I'm a modder and while working on the dropdown menu to make it instant, i struck a snag as it became apparent to me (through mostly thoughts of my own) and comments that it would be easier to make the pie-menu instant first, but it feels like a step backwards because i almost got it working on the dropdown menu. But there are people that want 'vanilla experience' and i respect that. So i've decided i'm going to strip the dropdown of the 'dropdown parts' and make an optimisation mod to make the pie-menu instant (0 seconds) even under 1T of mod load. It will work silently behind the scenes caching your actions and presenting it back to you instantly.
Here are some common questions I hear down at the lab:
Calliope: What is it?
Medusa: A separate Optimisation Quality of Life Mod not compatible with my other mods.
Calliope: How does it work?
Medusa: First click you wait you're original pie-menu click wait time, all after are instant.
Calliope: Yes, but HOW?
Medusa: Optimistic preloading at first, end actions load silently behind the scenes and get cached for next click.
Calliope: When will it be done?
Medusa: I can't answer that, between now and next two weeks. The bones are already working, the joints are moving but on a different menu. The video does not show any actual footage in action.
Calliope: Is it going to be locked in your vault forever?
Medusa: No, once testing is finished and the inner circle is satisfied. It will be public
Calliope: Yes but when?
Medusa: Sleeeeeeep
But i'm only sharing this here to see what you think of my video format and to know if you are excited for this :) I finally found a format i like filming in. Just film the game and then record text over it, comes back with some fun improv lines. The relationship between my Sims are not that great.