[IL] Extra Food Event is Obnoxious

@iamsweetmystery have you added No Trespassing settings to your Front Door? For me that at least stopped the food arriving but not all the visitors. Also if you have NAPs in the neighborhood I'd check you don't have the Sharing is Caring NAP in force.

But there is a Bug Report here too if they are in your house uninvited:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-Sims-invade-homes-no-ask-to-leave-Send-home/td-p/11240237

Sulani is the absolute worst for uninvited guests. I have locked gates everywhere but was playing one lot in Ohan'ali Town they were swimming around it and climbing up the ladders in turn, they formed an orderly waterly queue in the sea! Uber creepy it was seeing them floating there.

Yeah, the extra food event is triggered by not cooking for a certain period of time, I think - but if you have never hungry (or have been blessed by the island spirits with the one that keeps you full for a while) or even just have a ton of leftovers from a party, you’re really not in need of the extra food. I love the concept, but do sometimes just cancel the event and send everyone home. I also started sometimes just making a single serving of something each day, just to prove to the neighbors I knew how to cook so they’d stop bringing food!

@simsplayer818 - I definitely don't have Sharing is Caring active. That permits NPCs to steal my stuff, which I'm not okay with. I've long since disabled NPC voting in Settings. I absolutely despise "Sharing is Caring", "Roughhousing Encouraged" and "We Wear Bags" so I make sure only my Households get to vote on what's enacted. I probably don't have trespassing settings enabled on my door. I usually don't use them because I don't want to keep away visits I actually do want, but I certainly could give that a try.

@PipMenace - I would still be somewhat annoyed, but considerably less annoyed, if they had the courtesy to bring a vegetarian dish, like the Island Vegetable Feast. Being a compassionate mermaid, including the Child of the Ocean Trait, I've also made her Vegetarian to go with that friend-of-nature vibe. However, every single time, without fail, they bring Kalua Pork. The only Sims living there are her and her horse. Neither one is going to be eating any meat.

@simsplayer818 - I only just saw this message. I don't think I got a notice. I do like and use Free Love, though it does have it's problems. It can be useful for open relationships and pairs well with the Player Trait. Also a great way to earn a lot of Influence Points with highly affectionate households. However, it does occasionally backfire. Recently, I was running a Food Sale and one of the customers just came up and kissed my Sim out of the blue. It also doesn't account for preferences, so my lesbian Sims have had men attempt to kiss them. Didn't end well for the guy, getting shoved away and scolded. That NAP is definitely a two-edged sword. It is one of the better ones, but that's mainly because the bar is set pretty low in the first place.

Yeah, if you’re doing rags to riches or otherwise playing a penniless, omnivorous Sim, the Extra Food event is nice, but otherwise your neighbors come over, hang out for six hours, eat all your excellent quality food out of your fridge and leave you with normal quality pork. 🤦‍♀️🤣

I have some “child of the islands” Sims and I always appreciate it for them, but am mildly annoyed for some other households. That said, I play rotationally and sometimes the event is my Sims from other households and I always love seeing them, so…

And yes, for a vegetarian Sim it would be incredibly obnoxious! 

@xochiquetzl_xkvn - Mhm. For advanced characters who've already gotten the Reward Traits of Hardly Hungry or Forever Full, it's entirely useless. Of course they haven't had a meal in a while if they don't need to eat. I feel like this particular feature, while well intentioned and reasonably useful, was not thoroughly thought out. It doesn't account for Vegetarians, Vampires, or Sims that don't require food.

@iamsweetmystery Yeah, I do have a vampire married to a mermaid. The mermaid eats so I don’t see this event much in her household, but… obviously, her wife has no need for the extra food. 

@xochiquetzl_xkvn - I had a Vampire Teen move to Sulani with her Girlfriend, Molly Prescott. Seems counterintuitive to have a Vampire live on a tropical island, but if they have sun immunity, they're perfectly fine.