I have a pretty bad problem where my Sims were getting the unpleasant surroundings moodlet when stepping into the kitchen. Couldn't find any trash or left over plates, searched all floors and the whole house, including inventories, for nothing. Then I find that Sims can't reach the fridge anymore, despite having been able to a game day before. I try moving the fridge, and find I can't place it or anything else in the area that I have shown in the attached screenshot. A 2x1 invisible object is right in the middle of my kitchen 😢 I wonder if anyone else has had the same glitch? Can't seem to find anything on how to fix it

@Temaraii I believe the problem in routing is caused by the hanging pot rack you have near the refrigerator. If you delete it, the sim can route to the fridge again. I know because it hangs well above the sim's walking area, you would think it wouldn't interfere, but I've seen them cause these routing failures before. If you select it, you can see that its footprint (green highlight) takes up the two squares in front of the fridge.

I've never seen a trash bag appear next to a broken appliance. Just tested by having my sim use the toilet and sink over and over again in your bathroom. Both appliances broke, sprung leaks that created puddles on the floor, and gave the unpleasant surroundings moodlet, but no trash pop-up. I'm not sure how/why it would do so anyway... I left the mess in the bathroom and came out to the kitchen, and no unpleasant moodlet out there (as I would expect, since it should be isolated to the room). I played in the kitchen, baking and cooking until my sim was exhausted. Got a grungy counter moodlet, but the sim actually placed most of the cooked food in the dining room, so when it spoiled, that room was affected. Kept working in the kitchen, periodically cleaning up, and everything functioned as expected, until at one point, I sent the sim to clean up a couple of plates on the island counter. He took one of them to the table in the dining room and then went back to the kitchen and grabbed the other one. He waved his hands in a routing failure, so I clicked on the plate to clean up again, and the one in the dining room disappeared while he went ahead and cleaned the other one. Now, I didn't get any unpleasant moodlets in either room after, so I think the game really did delete the plate, but it's possible that something similar happened in your case, and maybe it didn't get properly deleted. What I'd recommend trying is bulldozing the lot and then placing your build back on it from your library (save it first if you've made changes since you shared it on the Gallery). Since the moodlet problem didn't transfer to me when I downloaded the lot, I'm guessing that it will clear up if you place the lot again as well.

You don't have a popcorn maker, right ? I can't see one on the pic but it might be hidden. Also, I'm inclined to merge with this thread: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/Dirty-Plumbing/td-p/3450597/ (although it says plumbing). If you want you can send me your save game and I'll take a look. Just upload to some file sharing site and PM me the link.

@Temaraii Moved this to the general forum as it's not a bug. Related to fish tank @BryonyRae for awareness

Do you have any mods or CC (custom content)? Try taking that out.See this for more information: [PLEASE READ] Usage of Mods and Custom Content

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25 Replies

Phantomlover1717
Legend
10 years ago
Do you have any mods or CC (custom content)? Try taking that out.
See this for more information: [PLEASE READ] Usage of Mods and Custom Content
Temaraii
10 years ago
No, I have all of the expansion packs, and only installed Dine Out today, but no CC or mods
Phantomlover1717
Legend
10 years ago
@Temaraii moved to the bug forum.
BryonyRae
Hero (Retired)
10 years ago
@Temaraii Your issue sounds somewhat similar to this one If you exit the game and reload your save, does it (temporarily) fix the problem? Have you tried clearing your cache and repairing the game? If you take those steps, and it doesn't correct the problem, could you upload the home to the Gallery (call it Test Routing Bug or something along those lines) and let me know when it's up? I'd like to take a closer look.
Temaraii
10 years ago
@BryonyRae Reset and clearing cache didn't work. House is now uploaded to the gallery as Test Routing Bug
BryonyRae
Hero (Retired)
10 years ago
What happens when you exit and reload the save? I will download the build now and let you know what I find.
Temaraii
10 years ago
Nothing's changed. I also tried to hire a maid to see if they could locate any trash, but they just turned up, said nothing needed doing, and then left
BryonyRae
Hero (Retired)
10 years ago
@Temaraii I believe the problem in routing is caused by the hanging pot rack you have near the refrigerator. If you delete it, the sim can route to the fridge again. I know because it hangs well above the sim's walking area, you would think it wouldn't interfere, but I've seen them cause these routing failures before. If you select it, you can see that its footprint (green highlight) takes up the two squares in front of the fridge.
Temaraii
10 years ago
@BryonyRae Thank you! The pot rack was the cause of not being able to get to the fridge! (I didn't like the look of it anyway 🥳 ) But I still have a negative moodlet for Unpleasant Surroundings. Is this another glitch? Or is this just in my game and not your version?
BryonyRae
Hero (Retired)
10 years ago
Yeah, I walked my sim all over the house and never got a negative moodlet in any of the rooms. Have you checked whether your trash can needs to be emptied or one of the counters/surfaces cleaned, sink, etc.?