Dryer fail

My sims use nature when I do give them laundry. I get tired of fixing them all the time.

I was just playing in slow mode watching my Sim, just provided with the basic clothes hampers, wash tub in the garden, additive, and clothesline suddenly deciding to go out into the garden to do her washing without prompting from me. The only thing I had to do, as she was taking some time over it, it was to stop her and tell her to put the washing on the line. Which she did.

I feel that if you don't provide too many other diversions in the house, that they tend to do better on their own, especially off the grid. This seems to follow Will Wright's axiom of just buying what you need that he used in The Sims original. He had lost many of his possessions in his house fire.

I almost never have a problem with the dryer, but I always install Lint Free and Tungsten Drum upgrades. The Tungsten upgrade makes the dryer (and washer) unbreakable.
My washing machine bugs out sometimes and claim there is no working washing machine on the lot. This is fixed by Resetting the Laundry BIN, not the machine.

I went through all of the effort once to upgrade all of my Sim's upgradeables- appliances, fireplaces, beds. I also built and fully upgraded a rocket. Then I saved the lot to my library and when I placed it again, nothing was upgraded. The rocket wasn't even built. I was so mad about wasting all that time and money that I rarely upgrade things anymore.

I do have the same issues (I solve them with mods, but we shouldn't have to).

"alan650111;c-17994767" wrote:
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!!

I sometimes have to do it 2-3 times before it gets dried and I do wait to see it's turning the washing round before my sim walks away

"Beardedgeek;c-17995594" wrote:
I almost never have a problem with the dryer, but I always install Lint Free and Tungsten Drum upgrades. The Tungsten upgrade makes the dryer (and washer) unbreakable.
My washing machine bugs out sometimes and claim there is no working washing machine on the lot. This is fixed by Resetting the Laundry BIN, not the machine.

I got my Sim to obtain handiness to 10 and upgraded everything, I even used buydebug to get the parts. Fully upgraded now.

In the end I got rid of the dryer and put this in the garden shed and it's made such a difference to my game. I got rid of the clothes lines in the garden because they can't really use them in winter. No puddles in the shed so I might move this to the laundry room https://thesimmer40.tumblr.com/post/176810010459/indoor-clothesline