Cleaning: Difference between revisions

'''Cleaning''' is a chore throughout [[The Sims (series)|''The Sims'' series]], and is also featured as a [[skill]] in ''[[The Sims]]'' and ''[[The Sims 2]]''. Most objects, such as [[toilet]]s, [[stove]]s, and [[sink]]s, will get dirty over time and will eventually need to be cleaned. Puddles that are created by broken plumbing will need to be mopped. A higher cleaning skill allows Sims to clean objects and mop up puddles faster and more efficiently. Dirty objects and unmopped puddles will lower the [[environment]] score of the room{{Vgversion|TS1}}{{Vgversion|TS2}} and will cause negative [[moodlet]]s to appear.{{Vgversion|TS3}}{{Vgversion|TS4}} All Sims aged [[child]] and older can clean up most messes, although some messes cannot be cleaned by children.

In ''The Sims'', cleaning is a [[secret skill|hidden skill]] that's mostly used by [[Maid#The Sims|maids]], community lot [[NPC#The Sims|janitors]], [[Servo#The Sims|Servos]] and [[Bonehilda]]. All playable Sims and [[Townie#The Sims|townies]] have the cleaning skill, even if it's zero. However, the skill doesn't appear in the controlskill panel., Itand cannot be changed or improved within the in-game, unlesswithout Simsthe use an object that has beenof hacked toobjects affect cleaning. Someor third-party character-editing programs may allow the player to edit a Sim's cleaning skill.

In ''The Sims 2'', pointsthe cleaning skill can be gainedimproved by tidying up the messes which occur during daily life (for instance, washing counters, appliances, toilets, sinks, and mopping) or by reading a skill book. Sims can also gain cleaning skill points by using certain [[Career rewards#Prints Charming Fingerprint Scanner|career rewards]], or by filling in holes [[digging|dug up]] on the lot. A higher cleaning skill speeds up the cleaning process.

There are several career tracks that focus on building the cleaning skill in order to get a promotion, such as: [[Lawlaw]], [[Medicinemedicine]], [[Sciencescience]], [[Naturalnatural Sciencescience]] (available with the ''[[University]]'' expansion pack){{Vgversion|TS2:U}} and [[Educationeducation]].{{Vgversion|TS2:S}} For [[teenagers]], having aeight highpoints cleaningor skillmore (levelin eightthe orcleaning higher)skill will earn them the §750 [[Scholarship|Kim Metro Prize for Hygienics]], onewhen ofthey severalapply scholarshipsfor available[[College with the ''University'' expansion pack(sub-neighborhood)|college]].

The Prints Charming Fingerprint Scanner is the [[career reward]] unlocked when a Sim reaches level 6 of the [[Lawlaw Enforcementenforcement]] career. It is a pistol-sized gun that looks much like bar-code scanners used by employees in modern supermarkets. If a Sim scans an object that was used by someone recently, that Sim's fingerprints will show up and the Sim's picture will appear in a thought bubble above the Sim using the scanner. If no one has used the object recently, a question mark will appear in a thought bubble. The scanner has a skill gain rate atof 250%, and has a [[fun]] rating of 4.