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Re: [NOT BUG] Sims complain about smelly stuff although nothing is dirty

@johnswanagon wrote:

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 anything available except for a maid.

Does anyone know how to clean the plumbing? lol.

This is NOT a bug!!! LOL

You need to have your Sim skill up in Mechanical / Handiness and upgrade the shower so that the shower has Clean Coat and you will not get the Moodlet any more. Your Sim will then have a Happy Moodlet boost for an extra-clean shower. Hope that helps! :-)

5 Replies

Valdesca
10 years ago
Fireplace upgraded to automated lighting give dirt moodlet, if you upgraded by instant upgrade you got this. again in this patch.
Anonymous
10 years ago
Another possibility is the fish tanks if you choose to buy fish by clicking the tank. Those fish still need to be manually named or they go foul but, the description of them does not not have a quality display and, they do not emit a green fog so, it's hard to figure out that the fish are the problem.

SOLUTION: open the tank, sell all fish, buy new fish, name each one. They will not go smelly again.
crinrict
Hero+
10 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
nratyla
6 years ago
@DarkAmaranth1966 My problem fixed with this solution. I sold all the fishes in the tank and with the mount. Thank you!
morganmavina
6 years ago
Another thing it could be is when your sim is eating and your dog is begging for food there is an option to give your dog some food. Your sim puts down a little piece of what your eating on the floor, if the dog doesn’t eat it your sim will get the “dirty surroundings” moodlet. I went to build mode to move the rugs around to see if there was trash underneath them and sure enough there was a piece of food intended for the dog under there causing the moodlet. Hope this helps anyone who needs it 🙂