Just Witnessed, First-Hand, How Sims Get Stuck Under the Staircase!

GalacticGal · July 2022

The Mom in my game was on her way downstairs when suddenly, she dropped, feet first, through the stairs! She's now standing in that curious space beneath the stairs. Problem is, if I have her leave the lot to return home again, which will free her, it will also drop the rabbit-hole her husband is in. He's currently releasing another album.

Why do our Sims just drop through the stairs like this? Please, EA, add this to the Laundry List!

GalacticGal · July 2022

How very odd. I just went back into my game, and Kayleigh freed herself. She just stuck herself up through the stairs again and continued down them as if nothing ever happened. Now, that's truly odd. Or, she's really special, if you get my drift. None of the other Sims who have managed to find themselves in such a fix has had the wherewithal to remedy their own situation. Now, that's a real head-scratcher, that.

luciusstorm · July 2022

I usually just knock a hole through an adjoining wall. Today, Miranda got herself stuck on top of the kitchen cabinets. That was new. Odd and wonderful glitches

GalacticGal · July 2022

luciusstorm wrote: »

I usually just knock a hole through an adjoining wall. Today, Miranda got herself stuck on top of the kitchen cabinets. That was new. Odd and wonderful glitches

Joey used to do that on nearly a regular basis. Made me start to wonder if my build was at fault.

JustMeAlb · July 2022

I think if you reset the sim (shift+click then 'reset' if you have testingcheats on) they'll pop back out in the open.

SweetieWright_84 · July 2022

You can also Shift-Click the ground and Teleport them to a safer location.

Arzekial · July 2022

My sims have only fallen through when I go into build mode while sims are on stairs. What platform are you playing on?

GalacticGal · July 2022

Arzekial wrote: »

My sims have only fallen through when I go into build mode while sims are on stairs. What platform are you playing on?

On a PC gaming rig. There is no rhyme or reason for it. This is on the new side for me. Makes me doubt my builds, big time.

blaq797 · July 2022

I've had that happen once or twice myself. I just shift clicked to reset the sim.

GalacticGal · July 2022

SweetieWright_84 wrote: »

You can also Shift-Click the ground and Teleport them to a safer location.

Really? I thought the Sim had to have the teleport ability! Thanks!

Arzekial · July 2022

GalacticGal wrote: »

Arzekial wrote: »

My sims have only fallen through when I go into build mode while sims are on stairs. What platform are you playing on?

On a PC gaming rig. There is no rhyme or reason for it. This is on the new side for me. Makes me doubt my builds, big time.

I seriously doubt it has anything to do with your gaming PC. I was just curious if you were on PC or console. It could be a weird glitch with the stairs you selected though. Maybe try a different staircase. This game has some weird bugs, it could be any number of things.

BoergeAarg61 · July 2022

I have no idea why, but you might be able to add a door in the staircase. I have a few such doors in my game.

GalacticGal · July 2022

JustMeAlb wrote: »

I think if you reset the sim (shift+click then 'reset' if you have testingcheats on) they'll pop back out in the open.

I'll give that a try, too, the next time one of them tries to 'hide' under the staircase. LOL I do have it on I use MCCC.

GalacticGal · July 2022

BoergeAarg61 wrote: »

I have no idea why, but you might be able to add a door in the staircase. I have a few such doors in my game.

I had to do that in another lot. But that one was different in it's setup. It was a set of backstairs just off of what would have been a garage. It was also adjacent to the laundry room, which allowed a door placement. The staircase in this house is more or less one that descends in the middle of a large space (think Great Room). We can't place doors in that space that is basically the underside of the staircase. This one bends, so a door isn't allowed. I know because I once wanted to utilize that space as a small closet for storage. Too RL thinking of my part. LOL

GalacticGal · July 2022

Arzekial wrote: »

GalacticGal wrote: »

Arzekial wrote: »

My sims have only fallen through when I go into build mode while sims are on stairs. What platform are you playing on?

On a PC gaming rig. There is no rhyme or reason for it. This is on the new side for me. Makes me doubt my builds, big time.

I seriously doubt it has anything to do with your gaming PC. I was just curious if you were on PC or console. It could be a weird glitch with the stairs you selected though. Maybe try a different staircase. This game has some weird bugs, it could be any number of things.

I've been playing this house for quite awhile now. It's rather odd to me that suddenly, a Sim gets stuck underneath the stairs! I should think if it was the stairs (which by the way descend straight from the upstairs and then curve to the left to dump the Sim into the Great Room) I would have had this glitch since I started playing this lot. I'll wait and see if any other Sims find themselves getting stuck. If so, then I'll change out the stairs.

kiwicrone · July 2022

It happens in unaltered Maxis builds as well. I just knock out a piece off wall as most easiest. Also if there is a gap behind the buily in wardrobe they can go there, Very annoying.

GalacticGal · July 2022

Here are some pictures of the staircase in questions;

The Sim, is the one who got 'trapped'.

This shows, I hope, the limited amount of space we're working with:

She slipped through the floor of that landing. As you can see, it's not very tall. I don't believe anything larger than a dog-door would fit.

I once tried on a different lot, but a similar staircase style to better use the space. Doors are not always an option.

But I do thank you for the suggestion.

Ersa_Middleton · July 2022

So..I just mini brainstormed.. if you want to keep the stairs aesthetics and don't want to knock out walls or add a door, you can probably put a basement door in that space, so if they clip though the stairs, they can just go under the house and back through another entrance. It's a theory since I don't know if putting basement doors under stairs is allowed.

Nevermind, can't put a door under those stairs.

SweetieWright_84 · July 2022

GalacticGal wrote: »

SweetieWright_84 wrote: »

You can also Shift-Click the ground and Teleport them to a safer location.

Really? I thought the Sim had to have the teleport ability! Thanks!

If you have testing cheats on, you can teleport.

dogzdinner · July 2022

weird....I dont think Ive ever had a sim fall through the stairs, or get stuck on anything. The worst mine do is sometimes either walk through walls or do that strange motionless slide when their route is blocked!

GalacticGal · July 2022

dogzdinner wrote: »

weird....I dont think Ive ever had a sim fall through the stairs, or get stuck on anything. The worst mine do is sometimes either walk through walls or do that strange motionless slide when their route is blocked!

Yes, they tend to slow way down and just scoot on their feet. That's when I know they're going to walk right through a wall! I really hate that!

GalacticGal · July 2022

SweetieWright_84 wrote: »

GalacticGal wrote: »

SweetieWright_84 wrote: »

You can also Shift-Click the ground and Teleport them to a safer location.

Really? I thought the Sim had to have the teleport ability! Thanks!

If you have testing cheats on, you can teleport.

Awesome! Thanks! (I've played this game for how long, and am just now learning this?)

SweetieWright_84 · July 2022

GalacticGal wrote: »

Awesome! Thanks! (I've played this game for how long, and am just now learning this?)

You're welcome. There's a lot about this game I still don't know.

Wholesome_Goth · July 2022

Hate it when my sims inexplicably teleport themselves around to random places while they are supposed to be heading to do something very important like taking care of the screaming infant. Or yes the annoying walking through the walls. I have yelled at my sim of the moment "Stop that, stop that right now you are not (yet) a ghost!" 😠

I don't think I have noticed that as much l lately, or I just don't notice it if they have. The day I discovered the "Teleport" cheat was a very happy day. Especially on the occasion that they have somehow ended up stuck under the stairs.

GalacticGal · July 2022

I had my Sim (who is a bonifide Genius) get himself stuck on top of the kitchen counter. Unlike his oldest brother, he never got himself trapped under the stairs. Must be that Genius Trait, he has. LOL But to see him just standing there, unable to get down again and looking so forlorn. This game is a laugh a minute.

Wholesome_Goth · July 2022

I have never had a sim get stuck on top of the counter before...that would be...I don't know what that would be. 😂

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