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Locking the Refrigerator
keekee53
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I would really like to be able to lock the refrigerator because I really hate when I throwing parties and I have a nice food spread out for guest, the guest grabs food out of the fridge. I literally have to place my fridge in the family inventory for each party. It would be nice to just lock it until after the party.
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Same for Computers.
i have to double check but I thought sims were only thrown out if they started making a meal.
Yeah you're right, i guess, but none the less it's bad manners for NPC strangers.
XD They could sign they're hungry and played household could choose to give them food by clicking "give food from inventory" - or none. Maybe be mischievous and give them even bad or spoiled?
Spinning that option further they could even spice up a meal or poison it? But maybe not deadly... sorry my mind wandered off.
agreed and taking a bath. Lately, my guest have been coming over and taking a bath..lol
Yes I need to lock all the doors before having a party also move the t.v. where they can't watch it.
I know for my families I make several meals at once to have on hand. Not all of them can afford to have those meals eaten by guests. It would be a financial hardship.
I think this would be a great mod if it is possible to do. I know there is a mod that allows Sims to claim some objects such as computers for personal use, similar to how beds work. But a mod that locked them to only household members would be great.
One work around that I have used is to add guests to a group. That way you can control activities better. I use this most often for kids coming home from school with my Sim kids. Usually I have them grab a snack together, do homework together, then do some other fun activity together.
The only problems I have found with locks is that as a rotational player I forget to unlock them before switching households. Then when I bring a Sim to visit, the host will often be locked inside a bedroom on the computer. Lol, then I have to temporarily switch over to unlock the door. But wouldn't it be nice to have an unlock all locks button like we have to turn lights off and on?
I always forget to unlock doors too...LOL
Agree completely with your post. I wouldn't mind if a modder took care of this problem as well.
Locking Fridges:
The Sims AI is not the smartest, something that is long known, especially when it comes to food and drink, a suggestion could also be to add an option (by phone->household?) to toggle "hospitality on/off". For Storytelling it would be nice, if you have sims over you don't like and in no way wanting them to feel at home.
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It is annoying though when my sims do go through the trouble to cook a nice meal and a guest just grabs leftovers out of the fridge, a lock could solve this. Just remember to unlock it after, or don't.
All hail Sulani! They give you very edible Kalua Pork instead of a fruitcake when you live there.
I also like wandering the hills.
Actually the Welcome Wagon in Sulani brings Kava. The pork is a separate thing that can happen more than once, even more than once a week. I pity the vegetarian sims living in Sulani.
Well IRL, people have been known to padlock the fridge soooooo this is really a false statement. IRL, friends of mine do not raid my fridge without asking either so if they are going to make it like real life, they are failing.
She is quite skinny - her BMI is just this side of underweight. However, she is constantly trying to find the perfect diet, even trying to rope me into researching with her, and she divulged her target weight to me which is definitely underweight for her height. Since January she has tried keto and intermittent fasting (not at the same time) and she constantly berates herself if she fails at them even slightly. bakingreview.com
Really, we've needed that since TS2, with nannies who just randomly made Baked Alaska whenever they showed up. Remember that hot mess?
Easels and cauldrons would be good to lock as well, I'm sick of having to scrap paintings and stop my non magical sims from cooking in the cauldron all the time. Admittedly these are not as bad as the fridges, but if they can lock objects, they might as well lock all the ones that it does not make sense for other sims to be using.
Also, I'd finally be able to keep a birthday cake in there instead of putting it in the household inventory so others don't have a chance to eat it before the birthday.
Plus, it would solve the frustration of impatient household members grabbing food out of the fridge to eat instead of waiting for the meal another Sim is currently cooking for them.
Lastly, the family cook could even prepare appropriate meals for breakfast/lunch/dinner ahead of time and then call to meal. Might even help with those who like to take screenshots of families eating a meal together at the table at the same time. Especially if you have Parenthood. Just keep place settings on a dining table, call to meal and voila! A nice family dinner shot for stories or whatever.