5 years ago
Dishes
My sim won’t clean up any dirty dishes. I click on “clean up” but he just picks them up and puts them right back down. I’ve tried emptying the trash and that doesn’t help either. Am I missing something?
My sim won’t clean up any dirty dishes. I click on “clean up” but he just picks them up and puts them right back down. I’ve tried emptying the trash and that doesn’t help either. Am I missing something?
@GridironGuy88 I've had this issue as well but for me, it's not consistent. It may be a bug or it may just be a temporary glitch. Most recently, I just kept giving the clean up command and eventually they cleaned the dishes. Here are some things to try.
- Check for dishes on half-walls or shelves. This may be a glitch that interrupts the cleaning. Credit: @PoptartJuniper
- Drag and drop dishes closer to the sink. There may be a routing issue that causes your sim to stop.
- Make sure no other sims are near the sinks. This again may cause a routing issue.
- Right after cleanup is interrupted and your sim sets the plates down, pause the game for a few seconds. This might clear up any background processes that may be running.
- If you have more than one sim in the household, try having other sims do the cleanup.
- If the issue persists, you can drag and drop dishes in the sink.
- You can also drag and drop dishes into the trashcans but then you have to empty the trash.
I hope this helps but maybe others have different ideas.
@GridironGuy88 There are many great suggestions here! There are few additional things that come to mind for me that I didn't see listed here to consider:
Things I tend to do to help deal with dishes on my lot:
I hope there may be one or two things there that may also be something to consider. 🙌
@GridironGuy88 You're so welcome! I hope between all of the things to try mentioned by everyone you will find useful info. There are many creative ways to deal with these quirky Sims! I've also had times where the Sims liked one sink and/or sink area over the other and will always use the preferred one to wash dishes, hands after using the toilet, etc., even though the other sink works perfectly fine and has been live-tested. I've had the same dynamic with toilets and baths/showers. I had one huge household in a 5-story home where Sims and roomies would go up flights of stairs and past multiple, quality toilets and tub/showers to use the one I put on the top floor that contained the talking toilet and the spa day top-of-the-line tub! Even while doing the pee-pee walk of shame! Silly Sims! 🤣