What am I doing wrong?? Washing machine!

"pepperjax1230;c-16334000" wrote:
My sims just drop the laundry like they do plates and then I have to tell them many times to pick it up before they actually do as I say.

Do they have the sloppy trait?

The same just started happening to me. I moved my Laundry room to the basement and just used a premade room from the community. After I did that when I click on the washer and dryer I can only upgrade it. No opinion to add clothes. I deleted the machine and brought new. I also moved the laundry baskets. T_T

I actually just figured my issue. The machines are not usable when next to a counter for whatever reason. They should fix this issue.

"boopish;c-16267533" wrote:
Hey guys, I had a shelf above my washing machine and removing that shelf somehow allowed me to use the washing machine.

I had that problem too. You can have it above the washing machine, but it has to be kind of high up. You need LOTS of space above the washer. (Shrugs)

Had the same issue.

"happyopi;c-16271856" wrote:
Another fix is simple enough, place the washer/dryer with alt further from the wall so that the back of it is not inside the wall.

This still works though you have to move it further since a previous patch (before the jungle one).

Would anyone be able to help my issue? I have no mods, just bought the add on pack and can't use the washer. I've tried placing it outdoors, away from shelves from what I read in the past comments however nothing works. When I click the washer it just gives me the option to upgrade.

"VenessaVee;c-16499733" wrote:
Would anyone be able to help my issue? I have no mods, just bought the add on pack and can't use the washer. I've tried placing it outdoors, away from shelves from what I read in the past comments however nothing works. When I click the washer it just gives me the option to upgrade.

Hello @VenessaVee
Try selling the washer and buying a new one and see if that helps

Towers work for me 100% of the time.
If I have machines standing side by side, sooner or later the washer glitches out and you can't use it anymore.
My suspicion is that having the dryer on top "clears the area".

Also, I find it very irritating that whoever designed the machines did them too big. There is ZERO reason why they clip an "sim inch" into the wall when standing next to a wall. That's just lazy design.

"VenessaVee;c-16499733" wrote:
Would anyone be able to help my issue? I have no mods, just bought the add on pack and can't use the washer. I've tried placing it outdoors, away from shelves from what I read in the past comments however nothing works. When I click the washer it just gives me the option to upgrade.

Hi - maybe a silly question, but do you actually have dirty laundry on your lot? You click on the dirty laundry to wash it, not on the washing machine.

"Beardedgeek;c-16503764" wrote:

Also, I find it very irritating that whoever designed the machines did them too big. There is ZERO reason why they clip an "sim inch" into the wall when standing next to a wall. That's just lazy design.

This is actually intentional, in fact it occurs with a bunch of objects in-game. If we want an object to seamlessly tile with another object placed adjacent to it (aka, no gap or space between the two objects), then that object has to be built to go all the way to the edge of the tile that it's placed on. Because our walls have a thickness to them, when you place objects that function this way next to a wall, they slightly clip into the wall. We tend to ensure that nothing important is hidden inside the wall when this occurs. (The light panel on the washer/dryer for example are positioned just right so that no part of them will clip into a wall, keeping them fully visible.)