Feed the stupid sim!

[Pam]

You're making it sound much more difficult and bothersome than it really is.  If your Sim doesn't have his hunger line in the orange or red, he won't eat autonomously.  Just work in a click to eat the meal when you're building the cues.

[darski]

You're making it sound much more difficult and bothersome than it really is.  If your Sim doesn't have his hunger line in the orange or red, he won't eat autonomously.  Just work in a click to eat the meal when you're building the cues.

What does this (bolded) mean?

Are you saying that he will eat if it is red? 
But my point is that they won't eat autonomously(& having been told to eat) even when it is red.

[Pam]

What does this (bolded) mean?

Are you saying that he will eat if it is red? 
But my point is that they won't eat autonomously(& having been told to eat) even when it is red.

Let's get this perfectly clear.  You give your Sim the command to eat the food, but he/she refuses to eat it.  Is that right?

[Sportsfan]

Darski it means that they only eat if they have a modeler that they are hungry.

[darski]

Let's get this perfectly clear.  You give your Sim the command to eat the food, but he/she refuses to eat it.  Is that right?

yes.. that is right and the hunger bar does not affect their decisions.  As I've said, many of them do this.  I take it this is not common among players.

[SimPoseyYum]

Darkski, perhaps I missed it but does this affect all controlled Sims across all files, does it affect all the controlled Sims in one specific file or does it affect just one specific Sim in one specific file?  Your answers may help others pinpoint what may be causing the problem.

A few other questions:  you say the Sim is red-hungry and the dining room set is in nice condition but what about the quality of the food?  Is it horrifying?  If that's the case, your Sim may prefer to go hungry rather than eat it.  Also, are they throwing the hunger temper tantrum?  Will they do some other task you command them to do?  If they are truly starving, you'll often get a message saying "Sim is too hungry to do that right now".

I can understand why you'd find this upsetting.  Who do they think they are, defying your commands?  Silly Sims.

[Pam]

yes.. that is right and the hunger bar does not affect their decisions.  As I've said, many of them do this.  I take it this is not common among players.

It's not common at all.  When you give a Sim a command, he/she does it.  It's just hard to believe that you have given your Sims a direct command to eat something sitting on the counter or table, and the Sim refuses to eat it over and over.  They just don't do that.  Does the command just immediately drop from the queue?  Are other commands dropping besides the eat command?

[Sportsfan]

Is there something in their way? Can they do anything? If not try resetsim.

[VampirePlasma]

Alright, resetSim first name last name. That should fix it but if continues then I think you should clear your caches and if that doesn't work then only thing I think could work is a complete re-install, but have you already tried that?

ETA: Try reseting your sim then re-purcharse your stove (high quality) and then make food there.
ETA2: Any mods?
ETA3: Sorry am actually reseraching some answers. Try fixing the table, maybe the chairs aren't in correctly or there is something stopping her/him from sitting. Is the food bad quality or worse?
That's all the possible fixes I found.

[Seabody]

Is there a toilet or a chair that they can eat on?

[Chuckles_82]

I'm still not understanding exactly what the problem is, but another option is to drag the food into their inventory, and then command them to eat it from there. I'm pretty sure they eat autonomously from their inventory - they do it with fruit.

Another idea just dawned on me too: if another sim is trying to eat it, they will not be able to. If you have your heart set on that particular plate of food, like if it is Ambrosia, then you will need to go into buy mode with MOO and move it so that the offending sim can't get to it. Then go out, they have their tanty, then drag it back to where your sim can eat it.