Routing of the sinks!

"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.

"crocobaura;c-18249197" wrote:

"Lilia1971;c-18249192" wrote:

"crocobaura;c-18249154" wrote:
If you add a dishwasher to the kitchen they will stop using the bathroom sink to wash dishes. As for washing hands after using the toilet, they always wash their hands in the sink in the bathroom they are in, never had them travel between bathrooms to wash hands, let alone go on different floors to do that. Sometimes they might prefer to use the toilet upstairs instead of the one downstairs, but they will wash their hands there as well.

In my game they rarely use the sink in the bathroom next to the toilet to wash their hands. They mostly go to the kitchen sink or a sink in a different bathroom, including on different floors. This has happened in all houses I’ve played with all different families.

Have you tried to see if the sinks are accessible? Maybe there are clutter objects blocking access to them? I rarely have issues with sinks, and for most part they work as intended in my game and I play vanilla.

Just found a massive thread in the big reports section with this exact problem. Seems people think it started happening a lot after the HSY patch.

"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 have always found this to be a problem in my game. I don't even know why I bother putting sinks in the bathrooms. It's just there for aesthetics I think!

I have noticed if you have a kitchen cabinet above sinks and dishwashers then your sim won't use them too. They would rather go and wash the dishes in an upstairs bathroom sink than the dishwasher right next to them. So I make sure they never have cabinets above them.

"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.

"crocobaura;c-18249154" wrote:
If you add a dishwasher to the kitchen they will stop using the bathroom sink to wash dishes. As for washing hands after using the toilet, they always wash their hands in the sink in the bathroom they are in, never had them travel between bathrooms to wash hands, let alone go on different floors to do that. Sometimes they might prefer to use the toilet upstairs instead of the one downstairs, but they will wash their hands there as well.

Since the latest patch my Sims go downstairs to wash their hands. The OP is 100 % right.

"alanmichael1;c-18249247" wrote:

"crocobaura;c-18249154" wrote:
If you add a dishwasher to the kitchen they will stop using the bathroom sink to wash dishes. As for washing hands after using the toilet, they always wash their hands in the sink in the bathroom they are in, never had them travel between bathrooms to wash hands, let alone go on different floors to do that. Sometimes they might prefer to use the toilet upstairs instead of the one downstairs, but they will wash their hands there as well.

Since the latest patch my Sims go downstairs to wash their hands. The OP is 100 % right.

Would you upload the house in question to the gallery?

I've noticed my sims are sometimes walking to sinks in different rooms after using the bathroom, even when there is a sink in the same room as them.

In my game it's a fairly new thing within the past year. They used to be pretty good about using the one nearest the toilet. Now they go out of the way to use one in a different room 90% of the time. I can have two sims use two different toilets at the same time, and they'll walk past each other to use each other's sinks. It's not the sinks. I believe it's a bug that came up either with HSY or a later patch. I've just decided to find it amusing to save my sanity. It causes a lot of embarrassing moments when someone else is showering in the room with the sink they decide to use though.

Edit to add: It's happening in every household, and on lots that I used without this problem for years.