Is the bathtub placed with the "move objects on" cheat activated? Because this is not normal - destroy the current bathtub and place the same again, but this time you can place it in the opposite corner of the same room and see if your sims walk though the wall to get in. Check if the parking space footprint gets into the the house.

Btw did you figured out how to make your sims not to use the side door if they are in the kitchen?

No cheats used. Initially there was a table and chairs in that corner, a few weeks ago I removed those and put the sauna there, and built the glass wall, with door, around it; things worked as expected. It was after I enclosed the yard with the fences that problems appeared (I removed the gates, leaving a solid fence, made no difference; next I will make an opening in the fence, one in front, one in back, and see if that has any effect). If the sims are in the living room or outside the front of the house they will "climb in" the window to use the sauna tub; if they are anywhere else in the house they will go to that room and use the normal door to the sauna.

That screenshot was taken as Lillian returned home from a stressful day's work, I had her take a mud bath. Her car appeared n the lot, she walked up to the wall, leaned in and turned on the faucets; when the tub filled she stepped through the wall into the tub; when done she stood up, stepped back through the wall, walked around the house to the front door, and entered. Later Holly came in from the pool, went to the sauna, and had a revitalizing bath, so obviously the pathing around the sauna and its door are fine.

Another oddity I recently noticed - if the sims are outside, in the side or back yard, and get the "get inside!" icon, they will run in the side door or back door, whichever is closer, then go straight to the front door and stand there starting at it for a minute before turning around and going to whatever task attracts them (all my sims have full autonomy, makes a more interesting game, though at times it's like herding cats to get anything done).

Oh, yes they still use the side door if told to tend the garden; if cleaning the house they carry bags of trash out the back door. Makes no sense.

Could you share your script/core mod list, because certain mod combinations could be a result for these scenarios, beside bad routing inside the house. I cannot suggest other advice, sorry.

Edit: I could help you with your problematic save, if you upload it as attachment here. I will test it in my game and I will tell if it's mod conflict or simply bad routing.

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Volume Serial Number is 145D-68EB

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No idea what those "disabled" packages mean, nor what disabled them. When I first installed Sunlit Tides (the original, via the launcher) many commercial lots, such as the Lair, were completely missing. Reinstalled twice, improving each time but still not playable. I went through several alternate Sunlit Tides variants, each supposedly addressing many issues with the default ...and each stating I couldn't use existing saves and must start new sims. So returned to the original, which now works, with just the known routing issue to live with. I left those disabled packages in place ...."leave well enough alone".

Tried to upload save and got, after several minutes of upload -

Holly new_1a.sims3.7z:
Server responded with 500 code. Click for more details...

Follow that link and there is no 500 code listed.


So uploaded here -
https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?...JuW9y1xJLeFHvKk

Thank you for sharing your save file! I will test it myself and will report if anything is wrong with it soon.

BTW you can upload files directly here after clicking "Go Advanced" button below the text window and then "Upload" after typing your message.



Disabled package extension means that the package file is deactivated from accessing the game. Sims 3 Dashboard disables the marked packages, which have conflicts, by adding .disabled extension.

I assume either the forum doesn't recognize 7Z files or the size, 48meg, was too large to post; but the listed error codes at that link only went to 499, guess I went beyond their errors, lol.

I figured "disabled" meant the game wasn't reading them, but didn't know if it was safe to delete them.

During my first test:

I guided Holly outside the house and then I said to her to use the sauna. And she get in through the wall .The same thing happened with Lilian.
I moved the sauna in different directions (look at the screenshots). This is pretty hilarious bug that EA gave us. I guess that if you place the bathtub part to intersect with exterior wall every sim will go thru the wall to get in - like they are taking some kind of shortcut . Since I moved the sauna in one of these positions Lilian an Holly started to use the door to get in the room, no matter if they are inside or outside.



I also tested the tend garden interaction and both of them had no problem going thru the nearest door. The only problem here was when someone tends the garden they do a circle around the trampoline to get back inside. You either have to move it closer to the BBQ or move it somewhere around the pool.

StoryProgression is maybe the reason for the bigger number of thieves. Also I saw that you some sus mods that probably, according to me, are in conflict with one another, like the "Clean House For Everyone" by Buzz. Better check for conflicts with Sims 3 Dashboard .

Interesting; I need to check other houses now. Most of my sims get the sauna as soon as they can afford it and have the space, and it is similarly positioned in many houses, but there may be shrubbery or trees outside that prevent sims from getting to the wall.

I plan to remove the trampoline and the game court in the front yard, both were installed ages ago when the house was being expanded; both Holly and Lillian kept having wishes to buy both, but I've never seen them use either.

I'll be quite reluctant to remove the "Clean House" mod, that was recommended to me recently and I truly like it. I am concerned about Buzz' Box of Seeds, don't know if it worlds since it doesn't appear in the game.