Allow backing out of prep stations!

[Harle]

As the title. If you accidentally hit the wrong station (easily possible when you have 8 prep stations), you should be able to back out of that station until you start to actually prep. You shouldn't be stuck with that order until you start to do it.

It's frustrating when it happens and you fail a cleaning task or another order because you pressed the wrong prep table. It's the one time when intention is really important; if you're cooking, you're not going to say 'Oh I really need to clean the dishes we're almost out!' and on the way there you suddenly get trapped by the gravity of a complex order while you stare wistfully at the dishes that ABSOLUTELY NEED to get done.

So yeah. Until you add an ingredient or start prep you should be able to back out of a prep station.

[Joy]

You can already do this, actually. Just hit enter if you haven't actually done anything at the prep station yet and you'll be back out. I make this mistake a lot, myself.

[Rcraft]

Originally posted by Joy:

You can already do this, actually. Just hit enter if you haven't actually done anything at the prep station yet and you'll be back out. I make this mistake a lot, myself.

I think OP is referring to the orders, not the holding stations at the top.

[machina]

But that's kind of the fun of the game? Having to be very careful which key you press in the heat of the moment. Also to not send out orders before their timer is complete. In CSD1 there was no way to back out as well, I think.

I know it's frustrating sometimes, especially if it ruins a otherwise perfect day ^^ What helps me is to map the prep stations to the number block, which I can operate blindly, contrary to the number row over the letter keys.

[Harle]

I don't think people should be able to undo ingredients they have messed up, because I agree that the fun is in the challenge of hitting the right sequence of buttons.

But I don't agree that selection of which task you want to tackle is part of that sequence, it's a decision. I think you should be able to switch to any station as long as you aren't mid-task.

[Evie]

I want to agree with the OP on this one--I didn't like it in the first game and I like it a lot less in this one. It's something I've honestly always have felt should be there.

Personally, I'd like to see the ability to throw away dishes that have been messed up at a monetary cost, as well. If I'm role playing Gordon Ramsay, I'm not going to send out a messed up order. But that would probably be difficult to program in, and I'm sure not everyone wants that.

[GarbageCollector]

Remember in the first game when you'd go to throw the ground beef on the grill for some nachos really quick since you had a half second, then it turns out he just wants like everything else but not the beef so it ends up taking you forever?

As much as I want to agree with the OP on this option I think it's important to remember that when you accept an order at a prep station, it stops the timer. If it didn't do this, you could actually lose a customer with just one button left to push to send out his order. I mean, that makes sense in a real world type scenario since they don't know you're cooking his food now... but I feel like that would be 10x more frustrating.

On the chores though, absolutely. The entire thing with chores needs to be rebalanced imho. Should never pass up 3 customer's orders ticking away to go set a mouse trap instead, that's just stupid. But in this game, you have to. They should probably give you 3x longer to address every chore, but I'd be perfectly happy with a "back out" button being added too. It's a great idea for the chores.

[Harle]

The easy answer to that issue is to simply make it so that it does pause the order while you're in it, but as soon as you exit out, it goes back to where it was right before you clicked. So if you 'saved' an order by going to a prep station and then backed out, it'd still be at risk.

[Arucard]

Regarding nachos, burgers; if you sent the wrong meat or more patties than required, you could still get the order right by putting the correct ingredients as well!
Meaning:
Order= shrimp nachos w/ jalepenos and onion
Put down beef and shrimp, but put only shrimp on the actual order.
Order= double burger w/ cheese
Put down 3 patties, but place only two.
-My opinion is that this shouldn't be undo-able.

Regarding chores;
@smokytehbear, seriously?
Hitting three keys loses you three customers? You aren't getting the game right then, make a burger some time. Only waste of time chore is the dishwashing, it was way too easy the first time, and now is just waiting.

[GarbageCollector]

Originally posted by Harle:

The easy answer to that issue is to simply make it so that it does pause the order while you're in it, but as soon as you exit out, it goes back to where it was right before you clicked. So if you 'saved' an order by going to a prep station and then backed out, it'd still be at risk.

Ooh good idea. I like that a lot.

Originally posted by Arucard:

Regarding chores;
@smokytehbear, seriously?
Hitting three keys loses you three customers? You aren't getting the game right then, make a burger some time. Only waste of time chore is the dishwashing, it was way too easy the first time, and now is just waiting.

If you're telling me you never lost a streak because a chore timed out while you were prepping other meals, I'm calling BS.

Has nothing to do with "Just 3 buttons." You get ~1 hour to solve food if you do sides right, but still only ~15 minutes to respond to a chore. When trash, flies, rats, roaches, and dishes all pop up simultaneously when you have 3 sushi orders to fill, those "3 buttons" and the dishes time start to matter. A lot.

But that's missing the point anyway. I'm playing a restaurant game, not a janitor game. There's tons of strategy to manage every aspect of food preparation and timing. There is literally nothing for chores except "do them first and quickly" which is just lame, no matter how little time you think they take. Some basic form of counter-play is all I'm asking for, and a back out button would be a good part of that I think.

I think I "get the game right" just fine btw, thank you.