Sims eat too fast!

I hate the changes they did to eating. I liked the way sims ate before, and now it’s ruined the game for me. I’m also looking for a mod to make eating the way it was before, but haven’t found one yet.

I prefer the slow eating.

This entire “fix” goes to show what kind of society we live in. Zero patience and an inability to manage a more balanced lifestyle.
Funny that this fix was focused on sims filling their needs quickly so they can get to work or school on time.
Yet folks are constantly asking for more family gameplay and family time together. I thought the breakfast and dinner table is part of that?
Work is more important after all. This so called “realistic” life simulator is suddenly a little too realistic yeah?

Why not upgrade the beds so sims’ energy bar fills faster?
Why not upgrade showers so sims’ hygiene bar fills quicker?

Do folks want more challenging gameplay or not?
I don’t think so. People just want to fast speed through this game and then afterwards tell the community how boring it is….

Anyway, slob sims are great. They use the bathroom without flushing after wards. They never wash their hands. They also use the bathroom while taking a shower. They never clean their plates either. So handy. If you’re an impatient simmer get yourself a slob sim. It works for me. ?

It is indeed a shame that we have to get mods to get the eating speed back to the way it was before. ?

I ended up getting a mod. It didn’t bother me much when my sims were eating alone.

But I love having my sims eat meals with friends, family, or significant others.

I would have preferred them keep eating the same and just speed up quick meals.

I made a thread about this after the eating speed got nerfed. It got deleted because people couldn't help but argue ?
But anyway, here I am again. This was NOT RIGHT at all. I understand people kept complaining they couldn't get to work on time. I seen it all over twitter for a long time. But the devs should have gave us a "eat quicker" meal option for those who want it. Because this has ruined every family dinner and dinner date and school lunch role-play I enjoy setting up. Even restaurants are weird now eating in 2 bites. And I love loooooong dinners. I Spend a lot of time planning meals, downloading tons of delicious looking custom food, setting up dinners, sims cooking together, then boom ? 2 bites and one sip of water later they are all getting up to wash their dishes like good little choir boys.
Gotta get back to that computer time I guess huh?

Another thing I loved totally nerfed ????
I don't like the shower change either. My sim couldn't even sing in the shower. I LOVE LONG showers. My sim can't even enjoy one anymore. But the food bothers me more.
Really makes me not like live service sometimes....
In the future devs if you have to nerf something (Don't do it) please provide OPTIONS so that those of us who enjoy things the way they are can still enjoy the game too. Please... ???

Coolspear had a mod for longer eating. He retired a long time ago and said anyone can take over his mods. Perhaps a modder here would be willing to do it? I updated it once with help but I'm not a modder and can't keep up with the constant patches. Especially since I barely know what I'm doing? and don't want to mess anyone's game up including my own lol ?

But still. This needs an actual fix so that console players who love long dinners can enjoy too. This quick meal needs to be an option. Not default.

"Paigeisin5;c-17981091" wrote:
I just use a mod that keeps Sims seated after they inhale their meal. This way the fam can socialize for a few minutes, raise their socials and act as if they're a real family. I don't understand all the fuss folks are making over this issue when there are so many mods that allow the player to tweak the game to match every player's gaming style. I would much rather use a mod than depend on the teams to make these kinds of changes. When the teams made the changes to our Sims's eating habits; they, supposedly, also changed how long it takes for our Sims to shower, bathe and prepare the meals. Funny, I haven't noticed any changes to showering, bathing or food preparation. But I dislike the speed at which my Sims eat. And with all the hype over the recipes in this game, that are made with ingredients our Sims grow themselves, it's a bit of a waste to see all their hard work not being appreciated more. But we get what the devs give us. Even if we didn't ask for some of those changes in the first place. I thank my stars we have a great group of modders, or I would have quit Sims4 long ago. Do I want the devs to change it again? Heck no. The word 'moderate' doesn't seem to mean much to the devs. It's either too much or too little, there is no such thing as a middle ground in their world. :/

You nailed it!

I was extremely annoyed that they nerfed the eating instead of giving us a choice. Quick meal would have been a fair option to eat fast for those in a rush. But leave the rest of the meals alone!

It makes a mockery of dining out, and family meals are no more. But I guess no matter how much it ruined it for some of us, they will never consider changing it back.

I agree, it used to be slower and then for some reason they fixed something that wasn’t broken. :/

"Sharonia;c-17980446" wrote:
I agree, it used to be slower and then for some reason they fixed something that wasn’t broken. :/

I know ?

A mod free work around, it is a bit of a chore, but it works.
Set the group meal in the centre of the table, direct everyone to take a seat, then have one sim call to meal. They'll all grab a plate and eat simultaneously.
It may only work with autonomy off though, but if it is a one time screenshot moment, and not a daily occurrence, it's definitely worth the effort.

I kinda like it the way they eat now, but I think there are mods that will make them eat slower that people have made.