Combination Community Lots

"BoergeAarg61;c-17299794" wrote:

"Livin in Sim;c-17298161" wrote:

I never figured out how to make the NPCs do laundry. I don't think there is a Club Activity for that, is there?

I haven't seen NPCs do laundry nor investigated club activities, either.

"Livin in Sim;c-17298161" wrote:

I've also heard washers/dryers don't work on retail lots. I never tried using them with my active Sim as I figured I would need to have dirty laundry with me, and I don't know if you can put that in your Inventory.

Washers and dryers work on community lots. I sometimes find dirty laundry in inventories of my sims, but only had one of them use a washer and a dryer on a community lot once. As washing and drying clothes take some time, the sims might need something to do while the washer and the dryer do their jobs.

"Livin in Sim;c-17298161" wrote:

I don't think linen piles even spawn unless you have the machines, do they? And then there would be no point in going to the laundromat, haha. Or do the hampers fill up without machines on the lot? Has anyone actually used a laundromat in some fashion, or are yours just decorative?

I have not really used laundromats as the sims don't pay to use washers and dryers at community lots.
You actually only need a laundry basket to have laundry spawn, and for some reason sims might put dirty laundry in their inventory even when they own a washer at home. <

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Edit on November 6: I just found a sim with some dirty laundry in his inventory.
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As writing in an earlier posting, a washer and a dryer are found in a bowling bar. That's where he went to wash his clothes.
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While the washer did it's job, the sim was sitting in the bar having a curry sausage and a least one drink.
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A while later, the laudry was clean and was moved to the dryer.
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When the laudry was dry and taken from the dryer, it went into the inventory.
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Ah, thanks, @BoergeAarg61, that was very informative. And thanks to everyone else who answered about potential laundromats. I shall have to try to replicate this. How neat that it will work somewhat. I will put a hamper, but no machines in some of my apartments, and see if I can get a linen pile to spawn in a Sim's inventory. I know it will spawn on the floor if the Sim is a Slob, so it sounds like I could pick that up and put in the inventory, too. There will be a lot of other stuff for the Sim to do on my large lot where the laundromat is. It was really cute that your Sim could have a drink and eat while the linen washed, haha.