The Maid and that damn fish tank

[Velax]

I'm sure this must have been mentioned before, but a search revealed nothing, so....

Is it possible to get a hack that stops the maid constantly cleaning the fish tank? The idiot cleans it, spills water (how stupid do you need to be to not figure out how to avoid splashing water everywhere after the hundredth time?), mops it up, goes and cleans a toilet, comes back to the tank to clean again, spills water, and repeat ad nauseam.

I'm assuming the maid does this because the fish swimming around start making the tank dirty again the instant he's finished cleaning it....perhaps something that makes the maid only clean the tank if it's more than 40% dirty (assuming the tank's "dirtiness" is recorded somewhere) would work?

[RainbowTigress]

I think that's pretty much what JM said happens.  I can't remember now where I saw it or what he said, but I think he suggested not using the maid or not using the fish tank.   

This was mentioned to Maxoid Tom (aka HatedMaxoid) over on one of the NL threads here about the upcoming patch.  He thought it had been fixed in the previous patch, but it was broken again in Uni.

[maxon]

I think that's pretty much what JM said happens.  I can't remember now where I saw it or what he said, but I think he suggested not using the maid or not using the fish tank.   

This was mentioned to Maxoid Tom (aka HatedMaxoid) over on one of the NL threads here about the upcoming patch.  He thought it had been fixed in the previous patch, but it was broken again in Uni.

Yeah, it was me that mentioned it in that thread and she's still at it.

I put the fish tank underneath the house when she comes (moveObjects on) so she can't get at it but I don't always remember and then find her standing there washing away constantly and NOT cleaning the rest of the house.


ooo - now I'm an asinine airhead instead of a tasty tourist. 

[Ancient Sim]

It even happens when I use Macrotastics to get my Sims to clean.  They will start with the fishtank and finish with the fishtank and sometimes get completely stuck on the fishtank so they don't clean anything else, just like the maids do.  I actually fenced Lucy Hanby off at the bottom of a garden with her precious fishtank and let her die with it.  At one time I removed part of the fence (her crying got to me rofl), but she preferred to stay with her fishtank so I closed the fence again.  Each maid/nanny reacts differently to the tank too, which makes me think it's one of those "by design" things.

[dawnkeeper]

Yep, I always end up with a massive puddle by the fish tank. So the maid cleans the fish tank - cleans the resulting puddle - cleans the fishtank - cleans the resulting puddle.... on and on into an infinite loop. 

[nothingbutsims]

It even happens when I use Macrotastics to get my Sims to clean.  They will start with the fishtank and finish with the fishtank and sometimes get completely stuck on the fishtank so they don't clean anything else, just like the maids do.  I actually fenced Lucy Hanby off at the bottom of a garden with her precious fishtank and let her die with it.  At one time I removed part of the fence (her crying got to me rofl), but she preferred to stay with her fishtank so I closed the fence again.  Each maid/nanny reacts differently to the tank too, which makes me think it's one of those "by design" things.

I have the same problem with the Macrotastics and the fishtank AND the maid and the fishtank.  What is it with the fishtank anyway?!

[Baddmark]

It even happens when I use Macrotastics to get my Sims to clean.  They will start with the fishtank and finish with the fishtank and sometimes get completely stuck on the fishtank so they don't clean anything else, just like the maids do.  I actually fenced Lucy Hanby off at the bottom of a garden with her precious fishtank and let her die with it.  At one time I removed part of the fence (her crying got to me rofl), but she preferred to stay with her fishtank so I closed the fence again.  Each maid/nanny reacts differently to the tank too, which makes me think it's one of those "by design" things.

I have the same problem with the Macrotastics and the fishtank AND the maid and the fishtank.  What is it with the fishtank anyway?!

Sell the fishtank and get a dishwasher and coffee machine - hours of fun for the maid and a refreshing drink for your sims!

[RainbowTigress]

At least the coffeecup hack fixes the problem with the dishwasher and coffee/espresso cups.