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Do you enjoy Laundry Day?
tascha
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I personally don't own the pack yet, but wanted to know if you all enjoy it? Do you find that you use it often? When playing with a new family do you make sure to add the laundry items into the house? And if so, do you use just the machines, or do you actually use the wash tub and clothesline?
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I use the washer and drier when my sims can afford them. The biggest hassle for me with the clothesline is that in fall or winter it takes a lot of time for the clothes to dry since it's constantly raining, depending on where your sims live too. Which is fairly realistic though.
Use it occasionally. Typically it lights on fire.
The timing of overall game clock vs. time to transfer laundry between wash and dryer is incredibly off. So usually totally forget about laundry. Also it doesn’t even really impact gameplay so it doesn’t matter either way.
I dont' use it for all families but I do like the pack and even when I don't use the game play of it I use the other furniture items a lot!
The dryer sometimes lights on fire but if you clean the filter before using it you should be fine. Also it can be updated to be fireproof.
The only thing I find annoying is if you don’t take the clothes out of the washer or dryer right when it’s done, they start getting dirty again, which is realistic for the washer, if you leave your laundry in a washer for too long it stinks, but I don’t get it when it comes to the dryer, once your laundry is dry it shouldn’t start becoming dirty again!
I also like wandering the hills.
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I add it nearly any time that I have the space. I wouldn't say that I "enjoy" it but it adds realism and another thing that they need to manage. On a rainy day or at night, they'll get the laundry going. I'm not always great about moving the laundry promptly. Sometimes I'm on top of it and sometimes, it is very much on the back burner.
I have a theory that it breaks more when I pause the game and since I usually pause quickly while moving around or switching to a different sim, I need to be a bit careful or it breaks often. I always clean the lint filter on the dryer so it doesn't catch on fire. I think they added that because people were upset about Dangerous Stuff losing, so it's a new way to die.
The sims need to be instructed to turn on the washer and dryer, otherwise they will just put it in and wander off. I find that a bit annoying, they should just turn it on after they load it, like in Sims 3.
Laundry seems to accumulate quick, my Sims generally do a lot of laundry everyday, it truly seems never ending for a small family.. But I guess that is a bit more realistic? lol
I like the option of doing laundry by hand, but it does take a bit, the drying on a clothes line isn't much different than Sims 3. The machines seem to break frequently, I ended up getting a mod for it, and it breaks down much less.
I like the realism it brings to the game, and a lot of the CAS items are things that I generally use a lot. I get a lot out of the buy items too, the pack has a lot of really nice looking items.
I don't use the gameplay a ton, I've started to use it a bit in one family. It's annoying that you can't collect all the laundry at once - if I have multiple hampers throughout the house, your sim has to go hamper 1 - washing machine - hamper 2 - washing machine - etc. instead of being able to go around all the hampers. Plus I find it accumulates far too quickly! I'm planning to try it with a smaller family with only one hamper to see if that's better, as I was using a family of 5/6 sims.
If you have seasons, wake up Patchy and he will wash your clothes in the washtub.
To answer your question, I use both. I try to always place a clothes line if I don't do a washtub. Sometimes Sims will use the dryer or the clothes line or both. The maid will use both.
You will need to upgrade the washer, dryer, and clothesline and they dryer can set your house on fire if you are not careful.
You can also use fruit and flowers in the washtub and upgraded washer. So great pack to have.
No. It just adds more work, and the machines often need repair.
Yes. The pack also brought a new set of emotions related to cleanliness of clothes.
Yes, I added laundry items to every played home except vacation homes and student homes.
The sims usually use washing machines and dryers, but clotheslines are also used in houses with room for clotheslines.
1) Households with kids to boost their responsibility.
2) Households where one Sim is acting as a live-in butler.
3) Off-the-grid or historical households; just helps add to the feel. (Though the fact that I can't change the water in the tub off-grid without going into build mode, deleting the tub and building a new one is kind of annoying.)
I'll avoid it if the house has a lot of members, just because it'll because too much, and it's not fun. I love the building items so I'll use those a lot even when I don't use the actual washer/dryer. Those were what made me finally get the pack when there was a sale. I'd been avoiding it just because it didn't sound like much fun. (Like others have said, I don't want to do laundry in real life, so there's only specific circumstances I have any interest in my Sims doing it.)
How do you do vacation homes?