Front Door Hack v2.0

[J. M. Pescado]

There are tricks you can do with Authorized Personnel Only and arches to discourage the use of garage doors for pedestrian traffic, but sometimes people HAVE to enter through the garage door.

[blubug]

I got a No-pedestrian Garage Door from here, maybe you could use that. (I haven't tried it out yet)  http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=117170
I am just sick of visiting sims going to the exterior basement door because the front door is on the foundation. And I have this mod as well. The basement door is way at the back of the house, and the front door is 2 tiles away from the sidewalk. Is it because of the levels? Maybe I'll fence in the top of the basement stairs and lock the gate until I need my sims to go downstairs to the 'Laboratory'.

[jrd]

JM, you mean the APO setting to allow no pass through? Whenever I use that one, all autonomous actions for objects inside the APO'd room also fail. For example if the garage has a mirror inside and a door to the kitchen, a Sim in the kitchen who autonomously selects this mirror for primping or checking out will drop the action, as the APO prevents him from entering the room. Yes yes I know you don't support playing with autonomy on, but that is still the reason I can't use the option.

[RainbowTigress]

I've found that the APO setting to deny pass-through also prevents some macro actions and user commanded actions such as cleaning the bathtub, as I reported in the APO thread.  JM never responded to that though. 

[J. M. Pescado]

JM, you mean the APO setting to allow no pass through? Whenever I use that one, all autonomous actions for objects inside the APO'd room also fail. For example if the garage has a mirror inside and a door to the kitchen, a Sim in the kitchen who autonomously selects this mirror for primping or checking out will drop the action, as the APO prevents him from entering the room. Yes yes I know you don't support playing with autonomy on, but that is still the reason I can't use the option.

Actually, I was referring to the more generic locks. If there are two ways into the garage, one the garage door, the other an arch, and you lock the room against everyone, sims will be forced to enter using only the arch because the garage door will not permit anyone.

[philh]

Nope I don't have ofb.  I don't like the idea of having a business for my sims.
It would be a headache for me.  I micromanage too much.
As for the Authorised personel only, I downloaded the nightlife hacks zip file.
And I see the great stuff there but not this one.....  I like the completeness
the zip gives but this Apo is something I can't find....  Can you please
give descriptions on where to find it in sims?.?  it's not with the toilet uses
you and other objects.....
And any ideas on how I can improve my lot?  The deliveries are really bugging
this very frustrated control freak (me).

[jsalemi]

I like the completeness the zip gives but this Apo is something I can't find....  Can you please
give descriptions on where to find it in sims?.?  it's not with the toilet uses
you and other objects.....

It's in with the Small Electronics; same place you'd find the phones and alarms.

[BlueSoup]

It looks exactly like the burglar alarm, but it cost §1500.

[philh]

ooooo... Thanks.  I will be checking it out.