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AmandaMunksoe
Seasoned Newcomer
2 years ago
Status:
Validating Fix

Sims will not wash dishes (After Patch 1.63)

I am playing on the new penthouse lot that came with the lovestruck expansion pack. I just finished the build, and now my sims won't use the kitchen sink  or the dishwasher to clean the dishes. They automatically go to the sinks in the bathrooms, but when I set their sink type to bathroom an leave only the kitchen sink as "all", they will not clean the dishes. The sim picks up the dishes and then puts it back down again. I have tried to delete the whole kitchen, use different counters, bulldoze the lot and redownload the build, delete oven and microwave, and it still does not work. The only this that seem to work is if I move the counter to stand alone in the middle of the room, then the sim will use both the sink and the dishwasher. This is very frustrating and is ruining my experience with the new pack. Hope someone can help. Thanks. 

Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title

Note by crinrict

This can happen if Sims can't reach dirty dishes placed around the house. They like to place them on half-walls and shelves so check if you have any dishes there the Sims can't reach and manually clean them up.

34 Comments

  • flamesofhannah's avatar
    flamesofhannah
    Seasoned Observer
    9 months ago

    I was having the same issue with sims not loading the dishwasher (it was at the Pancakes lot). The half walls had dirty dishes on them. Your solution fixed it. Thank you!

  • Ive been trying to figure this out for hours! And i figured out that i didnt have a bin for them to scrape the food into.. once i placed a bin it solved my issue. I didnt even realise i didnt have a bin because it was a house i used from the gallery and didnt change anything or place anything lol.

  • ElliAntics's avatar
    ElliAntics
    Seasoned Adventurer
    4 months ago

    Half walls up to 2.0 meters high with any of the flat trims (base game) are dirty dish magnets for Sims.  However - once a dish is placed here, Sims can not get the dish back off of it.  

    - of note - Sims will walk through half walls up to 2.0 height (https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18fJGNL72a/) I'm not sure if that's relevant to why they can't access the dishes afterwards.  

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