Any way to revert regime changes from Free for Life Update?

[j_cob]

Hi all,

I'm trying to find if there is a way to revert the regime changes back to prisoners staying in the shower/canteen/yard when it's that specific regime time. I dislike how prisoners currently act by immediately returning to their cells in almost every situation. Does anyone know any settings to fix this or mods to change this feature?

From the Free for Life patch notes:

Regime Options - A number of existing regime option have been updated with new options also added to help manage your prison.
Updated Options - Yard, Shower, and Eat regime have all been updated so that once a prisoner's needs are fulfilled they will they move freely afterwards, in hopes of lowering congestion during these times.

 

[RedJryanThing]

I was just looking into this issue again in preparation for PA2. I hope they listen to the fans and don't make this mistake again for the next game, because this single issue is the reason I don't play prison architect anymore. I cannot manage a prison well if they take away my ability to manage where prisoners are at at all times.

And their reasoning 'lowering congestion' is bull. Just because a room full of prisoners all migrate to a different room at the same time, it doesn't necessarily mean it will be congested -- that's for the architects to mitigate in creative ways!

 

[j_cob]

Exactly. I completely lost interest in the game with this change too. It ruined the ability to properly manage prisoner movement throughout my own prisons.