Do you sometimes just feel...rushed

"shanls96;d-983449" wrote:
So recently I had a big break from sims and I now I have a family of 5 (3 kids)

I just feel like maybe sometimes the day is just so rushed trying to maintain all of my sims needs and homework etc that I haven’t really got time for the ‘free time’ stuff if you get what I mean.

Does anyone else kind of get me or do I just suck at looking after my sims hahah

No, you are right. I usually fill up my house to eight, but even with four, it can get so busy. I blame a bunch of it on bathroom stuff. It doesn't take that long to take a shower or use the bathroom, especially toddlers. I do love their sounds and animations, though. Maybe time needs to go slower.

"Babykittyjade;c-17717838" wrote:
I can't stand feeling rushed because I love big families. I rarely have less than 8 sims. Aging off.
I use mccomand mod to slow down the clock and slow sims needs. I balance it out so it's still a bit challenging but I have a good amount of fun/leisure time I'm satisfied with. Makes it way more fun. Otherwise it just turns into a choir of survival

That's me 95% of the time. Many times, when I do start with one sim, the sim ends up getting married and then the house fills up.

"AnnLee87;c-17717889" wrote:
I use MCCC to make the day longer (my setting is 60) and needs decay 50% slower with no relationship decay and aging off. After an update and I'm waiting for the mod to update I play a save I setup for no mods or cc and usually just build. I can't stand playing the game without MCCC. The needs go down too fast!

I wish I used mods for this reason and some hairs/ CAS. I just don't have the time or willpower to do it. It does sound incredible.

I don’t really have time for much except taking care of my Sims’ needs, but I don’t feel rushed, exactly (it’s mostly because their house is so huge that they spend about 6 hours a day walking up and down the stairs, XD). I have them on a schedule now, so I hardly ever have to keep anyone at home from school/work because they desperately need a shower.

My main problem is that I get bored with my self-imposed rules. 112 days is a long time to stick with one household when no one’s aging up or anything, so between that and the lack of free time (seriously, what the what was I thinking? Do I need three floors?), my gameplay gets really repetitive. Luckily, I’m up to the Summerfest holidays now- the perfect time for a trip to Sulani to break up the monotony. (I’ve never been there before, so it’ll be fun to try out all the features.)

I knew you could skip forward in time with MCCC, but I had no idea you could change the clock speed! Are there any risks I should know about?

Yes, it happens a lot and many times i dont wanna be bothered with my sims needs and just want to play the fun stuff. I cheat their needs a lot these days but this wasnt how i used to play. I think i am overgrowing the time managment aspect of this game lol.

My biggest problem in terms of this is how fast sims' needs drain, because if I'm playing a large household then needs management is all I'm ever able to do. I wish there were settings that let us choose how fast to drain needs - I can cheat it, but I don't always want to have to cheat.

I think that is why I tend to play a one household Sim mostly. The times when I have had a family I get frustrated by how long things take. Did you ever pay attention to how long it takes in Sim time for them to take a shower = an hour or more. And don't get me started on how long it takes to eat at a restaurant.

I use UI extension cheat so don't worry about their needs, it decays way too fast anyway and again hours to eat and shower, do homework or other uni stuff leave no time to do fun stuff. However I do play with aging off when they attend uni or they come home and all their family and friends have aged up

When I play on normal lifespan yes I feel rushed. When I play on long lifespan progression feels much too slow. I play using a custom “longish” lifespan to fit the pacing I prefer.

I play large households of 4 to 8 sims with aging on, so sometimes I do feel rushed. But that's only because I'm trying to manage grades, jobs, skills, hobbies, romantic relationships and friendships for all of them.

Now, I only have 4 so I feel super at ease and they have a sort of schedule. First, I make sure my sims have the best beds so that they don't need much rest and can get up early. Before 8, I make sure everyone gets any leftover tasks finished and all needs are green. Then, while the child is at school, they clean/manage the house with the butler's help, do any work from home tasks, and do general money making tasks (gardening, painting, etc.) because they live a fancy lifestyle and need a lot of money to support it.

When the kid comes home, they may spend a few hours helping her with homework and helping her build skills. I've found that it really helps to have sims do things together. This kid is only a few days into her childhood, but has easily completed one of the childhood aspirations already, is at level 7 in an adult version of the skill (she got 10 creativity and is now at 7 in the real one) and well on her way to completing another childhood aspiration. Building skills while young gives them more time to relax later and my child sim still plays and has friends.

After helping her, I let my sims go out to do fun activities or socialize.

I dont play on long but I think doing that or adding days to lifestages with a mod would help with rushing too.

@catmando830 LittleMsSam has a mod for that: https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175406394233/quick-shower-quick-bath-more-quick

You might want to try it after she updates it for the patch.