Has anyone successfully found anything that stops that dryer from breaking down after every second use? I've had my Sim fully upgrade it, still breaking. Also how many times do I have to get my Sims to do the dry interaction before it does it? It's getting ridiculous, I put it on while a wash load went in, came back and dryer hadn't dried the clothes but washing was finished. Thinking I might have wasted my money on this pack.

I find it 'breaks' a lot game code wise, as in it's not showing as broken, but it no longer responds to any interractions.I'm very often having to go into build mode and place out a new one, delete the old one, and use a cheat to keep my sim's money the same - because a washer or dryer has just stopped working.If it breaks as a part of the game, I have my sim's repair it - and this does happen an absurdly frequent amount of the time...Enough so that if I could figure out making mods I'd make a pricey one with higher reliability.

I haven’t used laundry for several months, but when I did, I would just get rid of the problem clothes. Certain loads of laundry just got bugged, and I let them drop it on the floor and I sold it through their inventory. I wish they’d fix it, but that’s been my preferred workaround.

Am I the only one annoyed that you have to do an extra click once you put the laundry in the washer or dryer? I wish they automatically turned it on themselves once you directed them to load each! Just a very small extra step that annoys me greatly ha. I have also experienced these bugged dryers you are all speaking of too. Frustrating!!

The bugged dryer is really annoying, especially when it is fully upgraded. I also normally just get rid of the clothes pile and that usually takes care of it. The frequency of it breaking down when it isn't bugging out is crazy though.

Most of my houses are fine, but I have one where I'm constantly replacing a non-working dryer and another where it constantly catches fire. In the second case, I was checking in on the family and while I was there, I got the "Fire!" popup 4 times and it was the dryer each time. Happened with three different Sims in the house. Since I never told them to even do laundry, it was weird. I ended up taking all of the laundry stuff out of the house.

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17 Replies

Jyotai
4 years ago
I find it 'breaks' a lot game code wise, as in it's not showing as broken, but it no longer responds to any interractions.

I'm very often having to go into build mode and place out a new one, delete the old one, and use a cheat to keep my sim's money the same - because a washer or dryer has just stopped working.

If it breaks as a part of the game, I have my sim's repair it - and this does happen an absurdly frequent amount of the time...

Enough so that if I could figure out making mods I'd make a pricey one with higher reliability.
babajayne
4 years ago
I haven’t used laundry for several months, but when I did, I would just get rid of the problem clothes. Certain loads of laundry just got bugged, and I let them drop it on the floor and I sold it through their inventory. I wish they’d fix it, but that’s been my preferred workaround.
alan650
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Am I the only one annoyed that you have to do an extra click once you put the laundry in the washer or dryer? I wish they automatically turned it on themselves once you directed them to load each! Just a very small extra step that annoys me greatly ha. I have also experienced these bugged dryers you are all speaking of too. Frustrating!!
manicobsessive1
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Yeah, I've noticed this too. It's really irritating. :# I do the same as babajayne.
Sara1010p
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
The bugged dryer is really annoying, especially when it is fully upgraded. I also normally just get rid of the clothes pile and that usually takes care of it. The frequency of it breaking down when it isn't bugging out is crazy though.
LadyGray01
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Most of my houses are fine, but I have one where I'm constantly replacing a non-working dryer and another where it constantly catches fire. In the second case, I was checking in on the family and while I was there, I got the "Fire!" popup 4 times and it was the dryer each time. Happened with three different Sims in the house. Since I never told them to even do laundry, it was weird. I ended up taking all of the laundry stuff out of the house.
Simburian
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Do you clean the lint out?

In real life I've just asked my brother this and it appears he hasn't so it's stopped him from having a fire anyway. I think he had forgotten what he was told when he got it. Nobody reads the "b" manual nowadays it seems.

Thanks anyway for reminding me, (and him) EA. :)
Sharooonia
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
I find that both washer and dryer break a lot and have glitchy issues.
LadyGray01
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"Simburian;c-17994883" wrote:
Do you clean the lint out?

In real life I've just asked my brother this and it appears he hasn't so it's stopped him from having a fire anyway. I think he had forgotten what he was told when he got it. Nobody reads the "b" manual nowadays it seems.

Thanks anyway for reminding me, (and him) EA. :)

I do when I'm controlling the Sims and telling them to do laundry. What was weird was they were doing this autonomously. I was paying attention to other Sims in the house every time it happened. They just randomly decided to use the dryer and caught on fire.
Aikamatkustus
4 years ago
The Dryer has been the cause of death of many a Sim in my game...