Dirty dishes issue, is it some bug or just game mechanics

This has happened in my game since the beginning of time, but it's gotten worse as of recently. I feel like Sims are ignoring their dishes altogether more, too.

Do you have a trash barrel? I've noticed that my Sims tend to go to the barrel first to scrape the plates and then wash the dishes afterwards. I don't know if this is something that got retuned because some of my Sims used to just go straight to the sink. I think if there's food still on the plate they need to scrape it off?

If it's not that, make sure the pathways are clear. Sometimes when there are kitchen cabinets above the sink, it causes routing problems.

I have had this issue for a while now - even with a handy trash bin. Luckley we can pick those dishes up ourselves and deposit them into the trash PIA that it is. Another thing to be fixed

I think it's just buggy and getting buggier, but I find it satisfying in a self-hating sort of way; the Sims is supposed to be a life simulator, after all, and it reminds me there's literally nowhere I can go or be that I don't get stuck doing the dishes.

"LiELF;c-17393339" wrote:
Do you have a trash barrel? I've noticed that my Sims tend to go to the barrel first to scrape the plates and then wash the dishes afterwards. I don't know if this is something that got retuned because some of my Sims used to just go straight to the sink. I think if there's food still on the plate they need to scrape it off?

If it's not that, make sure the pathways are clear. Sometimes when there are kitchen cabinets above the sink, it causes routing problems.

Iv not got a barrel and theres not a cabinet on top of the sink or the dishwasher. Frustrating. I wondered at first if there was too many dishes and that's why they were having issues but I dont think it's that even as they even do it when theres only a couple plates so

Some of my sims need more prodding to do the dishes than others. I don't mind it, but stacks of dirty dishes in community lots is annoying

I haven’t experienced this as of late, tho it has happened in the past. What I do see all the time is that despite having an expensive, amazing and handy sink in the kitchen my sims choose to go out of their way to wash them in the bathroom sink. There’s nothing obstructing their use it of it either because they will use it from time to time. ??‍♀️

Have you checked all possibilities where sims can put dirty plates? They sometimes put empty plates on shelves, but they don't take them away again. If there is an empty plate hidden somewhere on a shelf, even the butler won't clean dishes anymore.

It tends to work for me, if they put the dirty dishes down in my game it is mostly because they are either trying to pick up an item that they are not being able to pick up, or that someone else is trying to pick up the dishes as well, or that some item is in the way or close to the sink, or that someone is eating, and generally the last sim who finishes a meal is the one who will pick up the dishes.

When this happens in my game I hunt around with the walls up and look for dishes my Sim can't reach. The last culprit was the new self from Tiny Living. I had it above the counters in the kitchen and sure enough there was a plate on it. I drug the plate down and now my Sim does the dishes. Later, I added a small plant to the shelf to avoid it in the future. Also, watch higher half walls. They put stuff up there but can't get it down. I think they also still have problems with the big coffee tables and big round tables unless that was fixed.