I am trying to get my sim to do laundry but he can't seem to for some reason, as if there is something obstructing his path or his ability to get something. I have taken all the hampers and put them all next to each other in the hall to see if it was one of them that had something in the way, but that didn't work. Then I moved the washer out in the open too see if that was the issue. He still won't I tried to get another sim to but she cant. I went as far as resetting the town just to try and cover anything if there was something stuck. All to no avail. What am I missing here?

Perhaps. But then you could do the same resets with the hampers. To figure out what's causing the problem, I'd move the hampers into family inventory and then have one of your sims spin into another outfit to dump some clothing on the floor. Then you can tell the sim to do laundry and see what happens.

Just in case that doesn't help, by chance do you have TS3 store hampers and laundry machines or strictly those from Ambitions? This sounds like premium store content (ccmerged) failure. Is any of your other premium store content working correctly?

"MKSizzle;c-16649185" wrote:@igazor Is it ok for me to PM you?Of course. I'm puzzled as to what the issue here was/is though, my next question was going to be have you tried testing a newly started world to see if the issue persists and would then start asking about the contents of your Mods folder or if a newly spawned clean (no content) user game folder helps.

I almost never put a washer & dryer in the houses. I put a laundromat somewhere in town. Well, I actually usually put in a mall with laundromat, consignment store, and other shops somewhere in town.

For those following along here and perhaps unable to sleep at night worrying about the OP's sims and the state of their laundry, they have worked it out. It was a problem with the residential lot, not the world or the game itself. :)

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puzzlezaddict
Hero+
7 years ago
Perhaps. But then you could do the same resets with the hampers. To figure out what's causing the problem, I'd move the hampers into family inventory and then have one of your sims spin into another outfit to dump some clothing on the floor. Then you can tell the sim to do laundry and see what happens.
igazor
7 years ago
Just in case that doesn't help, by chance do you have TS3 store hampers and laundry machines or strictly those from Ambitions? This sounds like premium store content (ccmerged) failure. Is any of your other premium store content working correctly?
igazor
7 years ago
"MKSizzle;c-16649185" wrote:
@igazor Is it ok for me to PM you?

Of course. I'm puzzled as to what the issue here was/is though, my next question was going to be have you tried testing a newly started world to see if the issue persists and would then start asking about the contents of your Mods folder or if a newly spawned clean (no content) user game folder helps.
brionl
7 years ago
I almost never put a washer & dryer in the houses. I put a laundromat somewhere in town. Well, I actually usually put in a mall with laundromat, consignment store, and other shops somewhere in town.
igazor
7 years ago
For those following along here and perhaps unable to sleep at night worrying about the OP's sims and the state of their laundry, they have worked it out. It was a problem with the residential lot, not the world or the game itself. :)
1need4kaffee
7 years ago
That's a relief! I imagine the sims were pretty close to running out of clothes. You spin new clothes, the old ones disappear, soon you don't have anything to wear for work and because you can't work you don't have any simoleans to buy new clothes. Next thing you know, you are foraging nude at the park for wild veggies to eat. Your only amusement is streaking and skinny dipping. This was going down hill fast! :D :D
igazor
7 years ago
@1need4kaffee - That's why, in the real world, the concept of telecommuting (working from home) exists. It is not my employer's business nor anyone else's that I haven't done laundry in eight years. o:)

Expected next question: "My job is to staff a kissing booth at the local seasonal festival. How can I make this work for me?" :p
genestmk
7 years ago
Heh thanks for letting them know @igazor. I would have told them....eventually. I wanted to make them wonder and worry just a little bit longer. Keep them in suspense!

But, yes, I fixed the issue. Thank goodness because I love doing laundry. Wait, no I don't, why did I care this much? Sigh.
igazor
4 years ago
@Darie_1234 - The issue that the OP had here was with her residential lot, just that one. It turned out that it had severe routing issues that affected more than just laundry. If I remember correctly, her solution was to move her sims to another lot and just get rid of the problem one.

That of course wouldn't be the solution if you are having a laundry issue that persists across more than one residential lot or saved game.
EA_Leeloo
4 years ago
Hey there,

Since this thread had been inactive since 2018 and a solution was shared, I'm closing it as per our necroposting rules.

- Leeloo