No Community Dish Clearing

⚠️ Status: TESTED & COMPATIBLE with the September 22nd, 2026 Patch (PC/Mac: 1.128.90)

Your Sim is at a park, a career lot, or the local high school and they drop everything to go wash someone else's dishes. They have better things to do, but apparently dirty plates are all they can think about. No Community Dish Clearing puts a stop to that.

Why You Need This

Sims on community lots will autonomously seek out dirty dishes to wash or discard, pulling them away from whatever they were actually there to do. It's one of those autonomous behaviors that makes sense at home and makes no sense anywhere else. This mod turns it off on community lots so Sims can focus on why they're there.

How It Works

On non-home lots, non-service Sims will no longer autonomously walk to sinks to wash dishes or carry dirty dishes to trash bins. Everything else continues normally.

What's unaffected:

Mixologists, caterers, waitstaff, and other service Sims will clear dishes normally
Player-directed dish washing always works regardless of lot type
Residential, apartment, vacation rental, and residential rental lots are completely unaffected. Sims will still clean up at home as usual

Requirements

The Sims 4 (base game only, no packs required)

Installation

Download deadlystingnyc_no_community_dish_clearing.zip
Drop the unzipped folder into your Mods folder: Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/Mods/
In-game, go to Game Options → Other and make sure Script Mods are enabled

Troubleshooting

Open the cheat console with Ctrl+Shift+C, enter testingcheats true, then use:

Having an issue? Leave a comment below with your setup and I'll help troubleshoot.

Compatibility

No tuning overrides. Patches Python directly, making conflicts with other mods unlikely
Does not affect service staff dish clearing behavior on any lot type

Also available on CurseForge if you prefer that platform.