Ok so first I ran into the whole "you dont have a washer on your lot" bug because there was a shelf over the washer. so i fixed that.Now I'm noticing clean clothes go into the hamper, and I know this because when I click on a full hamper I dont have the option to wash the clothes because "these clothes are already clean." They'll even be sparkling in the hamper, that's how clean they are.But does anyone else sorta feel like laundry is being done CONSTANTLY? I need multiple hampers in the house and one of my household's sims is literally constantly doing laundry. I tried to reduce the amount of hampers in the house to fix this but apparently I need at least 3 on my lot so clothes don't fall on the floor. Is there some sort of trick to making this a little more efficient? Oh and also: my washer and dryer break seemingly all the time. Is that a bug?

I discovered that my sim, living in a family of 7 sims and 1 pet, can add the contents of four hampers to the washer before starting it. Does take a little time having them go back and forth, though. But it means I can get away with not having them do laundry every day.

"kturner1015;d-933742" wrote:Ok so first I ran into the whole "you dont have a washer on your lot" bug because there was a shelf over the washer. so i fixed that.Now I'm noticing clean clothes go into the hamper, and I know this because when I click on a full hamper I dont have the option to wash the clothes because "these clothes are already clean." They'll even be sparkling in the hamper, that's how clean they are.But does anyone else sorta feel like laundry is being done CONSTANTLY? I need multiple hampers in the house and one of my household's sims is literally constantly doing laundry. I tried to reduce the amount of hampers in the house to fix this but apparently I need at least 3 on my lot so clothes don't fall on the floor. Is there some sort of trick to making this a little more efficient? Oh and also: my washer and dryer break seemingly all the time. Is that a bug?I reported the "clean clothes" bug in another thread a few days ago. They're looking into it since other simmers are also reporting the same thing. In my current game it's hit and miss. I think a lot of it has to do with both pristine clothes getting into the hamper and once in awhile clothes that were just cleaned end up in there. Strangely enough, this does not happen with every load so I wonder why it's happening myself.They're also looking into why we can't use the machines whenever there's items on the wall above them. I'm guessing a patch to fix both will be forthcoming soon.As for making things efficient? The only thing I can think of is to do what I've seen in a lot of two and three-story homes and condos that are being built. It's a common thing to see the laundry room on the same floor as the bedrooms. I've got a three-story condo build I'm playing with, and luckily there's only two sims and a cat and laundry is done every third day. Their bedroom is on the top floor, and the laundry room is on the ground floor.

Well we do know it isn't mod or cc related cause people like me are having this issue and I don't have any cc or mods. It's disappointing too.

Yes it's a lot of laundry. One Sim can change like 4x a day (go swimming, taking a shower, get dressed in the morning, get PJs at night) so it really adds up. I really wish the hampers were bigger.

When people were begging for laundry I said this would happen. Everyone complained about how annoying laundry got in Sims 3 and ended up deleting their washer/dryers......now, shocker, its happening in Sims 4 too. There were so many other ideas (such as the living off the land that came in second place) that would have expanded the gameplay so much more and would not have been annoying, but oh well......You know what they say "people who keep repeating the same things over and over expecting different results........"It was annoying in Sims 3 and its even more annoying now because its a more complicated system. I do love the objects however, those were nice, but we would have gotten those with the other theme as well anyway. Laundry is so beyond pointless, especially since you can't even have a functioning laundromat where sims go to do laundry (you can make one, but only your sim will do laudry there which is beyond redundent).

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Francl27
8 years ago
"kturner1015;c-16278036" wrote:
"Pegasys;c-16277991" wrote:
"kturner1015;c-16277773" wrote:
"Francl27;c-16277214" wrote:
Yes it's a lot of laundry. One Sim can change like 4x a day (go swimming, taking a shower, get dressed in the morning, get PJs at night) so it really adds up. I really wish the hampers were bigger.

i just wish they could collect from all hampers at one time, that would make it much easier.

Do you put all the hampers in one location, like right next to the washer/dryer? Then at least your sims don't have to traipse through the whole house gathering laundry.

well i tried that, but i found unless the hamper was reasonably close to where my sim was changing (like the upstairs bathrooms, for example) their clothes would end up in a pile instead of the hampers. i think i am just going to do what the other poster said & load several hampers individually into the washer, then wash them all together. that'll save at least a little bit of back & forth

Is your Sim lazy or something? My lazy Sim leaves clothes everywhere. No issue with anyone else.
Feisbukaite
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
I think I found easier way to do laundry and avoid dirty clothes on the floor. My current household is 5 sims. So I placed 5 hampers in the laundry room. One hamper is usually empty, one has clean clothes in it and other 3 fill up with dirty clothes. I do laundry every other day by placing dirty clothes from all 3 hampers in one load. I’v tried it for 1 sim week and I think having one hamper per sim is the only option to avoid dirty clothes on the floor once hampers are full of clean clothes. It’s really ridiculous to have so many hampers, because my other household are mostly 8 sims.
PlumbBobbi
8 years ago
Wait. Clothes can fall on the floor? That is awesome. Do they stay there?
kturner1015
8 years ago
"Francl27;c-16278961" wrote:
"kturner1015;c-16278036" wrote:
"Pegasys;c-16277991" wrote:
"kturner1015;c-16277773" wrote:
"Francl27;c-16277214" wrote:
Yes it's a lot of laundry. One Sim can change like 4x a day (go swimming, taking a shower, get dressed in the morning, get PJs at night) so it really adds up. I really wish the hampers were bigger.

i just wish they could collect from all hampers at one time, that would make it much easier.

Do you put all the hampers in one location, like right next to the washer/dryer? Then at least your sims don't have to traipse through the whole house gathering laundry.

well i tried that, but i found unless the hamper was reasonably close to where my sim was changing (like the upstairs bathrooms, for example) their clothes would end up in a pile instead of the hampers. i think i am just going to do what the other poster said & load several hampers individually into the washer, then wash them all together. that'll save at least a little bit of back & forth

Is your Sim lazy or something? My lazy Sim leaves clothes everywhere. No issue with anyone else.

no! it was like, if they got changed in the bathroom after a shower or somthing, if there wasnt a hamper nearby (in the bathroom or in the adjoining bedroom) the clothes would go on the floor. far-away hampers dont fill with clothes, just nearby ones. i will try putting the hampers in the laundry room but i worry theyll be too far :neutral:
kturner1015
8 years ago
"Pegasys;c-16278062" wrote:
"kturner1015;c-16278036" wrote:
"Pegasys;c-16277991" wrote:
"kturner1015;c-16277773" wrote:
"Francl27;c-16277214" wrote:
Yes it's a lot of laundry. One Sim can change like 4x a day (go swimming, taking a shower, get dressed in the morning, get PJs at night) so it really adds up. I really wish the hampers were bigger.

i just wish they could collect from all hampers at one time, that would make it much easier.

Do you put all the hampers in one location, like right next to the washer/dryer? Then at least your sims don't have to traipse through the whole house gathering laundry.

well i tried that, but i found unless the hamper was reasonably close to where my sim was changing (like the upstairs bathrooms, for example) their clothes would end up in a pile instead of the hampers. i think i am just going to do what the other poster said & load several hampers individually into the washer, then wash them all together. that'll save at least a little bit of back & forth

Hmmm that's strange, that sounds like a glitch. The hampers don't need to be anywhere near the sims, they just need to be on the lot.

My sims only have a hamper in the basement. Even when they change clothes on the 2nd floor, the clothes go into the hamper in the basement. The only time the clothes end up on the floor is when the hamper is full.

mine just be glitchy then. as i said in the post right above this to another commenter - if there isnt a hamper somewhere within the vicinty of the sim changing clothes, they go on the floor. it's the worst.
Meka3211
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
I put a hamper in the house for each of my Sims. For my single Sim, washing laundry once a week seemed to work great. Now that her fiance has moved in, laundry has increased to maybe twice per week. I haven't had a need to do more than that. For larger households, I still only do laundry twice per week. I let the basket fill up until clothes are on the ground & then do it. I like Laundry Day as it adds a touch of realism but I don't make my Sims do laundry everyday. Having hampers for each Sim seems to help as some Sims change clothes less daily (such as toddlers) versus YAs or Adults.

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