cooking at a friends house

I think there were some oversights with that update, not everyone likes to cheat but I tend to give my sims the always welcome trait when they have people close to them to visit.

I always give my sim the Always Welcome trait. There have been a few times in the past when my sim went to a friend's home and got sick. I felt that is was more rude to not have my sim clean up after themselves, and had my sim clean it up, or unclogged the toilet. But at the time my sim didn't have the trait, and the homeowner sure got mad at them.

Give you sims the always welcome trait. It really doesn't bother me, I just wish they'd add computer usage as the inappropriate action, too.

My friends never come to my house (IRL) and start cooking, bathing, and for sure don't get on my computer. So I don't see why it's a "what were they thinking" moment.

This is a good example of one of those things that folks are pretty divided on. So the devs just made a choice and went with it. Perhaps they found it amusing--it can be at times. It did stop me from passing myself off as a long lost cuz of the Landgraabs, to harvest a prized lemon.

IRL, I would let my best friend use my computer, and they have stayed with me, so def showered, and might have even cooked. I cook over at the kids' all the time. So I just cheat it in if the situation calls for it, I don't consider it cheating if it seems legit. :)

traits.equip_trait AlwaysWelcome

Have you tried ignoring the friends' complaints, cancelling out any automatic commands to leave the house, and continuing cooking?

I have a 'moocher' family (inspired by various versions of the homeless challenges) that sometimes eats and sleeps in the parks/venues, and sometimes at the homes of the people they hate the most.

Almost split my sides laughing as one after another of the household members marched up to the beds were my sims were sleeping, and demanded that my sims leave at once. Queuing up multiple 'sleep' commands prevented my sims from ever getting out of bed; if they even woke up, they simply went right back to sleep again, leaving the homeowner sims standing at the bedside, fuming. Hilarious! (Well, not so hilarious if it happened to you in real life, obviously, but in-game it's highly amusing.) Eventually, the homeowner sims gave up!

While I've succeeded multiple times in ignoring sim-homeowner complaints about sleeping, my sims have been eating food the sim-homeowners cooked, rather than cooking themselves (hey, my sims don't want to spend any money). They wait until the homeowner family is about to eat, distract them with a comment, and then snatch the plate away. Heh, heh. (Actually, the homeowner sims usually don't even eat the food; they cook it, set it down, and complain about how hungry they are--and by then, my sims have snatched the plates away.)

So...don't give up; queue up multiple 'continue cooking' commands, and maybe you'll be able to finish cooking without being ousted from the house!

'Course, I'm not promising such disrespect won't affect your sims' relationships.... :naughty:

(edited for typo)

"Livin in Sim;c-16782120" wrote:
This is a good example of one of those things that folks are pretty divided on. So the devs just made a choice and went with it. Perhaps they found it amusing--it can be at times. It did stop me from passing myself off as a long lost cuz of the Landgraabs, to harvest a prized lemon.

IRL, I would let my best friend use my computer, and they have stayed with me, so def showered, and might have even cooked. I cook over at the kids' all the time. So I just cheat it in if the situation calls for it, I don't consider it cheating if it seems legit. :)

traits.equip_trait AlwaysWelcome

My husband and kids aren't allowed on my desktop or laptop, I couldn't imagine a friend helping themselves to my pc's. In this house, we have 4 desktops, and 6 laptops. Everyone has their own stuff, no need to get on anyone else's. And company isn't invited to any of them. That's just off limits to me and past the point of polite.

"ChelleJo;c-16782190" wrote:

"Livin in Sim;c-16782120" wrote:
This is a good example of one of those things that folks are pretty divided on. So the devs just made a choice and went with it. Perhaps they found it amusing--it can be at times. It did stop me from passing myself off as a long lost cuz of the Landgraabs, to harvest a prized lemon.

IRL, I would let my best friend use my computer, and they have stayed with me, so def showered, and might have even cooked. I cook over at the kids' all the time. So I just cheat it in if the situation calls for it, I don't consider it cheating if it seems legit. :)

traits.equip_trait AlwaysWelcome

My husband and kids aren't allowed on my desktop or laptop, I couldn't imagine a friend helping themselves to my pc's. In this house, we have 4 desktops, and 6 laptops. Everyone has their own stuff, no need to get on anyone else's. And company isn't invited to any of them. That's just off limits to me and past the point of polite.

It's just my own ethos; I didn't mean to imply everyone should have this viewpoint. So sorry if I gave that impression. :)

It doesn't bother me at all (well anymore). When the game came out your sim didn't get called on doing anything in other sims houses. People complained and they changed it (ohh cared enough to change it). We have the always welcome trait (a very inexpensive trait) that makes it possible to play as you want. It's usually the first trait I get my sims.
I do tend to put my sims computers in their rooms or a study and lock the door to everyone I want to keep out. I wish we could lock the computer like you lock a door.

"Livin in Sim;c-16782215" wrote:

"ChelleJo;c-16782190" wrote:

"Livin in Sim;c-16782120" wrote:
This is a good example of one of those things that folks are pretty divided on. So the devs just made a choice and went with it. Perhaps they found it amusing--it can be at times. It did stop me from passing myself off as a long lost cuz of the Landgraabs, to harvest a prized lemon.

IRL, I would let my best friend use my computer, and they have stayed with me, so def showered, and might have even cooked. I cook over at the kids' all the time. So I just cheat it in if the situation calls for it, I don't consider it cheating if it seems legit. :)

traits.equip_trait AlwaysWelcome

My husband and kids aren't allowed on my desktop or laptop, I couldn't imagine a friend helping themselves to my pc's. In this house, we have 4 desktops, and 6 laptops. Everyone has their own stuff, no need to get on anyone else's. And company isn't invited to any of them. That's just off limits to me and past the point of polite.

It's just my own ethos; I didn't mean to imply everyone should have this viewpoint. So sorry if I gave that impression. :)

Oh, no no! I didn't mean it like that. I was explaining why I felt that computer usage should be included in the inappropriate actions. :) No worries. :) Now, I do like having family cook for each other, in which case, I make sure to give my sim always welcome. At least we do have that reward trait for when we do want to do those things :)

This actually bothers me more with family than friends. I think family members should be able to make food at each other's houses. I mean in RL my family will come over to each other's houses and raid each other's fridges and start making themselves something to eat. ?