Product: The Sims 4Platform:PCWhich language are you playing the game in? EnglishHow often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)What is your current game version number? 1.71.86.1020What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All except Moschino, as well as Bust the Dust and Country Living (no other Kits)Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have a Sim live at Admiral’s Wreckage. Let the front doorway become filthy. Then try to vacuum it.What happens when the bug occurs? The sim vacuums the front yard instead of the doorway itself, which remains visibly grimy. The Sim will still get the “Filthy” moodlets while in their front yard.What do you expect to see? The Sim vacuums the doorway when it is selected, so the grime goes away and the moodlets turn positive.Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? YesPlease describe the patch or change you made. Installed the Bust to Dust and Country Living kits. Vacuuming inside the house works just fine. I have not played any other households since getting the kits, so I don’t know what it is about this doorway that’s broken. I haven’t altered it from its original state. Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title

I think I figured out what aspect of the lot is causing the issue, through experimenting.This house is underground, with only a 2-tile entrance aboveground. You can’t vacuum on a floor without at least 4 floor tiles. But a floor with fewer than 4 tiles can still get dirty.So if I expand the entrance to 4 tiles, I can vacuum it. That does work.

@PearTreeBark Did you leave the lot as off-grid ?

Good question! I did not.However, I recently realized that my vacuum was broken (after I posted this, I suddenly couldn’t vacuum anywhere else either; I first tried turning Bust the Dust on and off but that did nothing, so it finally occurred to me to check the vacuum itself.) so. I will keep you updated on whether that was all it was (can’t tell yet).Side note: Repairing the vacuum seemed to be broken, but I’m not sure if this is a bug or just a result of buying the cheapest vacuum since there were no numbers for reliability. It worked initially but broke again before I’d finished cleaning; my sim’s attempt to repair it took so long that it got her from level 1 to level 5 handiness, at which point the vacuum caught fire and had to be replaced.

Update: Turning the kit off and back on and getting a new vacuum did not fix the original problem, so it does seem to be a problem with the lot itself. Which is really annoying.

@PearTreeBark Another thing that works is to simply remove the entryway altogether, so that there is no floor to have to clean. No front door either, but it does solve the problem of having an unvacuumable floor.

[BDK] Can't vacuum < 4 floor tiles - tiles still get dirty

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crinrict
Hero+
5 years ago
@DragonAge_300905 The bust the dust for for haunted houses is on the laundry list for the next patch (coming this week) so maybe they also fix the bust the dust.

Could you re-check once the patch hits ? Leaving this for now.
DragonAge_300905
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@crinrict I have already fixed my lot so I can use the upright vacuum on my tiny house lot.I can now check the dust level of the house which means dust and dust bunnies will start happening on the lot.
The reason I could not use the upright vacuum anywhere on my lot was because I had a 1 X 6 tile pier, (walkway, whatever you want to call it) going to the only entrance to my houseboat.
I was able to vacuum with the upright vacuum on my lot by moving the houseboat out of the water and putting the stairs under the door entrance. In which my sim would go vacuum outside after I told him to vacuum inside my tiny houseboat.
The issue or bug stems from the sim not being able to keep the command to vacuum and walk on the pier or walkway (to the entrance of the tiny house) to vacuum the ground outside when the house is too small to vacuum inside. The pier or walkway to the entrance can be used by the sim to enter the house but the command to vacuum doesn't carry over from (inside the house to over) the walkway to the ground outside when your sim is commanded to vacuum inside the tiny house. That is the best way I can explain the issue. Sorry If it's not a good explanation.
crinrict
Hero+
5 years ago
@DragonAge_300905 So basically this: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/BE-Can-t-vacuum-lt-4-floor-tiles-but-tiles-still-get-dirty/td-p/10160592 ?
DragonAge_300905
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Yes her #6 post explains the issue with small entrance walkways. I clicked a me too on the report.
crinrict
Hero+
5 years ago
@DragonAge_300905 I merged your thread then.
elfinpcc
New Scout
5 years ago
I play rotation and have families using both the prebuilt underground boathouse in Sulani and the under the plane house in Strangerville. Both houses have very tiny entryways on the ground floor before going down to the basement. I had expanded the boathouse one to be able to vacuum it (decreasing the stairs and widening the wall and expand the room as much as possible to be able to vacuum. I took a couple of months' break, and now I can't vacuum either. The boathouse one doesn't even look dusty...

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