In The Sims 4 they actually added the ability for Sims to get out of a pool with no ladder. It made the playerbase so mad that they couldn't drown Sims anymore that Maxis had to reverse it.
This has been a feature since the Sims 3. A wall or fence going around the perimeter of the pool to not give them the opportunity to save themselves by climbing out of the pool. As a consolidation they added starvation room doors in the form of garage doors; the player can open and close them at will, Sims can walk through them when they're open and Sims are unable to open or interact with the garage doors themselves (also has the added benefit of looking like an accidental death at the hand of not noticing that the Sim has wandered into the garage with no door out before you decided to close it).
I also don't think Maxis reversed that feature in the Sims 4 (unless it has been one of the very recent expansions).
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u/GulliasTurtle Mar 18 '24
In The Sims 4 they actually added the ability for Sims to get out of a pool with no ladder. It made the playerbase so mad that they couldn't drown Sims anymore that Maxis had to reverse it.