Laundry Troubles *SOLVED*

[Minshara]

Morning,

Today for the second time my laundy does not seem to work. I assign inmates to it like normal but they just stand there and do nothing. First playtrough channing my cells to high sec only helped but now they just refuse to work. What am I doing wrong?

[PLATANO]

Laundry*

[SoMann]

Hire janitors, they can help. If you already have one or two, check wher they are, they tend to get stuck around the doors in cells.

[Minshara]

Have 5 janitors. They brought the uniforms to the laundry room. But the prisoners just stand there next to the machines doing nothing.

[cofiler]

make sure the washing machines are attached to elecricity and water. You will also need some laundry baskets and some worktime scheduled (regime)

[Minshara]

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198022059498/home

And regime is taken care of. Workshops are working fine. And a total of 10 prisoners are assigned to the laundry room. No clean uniforms though

[Minshara]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=212895017

[TheMadRabbi]

It's your layout. I had the same issue a few versions back. They need a clear path to enter and exit the room with carts. I'd also cut down the amount of carts used. In a 100 per prison I run 3-5 carts.


Try something similar to this but a large scale.
http://orcz.com/images/thumb/c/cb/Laundryprisonarchitect.jpg/400px-Laundryprisonarchitect.jpg

[Minshara]

Just changed my laundry layout to match the picture. Nothing happens...

[Minshara]

I also de- and reinstalled the game. Deleted my saves and started a new game. Still no laundry being done. *edit* just put beds in my holding cell. And they start working. Still not bringing cloths to the normal cells.

[|KoR| Metroidude]

Are there any deployment assignments that would not allow them to pass through an area necessary to complete the job?
Try checking the prisoner to even see if they have a task assigned to them.

[Minshara]

Jobs are assigned. And changed all deployments to shared and unlocked to see what would happen. Nothing... When looking at the jobs tab it says nothing about laundry. The deployement during work hours is orange as it would be when positions are filled.

[|KoR| Metroidude]

I have that same issue. It's kinda frustrating, especially when some of your prisoners have serious complaints about laundry.
I think what's happening is there are too many workers and not enough prison uniforms for them to clean. IE, enough prisoners are already pushing around the baskets, ironing, using the laundry machines, etc.
What I'd suggest doing is counting how many are idle, and then just reduce the number of jobs by that amount. I don't think it's possible to buy more uniforms yet.

[Minshara]

Reduced the number of assigned inmates from the maximal 10 to 5, 3 and finally 1. Still none of them work. They just stand there complaining about the dirty clothing...

[|KoR| Metroidude]

Hmm that's very odd... I know this isn't preferable, but have you tried making a new and sufficiently spacious laundry room? The room in the back with all of your laundy containers may be causing a problem.

[Minshara]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=213871958

My current setup. Still no go on the laundry.