Prison Architect

Prison Architect

Laundry and cooking ingredients stacks fix mod
61 Comments
Vizzy_42 Feb 9, 2021 @ 3:56pm 
This needs to be known and added by every player who wants a prison larger than 50 inmates. This SOLVES the issues and bugs that have plagued the food/laundry services once you have a larger prison. A must-have!:steamhappy:
SuwinTzi Jul 15, 2015 @ 1:37am 
Does this still work with alpha 34?
Dr.Dino Dec 23, 2014 @ 12:52pm 
Will this fix my laundry problems in Alpha 28?
Isaiah. Nov 15, 2014 @ 7:20am 
Cool!
Tollomon Nov 13, 2014 @ 6:10pm 
This is the only PA mod I have ever used and it works flawlessly! I had about 218 prisoners when I implemented the mod and there were piles of clothes *everywhere* and the clothing need was the only thing causing problems (after Aplha 25 came out). After activating the mod, it only took about a half a day before the clothing need started droping and within about a day and a half, all of the clothes were being cleaned!

This is a prison I spent several hours laying out and designing back in Alpha23. Back then, I had to just give up because of the laundry issue as well as an unrelated kitchen issue that got patched in the last bug bash. Now, with your great mod, I can finally continue! Truly, this is an essential mod until the devs get a chance to fix it in a patch.

Thanks for sharing this, night.phonix! I was just about to put PA on the shelf for another few months but now the incarceration can continue, muahaha! :+)
TodayJzzzz Nov 4, 2014 @ 4:57pm 
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TodayJzzzz Nov 4, 2014 @ 4:57pm 
thanks I have understand you,thanks very very much
night.phonix  [author] Nov 4, 2014 @ 3:29am 
This mod would conflict with any other mod that modifies how to deal with clothes stacks or any other mod that interferes with cooking stacks(the one that go to storage). The workspace was not changed kitchen will cook and recycle the cooking ingredients stacks(with food recycler), laundry will wash clothes(resolved the problem with laundry stacks everywhere). I don't use the panic button mod so I don't know how it works. I try to play the game without mods or I only use mods that fix problems. As I see things(I started a new max prison) if a guard is under attack other guards that are close to him come to help him so that means that the mod(panic button) is not necessary .
TodayJzzzz Nov 3, 2014 @ 10:42pm 
Author ,hi ,the mod which calld the emergency button Mod, it really works?how did you use it
TodayJzzzz Nov 3, 2014 @ 10:39pm 
Do you know which one MOD will make conflicts with this MOD?
TodayJzzzz Nov 3, 2014 @ 10:37pm 
hello , 569532421 is my friend .nice to meet you
tiunyu gtaV Nov 3, 2014 @ 10:28pm 
Author: hello, would you please tell me why Washing Clothes MOD workplace is kitchen?
night.phonix  [author] Nov 2, 2014 @ 1:17pm 
I don't know who worked at the emergency button Mod, but usually a author will fix his mod if he can(sometimes the game changes so much that you can't fix it). I tried my mods on an older prison and they seem to work.
tiunyu gtaV Nov 2, 2014 @ 1:53am 
感谢作者,有一个MOD叫做紧急按钮,这个MOD不管用。作者能修改一下这个MOD使它有用吗?Thanks to the author.Have a MOD called the emergency button, this MOD doesn't work. The authors can change on the MOD to make it useful?
night.phonix  [author] Nov 1, 2014 @ 7:43am 
You shouldn't have any conflicts I tried on an older prison and it worked.
night.phonix  [author] Nov 1, 2014 @ 7:31am 
It should work in alpha 26. If it wasn't fixed in alpha 26 it will work.
tiunyu gtaV Oct 31, 2014 @ 8:18pm 
这个MOD用在阿尔法26会不会有错误或者冲突?This MOD used in alpha 26 will there be errors or conflict?
tiunyu gtaV Oct 31, 2014 @ 8:17pm 
你的这个MOD可以在阿尔法26里面用吗?This MOD can be used for alpha 26?
tiunyu gtaV Oct 31, 2014 @ 8:14pm 
非常的好!Very good!
P = NP /BBQPRTY\ Oct 26, 2014 @ 8:49am 
Excellent mod, thanks a ton for fixing my prison!
-FTL- Calico Oct 3, 2014 @ 12:09am 
Great little fix, TYVM!

I believe this is the first time i've seen all my washing machines working at the same time.

Pls, keep this one up to date until they fixed the stuff. Very much appreciated!
night.phonix  [author] Oct 2, 2014 @ 7:15am 
Under materials there is a clear inside area. Do this in the kitchen and then wait and see if it happens again.
ProfessorCookie Oct 1, 2014 @ 7:22pm 
Yeah, got around 30 janitors + a few prisoners working at it. Around 30-40 chefs, and around hours without them simply standing in the kitchen.
night.phonix  [author] Sep 30, 2014 @ 5:53am 
Do you have janitors? Do you're cooks have time to clean. I'll try to test it but I usually put them at the beginning.
ProfessorCookie Sep 29, 2014 @ 12:48pm 
Placed pins in my canteens & Kitchen, no one seem to react on it. They threw other stuff like food after meals, but not the ones already lying on the floor
night.phonix  [author] Sep 29, 2014 @ 10:09am 
For Object_Foodwaste you should have a bin in the kitchen. I think it could work if you have only in the canteen but I am not sure.
night.phonix  [author] Sep 29, 2014 @ 10:07am 
I didn't find any changes that would make this kind of mod stop working.
Erövraren Sep 28, 2014 @ 10:34am 
ok i'm an idiot. i hadn't even activated the mod in game. now i have, and everything works great. thanks for this awesome mod.
Erövraren Sep 28, 2014 @ 9:45am 
ok, never mind, i found the mod in my save folder. but it still isn't working. i still have stacks of dirty laundry all over my prison. is this mod not compatible with alpha 25?
Erövraren Sep 28, 2014 @ 9:26am 
is this working for alpha 25? because i still have stacks of dirty laundry on the floor that never get picked up. also, how do i check to see if this mod has even installed? i subscribed to it and then start the game via steam. but i don't recall steam ever downloading anything or making any change to PA. how can i check if the mod installed correctly? also is there a manual download link somewhere? thank you.
Jojo96 Sep 28, 2014 @ 12:38am 
if you have Object_Foodwaste, you need a bin in the kitchen. then it will be moved to the garbage.
ProfessorCookie Sep 27, 2014 @ 6:26pm 
Not fixing my foodwaste for some reason, I do have the food recycling
Jojo96 Sep 27, 2014 @ 5:00pm 
realy great mod. cleaned my prison, like it :)
Arakash Sep 26, 2014 @ 9:39pm 
Thanks for the Mod. It really cleaned up my +500 max sec prison laundry, which was neck deep in laundry stacks sitting on the ground.
WaKKO151 Sep 9, 2014 @ 3:38pm 
This mod has been featured in all my prisons and is essential for any serious prison architect player. Great job. Thanks so much.
Mercutian Sep 8, 2014 @ 6:36pm 
OP : Thanks for clearing that up boss. As of now I love this mod and hope it never gets broken.
night.phonix  [author] Sep 8, 2014 @ 11:39am 
Mercutian : Thank you. The Food recycle removes the stuff(cooking not cooked food) that usually goes to the storage and you have to dump it manually. As you observed it removes only that stacks that will stay on the floor(in storage if you have one). The cooked food recycle is still sent to garbage(there is no condition that will make me sure that they will take it after the meal).
Mercutian Sep 8, 2014 @ 8:39am 
This cleans up my game so nicely. I immedietly noticed the laundry room becoming neat and orderly as all dirty piles are combined, tossed in a washer, promptly removed and stored on an ironing board for near immediete ironing.

As far as the recycler im not sure I understand its purpose. I noticed that cooked food that ends up off a stove (say during a shakedown or a kitchen block search) gets recycled, but food moved to serving tables still gets bagged and tossed. Is this intended to just remove the piling up of floor food? If so then awesome.
WaKKO151 Sep 4, 2014 @ 8:12am 
TY SO MUCH!!
nema veze Sep 2, 2014 @ 5:27pm 
@night.phonix Everything seems to work fine now, after manually removing the clothes that were in the way; The problem was probably rezoning and/or removing a bunch of objects.
Sorry, my mistake. Thanks anyway <3
night.phonix  [author] Sep 2, 2014 @ 3:51pm 
@sub1to - If you continue having problems with the crumpled clothes tell me because the fix is pretty easy. For now my mod only looks at dirty clothes.
night.phonix  [author] Sep 2, 2014 @ 3:45pm 
Never had a problem, but I had janitors. Also sometimes it take a while to move the dirty stack. If the problem continues send me the prison to see what is the problem. Is a single uniform or a stack of uniforms? Is it a stack dirty uniform or a stack crumpled uniform? If is a crumpled uniform then the problem is from the game. And I saw that the game knows to move the crumpled uniform to the ironing board(it just takes a while- the prisoners and the janitors should be in the game). For the crumpled uniform I think the janitor moves them to the ironing board and then the prisoner makes them clean uniform. Also did you maybe rezoned the laundry room, because I don't know if the game knows to pick them up from other rooms.
nema veze Sep 2, 2014 @ 2:56pm 
Might just be a glitch, but I noticed a few times crumpled uniforms don't get picked up still.
nema veze Sep 2, 2014 @ 11:54am 
Awesome <3
night.phonix  [author] Sep 1, 2014 @ 4:52pm 
I observed that this is sometimes a problem when you select a mod(any mod) to apply. Doesn't matter if it is a mod that changes/adds sprites or not. Usually a restart will fix it.
BGK Sep 1, 2014 @ 3:53pm 
Alright, turns out this problem went away with a game restart.
Thanks for the mod.
Cheers!
BGK Sep 1, 2014 @ 3:47pm 
My game while loading this mod:

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/30718619250336997/22E77515D042DF2CC9E79AF720B3105138FF81C8/

I am not using any other mods
night.phonix  [author] Sep 1, 2014 @ 11:23am 
Not really because as it is now the Cooked meals are hard coded to be destroyed after the meal. I can try but not all the cooked meals will be recycled and also there is no conditions that will tell them they shouldn't be taken before the meal(they usually have the food brought there before the start of the meal).
luschi Sep 1, 2014 @ 8:43am 
can you make a food recycler for the cooked food.

I think in real prison the non eaten food was placed in some fridge, and next day they use it again. so i think it is realistic when you make 2 cooked food in and 1 ingredients out.

I hope you understand what I mean.
Sheppo Sep 1, 2014 @ 2:26am 
NO MORE Shall I have to deal with piles and piles of dirty laundry being left around my prison while all my Laundry prison workers just stand in the laundry room for 2 hours! GREAT MOD <3