Cats and Dogs VS Time Management
Out of curiosity here, how is everyone making out with managing their sims daily schedules and activites since the addition of the Cats and Dogs EP? Prior to the release of C&D I already found the ...
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I agree with whoever said that the dogs take more of an adjustment than the cats. Dogs need a lot of attention partly because they need to be directed to potty frequently, or at least they seem to so far. Maybe I'm just conscientious so I sometimes end up taking the dog out 5 times a day. That said, that's pretty much life with an actual dog. (Yes, depends on the breed, I know).
Cats are a lot easier and lower maintenance as others have pointed out. The dogs absorb a lot of time and effort ... but I'm not complaining because that's what I would expect from a dog. I've had a couple of sims get hyper dogs, one in particular is always fidgeting if she's awake. Her breed is well-known for being very high energy in real life though, so I think it is great. I like being able to watch the gorgeous dog and then to turn off the game and go about my regular life because that kind of dog would probably not be the right fit for me, but she's great in the game.
As for tasks like eating? I just get annoyed by things like musical chairs which I have been seeing again in my game in the last week. When a meal is dragging on because the sim keeps getting up and sitting down in different places or keeps walking from one room to another, that is a bit irritating, but then I just cancel the action and send the sim to somewhere. If it gets really bad, I'll turn off autonomy but I prefer not to.
I don't think pets are right for all of my households. Some of them are way too busy or interested in other things to be the right fit for a pet. That's true of real life as well. As for sims dropping an action that I've directed in the queue after delaying? Yeah, that's an annoying factor in time management; I will agree with that one. Generally though, this expansion has really livened up the game and is definitely something that I was waiting for.
Cats are a lot easier and lower maintenance as others have pointed out. The dogs absorb a lot of time and effort ... but I'm not complaining because that's what I would expect from a dog. I've had a couple of sims get hyper dogs, one in particular is always fidgeting if she's awake. Her breed is well-known for being very high energy in real life though, so I think it is great. I like being able to watch the gorgeous dog and then to turn off the game and go about my regular life because that kind of dog would probably not be the right fit for me, but she's great in the game.
As for tasks like eating? I just get annoyed by things like musical chairs which I have been seeing again in my game in the last week. When a meal is dragging on because the sim keeps getting up and sitting down in different places or keeps walking from one room to another, that is a bit irritating, but then I just cancel the action and send the sim to somewhere. If it gets really bad, I'll turn off autonomy but I prefer not to.
I don't think pets are right for all of my households. Some of them are way too busy or interested in other things to be the right fit for a pet. That's true of real life as well. As for sims dropping an action that I've directed in the queue after delaying? Yeah, that's an annoying factor in time management; I will agree with that one. Generally though, this expansion has really livened up the game and is definitely something that I was waiting for.
