Sims Evolving Meal Habits
Magicmoon:
Quote from: aubreylaraine on 2007 June 19, 22:21:04
mine wait for food and stuff face, but not near as often as they start another meal.
Quote from: Count Four on 2007 June 20, 02:14:43
This happens to me constantly; one sim cooking a group meal, and it seems regardless of the cooking stage, another one will try to start cooking something else. (I try to knock it off their queue whenever it happens, but sometimes I'm a little slow on the mouse.) I rarely see "wait for food" anymore. I don't think I've seen it since before installing Seasons.
I make most of my sims four or five bars on neat and it's rare to see them Stuff Face.
That is what's happening. I didn't mean to imply that they never wait for food. But food prep stage of the other Sim doesn't appear to affect it. In earlier EPs they would wait for food as long as another Sim removed something from the fridge. Now they head for the fridge even when a server is heading towards the table with the serving platter still in hand.
As far as stuff face, I'm aware that it is personality based. However, those who stuffed their face with earlier EPs didn't do it near as often as they do since Seasons was installed.
Last night I realized that it isn't just the server that pauses before being seated. Four sims waited next to their chairs and then sat down just before the server did. Two more Sims joined them a few seconds later. Later joining Sims never do the pause.
I don't want noautonomous cooking. I want them to cook, but do like they did before and 'wait for food' if food is already being prepared. I like them cooking autonomously, but I notice that they make food for themselves far more often than they serve. I can put up with it though since they gain skill with it.
jsalemi:
I just use dizzy's leftovers hack from Peasantry -- as long as there's stuff in the fridge (and that hack makes them put it there :) ), sims will get a leftover before ever cooking for themselves.
Magicmoon:
I'm using the store food one, but if you use the other one with TwoJeff's 'food already available' fix then Sims can never cook autonomously as long as leftovers are available.
I use leftovers for pregnant Sims because they are usually overly tired and hungry, and for children who may be left with a nanny for short periods of time. So I really don't want them to use the leftovers up first. Often for pregnant Sims, I'll prepare one of the sparkly type meals, and then put all the plates into the fridge as leftovers for them.
Food is cheap compared to the amount of money in the game, so leftovers aren't a way for me to save money, but rather have something available to those who can't or don't have time to cook for themselves.
eaglezero:
Stuff face/food prep congestion is why you lock your kitchen to all sims except Cooking Sim. OFB's lockable doors or APO are best for this, but University's Myne doors will work in a pinch. I'm not sure if they can quickly be reassigned to another sim though, which could be dangerous if Cooking Sim is off lot when someone's hunger drops to near-starvation levels. However, if you have progressed past the first generation, there is probably no need for Cooking Sim to hold a job and thus no need for Cooking Sim to be off lot, which is, in point of fact, why Cooking Sim IS Cooking Sim. Locking the kitchen has other benefits too, such as fewer fires and, if you don't use the hack that makes them stop eating when they're full, fewer fat sims.
I have no idea what's up with the sims standing by their food to wait. This never happens in my game. Usually one sim has blasted halfway through his meal before another even approaches the food, which is sad because I like for them to talk as they eat. It also seems to me that my sims no longer will continue sitting and chatting until everyone is done (which they used to do as long as there weren't any actions waiting in the queue) and instead will leap up to wash their dish immediately, even if they're still needing comfort or social points.
Goldenbow:
The sims standing besides empty chairs during meal service happens a lot in my game (all EPs). I also assumed it was hack related since there are a couple of hacks involving food service in the game. But if there's even a chance it's a new behavior that would be great. Sims being considerate and acknowleding other sims needs? Whoa! :o
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