.  I eventually got it to line up with the road as well...  but everthing else has been unsuccesful.  I'm only able to use the lots if I don't bulldoze them.  I can use the ones already there, but I like to customize certain areas of town.... which is why I would like to Bulldoze some of the plots and then build either bigger or smaller plots to place certain venues. that's when the trouble starts.

I did everything I could to work around some of the areas, but really... it should never take as long as it did.  I'm used to being able to re-arrange buildings in a Sim World with some ease.... this has been just to difficult... and then not to be able use the land at all after clearing it out to make way for larger plots...

I will probably try one more time later... maybe I can upload a couple of screen shots... but I'm too frustrated at the moment.

Thank you so much for giving it a go...I appreciate you trying to find a resolution for me.😕mileyfrustrated:

i like to edit my towns too to my likening so i do understand the frustration of something not working when it should, then trying to find a work around/solution when it doesn't i'm going to spend some in that town on monday when i have some free time to check out more of the lots and seeing if using the terrain tools will help i.e.. soften and or level the terrain and i see in the thread in the link there seems to be an issue with the faux high rise shells

Well.... I was still not able to get around the un-routable issue with the beach strand of 30 x 20 houses, so I deleted the game and started over again from scratch.  Making several comprimises, I used the lots that were availalbe instead of bulldozing and creating the lots where i want them.... getting in most of the venues and parks that are must haves for me.  Sorry no screen shots... was just happy to make some improvments and make the world more to my liking.

Going to build a couple of sim homes now and then hopefully get some actual game play in by the end of week, if I have time. 

Again, thank you for taking a stab at the routing issues.... I'm still hoping that EA/Maxis team will hear the players complaints and maybe make some fixes in the next update for the game.  I still would like to re-work that strand of beach...but  for now it will have to work the way it is.

time to go build.  😕mileyhappy:

been doing the same thing too 🙂  just as well i like some challenges LOL  most of the store team are of for the holiday season as far as i know ,so i guess it won't be for week or so until it's seen or can be read by one of the guru's as two or three  of them that spring to mind would normally say thank you fro bringing this to our attention an will look into it but playing bumper cars keeps it afloat 😉   i must get back to finishing building my roller coaster

I haven't tried out the new amusment park yet... I'll have to give that a try.  something interesting I noticed with the routing issues on that strand of beach... well... at the far end there were two empty 30 x 20 plots.  I bulldozed them and by some magic was able to place a 40 x 30 lot there.   I decided that is where i would build a nice house and play my favorite sim family.  Here is where the routing issue comes into play....  when they go outside to get in their car... they walk all way around the house, down to the end of a sidewalk path, then then turn around and take the path back over to the front of the house again before they will get in their car to go somewhere.  It's like they are not able to just walk out to the front of the house..... like there is something there blocking it.

If i have the camera aimed at some of the other 30 x 20 homes on that strand of beach and just watch the other sims come and go... they all do the same thing.... they walk all the way around the property before going anywhere...or even going back into the house.  so there definately is still some major routing issues involved.  maybe the sidewalks are not finished properly or something.  i know in CAW that you need to have a definate end to every sidewalk and street... maybe they didn't finish them???

but for now, I'm doing my best to enjoy the work I've done.   Have a Happy new year.  😕mileyvery-happy:

Okay, I've given it 2 or 3 weeks...and I've gone through a generation of sims and several seasons trying to give Roaring heights a fair chance with game play.  the routing issues are just too much.  I've got sims getting stuck everywhere and cars getting stuck, animals getting stuck... it's a mess.  I don't think they really finished this world before annoucing it was ready.

Was really hoping the new patch would fix routing isses and the issue of the diving career not being playable in other worlds.  boy that was a big let down.

so I've decided to delete Roaring Heights and move my sim family to Dragon Valley.  I haven't really had a chance to play that world yet and I would like to give it a fair shake.  I do prefer the more tropical worlds... love Sunlit Tides... but as I mentioned before,  they did not allow a patch that would incorporate the new diving career to be playable in all the other worlds, and it is a new career and feature I really liked... and sunlit Tides would have been a perfect world for that career..  So I'm off to play Dragon valley and then  I might give moonlit falls a chance before I give in and just head back to Sunlit Tides for the remainder of my game play.

thank you again for investigating the routing isses with me.  I think we can call it quits for this world.