Download Dine Out Reloaded v4.103

you set a main chef station and simply go to it and cook :)

Carl's Sim Guides

every since the small expansions update , my restaurants dont work. my employees show up but they dont work. they walk around and stand there or socialize. they dont cook host or wait tables . if i try to take the mod out my game the restaurant wont load at all. do u know what i could do?

Antoinette Marshall

the waiters dont show up:(

Dsims09

Is there a way I could add this mod to the game and still have the " No Empty Venue When Arriving by Weerbesu? I find unrealistic to go to a restaurant and find it completely empty.

Katia

Hi. TwistedMexi exception report did a review and got this error. Game didn't crash but thought you would want to know. Don't know if this is a MOD issue from your MOD or if there is another reason for it. carl:ownableRestaurant_Immediate_HireEmployee_Bartender | employee_type has an invalid value for : BusinessEmployeeType> specified: 255. Setting to default value BusinessEmployeeType.INVALID

Stephanie LaBella

hey! thank u for this mod. just wondering how to get the "player counts as chef" option. when i shift-click it doesn't pop up. thanks so much

shekinah shekinah

Is there still a download for V4.0984? V4.0985 crashes the game. I don't use discord. Just want to know if there is a previous version still available anywhere.

Zipp

Thank you for fixing this, Carl. Much appreciated.

Jen Giresi

Carl has a Discord server (link below) where you can get help much faster.

Shalea

paid for pateron version and not able to order 3 course meal

She’s a Baddie Gamer

@CO8728 this is not happening in the current build with just DO Reloaded + Sims 4. It has to be something going on that is breaking the UI. You should make sure all mods are up to date and test carefully before putting them all back in. DO Reloaded doesn't modify UI.

Carl's Sim Guides

hi carl this mod is broken it needs an update. When I go to my sims restaurant and go to build and buy the play button disappears.

CO8728

Just to give you some idea what it's like on my end, I just got an email about a comment of someone saying "me too, this problem exists" or something like that, and I cannot find that comment. I have looked for far too long to try to respond to this person but patreon's site sucks and doesn't show me a comment at the top. I also can't PIN this comment so that people see it first when seeking help :(

Carl's Sim Guides

This is not a good place to troubleshoot issues with the mod. It's not easy to share files/logs here or have a discussion. Some of the reports I have missed about invisible dishes, stuck Sims, or failed deliveries are incompatibilities with other mods or those mods being broken themselves. If you have an issue like this, try the mod by itself and consider if some other mod might be breaking it. It's working in the current game version as of January 2025 and doesn't require an update. Some people seem to expect that if a mod hasn't got a patch when EA releases a kit or something that it breaks the mod. This is not how it works (and thank God or I'd lose my mind). If you do need help, please see me on discord using this link https://discord.gg/T42gU4bNBM

Carl's Sim Guides

I'm having the same problem, the items are popping up but when I click shift-right on the lot nothing happens this has been happening for months, I don't know what to do!!!

Rico Reid

So I just wasted $5 for a still broken mod. I keep getting phantom dishes that can't be removed without deleting the table in build buy mode, or refreshing the lot. Meaning I'd need to visit another lot, which means closing the restaurant, and coming back. Also keep getting stuck customers.

Zach Randolph

So I had massive issues with the previous version; it would not load any restaurants, it would always bring me to game load error screen. Once I removed the mod, the restaurants now load fine. I'm going to try this new version, and let you know if it works. I don't know if anyone else had this same issue or they know of a mod that may be conflicting with this mod because I love this mod a lot and I want it to work!

Zipp

Good question😊

Idreamofvida

Hey Carl!! i love this mod so much. Thank you for your hard work. I do have a question, have you ever considered making it an option to schedule Restaurant reservations with the played household?

Tiana Grace

Hey Carl, I know there was a recent update in TS4. It appears the script part of this mod is no longer working. I have no other mods installed and game is UTD. Just redownloaded your mod and on startup where it would show active mods the script section is empty. In game your custom content is there but I cannot set player chef station nor do any other interactions with the chef station or host station.

Falina Rose

Are both mod options in game options turned on (incl script mods) - is the game up to date? it should just work in that regard if the mod is even running. If it's a pirate copy it'll never work.

Carl's Sim Guides

Hey, I downloaded your content, but it does not work. Testingcheats on - enabled Script mods are allowed At the Start menu, I see both under Custom Content and Scriüt mods your pack. Then I click shift-right on the lot of the restaurant and I do not see the options that I should with the pack. Could you please advise? Thanks

Krisztina Slezinger

Hi, can you tell me what mod was conflicting with it? I'm having the same issue. Please and thank you in advance! :)

QueenBella aka Brittnie

Happy to help! :)

Carl's Sim Guides

There’s a posting on Answer HQ. Hopefully EA gets to it soon but I did refer to the mod for those that wanted it. I’m amazed how fast you patched it. Thanks so much ❤️

Jen Giresi

thanks for all that you do. I was having an issue with sims not being able to get a table after the new patch before I could even leave a note about it I see that it was updated by you today! you rock!

Jan Leb

Thank you for updating this, Carl. Truly appreciate this.

Jen Giresi

Thank you ever so much for making this it's so damn fun :)

dominic collins

Man this is amazing bro

dominic collins

Thanks for getting back. I tested it immediately after patch yesterday because I was concerned. I'd just patched the mod a couple hours before they released the new update. Looks like nothing hit it :)

Carl's Sim Guides

Carl, I just figured this out. It's not the mod. It's the Create A Date feature. It's conflicting with some other mod but I can confirm it's not your mod that's the issue.

Jen Giresi

Hi Carl. I'm not sure but I think there's something weird with the mod since yesterday's update. The host won't seat anybody. When I take the mod out, everything is fine.

Jen Giresi

everyone keeps exercising and none uses bathroom anymore

CASH CITY

Update which? the mod still works for me. I don't know what mod compatibility or other issue people are having.

Carl's Sim Guides

please update

CASH CITY

Hi Carl, I started Sims 4 following your guides, and watching your progress as a modder. I just wanted to say that you're doing amazing and I love the mods that you've made. Thank you for the love and effort you've put in over the years!

Beike

Hi Carl, I hope you’re well! I wanted to run a question by you about Dine Out reloaded! My current lovestruck series main focus tonight is Dine Out Reloaded. I’m running a food truck and I wanted guests to pick up their meals without having to come to the chef station as it is in the kitchen and I have the door locked for guests. I know you can set the beacon for guest to go to to place their order but is there a beacon for picking up their food

DeeSims

Folks please remember to turn on script mods along with mods/cc when a big patch drops. some of you know, some of you complain stuff is broken while forgetting the setting.

Carl's Sim Guides

Love this mod! Looking forward to future updates. Note to the peoples: Some of your mods might be outdated. Every time I had an issue, it was almost always another outdated mod. Make sure all of your mods are up to date, and you've ruled out any broken mods conflicting with this one before asking for assistance.

Liza Rhoades

Hey, I have been having and issue where the chefs in the restaurant are cooking invisible food and the order never show up to the table. How can I fix it? Thanks.

English orange

Hi, i'm having an issue where sims who play as the chef wear a chef outfit to their other careers. Can this be stopped?

angelzluv10

Hey there! Just wanted to let you know that I had a strange error with a sim resetting every time she tried to eat. The Dine Out Reloded Log listed this as an error: "Failed to handle buff manager load complete Traceback (most recent call last): File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Lib\configparser.py", line 788, in get File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Lib\collections\__init__.py", line 914, in __getitem__ File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Lib\collections\__init__.py", line 906, in __missing__ KeyError: 'maxwaitinggroups'" I'll keep testing but figured I'd let you know ahead of time. Thank you so much for all of your work on this mod!

Emily Bollman

I downloaded the mod but my chefs stopped cooking

Helen

Hey Carl, having some repeated script errors pop up while on home lot. No interaction with dine out specifically. I just wanted to let you know, in lieu of the new update due in a few weeks. I love your mod and so grateful for all your hard work on it. Upgraded a few months ago and no regrets!

Ruth Stracey

Hi Just recently downloaded the mod. But restaurant setting is not popping out even with shift clicking any ground or object. Can you help me with this? Thanks in advance

Rolando III Sarmiento

You're welcome Carl! And it's okay to use my comment as your soap box, I was reading the comments as well, and all I can say is that they need to clean their mod folder because your mod works PERFECT in my excessive modded game!! Keep your head up Carl, you are doing a fantastic job!

Danielle

I'm sorry for the negative comments, you don't deserve it. I understand how complicating making these are. I Really appreciate what you do.

Daija Artis

Okay maybe let me try a new chef station because I tried hiring somebody new but it doesn’t work but anyways thank u so much for this mod I love it so much and appreciate everything u do

Taylor S lee

Thanks for saying so. A lot of the people who comment have problems and I understand mods can cause compatibility issues etc, but it is a complex mod that can get interference from a lot of places, especially badly tagged cc foods etc. Sorry for using your comment as my soap box, but I'm hoping some people read this and try to troubleshoot.

Carl's Sim Guides

Can you try another? this is not supposed to be able to happen. The game can sometimes let you hire a Sim who can't be chef. I have made attempts to make this impossible. Other possible causes are players using cc chef station, moveobjects on chef station, or something that otherwise prevents them from using it like marking it as the player chef station.

Carl's Sim Guides

I love this mod!!

Danielle

I hired a chef to help my sim but the chef never shows up

Taylor S lee

this mod broke my game twice

caty daisy

Hello, I cannot cook as a chef, my sim just keeps testing the chef station but not making cooking any order

Michelle

Hey Carl. I have always loved your dineout mod. This last one that I downloaded throws LE's like crazy. I do not have any other mod that conflicts with your mod and I have better exceptions that say it is from the dine-out mod. I tried taking the mod out, but it was terrible, which shows how much your mod works. It was back to the way it used to be, people standing while eating, sitting on the floor, etc., etc. So not really sure what is causing the LE's, so thought I would let you know. You are doing an awesome job.

Diane Warden Green

Wow. The fact that your level of entitlement is SO INSANELY OFF THE CHARTS to post feces like this. You're literally b*tching about this mod --that IMPROVES vanilla gameplay--as "sucking". But yet had ZERO issues being EA's Bottom Bitch from buying their broken, buggy GP for $30+USD?? It's clear you're disappointed with EA who's ruined your game experience. So instead of exercising your rights as a paying customer, you decided to take your disappointment out on an innocent 3rd party? Which actually MADE a point of trying to FIX your very broken game experience? Since your game experience still "sucks" then go make your own mods to fix the buggy sh8te EA keeps dumping on your head. NOBODY should be subject to the degree of toxic, verbal abuse you're spewing.

Sims Diver

So sorry I unfortunately installed incorrectly. Thank you for you time and hard work!

Karina Ruiz

Anyone who is having issues with this mod, please delete any NPC controlled mod first (check if you have one of the following: Paulson, Zero, Cepzid (Zulf)) and try again. These mods will conflit with Dine Out Reloaded and cause that waiters and other staff will not spawn. That helped to make restaurants work again in my case.

Dreamview

So i see in the patch notes it says it fixed the issue of waiters not spawning but im pretty sure i updated and im still having that issue, their not spawning or they come and then they leave immediately..

Jessica Martin

Sorry I meant The Sims 4 itself. You are not using a pirate copy or kept the game from updating since the most recent update? The menu options not showing mean 100% the mod isn't working, but the mod can not fail at such an early stage. It's pretty much infallible until you get to later areas where bugs may come up. If the mod can load, the menu shows 100% of the time. You are also not seeing options when regular clicking on the host station (which works without cheats) ? You might want to share with me what is in the log file that the mod generates (it is carl_dineout_reloaded_log) or any last exceptions the game makes. Something is not firing up for the menu to be missing.

Carl's Sim Guides

I did download the most recent update. Still not working.

Karina Ruiz

I see, it works now. Thanks for the info

calvin santoso

Did you update Sims 4 to the latest version? The older versions of the game no longer work with the mod due to EA renaming classes.

Carl's Sim Guides

You don't have an older version of Sims 4 do you? That's one of the only things that can stop it from working when installed correctly.

Carl's Sim Guides

Hi its not working on me. I already made sure to install properly as your guide but i dont see any menu options for the mods

calvin santoso

Hey not working for me. I made sure to delete the older versions and then install the new but the menu options are not showing up for me. It is listed under script mods. I dont have any other script mod atm. I also made sure script mods are on and testingcheats but still no menu options. Tried deleting and reinstalling a couple times no luck.

Karina Ruiz

I missed a few comments it seems. I am not sure what could cause this - I assume you have script mods on, and have installed it correctly. Is it possible you're using an outdated version of the game? That's happened to some as EA renamed some classes and DO Reloaded requires the most recent version because of this.

Carl's Sim Guides

Sorry I didn't see this. It's PROBABLY some kind of bad cc food or something of that nature that is not properly set up for Dine Out. I am not sure how it could go so far as to crash the game!

Carl's Sim Guides

I can't edit the menu. It crashes my game. I was just wondering if anyone else was having that issue

Constance

Hi, I have the most recent update of Sims 4 and it's not working at all... I don't see anything that lets me be the host, the chef... my waitresses are not spawning too :(

Marjori

Thank you so much, Carl. This mod is so much fun. I love the additions you made. By the way, the video I did about your mod is my most popular video!

Jen Giresi

Also i do not have any other mods

Amy Deans

Thank you! I have gotten the order counter object and it is telling me that i have orders coming in, however i am still having the same issue with the chefs

Amy Deans

Sorry I'm slow to respond on this one. It sounds like something glitches whenever the order itself is being put into the system, but it's not easy to know what could cause it. Could be badly tagged cc food, issues with tables/seating related to moveobjects on or any number of things. Dine Out is a pretty complicated system that relies on a lot of things to flow well, so I'd need to see a log to get an idea where it is breaking. https://discord.gg/ae8sWBdg is my server, and you can seek help in the mod-help-compatibility channel. Much easier than offering support here.

Carl's Sim Guides

It sounds like orders aren't making it in to the chef. I'd use the order counter object to see if orders are actually being taken, because it's possible some mod conflict or error with the restaurant save data itself (which can happen) have caused it to fail to get the orders to chefs. You can join us in #mod-help-compatibility channel where you can help me investigate by sharing a log file. https://discord.gg/ae8sWBdg

Carl's Sim Guides

What exactly is going wrong in your game re: my mod. I develop and playtest my mod and do not have massive issues like some people who use multiple mods do. Some players also report issues because they're literally on a year old version of the game. It's impossible for me to know what is going on with every person's game when they can use an unlimited variety of mods, some of which conflict with my own work.

Carl's Sim Guides

If this happens to anyone it's likely due to outdated options settings that needed to be deleted when reinstalling the mod. New options were added.

Carl's Sim Guides

not working for me, the chef still won't produce any food, he just stands there pretending to cook. The same thing happens when I play as the chef, would anyone know why this is happening?

Amy Deans

5 dollars for this

Vincent Romero

this shit sucks

Vincent Romero

bro fix ur mod

Vincent Romero

i'm having the same issue!

Typhani Sheppard

im also having problems with ordering food

Renata Gustafsson

Hello. I have this problem with not being able to order. When I click on order for the table my sims reset. Also waiters bring empty plates with no food. Do u know what could be causing this ? Are there any other mods that conflict with this one? thank you

verrrrrrrrrra

Hi! Thank you for keeping this mod going, how V4.8 is not working properly. None of the menu options appear at all.

CourtneyM

Hi! Awesome Mod! I had a question How can I increase the amount of people attending my restaurant? I saw that there is a way to increase the amount of people that attend.

Aaliyah Crawford

Hello! First time modder here, I downloaded a few of your packs and installed correctly (I think) I am having trouble trying to be a chef, when I start cooking as a chef is says "Chef Station Pot (test)" and repeats never finishing a meal. I tried turning Sous Chef on and off to see if it was any different, set to Player Station and not. So I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. On a different subject, I had a bar in my restaurant and turned on the entertainment/bar option, but barely had any diners, mostly people coming for fun, I would love a way to balance that.

J B

OK, thanks for the info! :). Love your mods!

Cassie

Nah, it's just me not wanting to rename my script/package every single time I update it. It's more busywork so I try to put the date and the zip name to help people :)

Carl's Sim Guides

Hi! I'm new here. When I click the patreon link to download Carl_DineOut_Reloaded_v4.08.zip the file still says v4.0. Am I missing something here??

Cassie

Hmm? Dunno. I mean I DO have a Bar. Dunno if its a cc one. I did have insimnia's bar, but I removed it for something else but was so frustrated that I didn't take the time to realize if I switched it for another CC bar. I will go back and check if so I will remove and put in a base game bar. Thank u for the suggestion. :-)

tammy dancer

Could be one of two things. Do you have a bar? Do you have a CC object that is a bar but lacks the tag to tell the game it's a bar?

Carl's Sim Guides

Hi Carl. first let me say TY TY TY for this mod. Now to the problem. MCCC keeps giving me a LE for your mod. I don't pretend to know what all the mumbo jumbo is about so Here it is.... I hope you can help me fix this... Error message: Exception while notifying customer in sim spawner service (AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'has_relationship'), Error Class C:\Users\Carl\PycharmProjects\GameplayOverhaul\My Script Mods\DineOut_Reloaded_v4.0\Scripts SousChefSystem.py carl_claim_object_to_staff 162 situation_Bartender_Restaurant(953094572914405303) staffed_object_situation_mixin.py claim_object_to_staff 160 situation_Bartender_Restaurant(953094572914405303) C:\Users\Carl\PycharmProjects\GameplayOverhaul\My Script Mods\DineOut_Reloaded_v4.0\Scripts DineOutReloaded.py _wrapped_func 641 C:\Users\Carl\PycharmProjects\GameplayOverhaul\My Script Mods\DineOut_Reloaded_v4.0\Scripts SousChefSystem.py _attempt_to_claim_object 187 situation_Bartender_Restaurant(953094572914405303) staffed_object_situation_mixin.py _attempt_to_claim_object 135 situation_Bartender_Restaurant(953094572914405303)

tammy dancer

I ofc do install it correctly as in 4.06 is working, it's just the sous chef system that's not working but everything else is! But in the latest ones (4.07 and 4.08) nothing comes up, the only thing that I can see still popping up is the 5 slots in the waiters section, even the chefs are back to 2. I also tried removing all my script mods and it still didn't work! all the other mods are working fine so it's not related to an issue with mods working at all! I however left my .package mods since I have +2000, could something in them be crashing the whole mod?

Houd ma

I'm really not sure what could be causing the menu to not show up. Does the mod generate its log file? Are you regular clicking a host station or using testingcheats on and shift-clicking the ground? The mod menu not appearing may indicate it didn't get to start up. Could a patch have turned script mods off? A lot of things can go wrong with mod compatibility but it's likely something is wrong with the install if no one can see the menu. The sous chef works for me, so I'm wondering if some players are using a mod that conflicts that causes it to break.

Carl's Sim Guides

Hi Carl! the Carl_DineOut_Reloaded_v4.08.zip also did not work for me. i had try installed and uninstall many time . is there any older version available for downloads.

Susan

I have the same issues Carl. Can you help please!

Susan

Hello again Carl! I have an issue with the 4.08 and 4.07 versions they both didn't work for me, the carl's settings don't even show up! Any idea what I should do? because I still have the last bug of the sous chef system not working and the chef not going to their cooking station in the 4.06 version

Houd ma

Thank you 😊. I think some of the issues are with the game itself. In the past week, I've experienced times when I sent my sim to do a task or sleep and they will start it but stop. I can only fix this issue by restarting the game. It's a new issue in my gameplay and it's probably from their update or something they did. I will edit my venue again and make it have less activities to do. I can change MCCC to 30 as well. Thank you again

The Dreamer

Sims taking turns usually happens very quickly but if they start to idle a lot, you may be experiencing the limits of the game.

Carl's Sim Guides

Hi. Nice summary. Being honest with you, adding more objects may be counter-productive. The game REALLY does not like having over 30 Sims. If you see a lot standing around, this might be because the autonomy is having too much of a hard time. The game runs on a single thread and as venues get bigger and bigger, increasing the sim cap along with this, you're pushing the game to its absolute limits. Sims actually take turns in this game. So, one will act, then another. If Sims WERE having fun but stopping ,you are probably maxing out the game by adding more objects and Sims.

Carl's Sim Guides

I started a new game with the goal of reaching 1M via a bowling and karaoke bar. It started out fine and I reached 5 stars quickly. Now, sims aren't having fun anymore at my place. I made changes and added more fun objects but they don't really use them. With this type of business, it's hard to know where my profits are coming from. I have a maxed out bartender, who is also a mermaid, and I've watched her make drinks at the bar. However, I've played as the chef and have watched the chefs also make the drinks. My staff are all finally maxed in skills but they don't always work. The bartender constantly dances instead of tending the bar, and the wait staff also takes forever to buss tables and serve the food. I think that's more so dine out pack related though or just the Sims 4 in general. Currently, I have employed 3 chefs, 4 waitresses, and 1 bartender. I had a host, but it didn't seem like it was helping with getting better reviews. The bar I got off of the gallery is about 30 x 30 in size and it's 2 floors. So, the extra staff is helpful, when they decide to actually work 🤭. I wanted this gameplay to focus on running the entertainment venue so I have been successful keeping my hours around 2pm to 1am on average. We were making about 30k a night net profit. I used MCCC a few times to change the amount of sims allowed on the lot. I started at 100 but the game didn't like that, so I went to 60, and finally 45. If that's too many, let me know. 9 of those 45 sims are my staff 🙈. Lately, we've been getting between 50 to 60 customers according to the sales report. But, customers aren't having fun anymore. I added a Foosball table, ping pong table, DJ booth for live music, 3 bowling lanes, 2 karaoke booths, 2 motion gaming rigs, 2 arcades, and a post for live guitar performance. I don't know else to possibly add to help them have fun. The dance floor seemed to be the most popular and fun before, but I see sims dancing now with a 1 star rating. Also, are seems supposed to enter the venue with 3 stars? Because, I've seen a few sims enter my venue with 2 stars or less. I have no idea why they aren't having fun anymore. I'll add darts next time I play. I already tried a skating rink but I don't think it was successful. The fun level is only 2 for skating. Would adding computers help 🤔? Thank you, I'm open to any suggestions 😊

The Dreamer

Do you have any other mods that might be interfering? I know it's probably obvious but on my end ALL guests get meals. I'm not sure what might cause such an issue with that and the freezing. The waiter thing is def my fault. I will make it an option to use the setup I have now or have them bus any time a table is dirty. I'm putting this in my notes to put in the next version. Right now they do wait on a table to be seated before doing it, but I realize it looks bad.

Carl's Sim Guides

4.08 works the best so far. However, I still have some guests not getting meals, and guests are constantly standing and eating. It is impossible to get to 5 stars no matter what I do. Guest freeze and cannot leave the restuarant or take a long time to leave after finishing their meal. I also wish they could bust the table before a new guest is seated at a dirty table.

Quedote lancine

Something strange is going on here. As far as I know, an order should be a "tuningblueprint" object. A group order should be a GroupOrder object. So in the code it's kind of going over the recipes in that sim's order to make sure it's valid. It's coming back as an entirely wrong class, and i Have no idea how it's possible but can confirm that so far it's not happening to me. Is it possible you could pop up in our #mod-help-compatibility channel on discord so we can talk it out? https://discord.gg/eTDySddj

Carl's Sim Guides

Wow. Thanks for that error. I'm not sure what's going on but will have a look right away. I had missed this message but someone else's reply brought me here so i could see it. Not sure what's going on yet but will try to get back to you.

Carl's Sim Guides

Testingcheats must be on and you might also try a host station as it doesn't require cheats for the menu to work. If the CC appears but none of the scripts work, script mods aren't on in the options.

Carl's Sim Guides

love your mod!! but with the newest patch I'm having some troubles. I use MCCC, WW, Meaningful Stories, your mod (of course) and some cc. Except for the latter everything is updated to the latest patch (28th of feb). I am experiencing delays and sims idleing in my restaurant when playing as cook and another sim as waiter. MCCC throws an exception:"Last Module Called: SousChefSystem.py Last Function Called: _should_serve_order Error message: Exception raised while trying to run a test event in test_events.py: (TypeError: cannot unpack non-iterable TuningBlueprint object), CategoryID: SousChefSystem:278" maybe this will help you out

Joy Webster

I also experience the same thing :(

Baked Potato

I followed all the steps but when I click in the floor nothing appears, I dont know why, I tried everything. Ps: but I can see the cc in the game.

Nanah Fernandes

sorry,it's use google translate I mean barstool.

SD DE

Thank you so much. I'll give it a try today. I really want my sim to run a small restaurant on her own.

The Dreamer

Hey there. So to address your problem I made it so that when walking away from the chef situation, it is destroyed. This will make it so that the situation can't stick around. The X to kill it is also there now :)

Carl's Sim Guides

There may be pack items/cc and other mods that can interfere. We've already seen a simple espresso machine with incorrect tagging that broke hosts for one player. I don't have any of these problems in my clean saves where I do not have a lot of mods. I'm unsure what could cause all of this without us talking it out on discord and perhaps finding the issue that is causing problems. Waiters taking a while could come down to pc performance, but guests not giving 5 stars sounds like them never getting the buffs that raise their score. The standing is usually related to items on the lot/tables that impact autonomy. Here's a link to discord if you'd like to send your save and maybe give us some idea what other mods you use : https://discord.gg/5B7n5wbe

Carl's Sim Guides

I haven't tried playing with the newest version yet as the BE kept showing up but for V4.05 and previous versions I encountered some problems such as: (1) It took forever for my waiters to take order so eventually my owner sim had to step up and do everything, (2) the guests never gave 5 star rating even when everything was excellent, (3) the sims sat down and then stood up immediately after the food was served, and (4) the extra (5th) waiter/ (3rd) chef didn't show up after I hired them. I fired some of them and rehired but it repeated. Hope you could help.

Hang Trinh

Hi Carl. Thank you for saving the whole Dine Out experience and make it enjoyable for us! I have downloaded the latest update of this mod and the Better Exception keeps showing up. I already removed all other script mods when the game updated.

Hang Trinh

Something odd is going on, and I wonder if one of your ts4script files didn't survive when you got the new version? The reason being I just unzipped the v4.06 file from above and it does not throw the error. I eliminated this error yesterday on patch day and it is indeed harmless (especially since you say it's working right). It's from a change that EA made, which stops us needing a special block of code for certain scenarios related to our python programming.

Carl's Sim Guides

I'm not sure if it's really this mod, but I keep getting a last exception for it from BE: (Carl_DineOut_Reloaded_v4.06/Carl_DineOut_Reloaded_v4.0.package) Reason ('TuningAttrCleanupHelper' object attribute 'register_for_cleanup' is read-only (AttributeError: 'TuningAttrCleanupHelper' object attribute 'register_for_cleanup' is read-only)). I have no issues playing the mod besides this exception popping up. Is it safe to just ignore?

MsTee

It's either that script mods are not turned on (there are 2 options for mods in game options > other) or the mods not being the sims 4 / mods folder. If you see a log file generate similarly named to the mod, it is working.. but it's definitely an install issue of some kind if those are missing.

Carl's Sim Guides

I played this mod a while back and I loved it and I am so happy that you have updated it. Sadly the mod isn't working for me for some reason. I extracted the files and put them in my mods folder and I have the mods settings selected in my game. When I click on the host stand I do not see the option for the mod. I only see disallowed customers and book reservations or something along those lines. Please tell me what I can do to fix the mod!!

Marife Delamar

High chair seats? Thanks for the feedback on how it 's running, but I could use a bit more input if you can provide it. To clarify what you mean by that.

Carl's Sim Guides

I'll write back more on this, but as far as the chef situation staying visible in the top, it means you're in the chef situation still and that is active. There may be something I can do to get the x to appear, but it will require some work. Ultimately, the player chef behaves the same as the NPCs do and will continue "prep" animations even when there is not an order. The order counter object is meant to show you how many are currently in. The chef situation goes on hold when you perform an action, and can go back. I did not want autonomy to continually pull the player back. The "pot on foot" is an unfortunate glitch with Sims 4 animations. So you're meant to go out, deal with customers, and return to the station to cook when playing solo.

Carl's Sim Guides

The latest version (4.05) is getting better But the high chair seat Stand up immediately after sitting down

SD DE

I have the latest version of the mod and I have been experiencing problems with my sim being the chef. I started the restaurant with my sim as the only chef. I wanted a small restaurant where my sim could play all parts (host, server, chef) but I'm not familiar enough with Dine Out. This is my first time trying the gameplay. I never tried the pack without the mod and this is my first time trying the mod as the owner of the restaurant. I set the station as chef player station. Before I actually opened the restaurant, I clicked on the station and hit the option to play as sim. My sim started testing pots, pans, and prep station and it appeared as an event (top left corner of the screen showed playing chef like an event). There was no way for me to end this event though. I reset my sim, tried to stop her from doing more testing, reset the chef cooking station but nothing helped. Eventually, I pressed "M" to send her home. But, that also did not work. My game glitched and I could not access my sim anymore. Eventually, I realized I could sell the restaurant to access my sim again. Nothing else worked. Eventually, I opened the first for the first time. There is definitely some lag during gameplay while operating the restaurant. There's even more lag now, so I stopped playing again completely. I cleared the cache and repaired the sims 4 game. I'll try to play again before calling it quits but there's definitely something wrong with the "play as chef" option. More lag and problems happen after each time I open. I noticed that to complete orders, I have to make my sim "cook orders as chef" per order. Meaning, I can not leave my sim at the chef station to cook, she will complete 1 order and the animation will run as her "testing the station" over and over again. I have to babysit her and wait until she completes the 1 order then click out of the cooking then click back into the option to cook as chef. I've been doing this for every single order in the queue. I don't mind doing this if this is normal but I don't think that it is. I hired a chef because I wanted my sim to be able to leave the chef station occasionally. When I had my sim leave the chef station to check on tables, a pot was stuck on her feet/ankles. The only option was to set it on fire because my sim is a spellcaster, or right click it and destroy it. I destroyed it. During my 4th opening, my sim no longer cooked at all. pots, pans, and prep station no longer appear. I tried replacing the chef station and that did nothing so it is not the stove. The lag made orders never come out, or magically appear after sometime. My sim is the only sim in the restaurant who can actually teleport, but the lag made everyone teleport after being still for quite some time. I've experienced the placemat issues with EA so I know Dine Out has a lot of problems still coming for EA. But, I can't run a restaurant as the chef currently and that isn't EA related. My problems started days ago, but I'm only mentioning them now because I had to be sure. The problems with my sim playing as the chef only got worst each time I opened. By the 4th or 5th opening, my sim couldn't cook anything. But, she could still serve and communicate with guest. She just stands in front of the chef station now. I'm hoping the repair to the sims 4 game helps...

The Dreamer

I really love this mod and have played a ton with it, however I am experiencing a lack of customers with the updated version. i have removed all script mods but MCCC and UI Cheats and adjusted all the settings on the host station, I even have the Hottest spot in town lot trait and I barely get anyone. Previous versions I would always have at least 6 tables filled. I am not sure what the issue is - but is it possible to get ahold of version 3.35? That one worked fine with all the mods I had in.

Eve

Player sim HAS to be at that station for it to work, which you do have to direct them to. I will still take a look but making sure you know this. I don't have any autonomy telling the player chef to start work at a specific station.

Carl's Sim Guides

Thanks for the update, Carl. Still smooth sailing on my end.

Jennifer Giresi

I did set it as the delivery station and player station and turned the sous chef system on! the player sim never seems to go to that specific station and the other sous chefs just act as chefs! I'm pretty sure I know how it all works considering this is my favorite mod and it's been months that I have been playing it! Which btw, thank you so so so much for this amazing mod it's just the best! I haven't yet played with the 4.03 one, I will try it and see if the issue still occurs

Houd ma

Can you let me know how things work for you with one course? It's possible that something is interfering. If not ,you can swing by the discord where I can try to help you! https://discord.gg/rvjrwH7r

Carl's Sim Guides

Did you set one of the stations as Player Chef Station? Sous chef is only for the player as chef. Just making sure, though if you pop into the discord I can have a look. https://discord.gg/rvjrwH7r

Carl's Sim Guides

Hello Carl! In the 4th version of dineout the sous chef system doesn't work! They all keep cooking food and the chef's station doesn't work either when I set it! This wasn't an issue in the 3rd one! Can you please let me know if there is something I can do?

Houd ma

I don't know what the issue is, but before I updated to this version, it worked perfectly. But now, diners do not eat any of the food, they only drink the drinks at the table. Then they are delivered the next course right on top of their previous food and once again, they do not eat it.

Whitney Peavey

Thank you so much!

Dee

TY! *huggles*

Sims Diver

The settings.ini file you asked about is where the mod stores its settings and is auto-generated. I just redid how I block the settings. Each zoneid in your saves that is a restaurant will generate one :)

Carl's Sim Guides

Carl (or any Simmer on here): forgot to ask: Is the Carl_DineOutReloaded_Settings.ini file necessary anymore? Or is this tuning file now included in the script for updated version of the mod?

Sims Diver

Hello Carl! Thx sooooo MUCH for going all out on this much overlooked oversight by the Sims Dev team. That being said, my Simmies LOVE you for finally giving them a decent options for eating out. It always frustrated me to no end to watch random townies show up to order food from the counter in my high end restaurant.

Sims Diver

Sorry I was slow to answer this. Not sure if you or others still have this issue.

Carl's Sim Guides

I don't have them online. Are you using a "special" copy of the game or something? The python changes on every version update of Sims 4 and thus should work. If not I have a bug. You can visit us on my discord and I"ll be happy to work it out with you or send you an older version https://discord.gg/rvjrwH7r

Carl's Sim Guides

RoshySims has translated the mod to Spanish here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-features-in-98938880

Carl's Sim Guides

is any Spanish translation?

Loli Deen

theres still a lot of issues and glitches and wicked whims still affect the mod please fix these bugs soon

ELLIE LOU

Strictly PC, Mac. On a console it is impossible to use ANY mod or CC. Inherent limitation. Sorry.

Alain Martel

Do you still have your previous versions? I don't have for rent yet. The newest version doesn't work in my game. Thank you 😊

Rolenzzz

hello , i cant be my own cheff

Mehley Dreesen

Is this only for PC or is there a way to download on PS5?

Liz G

Hello! Is there any way I could get a link to v3.34? I don't have for rent yet so the newest version doesn't work with my game. Thanks for all the work you do!

Nya Harris

Sorry! Next update. It's very nearly done and will go into early access quite soon.

Carl's Sim Guides

MCCC and wicked not working...your version still say 3.3 where is the 3.34 version

Mykalaply

Was the money making bars added to this one or will it be in the next update?

Tammy Tammy

I just installed the newest version and I cannot open the MCCC mod

Sara Smickovic

To anyone who has this issue, is it possible this was right before I updated it?

Carl's Sim Guides

When i have this mod installed my wicked whims wont work what can i do about this? :(

Jennifer Andmyr

Hi, when I activate the cheats and shift-click on the floor, nothing related to the restaurant appears for me, could you help me??? I already installed everything correctly

Karolaine Viana

Amazing thank you!!! I’m having issues where two chefs can’t work together in the same kitchen simultaneously. I have one player chef and an NPC chef, when I play as a player the NPC chef refuses to work. Secondly also having an issue with hosts refusing to do their job, they just walk around and play on their phone. The host and NPC chef don’t have a manage interaction option available.

dipsiesnows

I keep having an issue where new npc chefs keep showing up and pushing my playable sim off the line where she’s playing as chef. I’m not hiring these chefs they’re just autopopulating and taking over. Any advice?

Juliette

Thank you Carl!

Rebecca

Thanks, Carl, for all your hard work! Appreciate it!

Laurel Samford

Just updated the mod to fix an error with dish collection that a few people reported. If you are on this post you are a member and have access to our discord. If you did not sign up, use this link https://discord.gg/T42gU4bNBM

Carl's Sim Guides

Thank you for the update, Carl. Hope all is well with you, and it's good to see you back.

Jennifer Giresi

Is this updated to current patch?

Bytentrix

Hi, after adding the mod I can't start the game after choosing the family. The error is showing and it says to restart the game. I've tried a few time, no idea what can I do more to make it work... :( Edit: when I finally get inside the game, the mod is not working, I can's see any changes listed in the post. Please help

Bleur

I didn't have that mod in particular, but I had another mod that modified worlds and once removed things seem to be okay now in newer saves.

Dashia Davis

Too late to the party but I had the same issue. I think it was Kuttoe's region Mod, or any mod that keeps townies away form certain worlds.

KahluaMilk

I'm Having issues installing, It's in my Mod File When i launch the Game it Say's it's in the Script Mods. But When i go into game it Doesn't Work. How do i fix this?

Alfie William belcher

ok thank you! looks like great content!

Gabriel Nelson

Sorry for the late response. If foods are invisible, is it possible you are using any cc foods that could have issues? I'd check the menu for anything like that first and foremost.

Carl's Sim Guides

It's my main mod so I'm always developing it right now. :)

Carl's Sim Guides

are any of these mods still supported?! i just subscribed but am wondering how valid this work is still...

Gabriel Nelson

My chefs dont actually appear as chefs, they go to the station and cook invisible items

Pharmz

It's not working, my game keeps reporting an error for tis mod. It reports, "There is bad tuning in this mod: /Carl_DineOut_Reloaded_v3.303/Carl_DineOut_Reloaded_v3.3.package Delete it from your mods folder or see if the author has an updated version. If it is a multi-package mod make sure you update all of them."

Amber Smith

Nothing works :( I can't access the restaurant settings and my host and waiters do not show up

Kayla Thompson

I'm having an issue that seems to be unique. It may be a combination of mods issues but I'm unsure. The problem: When I load into a restaurant, there are no hosts or chefs. The first time I load into a restaurant in a save it works, but if I try to go back to that restaurant or to any other restaurants in the game there are restaurant goers and wait staff but no chef or host. There will even be a bartender if I have a bar on the lot. I removed all my mods that would affect Dine Out and only left in this mod and the problem persisted. I took out this mod and my Dine Out worked normally. Any ideas?

Dashia Davis

cant find link to download?

Jonfun 7

Hi! Just saw this. Actually, the newest patch is exactly about this issue. Mark as Main Chef Station is now renamed to mark as player. IF you had 2 chef stations, 2 hired chefs but marked one as main, a chef will not show up -- this is because main is meant for the player.

Carl's Sim Guides

Hi- i am having issues with only 1 chef being on a lot at 1 time. i have 2 hired but they both won't show up :( how do i fix this?

Lacy McCormick

Anyone know if this is working with the new patch?

Rachel

Try removing the Carl_DineOutReloaded_Settings.ini file and restart the game.

Rebecca

the restaurant settings are not appearing in-game, can you help please

Sandra Nabintu

Just wanted to drop by and say thank you for your fantastic work. I bought the expansions today and was totally bummed out that such a basic as serving food in your own restaurant wasn't possible (talk about a ripoff). Your work for the Sims community is a godsend.

ChickenDrawsDogs

I downloaded the newest version of the mod and the take out order option doesn't appear, and nor sure how to fix this.

Treyy Bradley

I notice with the old version and most recent version- Theres no serve dinner option nor option to eat leftovers from home fridge..?

Katana Fatale

Hi, i just downloaded the latest version 3.301 but inside the ZIP the version still 3.3. Is this the latest version or its not updated on the post? :)

Tekaneo

I cannot get the delivery to work and a few other things still. No point in paying for something that doesn't work.

Viking of Westeros

This mod isn't working for me at all. I've deleted the old files and installed the update but it keeps bugging out everytime

Megan

I cant get the deliverypart to work. The option is only a pic of a house. No way to unset or set as deliverytable.

Bianca Wortmann

I no longer have the option for food delivery. It doesn't allow me to designata station or anything :-( not sure what happened, 2 days ago it was all good and then yesterday it was like, nope!

Viking of Westeros

Same issues like version 3.2 - NO WAITORS!!!

Dennis

Thank you so much for all you do! We appreciate you!

Felicia Walsh

I love the new option for food delivery! Thank you carl!

Sims41ife

Makes me happy to hear you are excited to try it!

Carl's Sim Guides

That's very odd. Maybe you could DM me or use your patreon benefit to get on ou rdiscord. I might be able to investigate with your save, but the problem is not universal as I just saw James turner livestreaming and he served a critic fine.

Carl's Sim Guides

I've noticed that the critic's food never gets served. I've seen it happen in different restaurants and over multiple sim days. Any fix for that?

blahblahblah

I can't wait to make a food truck! Thanks so much, Carl. :)

Marisa (gfvsims)

No. I don't have a sous chef. I only use one chef station. I'll replace a fresh station in case it is glitched. Additionally I've just added the new patched version and I'll let you know how it goes when I play later on Edit: The chefs now work. They're not very good at their jobs as they've had no experience but they do spawn now. Thanks Carl.

Roland Baldwin

Thanks Carl for making the game fun again. :)

Rebecca

Sorry I am somehow missing comments here, I will need to manually check more often. It seems some players have multiple chef stations marked as main. I need to rename this to mark as player in a new update and also give a warning about why the chef might not work.

Carl's Sim Guides

I am sorry to be so late here, but almost ALWAYS the menu failing to come up is a result of having an outdated settings file. I worked on making this less problematic in 3.3 as new features will automatically appear in the settings file even if a player fails to delete it.

Carl's Sim Guides

Hey there. The issue with chefs not spawning (based on my testing in James' save) was that both chef stations were marked as main. I do try to dissuade werewolves from spawning but I guess I need to be a bit more aggressive with that. I just now updated the mod to have a means of rescuing delivery orders that were never picked up. I also changed how it works when customers are disallowed, as it will not make new orders but it will allow Sims to spawn to pick them up :)

Carl's Sim Guides

Hey there. The issue can be sometimes that both chef stations are marked as main. Is this possibly it?

Carl's Sim Guides

I forgot to mention that James was also having issues with the to go orders not being picked up, but it seemed to me that the problem was only happening when he disallowed new customers. So the game seems to think the person picking up the order is a new customer and the order never actually gets picked up. Before he disallowed new customers, the orders were being picked up.

Rebecca

James Turner has the same issue with the chefs. I would enjoy an option to disallow werewolves in any form in restaurants, because the game option to keep them in Moonwood when enraged doesn't work properly. Maybe someday EA will do something right, but I'm not holding my breath. They still show up enraged in human form and I have to close the restaurant to get rid of them. When they are enraged, mccc won't let me make them leave.

Rebecca

Carl, I am still having an issue with the chef spawning at the edge of the lot and vanishing. Even on 3.3. My Sim has to play as chef for the mod to function. I really want him to be checking on the customers and getting my rating up for customer service. Also is it possible to include an option to give staff a break so they can look after their needs? I've had my Sims have accidents sometimes. Finally werewolves are really impacting the gameplay as they wolf out and freak all my customers and staff out.

Roland Baldwin

yeah this is not working for me at all

B

sadly not working for my game :(

danny k

I have version 3.265, and after the game update a few days ago, I am not able to access the in-game menu for the mod. It throws a last exception. I post with the hope for an update soon! Thanks for all you do!

Felicia Walsh

Hi Carl. I love this mod so much. I've played with this so many times with no problems what so ever until I downloaded the latest update yesterday. I'm not sure what I did wrong so I deleted it and redownloaded again. I have the same issue with my chef showing up on the lot then disappearing. What could I be doing wrong?

Maribeth Trefurt

does not work for me

Rebecca Crockett

I downloaded this mod before the recent update, and it has stopped the customers from appearing. I went from having 12 guest to maybe 1-2 at a time. Am I doing something wrong?

English orange

thank you Carl. I downloaded it and deleted the old files and tried a few times but people are still playing instruments repeatedly lol

sharlene toh

Remember you have to shift-click on the ground to get the new options. I thought it wasn't working until I re-read the instructions!

HarshMelon

Hi Carl! Pretty, pretty please with sugar on top, could you add the date next to the version number in your posts? I just can't remember if I downloaded version v3.261 or v3.265. Thank you for all your hard work!

HarshMelon

I downloaded this, and now no waiters are showing up at any restaurants, so everyone just sits around looking at menus.

DragonbornBard

I'm not sure if this is helpful, but I just click on the chef station and don't hire a chef?

Katie Sheely

have you tried purchasing extra chef thingy ?

Helen

Works well, but I am only having mostly 1 person groups now for some reason.

Helen

It would be wonderful to be able to have multiple sims cook! Currently, it only works for one :(

L

I had this problem too, turns out I needed the script setting thing on

L

8I had an issue where customers wouldn't sit down an eat, they'd just run around the resturant so I couldn't actually serve food. I downloaded the most recent 3.1 version and that seemed to have fixed it for a about two days then the issue came back. I checked and the mod was still installed. I downloaded 3.2 and now the customers aren't just running around constantly but also the chef isn't making orders any more, they stay stand at the chef station looking like they're making food but no meals actually get served? Any ideas, it was working fine for two days?

Daniel Rodman

AFter that did you extract all the files from the zipped folder?

Jessica Bunce

I cant get the mod to work. I just paid for early access today. downloaded and put in mods folder but nothing in game is different. Do I need another mod to make it work??

Willow Beecher

Having the same problem.. downloaded and put in mods folder but nothing in game is different. Do I need another mod to make it work??

Willow Beecher

It doesnt work. Actually non of the mods from Carl work for me

Aleksandra Shabovta

It's in a zip file at the bottom of the post, just above where the heart/like button is.

Carl's Sim Guides

im confused lol. how do i download the mod im going in circles here

bri hamm

I can't seem to open the file to download it. I did just join the early access tier patreon today, though

professorlilith

Epic mod, loved it since day 1!! I have an issue with trash, but I don't think it's your mod, I feel as though I've had this issue in the past with restaurants... but servers & owners pick up trash & are then frozen for hours holding it. Only solution is to reset them & use cheats to destroy the trash. Is anyone else having this issue? I know I've seen it in the past when visiting to eat as well so it's not new.

Coley

I'm having an issue opening the settings. Testingcheats is on but I keep getting an exception.

Karla Herrera

Hi. I don't have the "players counts as chef" option in my settings. any idea as to how I can fix this?

clara larsen

Just a question/idea for the future - would it be possible to somehow save settings per specific restaurant? I'm currently switching between a high-end one, a burger joint and a diner-style place and every time I have to change the settings (in one my sim is a chef, in the other she's a waitress etc). Everything is working fine so far with the v3.26 but could this be a possibility in the future?

Mirjam Schasmin

Wow you respond very quickly. I'll look for V.3.25. Yes, I absolutely can do that. I have some questions first, though. Should my save include the mod loaded? Or without? Currently, I have it removed so that the restaurant functions.

Kody Warden

Hi Kody and Mirjam can you both please try the 3.25 build and get back to me? It'd help me a lot. If it DOES NOT work for you, join me on discord in the bug reports channel so you can share your saves and maybe help me out eh? 3.25 fixed it for some people already but I'd like to hear from more.

Carl's Sim Guides

I have the exact same issue. It unfortunately makes the mod unusable for me. No matter how I change the settings, the waiters just pace around between the waiter station and the chef's station and they never take orders. I really want to play as the chef but now I have to take everyone's orders. When the food is prepared, the waiters will deliver the food and eventually clean up but I have to be the one to take orders. I had the same issue with v 3.18.

Mirjam Schasmin

Hello! I am experiencing a bug with V3.24 with latest game and dlcs. Waiters do not take orders, only serve food and clean up. I have to manually take each order, then the waiters do the rest of their job. I removed this mod and the waiters work again, but I replace the mod back in and it doesn't work. I've tried EVERYTHING. Thanks so much!! Awesome mod btw 😁

Kody Warden

Thank you for this version! Super excited to play!

Brooke

I am still loving this mod so much! I am playing the 3.21 version. I noticed in previous versions that restaurant patrons would pick up their food from the table and walk away from the table. They are doing it at every table now. Sometimes it is one person, sometimes the entire table. I don't have benches or other places to sit on the lot. They would walk near where the stereo was playing and then bug out, and drop their food & drink onto the floor. I removed the stereo, and they still walked to that area. I removed all the decorations from the wall near where they were standing, but I have not tested yet to see if that helped. Probably not. They seem intrigued by something, then they give a blocked thought bubble like they can't get to it, then they bug out and reset, dropping everything. I then have to use "move objects" and drag their food back to their table spots, and eventually they will sit down and eat. If I don't drag the food back, they just don't eat. I am not sure if this bug is a Sims game thing, or something from the mod. Just letting you know in case others are experiencing it.

Doranne Bunch

No I meant having 'Host walks guests to table off/Guest walks themselves" to be the ONLY option, if it could prevent the glitches in my game, I tried v3.2 and the customers now eat the food but again one person per table is still receiving the food and even after eating they still complain about the food not being delivered. I figured it was the lot I was using and decided on using the in game chez llama restaurant(tried moving some stuff around without moveobjects being on) but still had the same issue. I'm going to try building my own small restaurant without the cheat and use the newest version you just posted and let you know how that goes.

Lee

I just wanted to thank you for the amazing mod, and for coming to the James Turner/Dr Gluon livestreams to see the mod in action. It is great to know that you're there, taking notes and making suggestions! We love seeing you in the chat!

HarshMelon

I just had 3 food critics come in at once and even though they got their order it said they didn't and I went from 4 1/2 to 1 star :/

skye folger

sure! thanks

Kyla P

It's really hard to work these out on Patreon. Could you join my discord and post in #mod-help ? https://discord.gg/wR2zHpZg

Carl's Sim Guides

thank you for the mod! the issue im having currently is my npc chefs not showing up but it also does not allow me to cook as chef :/ i had this problem with 3.1 soi got the 3.2 hoping it would fix .

Kyla P

testingcheats on > shift-click ground in restaurant. Should be there if all is working well and script mods + normal mods are on in game options > other.

Carl's Sim Guides

Hi, I can't get the setting menu to pop up. Is anyone else having this problem on the updated version?

CourtneyM

Thank you this is amazing, cant wait to play with the newest version.

CharlieanArmy

Hi Lee. Host walks guests to table is already an option in the mod. The issues with meal placement sounds like moveobjects on objects blocking them, but I cannot be sure. Players who use this around critical objects in the game will frequently encounter problems and it's definitely been the case with DO Reloaded. On the issue with 1-stars, grab the new updated v3.2 and you should see no further issues with that. I had a bit of trouble with my update, but it's polished now.

Carl's Sim Guides

Has this mod not worked for anyone? Cuz it hasn't for me. I've tried removing all my mods and I still get issues even with the most recent v3.17 and with the recent game version. Food is delivered to only one person per table and when it arrives to the person at the table, they don't eat the food. The customer does not register that the food has arrived, and their rating starts to go down. I think the only version thats worked for me(and is still in my game) has been v2.51. To be honest I would only like the option for sims to walk to their seats without the host walking with them, if there is a way for you to make that an option and it works, i'd gladly pay for it.

Lee

I probably need to make sure my game is up to date. That could probably be the issue.

Pyar Mann

for me is the waiter

Kai Liang

I noticed this - the fix I've found is to welcome them :)

Emma Elvin

Hey Carl I appreciate all of your hard work. However, when i downloaded the 3.1 version customers will not spawn.

Pyar Mann

you have to go into the settings for the mod and click "player sim works as chef" and make sure its on

I was running 3.106 stand-alone and witnessed sims stealing food from other tables. I know this was a dine out bug awhile back and was surprised to see it occur in reload. Has anyone else seen this happen? I was testing with a restaurant on a upper floor with a skating rink and bowling alley on the first floor and also witnessed a sim from a party of four get up, grab their food and eat on a bench on the bottom floor.

Jletar67

What if a chef is not employed and I opened up the restaurant with just my household sim but a chef still appears on the restaurant lot?

Maiiii

I have this issue and I try to pause the game to fire them but the only thing that pops up is “actions.” It’s so annoying !

Maiiii

Also I have suggest like customer age setting like more teen, young adult, adult or elder in restaurant

rbarkah

Hi carl I have suggest, can you make chef cook faster. Thank you

rbarkah

I haven't found a fix for it either.

Evelyn Foster

Thanks that seems to work. I'm still having the issue with sims complaining of wait time.

Evelyn Foster

Fire the chef if they're employed

Rowan Win

me too

Lenovo pinem

This is happening to my sims as well,I don't know how to fix it

Gem

On discord he posted he is having some personal issues and will be taking some time away. He expects to be back this week.

Brianna Allen

I am now having another glitch. I turn on "count player as chef." so I don't have to have an actual chef and the NPC chef still shows up.

Evelyn Foster

hey! im having alot of trouble trying to unzip this file. i thought i downloaded it correctly but i dont have access to any of the new features or bug fixes please help

Kassidy Polk

Chefs don't work. They spawn but disappear seconds later. They wear the chef outfit but don't have the restaurant menu. I tried different households, different restaurants, selling, rebuilding, rehiring, etc... I also experience the bug with the 1 star ratings and angry guests complaining about long waiting.

side777

Yeah I was just coming to check, because the bad reviews and long wait time complaint is irritating can't get my restaurant past 2 1/2 stars.

Evelyn Foster

still no response for errors?

China Grayson

I couldn't click on the station to cook when I had a chef hired but once Iet him go I was able to, maybe check on if you have a chef hired.

xm_i_a x

It will not allow me to click the chef station

Click on the chef station and click play as chef.

Evelyn Foster

im having trouble selecting my sim as the chef.... How do I do that?

I would like to report this issue as well. my customers are complaining of wait times and then their review drops and they leave angry, even though they received their foods.

Evelyn Foster

I've been having a glitch (?)where customers will have their food delivered quickly but have the upset about wait times notice and then very quickly go from 4 stars to 1 star as if they haven't received their food yet (but they have) and have no available options to order more, welcome etc. I've had the restaurant for over 100 customs and always quick and good quality and still like 90% of my reviews are 1 star. Other then this I've been loving the mod but would like a restaurant with something higher than 1.5 stars.

Megan

There seems to be a...glitch? I have the settings set to guest seat themselves on and host walks guest to seat off..it works but food is only being served to one sim per table. And when food is served by the waiter, the sims who received the food does not eat. Both/all sims(including the sim who received the food) start to get upset with their food not being delivered. Later on I tried having the guest pick up the food for themselves but once they reach their table a glitch happens where the serving plate disappears from the sim's hand and is placed on the ground, but with the food served to the table for only one sim...

Lee

Hey, devs I'm available for testing out mods if you need testers. I'm on a laptop for school but I can play SIMS 4 as one of my games. Just DM me if you want me to test one out.

Darazs Productions

I have cheats on and I have shift + click on the floor, The only option I see is teleport here.

Juanita Joyner

Script mods is a separate option, just to make sure. If it's installed in the correct place and mods + script mods are on, something is up and I'd ask you to join us on discord so you can get help faster https://discord.gg/KQmjAwT6

Carl's Sim Guides

Hey, yes I have mods enabled. What are the other factors? Just to make sure, where should this mod be installed at. I have it installed where all my other mods are.

Tasha Williamson

You can make them re-order later in the meal but it's buggy. I need to fix that! Best to just do the one time. I will be adding a check to prevent that in the future bulds. Sorry for the confusion on it!

Carl's Sim Guides

Are script mods enabled in game options? That is one possibility. Another is the mod being installed in the wrong place. Can you see other factors of the mod working correctly or is it just the menu?

Carl's Sim Guides

Hi. I joined after watching James Turner channel. I love dine out and think this is a good mod. But, I am having an issue with it. I can't get to the mod options. I have cheats on and I have shift + clicked on the floor. Only option I get is to teleport here. I don't know what I am doing wrong.

Tasha Williamson

I am also having the same issues. I have cheats on and I have shift + click on the floor, The only option I see is teleport here.

Tasha Williamson

Hi! I'm here from James' video and now i became a new patreon. I'm so excited for this mod! Iv'e been playing for about 10 minutes now and I'm a little confused about the "take order" option. Even though I've taken a table's order it seems that I still can take their order. Does that mean they want to order another course?

Maya DeKoven

EDIT: I was able to get it working. Turns out I still had both versions 2.5 and 3.0 still installed. I'm having the same issue. I don't have any staff hired. Not sure if I require to hire anyone first.

NantenKnight

I'm not sure what the exact problem is, but players have issues with chefs not showing in stock Dine Out and certain mods exacerbate it. It might not be incompatibility in your case, it could the the bug where the game picks a chef that is not allowed (by the game) to be a chef. Re-placing a restaurant can fix it as new NPCs will be hired.

Carl's Sim Guides

Hm. That's very strange. You could email your save to carl@carlsguides.com and I will take a look. When the restaurant is open the situation should start as soon as you click the chef station (though they will do nothing much if there aren't any orders).

Carl's Sim Guides

I can't get my sim to be the chef for some reason. I have the option checked but the event part doesn't start up

shayna

If you hire a chef, they'll show up to work even if your sim is acting as chef. If you just want your sim to be the chef, I'd recommend firing any additional chefs.

1800fatsack

I dont get any Chefs turning up and i've tested this at multiple different lots? I'm not sure if its because i use 'No Empty Venues when Arriving by Weerbesu' but if it is then i'm gonna have to stop using Dine out Reloaded until the mod conflict is sorted.

Nathaneous

I have sim counts as chef on but Chef 1 keeps turning up for work

Jaymee

oh my i forgot to click shift! thank you so much!

Lisa Saetre

Did you shift + click on the ground? It should be something there when you do that

cuteusagi

Hi! i followed James walkthrough but when I press on the floor there's no option for your mod. in fact i can't even find any choices for your mod

Lisa Saetre

(3.02) Cooking as chef does not seem to count as fun when you have the like cooking preference.

Richard VanHouten

that is available in 3.1 and isn't out yet!

Daiya

I'm loving this mod so far! Just a few things are acting a little goofy, my sim is having a tricky time washing dishes. She'll collect them but then keep setting them down instead of taking to the sink/dishwasher/dish station. It takes about 8-10 times of telling her to clean them for her to actually do it. My servers don't have this issue thankfully, only my active sim. Also, when I go into buy/build while my restaurant is open and I go back to live mode it'll close my restaurant.

Courtni C

So I literally just became a Patron just for this Mod. I ALSO watched James Turner's walkthrough and fell in love. Thanks for all you do Carl. This is spectacular.

Nikki

Watched James Turner's 'walkthrough' and loved it. Followed what he has done but don't have the maximum patrons option? so i have waiting patrons as I can only afford one table (3 chairs) in my rags to riches scenario and it poops it all up.

Echotermis

https://discord.gg/KQmjAwT6 here you go Chi. Hopefully we can figure out the bug over there. Post in #Bug-reports and I will try to lend a hand.

Carl's Sim Guides

having a bit of a bug with 3.02 where after i serve customers and they are no longer considered customers they just stay there and wont leave and get upset at the restaurant for it

Greatwendigo1

Hi, i was wondering, with this version, can someone be the host? im trying to get my teen to do it but its not working

Malena

thanks for responding! can you please send me a link for the discord? I am playing as a owner/chef. So i've been playing around with the in game settings, restarting the game on and off, also removing other mods I had to be able to play your mod. The customers now get their food and pay, but they will not leave the restaurant after they finish eating, and new customers won't spawn.

Chi Phan

I have noticed an issue with my game. When cooking, if i want to go and do management options it won't let me unless i "end event of cooking as chef" and when I go to guests that have their food and want to comp the meal or give free item it won't let me, it says they need their food first but they have it and are eating. I only have this mod, MCCC, and UI cheats installed

Ethan Estes

It really could be a conflict. But the chef problem could be the base game bug. So try re-hiring your chef, ensuring player counts as chef is off if you want them to show, and if nothing else helps try without other mods to get a feel for if the problem is a conflict.

Carl's Sim Guides

You mentioned any mod to do with employees, could that also pertain to mods with careers? For example I have mods for careers that relate to cooking/mixology such as barista career and mixologist. Although these dont relate to employees directly, do you think mods like this could pose an issue? I am trying to get this to work.

Paige Smith

It is also worth mentioning that mods can conflict and not be obvious. In particular sim spawning mods can conflict. Anything to do with employees. I'd ask you to see (once you check the stuff in my previous post) if the bug is there when you do not have other mods installed. It's quick to move them out to do a fast test. Just cut them to another directory and copy them back in when done.

Carl's Sim Guides

Did you hire this chef before you installed Dine Out Reloaded? The game has a serious bug where chefs who are not eligible to be cooks can be hired. Don't ask me why, I just had to fix it to get this working. If Player Counts as Chef is on, the first chef you hired won't show up.

Carl's Sim Guides

Signed to Patreon just for this mod and it doesnt work. The Chef that I have hired already just disappears when I open the restaurant for business. I try to go cook the items myself as chef instead(after toggling on the option in the restaurant menu) but it doesnt work. I have checked and I dont have any other dine out or conflicting mods

Paige Smith

Sorry I missed this... is this possibly a mod compatibility issue? I mean NOTHING is working the way it should so I have to wonder what would be going on in this restaurant. You can send your save to carl@carlsguides.com and I'll take a look.

Carl's Sim Guides

3.1 is going to make dish collection MUCH better.

Carl's Sim Guides

Are you using any other mods related to Dine Out? Can you confirm if you are using DO Reloaded as an owner or diner as well. Does this issue persist if you have your owner deliver the meal themselves? IT might be a good idea to join the discord. If you don't have a way to do so DM me and I'll send you a link.

Carl's Sim Guides

Are you using any other mods related to Dine Out? Can you confirm if you are using DO Reloaded as an owner or diner as well. Does this issue persist if you have your owner deliver the meal themselves? IT might be a good idea to join the discord. If yu don' have a way to do so DM me and I'll send you a link.

Carl's Sim Guides

Here's the thing with dining out. I was wrong, and there isn't a bug I can spot directly related to DO. Sometimes the game will hire Sims that CAN NOT be chefs. I had to fix this for our employee picker in the ownership side. Re-placing a restaurant you want to dine in can sometimes trigger new NPCs to be hired. So this is a situation with abug that has always existed, and I haven't yet figured out how to address it on the dining side. You can have 2 chefs from the same househoeld, yep! just put them both on different chef stations.

Carl's Sim Guides

I'll put in a fix for this ASAP.

Carl's Sim Guides

I am having the same issue as Demi Louise where the food is often not being served, and when the food is served the customers won't leave and complain about the wait time. Hope this can get fixed. This was my first time subscribing to a patreon and I am very excited about this mod.

Chi Phan

I have the same issue! Have you found what was causing this?

Audrey Merveille

I’m having trouble with my game using this mod, the food keeps disappearing after being served, and the times where the food doesn’t disappear, the customers stay until it goes red where they complain about the wait times,

Demi Louise

I have the same issue above but I also wanted to know if my restaurant can have two chefs from the same household or just one? Also when I dine out may you please tell me how to get a restaurant functioning without my sim having to be the chef ?

Maiiii

You definitely don't want both. On the chef showing up thing, it is one of many stock dine out bugs. The game can hire a chef that is not actually ALLOWED to be a chef in some cases. I suggest re-placing the restaurant or seeing if any mods you have might be conflicting. As for the questions regarding dining in, 3.02 has all that 2.5 has, just more. 2.5 is mostly bug fixes to get restaurants working right. For both running and visiting restaurants, I had to redo waiter code and also fix some bugs that cause meals to disappear. So the logic for waiters is the same in 2.5/3.0 and will help get meals to you!

Carl's Sim Guides

Hi Carl, I have enjoyed the updates and fixes you have made to Dine Out thus far. I have a question: Does 3.02 not allow you to dine in regularly as a guest but only function as a restaurant owner and only version 2.5 operates as a guest dining in? I downloaded 2.5 and was able to dine in as a guest but when I downloaded 3.02, my Sim can operate and work in the restaurant but when my Sims went to a non-owned restaurant, the chefs do not show up. Are we supposed to only choose 2.5 or 3.02 to play in the game and not have both versions in the game? I want to be able to work in the restaurant, yet still dine out in other restaurants as a guest and it seems like 3.02 won't allow me to do that. Any help with this or clarification about both mods, I would greatly appreciate.

Cassy98

I watched James Turner's video yesterday with this mod. It made me want to try running a restaurant again so badly. I can't wait to try this out! Thank you for making DO usable again. :)

JeniS

Just started using the mod, went and bought a restaurant and tried to start cooking and got a LE “exception in sim timeline: exception running element (attribute error: ‘Carl:chefstation_begin’ object has no attribute ‘_default_staff_uniform’). I followed the instructions on this post and am not sure what I’ve done wrong

iamqueenkk

Thanks for this brilliant mod. I had to play without mods recently and Dine Out is still a mess. My sim ate her meal standing in a corner and moving between the corner and her table on a loop. Thanks again.

Dee Pal

This mod amazing. This is my recommonded, I hope you can add some feature disable dirty dishes like customer pay bill after eat, the empty dishes become auto clean on table/disappear, since I'm really tired my sim clean dishes at restaurant, but sometimes they always cancel interaction clean dirty dishes and put dirty dishes in anywhere, or sim become glitch when they load clean all empty dishes like sim automatic reset maybe causing by game bugs, and EA still never fix this bug. https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Sims-4-Cleaning-Up-DIshes-Bug-DEBUG-Reset/td-p/6695215

rbarkah

Hi, I downloaded the recent update for this mod but none of my restaurants work. I have some with cc and without, I've tested them all, and food is never served despite the chef cooking and servers never take orders or walk us to our seats anymore (we seat ourselves and place our orders which they never actually take). Any idea what might be causing my dine out pack to not work at all? Thank you!

Tamia Brianna

love this!!! thank you Carl!

Nita

Hello, I'm wondering if Dine Out Reloaded is compatible with the Realistic Cooking Mod by Somik & Severinka? I'm using both and am not quite sure if they work properly together. Thank you.

horsetailhollow

Nice Carl! Great update

Kjell Renstrøm

OMGosh!!! Carl you're amazing!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! My chief sims can FINALLY for real have their own restaurants!!!

DaniDaring

I've been eyeing your work for a few months now, but this has officially made me a Patreon supporter! Thank you for all of your hard work! :)

Christian

Thank you! Family and autonomously performing tasks would be great! In fact the autonomy in Sims 4 in general has always been very poor, that and the A.I. I really don't understand why EA/Maxis didn't allow family members or the option to hire anyone by approaching them since it's been done in Sims 2, or home businesses. The business model in Sims 2 for retail and restaurants worked so flawlessly and was just so well done in fact it flowed very well, I feel with Sims 4 they really rushed it sadly. Awesome that would be very nice. Here's a good example of the Sims 2 business model vs Sims 4's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HEjoaBg9jU&ab_channel=PleasantSims

Simdrew1993

It seems like a LOT of people feel that way. Nothing got people more excited than me working on Dine Out. I personally prefer the management aspect, but it's great to feel like the base restaurant experience is working from both angles.

Carl's Sim Guides

You're so welcome. Please let me know if you have any trouble! I'm still active on this project and plan to add more cool stuff.

Carl's Sim Guides

Fantastic idea. I do plan to let players hire family members so they will autonomously perform the tasks as waiter or host. Allowing any Sim might be difficult due to the game's filter systems but I should be able to let you hire MOST Sims.

Carl's Sim Guides

You are a legend, Carl! The dining system was always terrible, for it to actually work now is nice! If you can add the option to hire whoever we want in game would be cool too, like how Sims 2 was, it had the option to approach someone and hire them or pick anyone from the menu both and including family members. Plus having multiple bartenders on a lot would be cool too. Ayway thank you!

Simdrew1993

Thank you so much! Eating out and food is one of my favorite parts to this game just sucks EA didn't think of your brilliant ideas. thank you for all your hard work and sharing them with the community!

Sheena

Thank You Carl!!!This is what it should have been

Shelby Jessimee