Sim unable to clear plates....

[Braveheart]

I have a sim that is unable to clear empty dinner plates. The only option available to the sim is to 'Lick Clean'. I used the stuck object remover on the plate but all subsequent plates are still not able to be cleaned up. I even removed my whole hack folder and went in and tried again. Still stuck.Any help appreciated.

[KittKitt]

I have a sim that is unable to clear empty dinner plates. The only option available to the sim is to 'Lick Clean'. I used the stuck object remover on the plate but all subsequent plates are still not able to be cleaned up. I even removed my whole hack folder and went in and tried again. Still stuck.Any help appreciated.

I've never seen a lick clean option, so either I've got something that's been in my game since practically day 1 preventing it that I don't know of, or you've still got some kind of hack floating around someplace would be my guess.

Does this only happen with one particular sim or several, or...?

-Kitt

[Braveheart]

Hi KittKitt,
  It seems to be an issue only in the one house.

[Gwill]

I've never seen a lick clean option, so either I've got something that's been in my game since practically day 1 preventing it that I don't know of, or you've still got some kind of hack floating around someplace would be my guess.

Only very sloppy sims can lick clean plates.

[KittKitt]

Actually, now that I've thought a bit more... I think Lick Clean might be one of those options only open to sloppy sims.  I wouldn't have seen it recently because I have a minimum level of neat I create these days probably.

Or so I'm guessing for the now anyways.

Now then... other things that may have happened..  Check the condition of your sinks/dishwasher.  I'm only guessing here, but if those have broken or become clogged it's possible that option might become unavailable.

Easy way to check would be just sell whatever's there and buy a new one.

Outside that or a conflicting hack-a-ma-thingy, I'm not sure what'd cause that though.  May have to wait for someone more awesome than I for a better answer if none of that's any help. 

-Kitt

[Kyna]

This problem has been raised before here - I did a search on 'clean plates' and found several topics, including this topic and this topic.

Unfortunately neither topic has the solution for you, but you might find them useful reading anyway.

[Gwill]

Even if there are no sinks or dishwashers on the lot, the sim should put the plates in the trashcan.

[ZiggyDoodle]

I've had the same issue twice (different households).  It always has resolved itself though I have no idea why.  I did delete the dishes, table, groups.cache file and exited from the lot. 

[Issy]

This happens to me frequently in some of my households.  I already replied to one of the other threads methinks but I'll post what I do anyways.

The sim that can't pick up the plate I just delete with moveobjects on and re-enter the household.  This fixes it everytime.  It can be a hassle but I don't think there is a fix for it yet.

I'm quite sure the reason it happens is when a sim is saved on a community lot while still eating it gets stuck somehow.  I'm no expert but at least that's what seems to be the cause with stuck plates.

[Braveheart]

Tried deleting the Groups.cache with no success. I will now try Issy's solution and will see if that works. Thanks for all your help again people. I will let you know if Issy's idea works.

[MissDoh]

If you have the testing cheat at on, you can also shift+click on the defective sim and force error on it and hit reset.

Will do the trick too.

I did a long post about this problem awhile ago that Kyna pointed you too, Pescado is looking into it but I have no idea if he can do a fix for that since I did not have any update:  http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,4248.0.html

[Braveheart]

Issy's solution worked. Thank you so much.