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I almost forgot but I didn't see the apple cider hot drink from Cats and Dogs in the tea file. Did you know Sims can make it on the tea machine? It has the same problem as the Base Game tea does, in that it's always normal or poor even if the machine is upgraded or Sims with high cooking skill make it.

Maybe someday you can add it to the True Excellent drinks somehow. I don't think it really calls for an energy boost, but it would be nice for it not to always be horrible quality. I know there's an open bug report about the poor quality tea, but I don't if Maxis will ever fix it (not a huge issue, but annoying, nevertheless).

I thought maybe that was the case (GT foods not treated separately).

It was just so nice to see people eating and sitting while they were doing it 99% of the time and not wolfing their scones and coffee down to run off and do something else. The other one percent of the time when Sims weren't sitting while eating was the hugging someone who comes up to talk to them and so on, which I'm getting used to. I think that's a new thing since Cats and Dogs not related to eating, because couples have a special greeting and sometimes I see people doing the Euro cheek kiss thing. I hated it at first and got a mod to get rid of it, but I didn't like that either, so I'm getting used to it. It does add personality to things.

Anyway. I'm thrilled. No complaints from me! I'm very much all about balance. I can't stand extremes, period, and we have too many of them in Sims 4. It's nice to see things have a good flow for a change.

It's funny when you think how much of Sims 4 is geared around socializing and the group aspect, but Maxis couldn't get those two things to mesh well with eating and you could. I understand the studio has deadlines and so on, but they really dropped the ball on this from the start.

Now if they could fix restaurant seating once and for all, I'll be happy. That's the one really glaring issue that bugs me, since it's been almost a year since they broke it with the Parenthood patch.

Thank you again!

I did some testing with a single Sim and her boyfriend. It works great! I had my Sim have her boyfriend stay over for the night and their breakfast together went flawlessly. This never happens! I was like ready to get up and do a happy dance around my desk!

Even when I had her eat alone at home later that night, it wasn't too fast and wasn't too slow. Just right.

I was wondering though if you tweaked the foods from the espresso bar from Get Together or just the drinks? I had my Sim visit a cafe with her mother for a girl's day out and it seemed like people were not wolfing their food down like hungry hyenas like they usually do (even on vanilla, it seems like they eat cafe foods too quickly). I actually had an enjoyable visit to a cafe for a change.

So, I've tested with a single Sim now, with her non-live in boyfriend, and just hanging out at a cafe with her mom. And it's all working so well. I can't say enough how impressed I am.

No problem! I'm just so happy right now. It's just so great to see how my Sims are interacting now when they have a meal. I love it!

I'm so impressed with what you've done with the drinks mods and I haven't eaten tried the eating mods yet! I already wrote a post about it on the new eating mods thread, but you've done an amazing jog with just the drinks. It's a shame Maxis doesn't put as much thought and care into the systems they create as you do when you tweak them. I think players will be really happy when they try these. It's the perfect balance between looking natural and speeding things up.

I have to say that just in using the new drink mods last night that I'm very impressed with what you've done. I compared vanilla, the mod from MTS that I was using, and your new drinking mods. I can't speak for vanilla time speed, but on speed 50, that you've hit the perfect balance between speed and the flow of drinking.

Vanilla drinking is too much staring off into space, the mod from MTS is too fast (helpful, but no one drinks coffee that fast in the morning), and then there is your mod - perfect. I love it. I can't wait to try the eating mods tonight with the drinks mods.

Bravo, sir - you've done an amazing job!

This is awesome! Thank you!

I'm so excited to see these back! I'm so tired of my Sims drinking poor tea and coffee even when their machines are upgraded! And I have to say, once again, your mod descriptions never fail to make me laugh out loud. I always look forward to them.

I can't wait to try the whole eating and drinking set together. I've purposely been finishing up some building and decorating projects this weekend as I waited for you to upload these. My current household is a family of four, so I'm eager to see how meals work now. I'm guessing the effect is probably most felt with family meals versus single Sims.

Thank you so much! I really missed this mod!

I'm playing with this mod and I haven't had any Last Exception errors. I said this elsewhere, but I'm so sorry you're having to go through this @coolspear. I think some time away from the insanity of modding will do you a world of good. It's no fun having a hobby that makes you want to tear your hair out and defeats the purpose entirely.

Thank you for the update!

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These should transfer when placed. I've saved some walls and floors that I've unlocked and I've had no problem with those or other hidden objects transferring since the last patch. Thanks for adding this effect to the other fireplaces and not requiring the lot trait though. It's such a nuisance being locked to only three lot traits!

Thanks for the update!

I do play a slower game (speed 50) and this sounds great, but too bad about the sofa eating. Count on Maxis to make things more complicated than they should. Why do they have to do that?! So frustrating. I'd almost take the wacky sofa eating as a tradeoff to get a nice experience with everyone gathered around the table.

18 hours ago, coolspear said:

I can say it's quite exciting for now, focused most on those family group dinners being something of an event

This sounds interesting! It would be nice to have actual family dinners. I loved TFM's mod to always eat at the table for Sims 3, because it made it easier to have family dinners, and I've been hoping for something similar to that for Sims 4. Fingers crossed you've done something like that (or maybe even better)!

@Auronoi If you used Coolspear's mod to extend the freshness of food and drinks then you wouldn't need to ask for an update to that old mod by Plasticbox.

I was following this thread over at MTS and realized this might solve a problem I have in a nightclub I downloaded awhile ago. Thanks for doing this!