Setting the Front Door

[kattiq]

When I first built my house the door I wanted everyone to enter through was set at the "Front Door".
Now for some reason I can't even unset it, I only get the options to lock it.
I have 4 different entrances from the outside to get inside the house. The main entrance door and the back door only have the option to lock it.
The other two (the doors from the garage and the utility room) also have the option to change the doorbell, and the one leading to the utility room (it doesn't even lead into the actual house) is the only one that has the option to set it as the front door.
I've tried deleting them all and replacing them and nothing seems to change.
I'm sorry if it's confusing I tried to explain it as best as I could!
Thanks in advance for any help

[Naga]

Could you post pictures of the doors, showing the overall area they are put in, and a overview of the lot, with highlighted locations for the doors?

[Jonna]

I don't know if this will help you, but the door closest to the mailbox is the one the game defaults as the front door.

Have you tried setting the utility door as the front door, then going back to try to set the correct door as the front?

[kattiq]

Could you post pictures of the doors, showing the overall area they are put in, and a overview of the lot, with highlighted locations for the doors?

       

Overview:

I don't know if this will help you, but the door closest to the mailbox is the one the game defaults as the front door.

Have you tried setting the utility door as the front door, then going back to try to set the correct door as the front?

I tried your advice and it didn't work Everyone enters from the garage door now even though it's not set as the front door.

[Lilygirl]

I don't know if this will help you, but the door closest to the mailbox is the one the game defaults as the front door.

I always thought the game defaults the front door to the first door you place. Kattiq, maybe you could try deleting all the outside doors and then replacing them starting with the one you want as your front door. I have no idea if this works but it might be worth a try.

[aAa]

The front door is the door closest to the mailbox.

[Naga]

Did you use moveObjects to put the Utility Room door?

[kattiq]

Yes I did Naga, I was thinking maybe that was the problem. When I get back home today I'll try just deleting the doors again and not re-adding the Utility door.

[Leto85]

I don't know if this will help you, but the door closest to the mailbox is the one the game defaults as the front door.

Than I don't understand why my sims where seeing the backdoor as the front door while this door was the fardest away from the mailbox. The problem was solved because I could give the real front door it's proper function but I'm still wondering though why the games saw it the other way around by default.

[kattiq]

Okay I tried deleting all the doors again -- even adding a completely different type of door as the front door but nothing worked. I tried without the Utility door at all and still all the other doors just had the one option to lock.
I then added another foundation piece so the Utility door could be placed without moveobjects and still no luck.
Oh and sorry about the photobucket picture. I accidentally deleted it while I was cleaning out my albums.

[danefaith]

Try switching the door to the utility room with the front door? This is a toughy.

[kattiq]

Okay guys I finally figured it out! Basically I had just had to combine the garage door and the utility door into one door leading out to the garage! So, thank you for your suggestions and I'm just glad I don't have sims coming home and walking all the way into the utility room to get "Home" anymore

[Leto85]

Okay guys I finally figured it out! Basically I had just had to combine the garage door and the utility door into one door leading out to the garage! So, thank you for your suggestions and I'm just glad I don't have sims coming home and walking all the way into the utility room to get "Home" anymore

Good to read you've figured things out. I would have doubt if I could come to that idea, haha!