So I frequently have stages on community lots, with instruments on them for busking, accessed by stairs at convenient points. Mostly they work as expected. But here lately, I'm seeing sims step down off the side of one particular stage, when they're nowhere near the stairs.

I can't tell if this is a mod side effect, or if there's something peculiar enabled by the build. Normally I either have an outdoor stage with stairs on the sides, or one all the way across an indoor room, with stairs near both framing walls. This one is built out into the school cafeteria, with one end against the exterior wall and the stairs, two sets side-by-side, coming up to an extension against the interior wall. To get to the stage proper sims have to walk through a narrow "backstage" area, hidden by that big H&M curtain (which can easily be walked through) containing some wardrobe clutter and a vanity table. (See attached picture.)

This naturally creates a few routing problems if one of the buskers gets a rush of tippers, but instead of standing there throwing routing fits, a sim wishing to get off the stage (whether there's a big crowd or not) will walk to the front edge of the stage, within a couple of spaces from the corner, and just step down, the way you would in real life.

I've given up on stages after a big traffic jam of dancers on the stage with the musicians and an empty dance floor.

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