What am I doing wrong?? Washing machine!

"mommy19959699;c-16272564" wrote:
Man I'm glad I decided to come over and see if anyone else is having this problem because I can't get answers anywhere. On a fresh install that was played for one day this is happening to me. No mods/cc or anything else. Went back into the Goth's home after downloading the new sp, built a basement, decorated with laundry stuff pack items, sent Bella downstairs to change clothes twice and the options were greyed out. The game is not recognizing a washer.

@mommy19959699 Are those curtains above it? Try moving it by a bare wall.

@mommy19959699 for now you need a bare wall above the washer for it to work, especially in a basement laundry room. I learned that from experience, lol!

"MsKatieRose;c-16272207" wrote:
Anyone having an issue with the dryer catching on fire? Even though I have fire alarms and prevention panels, it has caught on fire twice since my sim bought the stackable one. Then, even if i try to get the sim to move out of the way, they stand still in the fire and take a shower from being singed. So weird. I get a check from insurance company. There are also piles of laundry appearing every where.

Did you clean the lint trap?

Fires have a relatively high chance of occurring if you don't regularly clean the lint trap.

I like this. :smile:

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Thanks, I'll try that. Though it seems wierd that you have to clean it before using it for the first time!

Hey thanks guys. Well that sucks because in the Twitch stream I saw the shelves over the washer and dryer. Bare walls for it to work? That seriously is a bummer considering how nice it looks with shelves over them and more realistic too. Wasn't that the point? It shouldn't matter what part of the house they're in, they should be able to have shelves over them. Please SimGuruGraham fix this!! :D

Hi all! I found that I had a shelf or something on the wall behind the washing machine. Once I moved it ‘up’ and out of the way, my washingninf machine worked! Hope this helps.

Thank you all. I deleted the shelves above and now it works. Hopefully they fix it soon!

Nothing works for mine. I even tried placing the washing machines out in the open, no walls near it and no shelves above it. The sim does their same old basic clothes change and noting goes on the floor nor into the hamper. The washer and dryer only show greyed out options for upgrades. Same applies to the washtub and clothesline. :(

"LexLennon;c-16274753" wrote:
Nothing works for mine. I even tried placing the washing machines out in the open, no walls near it and no shelves above it. The sim does their same old basic clothes change and noting goes on the floor nor into the hamper. The washer and dryer only show greyed out options for upgrades. Same applies to the washtub and clothesline. :(

Hello
I am sorry that you are having this issue

f you have cc/mods in your game, move your mods folder to the desktop. Then start the game and see if the issues are still there

If the issues still remain, repairing the game may help. To do that, go to games library in Origin, right click on the sims 4 picture and click repair

Try resetting your sims 4 folder, starting a new save game file, and testing to see if it occurs there also . To do that, move your sims 4 folder ( that is in Documents -Electronic Arts - then the sims 4 folder is there ) to the desktop. Then start the game, and a new sims 4 folder will be generated.
Start a new game and test to see if the issue is in that new save game.
Exit the game and then copy back the "options.ini" or "options" file and the "saves" , "screenshots" "tray" "custom music " and "mods" folders from the desktop sims 4 folder to the new sims 4 folder, replacing the new generated file/ folders with the old file/folders from the desktop sims 4 folder.

I know this is a little off topic, but does anyone know how many "New" games (without mods) can one save without slowing the whole gameplay down for the rest? I have tried to look up this answer but can't find out if it causes the game the freeze more often or not.