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Eating now takes about 10 seconds - that should have been showering instead
ReflectedLight
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Eating is often used as a social activity.
Showering is a solo activity.
So I find it odd eating was made so quick now, which ruins social interactions you did around eating and cooking beforehand, but taking a shower, which is flat out solo, still takes so a large amount of time.
Showering is a solo activity.
So I find it odd eating was made so quick now, which ruins social interactions you did around eating and cooking beforehand, but taking a shower, which is flat out solo, still takes so a large amount of time.
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I spoke on this many times already so I'll just say: I hate it😩😩
I don't have issues with socializing during family meals or dinner parties. My sims sit at the table and chat nonstop while eating their meals. If you are multitasking, then eating will be longer.
For family meals, set up the table beforehand. Instead of call to meal, use pick up serving and drag the plates from your inventory to the table. Then, have your sims sit at the table and eat and chat.
For dinner parties, I move the meals to the center of the table. I gather everyone into a group, then have the group sit at the table. While the group is chatting, I call to meal and they all grab a serving from the table and eat.
At least for me, eating together is still one of my main social activities for my family and friends. I personally do not think it's too short; I think it's perfect the way it is now.
I've also noticed that while showers are quick (no issue with that), bathing in any bath, even with all upgrades installed, takes about an hour. I can understand that baths with soaks should take a bit longer, but regular baths shouldn't be that way.
Not socializing much while eating hasn't hampered them. I kinda feel bad for people who liked having their Sims sit together and socialize over a meal, but not enough to want it back the way it was.
After they nerfed eating, I now have to do a bunch of unnecessary things to get everyone at the table or in the same room. Call to meal use to be easy and now they've complicated the whole process.
It's just a couple extra seconds of work. You can still just use call to meal if you gather everyone at the table first. People keep complaining how family meals just aren't possible anymore, and they are possible... just a couple extra clicks and that's it. It takes me like 5-10 extra seconds of work, and then my sims can enjoy their family meal together.
I have family meals all the time. Do you know how cumbersome it has become to do all these couple of extra clicks that was not required before? The point you are missing is that before the nerf all that was needed was--Call to Meal.
But, however, needing to do all the extra things when wanting the family to dine together, is annoying, indeed because I did not used to do it before
I have now started to use restaurants more (what in my game work just fine, I do have 3 mods for DO, though) , at least in there everyone get their food at the same time, and I even have the time to order starter, main dish and the dessert , now , when they eat faster.
I have always had huge number of restaurants in my saves, and now even more. I have a small burger/fastfood joint at 20x15 lot, gas station diner, Greek tavern and lots of others up to fancy dining places.
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Showers can be upgraded for speedier use. Meals can't.
Get a mod for slower meals, if you need one. I don't have the time.
My sims linger and gather to socialize anyway. I don't have to force it. Call to Meal still works fine, especially if the table's been set.
Good for you.
Just a tiny problem there.. or 2..
1) there seems not to be any.
2) Console players cannot.
And as I said, I was thinking eating was too slow in many situations before. But when it comes to nerfing, why does these things always be nerfed too much.
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Oh I may weep forevermore, My love will never die..
I think it's safe to say we can all agree to disagree. The point that was being made was that some people find that eating speed was nerfed too much, and now eating together and doing food interactions are more difficult to do. I simply just disagree with that. I don't find doing a couple of extra clicks too cumbersome, even in my larger households. But, I've made my point so there's no need for me to continue on and on about it.
When they changed the eating speed, they obviously didn't take into consideration how many aspects of the game this would affect. At this point, I'm sick and tired of all the nerfing.
I literally play this music above when playing Sims 4! Cozy and Fuzzy
Meeting leader: "Ok, so we seem to be currently stuck at Slow. How do we proceed?"
Everybody points to the top item while nodding at each other as they point.
Meeting leader: "But what about something between?"
Everybody else seems baffled and says, "But... there's nothing in between. What are you even on about?"
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Now, pretty please with sugar on, how about a Quick Shower option? You know, for those mornings you're running late? (after whooping it up at the karaoke bar until 3 am or dancing the night away with your besties).
Before they changed this I went crazy trying to get my Sims to frakking stop eating already. Same with showers.
Getting them all to engage in conversation usually works and still work for me, they will finish their meal faster but they tend to keep talking at the table.
I don't think showering should be faster, you are supposed to upgrade the shower if you want them to shower faster.
Let's look at it from my angle. All they had to do was nerf multitasking. AKA musical chairs and multitasking stopping chewing to look at something on the wall.
I pay strict attention to animations, and the two main problems for those who felt it took too long was because of those two things. Whether it was with a single Sim at a table and or a household at the table. The two main things were playing musical chairs and stopping to look at something. Here is the thing, people don't stop chewing while they look up at pots hanging from the ceiling. But TS4 Sims do..therefore it added to the time to finish. I have no idea why they continue to build a simulation if players just want to click and be done and move on so they can get to something else like gaining a skill and or leveling up. This game has been nerfed so badly in so many of the areas that reflect life that it can hardly be called a life simulator if a player can just click on something and move on. What is the point of set table now? Nothing.
The same was true of eating; my sims skipped more breakfasts than I do IRL with a tendency to hit snooze and a bus to catch, simply because it took too long to cook and eat it (or even to grab a quick bowl of cereal.)
Speaking of that latter, I wish there were a way for a sim to grab some fast food on the way to work. Going through a drive-thru on the commute is practically part of most Americans' job description, y'know?
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