How do elevators work?

Not IRL but in the Sims 2

I decided to take on the challenge levelled by someone here and build a
"house in the sky". I've got two floors (apart from the non-existent ground
floor). I built an elevator on the terrain. On the first floor I cannot
place an elevator directly on top of the one on the level below. The sims I
have just moved in keep shaking their heads and not going upstairs.

I thought this may be due to the elevator being placed on terrain rather
than flooring so decided to build another one from floor 1 to floor 2 (I'm
being northern European here and counting ground, 1, 2, etc. Or maybe it's
just a trait native to the country I come from...). Still a no-go zone. It
just won't build an elevator directly above.

Is this because the elevator is in the middle of the floor and not against a
wall (I figured it would look more "natural" to have a "supporting
structure" in the middle rather than at the edge of a dwelling)? Or just a
buggy lot? Should I just give up and build a stairway to heaven instead of
an elevator?

OK, never mind. It finally worked. Nothing changed, it just decided to
cooperate all of a sudden.

Club Inferno is now fully functional!

"Engram" <engram_au.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:442c6c62$0$7600$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
> Not IRL but in the Sims 2
>
> I decided to take on the challenge levelled by someone here and build a
> "house in the sky". I've got two floors (apart from the non-existent
> ground floor). I built an elevator on the terrain. On the first floor I
> cannot place an elevator directly on top of the one on the level below.
> The sims I have just moved in keep shaking their heads and not going
> upstairs.
>
> I thought this may be due to the elevator being placed on terrain rather
> than flooring so decided to build another one from floor 1 to floor 2 (I'm
> being northern European here and counting ground, 1, 2, etc. Or maybe it's
> just a trait native to the country I come from...). Still a no-go zone. It
> just won't build an elevator directly above.
>
> Is this because the elevator is in the middle of the floor and not against
> a wall (I figured it would look more "natural" to have a "supporting
> structure" in the middle rather than at the edge of a dwelling)? Or just a
> buggy lot? Should I just give up and build a stairway to heaven instead of
> an elevator?
>