Force cleaning Outhouse does not reset remaining uses

I have the same problem... Is it solved already?

I've been experiencing this bug since some time last year and have put off reporting it because I assumed it would be such a major issue that it would be patched quickly. It's gotten to the point that it's annoying, finally, so I'll add some more information I've observed.

My main issue is similar to the OP's here except that my outhouses usually show the correct number of uses after cleaning, but the usage meter still shows full until a dupe uses it the first time.

In rarer occasions, an outhouse will not show any indication that it's out of order and the "usage" meter will look as if the toilet was just cleaned. I don't notice this is a bug until my dupes start peeing all over the floor despite having 3 seemingly "fresh" outhouses. Even though hovering over the outhouse shows "out of order", the dupes don't register it as out of order and won't clean it until I force them to by clicking the button to have them manually clean it.

I'll note that if I save the game when they're in this state and then load that save, the outhouses correctly show their status, so I'm not sure if the save file included by OP will be of any help.

Something seems to be severely wrong with every aspect of the outhouses right now, perhaps because of changes made for the last DLC and how bionic dupes use them.

Edited May 1, 2025 by Ceponatia81
Additional info

I couldn't edit my previous post, so I'll add some more info I just noticed here.

Upon loading that save (attached below) it did show the two outhouses as "out of order" correctly and two dupes immediately rushed to clean them. However, after cleaning them, they did not refill them with dirt. Since there's no way to tell the dupes to add dirt to the outhouses, I had to clean them a second time by clicking the button manually. There's not enough time to clean the outhouses twice without having my dupes pee all over the floor in this save.

Because the visual of the outhouses is fixed when loading a save, you won't be able to see the first issue in which the outhouses don't show as out of order, but you should be able to see the dupes clean the outhouses and not put dirt in them (unless the issue is not related to the save itself of course).

I'll also note that I have no mods enabled or installed.

The Uncomfortable Sewer Cycle 13.sav

This issue needs to be bumped up; cleaning gunked up outhouses does not reset their remaining uses either.

Edited May 23, 2025 by Xenologist

It's been several months since this was reported for the first time. Nothing was done to fix it

I had the same issue and its not fixed yet. Its disappointing

It took me a few times to wonder why my outhouses were constantly breaking and dupes peeing on the floor. 

Steps: Force clean an outhouse with any uses <15 left. For quickest repro, wait until there is 1 use left.

Watch the dupes clean and restock the outhouse. It will display the same "uses" left as before.

Watch dupes use the outhouse N<15 times for the uses. 

It will go Out of Order again after N times. This clean and restock will correctly reset the Outhouse.

Except visually. Possibly related: Outhouses will show the "Full" outhouse sprite (the meter in the red) until they are used by a dupe.

Attached images show:

Outhouse with 1 use.

 

Clicking Clean Toilet action.

Outhouse being Cleaned.

Outhouse needing dirt restock.

Restocked and displaying "1 use" in tool tip.

Being used.

"Out of Order" again immediately after 1 use.

I'm shocked this is still an issue. Since the first report there have been 8 Steam hotfixes, a major QoL update and a DLC related update.

Issue still not resolved after 7 months.

- Force cleaning does not reset number of remaining uses

Issue again still not resolved and its october. I understand this may not be a *big* issue but still very annoying and noticeable for new players etc.

Almost a year later, and this bug still has not been addressed. After the 'Clean toilet' order, they clean it for a long time, but the toilet is never reset. 

Still happening today in build U57-707956-SCR.

Steps to reproduce.

1. Load save file
2. Click on "Clean Toilet" on both outhouses

EasyFunParty-Outhouse-Bug.sav