CFE and elevators

[catangi]

Is it possible to use elevators in a building where you've used the CFE cheat?

I have a building where I used the CFE cheat twice - to make the ground floor about 2x taller, and then to make the next floor REALLY tall (to fake a skyscraper look). I have a couple of normal height floors at the very top.

I placed an elevator but my sims seem not to be able to use it. There's nothing blocking the elevator; the building's completely empty except for the walls and floors.

What could be wrong?

[simsample]

It should work, I've made the elevators work with a foundation level.

Make sure the footprints of the elevators are aligned correctly, and if the lot is an apartment lot then you'll need to have a public room marker in the elevator shaft.

What do the sims do when you queue them to use the elevator? Routefail, or just cancel the action?

[catangi]

Hmmm. If it's worked for other people, I'll keep playing with it and see if I can figure it out.

They routefail. Right now it's a community lot, and it's basically empty except for the doors to get inside, the walls, and the elevator. I checked and the elevators are aligned. I couldn't think of what else could be the problem other than the CFE cheat, but maybe it's something weird with the lot.

[Inge Jones]

Is there a floor laid outside the upstairs elevator door?

[catangi]

Yep, there's floor for the sims to walk on.

[Ouerbacker]

Did you use CFE before or after you put the stretched sections of elevator shafts in ?
For elevators to work I think shaft peices must be placed after the building has been stretched. This could be your problem. Pictures of you elevator would make it much easier to locate the issue.

[catangi]

I bulldozed the lot and rebuilt it (not too much of a hassle because the building was just a shell), and now the elevator works. So I don't know what the original problem was, but at least I can use elevators in a CFE building.

Thanks for the suggestions, though! I'll keep those in mind next time something goes wacky.

[simsample]

I'm glad you got it fixed!