The reward items that you unlock when you reach the lvl 3 in detective career are the following: 1. The Impenetrable 2. Single Serving Justice Dispenser. 1. The Impossible 2. Jaded Cell Depository. 1.The "Don't even try". 2. Holey Door of Holding. According to their descriptions the number "1" are jail walls and the "2" are door. The "doors" are not actually doors. They look exactly the same as the walls. Also the "doors" are not interactable with. The doors should be interactable with otherwise it's not even useful to have two items that have a different description but are in fact the same item. My guess is that the doors are not referenced to the correct database item in the game. So instead of calling the "doors" it recalls the "walls". Which could create that other issue that everybody seems to have that the "Activities and Skills" section remain yellow as there is something new in it. Which would be the "doors" we can't click on them because they are not there.

I still have trouble with that explanation, because why then would they essentially create two identical objects for each wall height but with different descriptions, two of which explicitly claim to be doors? Not that it's a big deal, but it seems obvious to me that a mistake was made somewhere between intention and implementation.

This is actually a glitch. The door from the police station is the same door you are supposed to unlock in the three different sizes. The devs put the mesh in for the wall on both the door and the wall objects in build mode. The door is not available in build mode.

Here are some pictures to display what people are talking about: If you read the description for these objects, it clearly says door in the description and refers to the object being a wall: These objects have the description of door but yet they are the exact same as the wall: This is a picture of all the doors in build mode only accessible using cheats. The doors should be available without cheats when you unlock them in the career: This is what the door should look like when you build a jail cell in your home with it. Notice, it is two squares wide: When you click on it, it says debug instead of having a name and description. It should have the name and description of the ones unlocked because it is supposed to be the unlocked door. Also, in this picture you can see the one you unlock in from the career and the one you unlock through cheats. Clearly, they are not the same and the door looks like the wall:

Ok if they are decorations, why are they listed under "Activities and Skills"? This doesn't make sense because sims cannot interact with them at all and it's not related to any skills.

This is odd. My guess is that maybe they were originally intended to be functional doors but didn't have the animations added and didn't get categorized properly. I can add this to our list of "Bug or Feature" questions over on the Build Mode Feedback thread.

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crinrict
Hero+
10 years ago
Afaik the doors and walls are just decoration outside the police station.

You can't use them as doors and walls in your home lot.

Or is this the police station you're talking about ?
Screech666
10 years ago
I'm not talking about the police station. I'm talking about the items you unlock in the Police Career for the buy/build mode. Here's a screenshots of the items I'm talking about.
http://imgur.com/N6t07Gl
Here's a better close-up. On this one you can clearly see that both items are exactly the same. There is 3 different heights possible and it's the same for all 3.
http://imgur.com/PQCUZ0m
crinrict
Hero+
10 years ago
Yes, they're decoration
Screech666
10 years ago
Ok if they are decorations, why are they listed under "Activities and Skills"? This doesn't make sense because sims cannot interact with them at all and it's not related to any skills.
crinrict
Hero+
10 years ago
Don't know
BryonyRae
Hero (Retired)
10 years ago
This is odd. My guess is that maybe they were originally intended to be functional doors but didn't have the animations added and didn't get categorized properly. I can add this to our list of "Bug or Feature" questions over on the Build Mode Feedback thread.
rumbutter
Hero (Retired)
10 years ago
@BryonyRae

sad isn't when we can't use something like this..however though one workaround i did use was place the impossible "walls" aptly named don't you think lol BUT i used the be prepared security gate (must use moo for that gate ) funny side of it is the sim can use the gate to enter and exit but one sees the bars from the impossible walls when the gate is opened

edit smiliey ended up in m🤭 <like that
BryonyRae
Hero (Retired)
10 years ago
Clever workaround! Sorry it came to needing one, but that's a good one. Will have to try it myself!
rumbutter
Hero (Retired)
10 years ago
@BryonyRae

yes but at least i have a workaround for it and i hope for others too (and we or i should say i thought TS3 had it's challenges xD ) i hope it works for you too 🙂

quick vid of one i tried in another game to make sure it works and you'll what i mean by when the gate is opening/closing one see the bars but for me that is a non issue as it works for me

be secure gate
canelacaliente
Seasoned Ace
10 years ago
This has not been fixed as of the December 2015 patch.

The problem is the mesh for the cell doors are showing up as cell walls in build mode on home lots. The objects affected are:

Single Serving Justice Dispenser - short wall cell door

Jaded Cell Depository - medium wall cell door

Holey Door of Holding - tall wall cell door

The doors should be two tiles thick.