Do You Use Live Drag?

I always use it for toddlers because the high chair is absolutely cursed. For other stuff, if it gets left behind (my Sims often autonomously deal with mess) I'll clean it up for them. I don't like wasting precious Sim minutes on watching them clean.

Yes. Usually for leftovers or plates/empty glasses if they are tired or I have other things I want them to do that are more important.

@QueenofMyshuno If it's not working for you it may be because you have left moo running in live mode.

@fullspiral, I leave MOO on pretty much 95% of the time, the only time I turn it off is if I am having a routing issue that I can't figure out the cause of and need to see what snapping does in the area in question. Live drag works fine with MOO on. You just have to make sure you don't drop things where you don't want them by being precise with your dragging.

@Stormkeep I've had it where the plate will hover over the sink or something bc moo is on. Not always, so I mentioned just in case.

Edit: I recall where the devs said it can make live mode a bit wonky if left on.

Yep, it can be wonky if you are not precise, like putting things under the trash can instead of in it because you didn't quite get the trash can selected when hovering before releasing the mouse button. Works totally fine once you get the hang of where you need to hover before dropping though.

I use life drag most of the time, except when I want to roleplay. For example in challenges where you play housekeepers/janitors using life drag would defeat the purpose. Or sometimes a sims parent decides that their offspring needs a small reminder to follow the houserules, then the kids/teens have to do the dishes.

It varies. Mostly they clean up everything or I make them but sometimes I help them out if there is an overwhelming mess. Or I drag it to a room where it won't bother my pampered sim and make the unpampered sim clean it all up.

Aside from saving time, I think I got into the habit of helping out my sims because of that electronic trash can that pays something like ten simoleons for each household member?
I also like to see my families have their meals together so I usually bring out a dish from the fridge to the table and have one of my sims call everyone else to the meal. That method seems to work much more smoothly than having each sim take a turn at the fridge.

I like to watch my sims do the work but at times I help as well.

Sometimes I try to refrain from dragging plates and such, if I'm in the mood for playing in an "absolutely no cheating whatsoever" style. But generally I do just drag them to save time. I consider plate/trash/whatever dragging to be the most minor form of "cheating."