Routing of the sinks!
Has anyone else noticed this get very out of hand recently? Before my sims would have washed their hands and dishes in the sink that's in the same room as them. Lately it's got so bad that in the Bhee...
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"Admiral8Q;c-18249219" wrote:"crocobaura;c-18249204" wrote:"Simmerville;c-18249187" wrote:
So, it got me wondering - do we have sinks intended for various use, like some sinks meant for bathrooms while others are meant for kitchens? Could it be that I placed a kitchen sink in that bathroom? I never saw such categories in BB, but the sinks could still be slightly differently coded like some attracts "wash hands" and others attract "clean plate". Anyone know?
Some sinks are definitely meant to be kitchen sinks, the ones with long water faucet are kitchen sinks, but I don't know if they are coded differently. I just put what looks like a kitchen sink in the kitchen and bathroom sink in the bathroom. Very often I use the cheapest sinks too, and they still keep using the right sinks. Some objects do cause preferential behaviour, like a sim will prefer to use a pee bush further away over a closer toilet. I am playing a sim now whose first floor bathroom sink is closer than the kitchen sink, by a few tiles only and she used to wash her dishes in the bathroom sink but that was solved by just adding a dishwasher and now that is the preferred method of cleaning dishes, unless it is already in use.
They are not coded differently. A sink is a sink. The only difference I could see is it's stats. Like for beds, the more comfortable ones are usually chosen first. Same with chairs couches, etc.
The "sink" thing actually drove me nuts before and I removed all of them in the house. So for hygiene, only option is shower or bath. For dishes, only option is garbage (or dishwasher if I put one in).
I think easiest way to solve the issue with washing dishes in kitchen sink is to place the table in the kitchen or right next to the kitchen. If you have the dining room on the other side of the house and bathroom between the kitchen and diningroom, they are bound to use the bathroom to wash dishes. I have never encountered sims washing their hands in other bathroom, maybe that has to do with other stats than standard hygiene level. Would be interesting to know if sims behave the same in such a house if the house is placed in different games, maybe it has to do with various upgrades added or maybe it's caused by the house design. Or maybe it's a stuck object that needs to be reset.
