By slowing things down a little and decreasing motive deltas the game becomes so much more immersive.My sims take their time eating and chat to eachother while doing so, there's a little room left for pudding after where they chat and eat pudding tooThey take time having fun by doing various things, playing pool, dancing, darts, bowling, watch tv their fun status isn't immediately filled by doing one activity for 5 seconds.Honestly after SP i think relativity is the best mod available for S3.

"GraceyManor;c-17543354" wrote:Pudding? Is that a custom recipe? XD what do you set your settings to?like pies or cookies or ice cream etcI think my speed is 19, I used to have 16 but it was a little too slow.I think fun & social is something like 0.3/0.4 and hunger 0.4/0.5 They'll spend a good half hour eating and chatting to each otherAnd takes a good hour sometimes more to fill fun meter so they go out and really enjoy themselves

I have mine at 8 (22%). :mrgreen: I don't like rushing things. :D And frankly I have time to second guess myself and my sims have time to have a nice leisurely conversation without going "OH...crikey, I said, hello, how are you...at noon and the sun's going down already when she says, yeah, I'm fine..."

I'm a big fan of relativity. It was actually the very first mod I put in my game back in 2014. I had got to the point I was ready to quit playing the sims hating how there was no time for sims to really enjoy their day and the game was most assuredly not my game at that time. I gradually started adding other mods. Many mods later it is my game for sure. That is the one mod that would stay in my game if I had to choose just one. I usually have mine at 19-21. I adjust the other settings to accommodate my long life spans as I don't want them to learn things in a few gameplay sessions.

I have never used the mod. The original time setting of the game works just fine for the way I play. There's enough time in each day for my Sims are able to accomplish all of the things they need to do. Plus, spend time with family, build (and maintain) outside relationships, have time for self, excel at work and, handle the 'outside' jobs I have them do such as creating and taking food to 'designated drop-off' points so my townies don't starve; among other things. This may also be because I plan their days by focusing on maybe accomplishing a few goals each day (except free day, that's when I let them run 100% autonomously). I also do a lot of 'set-up' work such as preparing the meals for the week in advance on the weekends, as-well-as having certain chores scheduled for certain days (or certain 'off' days for my employed Sims).

"HillyBeth;c-17544366" wrote:How do you slow time down?NRAAS Relativility mod :)"mw1525;c-17543857" wrote:I have never used the mod. The original time setting of the game works just fine for the way I play. There's enough time in each day for my Sims are able to accomplish all of the things they need to do. Plus, spend time with family, build (and maintain) outside relationships, have time for self, excel at work and, handle the 'outside' jobs I have them do such as creating and taking food to 'designated drop-off' points so my townies don't starve; among other things. This may also be because I plan their days by focusing on maybe accomplishing a few goals each day (except free day, that's when I let them run 100% autonomously). I also do a lot of 'set-up' work such as preparing the meals for the week in advance on the weekends, as-well-as having certain chores scheduled for certain days (or certain 'off' days for my employed Sims).It's not so much the slowing down of time I love it so much, it's decreasing the motive deltas. So your sims actually get to enjoy the activities they're doing, get to savour their meals and chat at the same time while eating, get to enjoy that tv show, get to enjoy playing pool with their friend.In default EA settings sim's fun and hunger bar just immediately fills up in 1 second by doing literally anything.

Relativity really adds a lot of immersion to the game

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Satanu_Reeves
6 years ago
Haven't heard of this mod, I might have to check it out. I've been taking a different approach, if my sims didn't have enough time to get something done, I'll feed them life fruit or something to add another day to their life.
quixotictiger
New Spectator
6 years ago
Love Relativity; probably my fave NRaas mod after MC. My general preference is 23, although I adjust the settings for some things as low as 17. There’s more time for fun stuff and the other things I want to do storywise without sacrificing needs, especially with my overstuffed families.

It also helps when sending a full household of Sims to Uni with a full schedule at once, allowing more time to raise needs between M-W-F classes, leading to more time for parties and social activities afterwards. And when I want to get particular outdoor screenshots during a certain time of day, temporarily setting Relativity to a crawl enables me to get the shots I want.
commandermctosh
6 years ago
"Mikezumi;c-17545694" wrote:
It's a mod I won't play without! My sims don't live very long but get everything they need to do done in their lifetimes, plus more!
The kids have a lot of time for hygiene, eating, socializing and fun before the school bus comes without waking up before the sun comes up. I set mine at 25 (which is about 68%) and have found that suits my play style perfectly :)

Same! my playstyle too. I don't like to rush and I like watching my sims enjoy and savour every action :)

"starguru;c-17545849" wrote:
Love Relativity; probably my fave NRaas mod after MC. My general preference is 23, although I adjust the settings for some things as low as 17. There’s more time for fun stuff and the other things I want to do storywise without sacrificing needs, especially with my overstuffed families.

It also helps when sending a full household of Sims to Uni with a full schedule at once, allowing more time to raise needs between M-W-F classes, leading to more time for parties and social activities afterwards. And when I want to get particular outdoor screenshots during a certain time of day, temporarily setting Relativity to a crawl enables me to get the shots I want.

Yeah I used to do 16 but I like to play legacy now so it was a little too slow. I've found 19 with a custom long lifestyle perfect for me now. I get to enjoy every generation and my sims get to enjoy everyday :)
GabbyGirlJ
6 years ago
At this point I can't imagine my game without Relativity. I like to play at a very leisurely pace and being able to slow the game down makes me feel less like I'm trying to cram a bunch of activities into just a few minutes. I usually set it to 19, but I've been playing in Mermaidia a lot, and since it's a roadless world it takes sims a while to get places, so I have it set on 15-16 for that world. It's really nice to have that option.
Cororon
Rising Traveler
6 years ago
I love the Relativity mod, but so far I have only slowed down the speed of the day so my sims can spend more time on the fun things they are doing. For example, sometimes I borrow a horse from a neighbour and it's something I like to spend time on. And it's also more fun now to go to nightclubs and things like that. No stress. :smile:

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