Can't save sim from burning home. Anyone up for BBQ?

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The_Goddess:
I ran into an annoying issue recently.  My firefighter was unable to break down the front door to a house.  He kept getting the "Can't get to it' bubble and stood there like a dummy.  It was probably because the front porch was only 1 by 2 tiles and there was no room for the animations.  This wasn't the problem; I simply chalk that up to a poorly designed house.  Said house also only had the one entrance.  The occupant has since been given notice that her home is a fire hazard and has added a second fire exit. 

The problem was that I was unable to teleport into the home using testingcheatsenabled and the standard cheat.  The option was available for any exterior location, but nowhere within the house.  I remember someone mentioning here that they had to teleport to get to fires in un-routable locations.  Is this is a new problem?  I'm wondering if it was because it is not possible to teleport into a sim's home without first being invited, or if this is similar to not being able to ‘Build on lot' during a catastrophe.  Either way, let it be a lesson to you to make sure your sim's homes are up to code.

Tangie:
Oh dear. Was that my starter house? If so I guess I'd better add a back door. :P

I haven't really played the fireman for any length of time. I find the new careers mostly tedious once the novety wears off and started a new game in another world. But if I have a chance to try the teleport thing I'll let you know what I experience.

The_Goddess:
No, it wasn't your house.  The house of yours that I added to my world has a 2 by 4 tiled front porch and you have a back door, although that back porch is only 1 tile.  BTW the world is done, I'm just playing one more night with it to make sure I haven't missed any major issues that the new world editor can't fix.

wizard_merlin:
Must say I haven't encountered that problem yet, and been playing the firefighter a fair bit.  Was it a custom house or an EAxis one?

The_Goddess:
Quote from: wizard_merlin on 2010 August 04, 00:19:06

Must say I haven't encountered that problem yet, and been playing the firefighter a fair bit.  Was it a custom house or an EAxis one?


It was a custom house.  I can't remember where I acquired it from.  The porch was arranged so that there was one tile between the door and a railing.  I think 2 tiles are required for the kicking the door in animation, but I could be wrong.

Maybe the door was turned the wrong way.  Do you think that would make a difference?  

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