We Need Real Multitasking

"Goldmoldar;c-16906190" wrote:
I am with the multitasking deal but it sounds like an AI system issue in which the question may be is the AI system is advanced enough to handle such tasks as AI may not be at the point where it can perform perfectly 100% accurately all the time.

But this was a feature in previous games. And if it works with the washing machines, why not with stoves? It's fine that meal preparation is all in the same string, I don't want sims walking away while frying on the stove. I just want them to be able to leave while something is baking, specifically, since they're not doing anything other than staring at their food cook.

"GoldenBuffy;c-16906345" wrote:

"Oldeseadogge;c-16905821" wrote:
Maybe the devs want to avoid burned meals. In TS2 sims generally do other things while cooking is in progress, and sometimes wind up with burned food if they get too involved with that alternate activity. Still, I wholly agree with the OP.

I loved that though. You sim would get distracted or just start doing other things, and then forget about dinner. For me it added a small touch of realism. I would like that back. Like now, if your sim stops cooking for watching something in the oven, nothing really happens. :/

But I've felt the same way about the coffee and tea pots. I know when I'm making a cup or pot, I walk away, maybe make a bagel or something, then come back to get a cup once it's finished brewing.

Side note: I hate when your sim is making dinner, or just a group meal, or they just served a meal. Other sims will ignore that and either make a single serving of something, or grab leftovers from the fridge.

@GoldenBuffy if you use mods, there's this excellent mod by LittleMsSam that fixes that: https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175406636578/no-auto-food-grab-after-cooking-this-mod-prevents
description:

This Mod adds a custom hidden Buff to all your Sims in the Household when someone cooks. This Buff has a Duration of 120min or 24hrs.

The Buff prevents all Sims to autonomously take a Plate or grab a Snack from the Fridge/Cooler or cook as long as the Buff is active. (It disables the Interaction)

The “Call to Meal” Interaction will remove the Buff and your Sims will eat. You can also take a Single Dish via “Take a Meal” which will delete the Buff of the active Actor.

This Mod is compatible with my “Choose who you Call to Meal” Mod!

"DreamaDove;d-953925" wrote:
Why do my sims have to stand in front of the coffee maker while coffee brews? Can't they go ahead and use the bathroom, start cooking, or generally get something done during that time? Same with the oven, it's so ridiculous that they just stand in front of it while the food bakes. Why can't either of these things just work like the washing and dryer so sims can do something while coffee brews or food gets baked and just come back later to take it out?

Even TS2 Sims clean the counter while they are baking a poptart, or using a toaster oven or the microwave.

I love how there was semi-multitasking in the sims 2. And even if your sim is closely looking over food they can still burn it. I was playing last night and kept my sim at the stove (I kept clicking resume cooking) and despite doing this she still burned the lobster lol and she has maxed the cooking skill. I thought it was very realistic. Despite being the best in cooking you can still make a mistake, thought rare, it happens. And you can be as attentive to food as you want and still burn it lol.

ETA: I strongly believe in the idea of, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". I feel like how things worked we're fine. But I also know that we all have our preferences and there were people who didn't like it. But to just downright mess up multitasking considering how we "had none" in previous games is really saying something. They could have expanded on an idea that was already there completely. I mean in a way they did but it feel kind of halfway to me.

"DreamaDove;c-16906515" wrote:

"Goldmoldar;c-16906190" wrote:
I am with the multitasking deal but it sounds like an AI system issue in which the question may be is the AI system is advanced enough to handle such tasks as AI may not be at the point where it can perform perfectly 100% accurately all the time.

But this was a feature in previous games. And if it works with the washing machines, why not with stoves? It's fine that meal preparation is all in the same string, I don't want sims walking away while frying on the stove. I just want them to be able to leave while something is baking, specifically, since they're not doing anything other than staring at their food cook.

It may have been but it seems it is not in Sims 4 and it may be for various reasons like every system is treated the same way regardless of what you running. The more the program does, the more the computer has to process it. This is one of the reasons I do not favor Sims 4 because it does not take my systems to the next level. However, EA/Maxis are the only folks that can address that issue.

"DreamaDove;c-16906489" wrote:

"Mindsimscreate;c-16905829" wrote:
Yes, like I’m real life. I’ll tell my sim to watch the romance channel and flirt with her boyfriend and she’ll turn off the tv just to flirt once before she turns it on again.

Oh yeah, I HATE that they do this with the TV. I like to have the TV's on almost always since it's nice background noise, but they just turn them off all the time. They can't even leave it on while going to the bathroom.

What I do is reset a sim while they're watching the tv, that makes it so the tv stays playing while the sim is not watching it. It's nice for community lots.

I'm not a fan of televisions as background noise (in real life or the Sims), but it's annoying when I want my toddler to watch television. She can't turn it on by herself, and there is no option for the adult to just turn it on without watching. When I cancel the adult's 'watching' action, she turns off the television. I wish it worked more like the stereos. I usually don't even bother with a television in my Sim houses.

"invisiblgirl;c-16907924" wrote:

"DreamaDove;c-16906489" wrote:

"Mindsimscreate;c-16905829" wrote:
Yes, like I’m real life. I’ll tell my sim to watch the romance channel and flirt with her boyfriend and she’ll turn off the tv just to flirt once before she turns it on again.

Oh yeah, I HATE that they do this with the TV. I like to have the TV's on almost always since it's nice background noise, but they just turn them off all the time. They can't even leave it on while going to the bathroom.

What I do is reset a sim while they're watching the tv, that makes it so the tv stays playing while the sim is not watching it. It's nice for community lots.

I'm not a fan of televisions as background noise (in real life or the Sims), but it's annoying when I want my toddler to watch television. She can't turn it on by herself, and there is no option for the adult to just turn it on without watching. When I cancel the adult's 'watching' action, she turns off the television. I wish it worked more like the stereos. I usually don't even bother with a television in my Sim houses.

They should really change that. IRL a toddler of 2 or 3 would know how to cut a tv on or at least mine does lol

"GrumpyGlowfish;c-16907940" wrote:
Eeer... No, thanks! :s I mean, I get the idea, and in theory it's great, but my sims already get nothing done in time because they always want to do everything at once, and then comes the random other sim to hug... Also, in what universe is it possible for TS4 sims to go to the bathroom or do anything else meaningful in the short time it takes for a coffee or something in the oven to finish? This was possible in TS2 only because sims weren't so mind-bogglingly stupid back then...

lol, then sims being mind-boggingly stupid should be fixed.

"Noree_Doree;c-16907993" wrote:

They should really change that. IRL a toddler of 2 or 3 would know how to cut a tv on or at least mine does lol

No kidding!
What is even crazier is those same toddlers in the game can and do know how to use a tablet computer (the wabbit tablet) to watch videos and play games...yet they don't know how to push one button on a remote? LOL

@WildIrishBanshee, you're reply was quite funny...and so true. Until that coffee is brewed in the morning, who has the functionality to multi-task?

"DreamaDove;c-16906521" wrote:

@GoldenBuffy if you use mods, there's this excellent mod by LittleMsSam that fixes that: https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175406636578/no-auto-food-grab-after-cooking-this-mod-prevents
description:

I second the vote for using this mod. It is probably one of my top 10 favorite mods in my game. Makes the whole experience of cooking and having group meals work much more smoothly, imo. And makes the case that the devs don't really play their own game, I don't think...or this is how they would have coded it in the first place.

"DreamaDove;c-16908045" wrote:

"GrumpyGlowfish;c-16907940" wrote:
Eeer... No, thanks! :s I mean, I get the idea, and in theory it's great, but my sims already get nothing done in time because they always want to do everything at once, and then comes the random other sim to hug... Also, in what universe is it possible for TS4 sims to go to the bathroom or do anything else meaningful in the short time it takes for a coffee or something in the oven to finish? This was possible in TS2 only because sims weren't so mind-bogglingly stupid back then...

lol, then sims being mind-boggingly stupid should be fixed.

True... But if that's ever going to happen? :/