Newborn Diapers and Bottles Left on Floor

by leanmeanlimabean
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Newborn Diapers and Bottles Left on Floor

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Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? March 14th patch installed
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All packs and kits except for Star Wars and Bust The Dust.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have parents change newborn diaper or bottle feed.
What happens when the bug occurs? Diapers and bottles are always left on the floor and not cleaned up, even with Neat Trait.
What do you expect to see? Diapers to be sent to the trash can and bottles to be washed in the sink or dishwasher autonomously.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. March 14th Patch

Every time my parents take care of their newborns I have to queue an action to clean up afterwards. Throwing away diapers and cleaning bottles should be automatic.

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Diaper and bottles just thrown on the floor

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Whenever the mom sim changes the baby diapers she just throws the dirty one on the floor. I don't know if this is because she is to lazy to walk over to the trash can I added to the room, if it's because there is no diaper genie dealio in the room, or she just wants to be a messy person but it's frustrating. I added a trashcan for her to throw the diapers in when I noticed her husband would walk half way to the trashcan in the kitchen and drop it on the floor. They just drop bottles on the floor instead of taking them to the kitchen or even placing them on a shelf or table.

 

Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title to better reflect the issue

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Re: Gameplay baby update issue

Champion

I think this is an intended update. Changing diaper on newborn or infant (probably toddler as well, but haven’t tested that far) creates a dirty diaper object on the floor. You then have to queue throwing the diaper out as a separate action.

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Re: Diaper and bottles just thrown on the floor

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I have a feeling "diaper genies" or something similar will be in the new expansion pack, I hope I'm not wrong because that'll be soo helpful and plain dumb of them not to add....fingers crossed!

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Re: Newborn Diapers and Bottles Left on Floor

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@leanmeanlimabean This in not a bug. It works like intended. With growing together you will have a bin for the diapers. For the basegame you won't.
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Re: Diaper and bottles just thrown on the floor

Champion

Not only is there a diaper disposal in Growing Together, if you have Laundry Day you can choose "Use cloth diapers" in the baby care menu, and the diapers will become laundry going into your laundry basket!

 

Though there is currently a bug where newborn diaper laundry still lands on the floor.

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Re: Newborn Diapers and Bottles Left on Floor

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@leanmeanlimabean Although if you have Laundry Day there's also the option of cloth diapers that then go into the laundry...
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Re: Newborn Diapers and Bottles Left on Floor

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Wait... You have to spend money to get rid of them?! wow EA has really fallen to a new low, Cause a problem in a free update that only spending money can fix. How scummy can they get!?

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Re: Newborn Diapers and Bottles Left on Floor

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Are you able to click on them to clean them up?

I think it's a throwback to previous games (particularly Sims 2), where you would literally have dozens of bottles left all over the floor and it was complete chaos.

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Re: Newborn Diapers and Bottles Left on Floor

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Can you drag them into a bin? 

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