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Anonymous
11 years ago
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[NOT BUG] Sims complain about smelly stuff although nothing is dirty

My Sim is complaining about dirty plumbing. How do I fix that? I tried clicking every sink, tub, and shower and the clean option isn't available. I even tried to use a service, but there wasn't anyth...
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  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    9 years ago

    I'm going to mark this as solved as I believe there's always a reason for the moodlet.

    Trying to summarize

    • Spoiled food in inventory
    • Bad Fish in fish tanks
    • Popcorn machine (even if nothing looks spoiled)
    • Some hidden left over plate somewhere
    • Fridge or any of the machines with spoiled food in it.
    • Broken Washing Machine
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manzana0807
Seasoned Ace
10 years ago

I just started having this problem since the GT patch. I have three Sims in the household - all with totally different personalities that consistently get a moodlet about dirty plumbing. I've checked everything. I even used the cheat to make clean and nothing was dirty.

I've never seen this before, so I thought I should report it. So far I've only had it happen with this household. And it appears at random times. Sometimes the moodlet just goes away on its own and it's not tied to one specific area. The house has two bathrooms. And an open kitchen. Sometimes it happens near the kitchen. Other times coming out of either bathroom.


And once it even happened just outside the house! The moodlet specifically refers to dirty plumbing. It's one of my two households in Newcrest. Not sure if that matters.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    10 years ago

    Do you also have it if you go to a community place ?

    • manzana0807's avatar
      manzana0807
      Seasoned Ace
      10 years ago

      Not yet. But I've bulldozed a lot of the community lots in this save to rebuild my own. I started this save right before the patch came out. Maybe two or three days before. And I was playing in the house I mentioned pre-patch and never saw this before.


      I can confirm it happened again on a different household last night after I posted my report. This time in Oasis Springs on the Vista Quarry lot. Again checked everything. Even tried deleting each plumbing item and replacing it. Still get the random moodlet. And it will go away on its own sometimes after a few minutes. Very strange.

      None of the Sims involved have the "Neat" trait.

      • crinrict's avatar
        crinrict
        Hero+
        10 years ago

        Willing to share your save game ?

        If so, please zip up this folder: documents\electronicarts\thesims4\saves, upload to mediafire or dropbox and PM me the link.

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