Spiral Staircases - sorted, or at least another workaround.
This may be really old hat, and it may not work for everybody, but I think I`ve found a workaround to fix the issue where sims can walk up but not walk down spiral staircases (since Pets and the last patch, or the last patch and Pets?). I say I think I`ve found a workaround, but I found a thread over at MTS which linked to another thread and it was there I found a post offering a solution which seems to have sorted the issue for me.
Okay, I tried the method where you add the finished lot containing the spiral staircase to your lot bin in game, then in EIG add the lot last of all without doing anything else in EIG, saving, then exiting EIG. This method didn`t work for me, sims still couldn`t walk down the spiral stairs. My spiral staircases tend to be against walls, and in some cases the lot was built around the fact spiral stairs were used. I didn`t really want to rebuild the lots to accommodate normal stairs or redesign the interior to move the spiral stairs away from the wall, although, I was resigned to doing so. A tad frustrating. Okay, I admit, tears were shed :|
The solution.
Remove any fences or half walls at the top of the spiral staircase. At least, remove any fence or half-wall where the side rail rises up above floor level. It worked for me, and I didn`t have to move the stairs or turn them to any different angles. Happy happy joy joy.
I test exported, and in-game, without altering my spiral staircases in any way, sims can now happily walk up and down the three sets of spiral stairs in my world :D
Again, don`t slap me around the face and neck if this is already common knowledge. I`m just happy at the moment and needed to purge the joy.
Okay, I tried the method where you add the finished lot containing the spiral staircase to your lot bin in game, then in EIG add the lot last of all without doing anything else in EIG, saving, then exiting EIG. This method didn`t work for me, sims still couldn`t walk down the spiral stairs. My spiral staircases tend to be against walls, and in some cases the lot was built around the fact spiral stairs were used. I didn`t really want to rebuild the lots to accommodate normal stairs or redesign the interior to move the spiral stairs away from the wall, although, I was resigned to doing so. A tad frustrating. Okay, I admit, tears were shed :|
The solution.
Remove any fences or half walls at the top of the spiral staircase. At least, remove any fence or half-wall where the side rail rises up above floor level. It worked for me, and I didn`t have to move the stairs or turn them to any different angles. Happy happy joy joy.
I test exported, and in-game, without altering my spiral staircases in any way, sims can now happily walk up and down the three sets of spiral stairs in my world :D
Again, don`t slap me around the face and neck if this is already common knowledge. I`m just happy at the moment and needed to purge the joy.
