Hi everybody! So I saw that Sims eat faster now, and I was wondering if this affects anything. Does it cause some interactions, such as the Feed a Bite interaction or the interactions for discussing food to not work since they eat more quickly now? Or do they still work just fine as long as you can get your Sim to do them before they finish eating? I'm a bit worried to update my game now because I love those interactions and I want my Sims to still be able to do that. I did ask about this on another topic, but I feel like it would be better as a discussion post since more people may be able to help me that way. Thanks!Update: I updated my game and tested out the Feed a Bite interaction along with the other food interactions after hearing that everything seemed to be working right from others on this discussion. It all worked! Thanks for helping me!

Am I the only one who think they eat too fast now? I think it was fine before. In The Sims 3 every sim would gobble down their food in a second and it was hard to get a family to eat together. I've always been happy that sims took their time to eat in The Sims 4. And now they east almost as fast as in The Sims 3 again, ugh.

Simmers once again nerfed one of my favorite things in ts4?? I'm over it. Great for those who wanted it I guess....

I felt like my Sims ate too slowly but got up too quickly afterward. I’d like them to eat quickly for those rush days, but be willing to sit and spend time afterward with their family on slower days. They keep hopping up the minute they’re done eating.

"Rouensims;c-17841077" wrote:I felt like my Sims ate too slowly but got up too quickly afterward. I’d like them to eat quickly for those rush days, but be willing to sit and spend time afterward with their family on slower days. They keep hopping up the minute they’re done eating. so the issue here isn't how fast they eat, but what they do once finished?

As long as they don't take 4 hours to eat anymore, I'm happy. Who does that?

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MstyBL95
5 years ago
I don't know how I feel about this. On the one hand, my sims almost never sit down to eat and making them eat faster is the answer to that problem. But I would prefer for them to eat sitting down and at a medium pace so they can chat, but not be late for work or school.

I think what is like is for sims to eat quickly for breakfast and lunch, but for dinner when they're most likely going to be eating as a family, have them eat slow and socialize. Sit even after they finish eating. How do you get them to just sit?
elliebreton
Legend
5 years ago
It's a pity they didn't just speed up the eating for 'quick meals'. That would have been great, cos if you are in a hurry you could gobble down a sandwich and go.

But I liked my sims sitting down to a proper meal and having some chat time together sometimes.

Maybe in the future they could bring out additional options for events, like romantic meals or family meals which would be more like the feasts and involve slower eating and chat time.
logionX
Legend
5 years ago
I have not updated my game, but it will be interesting to see what this update does, I have always used a faster eating mod and I have never had any problems with sims sitting down at the table and talk when they are eating or get them to keep sitting at the table and talk afterwards but I do use some other mods that tweak the game like bienchens fewerautonomusintroductions and lessautohuggingandgreeting.
talongirl6
5 years ago
"haisin;c-17841198" wrote:
I tried it a bit and they eat very fast now. Two or three bites and they are done. They can talk about the food after that, but feed a bite could be hard to do. I didn't remember to try it.

I didn't mind them eating slowly, but I also don't mind if they eat a little bit faster. Yet I think they eat too fast now. I wish they would take at least four or five bites to finish their meals. I was also worried they wouldn't sniff their food anymore or do the other animations, but one of my sims still sniffed the food. I was happy to see it :)

Ah, interesting! Thank you for this information, and thank you to everyone else who responded too! I'm glad that they can still discuss the food then even though they eat faster now. I really do want to know if the Feed a Bite interaction will still work at all. I might risk updating to try it out myself. I'm going to be a bit sad if it doesn't work.
shortmikez
New Scout
5 years ago
Well this makes the restaurants quite awkward on so many levels.
Tellimini
5 years ago
It took my sims about 25 (in game) minutes eating alone and almost an hour while carrying on a conversation. I'm pretty happy with this change. Seems much more realistic. Especially drinking, it's fast now thank goodness.
mightyspritesims
Legend
5 years ago
Restaurants are working fine thankfully. They stay at the table after finishing their food, until you click on it to end the meal and pay bill.
oddRebelisaac13
5 years ago
I don’t like the new change. Like others have said, I like how my sims, family’s & their significant others took their time for meals they’ve cooked/baked. I appreciated looking at the food they would eat, imaging myself eating it. It also inspired me in real life to mimic some of the dishes myself.

However, what did bother me prior to patch was Quick Meals. Quick Meals should be that, a quick meal. I use them to fill my sims hunger before work/school but hate how long it would take them to finish. I doubt it would happen but I would prefer if they reverted the changes for the food you cook/bake but keep it only for the quick meals. Other then that, I had no problem with the meal times.
Simmingal
Hero
5 years ago
idk ive just noticed i can actually feed my toddlers before they get taken by evil aunties

personally i prefer sims eating fast most of the time

but i think we could perhaps have separate group interaction to make them eat slower and appreciate their meal and company more for people who want their dinner parties to last longer
Amj1995
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"Justin;c-17844186" wrote:
I don’t like the new change. Like others have said, I like how my sims, family’s & their significant others took their time for meals they’ve cooked/baked. I appreciated looking at the food they would eat, imaging myself eating it. It also inspired me in real life to mimic some of the dishes myself.

However, what did bother me prior to patch was Quick Meals. Quick Meals should be that, a quick meal. I use them to fill my sims hunger before work/school but hate how long it would take them to finish. I doubt it would happen but I would prefer if they reverted the changes for the food you cook/bake but keep it only for the quick meals. Other then that, I had no problem with the meal times.

@Justin - Yes, I agree with this and it only makes sense!

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