Stop making food when another sim is cooking!!!!!

I find this about as annoying as the next person. I ended up going into buy mode when the other sim is cooking and putting all cooking appliances in the family inventory until the sim who is cooking is finished. Also another method I do is engage the sims in an activity until the other sim is done cooking.

I have the UI cheat installed and I'll just adjust the hunger bar up while the meal is being prepared and then move it down and call everyone to eat.

"simgirl1010;c-16419009" wrote:
I have the UI cheat installed and I'll just adjust the hunger bar up while the meal is being prepared and then move it down and call everyone to eat.

Good to know I'm not the only one to do this :D

I'm currently still annoyed by this. Its hard to make a family dinner. I wonder how they did it on the Seasons trailer where all sims eat together.

"simgirl1010;c-16419009" wrote:
I have the UI cheat installed and I'll just adjust the hunger bar up while the meal is being prepared and then move it down and call everyone to eat.

I was using the UI but I took it out. I may have to plop it back in once it's updated after Seasons comes out.

"TresaofPern;c-16411112" wrote:

"Huiiie_07;c-16410671" wrote:
It's also annoying when they just got up and decide to grab fish tacos for breakfast, even though there also are good quality pancakes in the fridge. It's something I find even more annoying.

Or cake! I've taken to just dumping the cake in the garbage after the birthday party, unless another is coming up before the cake goes bad. Otherwise they eat their cake while I'm not looking, then two hours later they're hungry again, at which point they either have to starve until they can get home from work/school and eat, or I make very sure they don't go for more cake.

I've started doing this too, same with baked sweets like the brownies and biscuits. After a birthday the cake will go into the bin, sometimes I keep the brownies, but after a while, I just end up throwing them out because it's all my sims want to eat.

These things happen to me as well. They leave uncooked food on the floor or dining tables all the time. Most annoying thing for me is trying to set the table after cooking a few meals successfully and having the other members of the household grab a plate from the platter and sit down before finishing the table. Now only 3 out of 8 members have their plates on a placemat and some of them aren't even eating the food I just made :angry:

"halloweenchild;c-16527869" wrote:

"TresaofPern;c-16411112" wrote:

"Huiiie_07;c-16410671" wrote:
It's also annoying when they just got up and decide to grab fish tacos for breakfast, even though there also are good quality pancakes in the fridge. It's something I find even more annoying.

Or cake! I've taken to just dumping the cake in the garbage after the birthday party, unless another is coming up before the cake goes bad. Otherwise they eat their cake while I'm not looking, then two hours later they're hungry again, at which point they either have to starve until they can get home from work/school and eat, or I make very sure they don't go for more cake.

I've started doing this too, same with baked sweets like the brownies and biscuits. After a birthday the cake will go into the bin, sometimes I keep the brownies, but after a while, I just end up throwing them out because it's all my sims want to eat.

Same. There could be a million options for actual meals out in front of them and they'll go for the sweets every time. My sims love to eat sweets, especially cake, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They also love to get in front of me as I try to place birthday candles and grab a plate, forcing me to make a whole new cake during events :smile:

"TS1299;c-16527602" wrote:
I'm currently still annoyed by this. Its hard to make a family dinner. I wonder how they did it on the Seasons trailer where all sims eat together.

With a lot of patience or cheats LOL

My Sims are constantly cooking and eating and it drives me mad. They get fat so easily. I brought this up a few months ago but I didn't get a reply. I don't use any mods or cc in my game and I repair my game regularly but it is still happening. I hope this can be addressed in a patch some time soon.

> @Faraway_Son said:
> I agree with all these comments, but what really irks me is that once my sim has made a family size portion of 'mac and cheese', he puts it in the fridge. Now that makes sense, so far so good, however, when another family member goes to the fridge to get a portion, they don't use the microwave to heat it up...I mean who eats cold mac and cheese out of the fridge?
> It's a minor detail but eating cold meals out of the fridge annoys me. So I never make family size portions anymore, my sims make individual portions that are eaten then and there!!

Omg thats so funny, I actually never even thought of that, it honestly doesn't annoy me, it's so fun to see what other players think about stuff!

I agree with everyone on this thread and I also wish that when a sim does auto-cook some food, that they would make a family portion if they have other sims living with them. So many times I'll be like, okay, time to make some food! And notice someone is already making some. Great! My sims are so smart! And then I notice they cooked only for themselves. Even though their wife and kids are starving. Such smart sims.