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    RoggieBearRoggieBear Posts: 243 Member
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    How long is a sims bowling game supposed to take? My sims have been bowling one game for 9 hours - I have a YA and child... so confused, as its now 10 at night and my sims are exhausted... please help!
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      littlemissgogolittlemissgogo Posts: 1,808 Member
      it takes a pretty long time to finish a whole game of bowling. an astoundingly long time actually. couple mods that ought to help speed up the process here if you're interested.
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      RoggieBearRoggieBear Posts: 243 Member
      edited March 2018
      littlemissgogo wrote: »
      it takes a pretty long time to finish a whole game of bowling. an astoundingly long time actually. couple mods that ought to help speed up the process here if you're interested.

      Thanks so much! I'll try the mods... not realistic at all haha! Thanks for the help!
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      paradiseplanetparadiseplanet Posts: 4,421 Member
      Tbh I don't think it ever really ends...
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      MidnightAuraMidnightAura Posts: 5,809 Member
      I had a game that took 13 hours. Their needs went into all red and they were miserable. And to add insult to injury they hadn’t built any social and their bowling skill had only raised one measly point.

      Needless to say my sims rarely go bowling. Not a good group activity.
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      paradiseplanetparadiseplanet Posts: 4,421 Member
      edited March 2018
      MidnightAura wrote: »
      I had a game that took 13 hours. Their needs went into all red and they were miserable. And to add insult to injury they hadn’t built any social and their bowling skill had only raised one measly point.

      Needless to say my sims rarely go bowling. Not a good group activity.

      How many Sims did you take bowling together? I took along 3 and they were all in their own household and they constantly complained about sore muscles and I had to stop them bowling after running through their game about 12-ish hours in.
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      MidnightAuraMidnightAura Posts: 5,809 Member
      edited March 2018
      paradiseplanet wrote: »
      MidnightAura wrote: »
      I had a game that took 13 hours. Their needs went into all red and they were miserable. And to add insult to injury they hadn’t built any social and their bowling skill had only raised one measly point.

      Needless to say my sims rarely go bowling. Not a good group activity.

      How many Sims did you take bowling together? I took along 3 and they were all in their own household and they constantly complained about sore muscles and I had to stop them bowling after running through their game about 12-ish hours in.

      3 I believe. Mum and two teens. Dad was there but for whatever reason he decided not to play but watch. Yup they complained about sore muscles too. For the Mum I thought it was pretty funny because she had just completed the body builder aspiration and had maxed fitness skill.
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      paradiseplanetparadiseplanet Posts: 4,421 Member
      MidnightAura wrote: »
      paradiseplanet wrote: »
      MidnightAura wrote: »
      I had a game that took 13 hours. Their needs went into all red and they were miserable. And to add insult to injury they hadn’t built any social and their bowling skill had only raised one measly point.

      Needless to say my sims rarely go bowling. Not a good group activity.

      How many Sims did you take bowling together? I took along 3 and they were all in their own household and they constantly complained about sore muscles and I had to stop them bowling after running through their game about 12-ish hours in.

      3 I believe. Mum and two teens. Dad was there but for whatever reason he decided not to play but watch. Yup they complained about sore muscles too. For the Mum I thought it was pretty funny because she had just completed the body builder aspiration and had maxed firmness skill.

      Wow, quite an oversight there.
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      Jprp83Jprp83 Posts: 400 Member
      lol I can't believe the devs released the pack without noticing how LONG a bowling match takes. Also the bowling skill takes forever to build up. They need to tweak this.
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      DeKayDeKay Posts: 81,602 Member
      Yeah, this is definitely the reason I don't bring my sims bowling anymore.
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      paradiseplanetparadiseplanet Posts: 4,421 Member
      edited March 2018
      Maybe they took it literally when it was called BOWLING NIGHT Stuff that you'd literally be bowling all night...Literally.
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      BMSOBMSO Posts: 3,273 Member
      Your more likely to end a chess match and two paintings faster and maybe two game sessions than you are at bowling. I had a bowling match with only two sims on the lot and 16 sims in the district and it still took my sims a good 6 sim hours before the matched was finished because it has a bit of a time lag in between players.
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      Jprp83Jprp83 Posts: 400 Member
      BMSO wrote: »
      Your more likely to end a chess match and two paintings faster and maybe two game sessions than you are at bowling. I had a bowling match with only two sims on the lot and 16 sims in the district and it still took my sims a good 6 sim hours before the matched was finished because it has a bit of a time lag in between players.
      Also composing a song takes like a week, but somehow writing a whole novel and finishing a painting takes a couple of hours? XD
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      LoanetLoanet Posts: 4,079 Member
      Jprp83 wrote: »
      BMSO wrote: »
      Your more likely to end a chess match and two paintings faster and maybe two game sessions than you are at bowling. I had a bowling match with only two sims on the lot and 16 sims in the district and it still took my sims a good 6 sim hours before the matched was finished because it has a bit of a time lag in between players.
      Also composing a song takes like a week, but somehow writing a whole novel and finishing a painting takes a couple of hours? XD

      Well, actually if you've ever compared painting vs song writing...
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      RoggieBearRoggieBear Posts: 243 Member
      Thanks everyone for the help... I guess I'm just going to have to stop bowling.
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      SimSaraSimSara Posts: 534 Member
      Yep.... sometimes I think "maybe I should take my sims bowling" but then I remember how long it takes and how it does nothing for their social need and I'm like "naw"... and to think, we paid money for this useless content? : /
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      SimTresaSimTresa Posts: 3,227 Member
      Well you don't have to let them finish a game. I didn't the one time I had a group bowling. Everyone got one turn, then it was off to bed.
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      elanorbretonelanorbreton Posts: 14,549 Member
      Imagine trying to go on a simmy date where you go bowling and then for a dine-out meal? LOL.

      Your sims would need to book a week off work to get through both events.
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      SimTresaSimTresa Posts: 3,227 Member
      LOL! I wonder if bowling takes less time at higher levels. The way sims with higher handiness skills finish repairs faster.
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      Meegie1977Meegie1977 Posts: 224 Member
      The bowling pack is the pack that I most regret buying. The bowling is long and boring, and I almost never use any of the items in my game.
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      jimbbqjimbbq Posts: 2,734 Member
      Terrible pack indeed. They can’t even socialise when bowling ! How ridiculous
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      JimG72JimG72 Posts: 1,161 Member
      Jprp83 wrote: »
      lol I can't believe the devs released the pack without noticing how LONG a bowling match takes. Also the bowling skill takes forever to build up. They need to tweak this.

      They know how long bowling takes....that's why they said sims don't chat while bowling, it's already a very long activity and chatting would cause it to be even longer.
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      JoAnne65JoAnne65 Posts: 22,959 Member
      JimG72 wrote: »
      Jprp83 wrote: »
      lol I can't believe the devs released the pack without noticing how LONG a bowling match takes. Also the bowling skill takes forever to build up. They need to tweak this.

      They know how long bowling takes....that's why they said sims don't chat while bowling, it's already a very long activity and chatting would cause it to be even longer.
      In Sims 2 the sims sitting are chatting while another sim is playing. So that doesn’t take extra time. It looks quite natural. Made this video a while ago:

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      simgirl1010simgirl1010 Posts: 35,872 Member
      edited April 2018
      littlemissgogo wrote: »
      it takes a pretty long time to finish a whole game of bowling. an astoundingly long time actually. couple mods that ought to help speed up the process here if you're interested.

      Thanks for the link to the mod. :) I just took my 2 sims bowling and it took about 4 hours for them to finish one game. They are both at level 5 bowling skill. It seems there is a lot of idle and wasted time while waiting for one sim to take their turn and while waiting for the ball to return. I was keeping track and It took up at least one hour of the four hours they were there.

      Gonna add the mod and check again.

      ETA: Tried two games after installing the mod and for some reason the game time increased to five hours. Not sure whats going on so I'll just remove it. My sims go bowling weekly so I'll just continue to plan on spending an evening at the bowling alley. :)
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      loubyloulouloubyloulou Posts: 4,467 Member
      simgirl1010 wrote: »
      littlemissgogo wrote: »
      it takes a pretty long time to finish a whole game of bowling. an astoundingly long time actually. couple mods that ought to help speed up the process here if you're interested.

      Thanks for the link to the mod. :) I just took my 2 sims bowling and it took about 4 hours for them to finish one game. They are both at level 5 bowling skill. It seems there is a lot of idle and wasted time while waiting for one sim to take their turn and while waiting for the ball to return. I was keeping track and It took up at least one hour of the four hours they were there.

      Gonna add the mod and check again.

      ETA: Tried two games after installing the mod and for some reason the game time increased to five hours. Not sure whats going on so I'll just remove it. My sims go bowling weekly so I'll just continue to plan on spending an evening at the bowling alley. :)

      I installed this mod by the same creator a couple days ago and I'm happy with the way it works: it doesn't speed up bowling but you can choose how many rounds make up a game, so games are much shorter. I think I chose the 3-round game with three Sims and it lasted a couple of Sim hours - much more realistic!
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      simgirl1010simgirl1010 Posts: 35,872 Member
      edited April 2018
      Thanks @loubyloulou. I'll check it out today. :)

      Edit To Add: Installed the mod. 3-round game took 1hr and 45 minutes! Excellent!
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