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The Sims 4 Dine Out has been FIXED! (by a modder)

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“Fine, I’ll do it myself” but make it for the entire Game Pack.

The talented modder and guide writer, Carl, has made it his mission to overhaul The Sims 4. He aims to make the game more challenging but more rewarding and fun as well. His Gameplay Overhaul mod includes a great many tweaks and new features, including burglars, which we’ve covered previously. He’s also been working on a Dine Out overhaul that’s now gone public!

We dove into the Dine Out Reloaded portion of the mod to show you what it’s all about. Since the mod aims to clean up and improve existing features and fix poor autonomy, we thought it’d be best to show you the mod through our own gameplay experience. So here’s everything we noticed as an improvement when we were playing with our restaurant!

The Sims 4 Dine Out has been FIXED! (by a modder)
We started with plenty of money and a nice restaurant so we could focus on the autonomy without being fussed about things like funds and ambiance. The restaurant was 0 stars with no extra benefits, however. We wanted to see how we could build up those things more easily when things are actually running smoothly for once.

While our own Sim still loved to stand around listening to the music and doing pushups randomly, our staff and customers did not do any of this behaviour which was nice. Few things are more annoying and distracting than when you have hungry customers and your server is busy doing situps next to the table or dancing to music instead of taking their order. Servers were also much better at putting dirty dishes in the correct spot instead of all over dining tables.

The Sims 4 Dine Out has been FIXED! (by a modder)
We also noticed that our chef cooked much faster than before. Meals were coming out in a timely manner and we didn’t experience any lost orders that never got delivered. We also didn’t have the common issue of everyone in the restaurant randomly resetting themselves, resulting in customers standing around aimlessly instead of sitting with broken order queues. So far, so good! And thanks to the orders coming out faster, Sims finished their meals faster which meant we had more seats available for more paying customers.

The Sims 4 Dine Out has been FIXED! (by a modder)
All of this is great on its own but the one thing we hated more than anything was how celebrities would disrupt the entire restaurant. Sure, it’s normal for people to get excited when they see a celebrity. We could understand the realism there if customers at nearby tables whispered excitedly to each other about the celebrity without getting up from their seats. Maybe one or two people might ask for an autograph before returning to their seat. But the enthusiasm for celebrities in The Sims 4 is so over-the-top that the whole venue ceases to function, which is not realistic at all. The staff typically don’t abandon their duties to go scream and take pictures. Other customers might be excited but they aren’t likely to crowd around the celebrity’s table shrieking and passing out in a restaurant setting. After all, everyone is there to eat food. Usually expensive food. So they’re not going to abandon their food at their table.

The Sims 4 Dine Out has been FIXED! (by a modder)
This is why we were so happy to see Brytani Cho, a Proper Celebrity, walk into our restaurant and absolutely no one reacted to her. Okay, maybe a celebrity of that stature being completely ignored is pretty unrealistic, but it’s still far more preferable to the chaotic circus show that ordinarily would have ensued. Brytani being there didn’t distract the staff at all. Other customers didn’t get up from their seats to go crowd around her table. Paparazzi didn’t follow Brytani inside the restaurant to stand next to her table taking pictures. She was still a celebrity but was treated like any non-famous customer.

The Sims 4 Dine Out has been FIXED! (by a modder)
So what do we think about the Dine Out Reloaded portion of Carl’s Gameplay Mod? Well suffice it to say we’re pretty excited about it! A lot of the nuisances that ordinarily would have us pulling our hair out have been alleviated. Running a restaurant feels like running a restaurant and not like trying to put out a flaming circus tent.

The Gameplay Overhaul mod, including the new Dine Out Reloaded features, is now free for the public to download right now! Grab it from Carl’s Patreon!

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Rizky Muzakir
Rizky Muzakir
3 years ago

Carl did it again… makes me think whether any money is spend on programming

Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson
3 years ago

Neat. Too bad that is comes in one ginormous mod. I like to run my game as mod free as possible, and would have loved a stand along Dine Out fix. This mod meddles with things I have no issues with, and if all my years of gameplay have learned me something, it is not to fill the game with mods you don’t really need.

docette2015
docette2015
3 years ago
Reply to  Bibi Andersson

I totally understand that — but fortunately, Carl actually just this week made a stand-alone version of the Dine-Out fixes! https://www.patreon.com/posts/dine-out-v2-64188681 So you don’t have to miss out if you don’t want. 🙂

Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson
3 years ago
Reply to  docette2015

Thank you. Downloading as I type.

Murp
Murp
3 years ago

Carl is a blessing to us who are cursed by Maxis’ negligence.

Samantha Simpson
Samantha Simpson
3 years ago

I really, really hope that the next Pack Refresh IS DINE OUT! That way, those who has absolutely no clue how to install mods, or in some cases, activate them in the Game Settings, can get a more smooth Dine Out experience. I think that, next to My Wedding Stories, Dine Out is the most bugged Game Pack The Sims 4 has – and I don’t even have My Wedding Stories, because, like I told my dad, I wouldn’t be buying it until I’ve watched a streamer play with it after the second free patch update for My Wedding Stories, that, and I’m most likely going to wait until it and the newest kit, Décor to the Max Kit, is on sale, tho, there’s currently a Sims 4 sale going and I haven’t seen a single Kit on sale ever, not even on the second or 3rd sales after the releases of Country Kitchen Kit, Throwback Fit Kit and Bust the Dust Kit were released, and those 3 kits were released all at once. Point is, new packs/kits aren’t on sale the first sale after it’s released, but the packs are on sale the 2nd or 3rd time there’s a Sims 4 sale after the packs are released, but for My Wedding Stories, it doesn’t seem to be the case. Still, I’m not gonna get the Game Pack before it’s less buggy.
And I just switched tabs to The Sims 4 and the in-game music scared me because I forgot my laptop is connected to the TV in the basement

Shelly Ernst
Shelly Ernst
3 years ago

Stupid question..I have been playing for years but have just recently gotten into downloading mods and CC. With this stand alone mod for Dine Out, do you put the mod and the ts4script downloads in the mod file? Do I even download both? I’m sorry if this is silly. I’m just trying to make sure I know what I’m doing so I don’t mess anything up. Thank you!

SherwoodSpirit
SherwoodSpirit
3 years ago

I’ve been a fan of Carl’s since I started using his guides back in Sims 3. So proud of him for stepping up and FIXING the bugfest that is Dine Out. Especially where celebrities are concerned. I was playtesting my retail store when I installed Get Famous, and instantly regretted it when it basically shut my store down and made it unplayable. I would get multiple celebs in the shop at the same time, all with their hordes of followers and paparazzi. They clogged the aisles, made it impossible for customers to reach merchandise; everyone in the store including my shop owner turned into gibbering idiots and you could NOT make them stop taking pictures or fawning over the celebs. Plus ALL paparazzi have the Kleptomaniac trait so they were stealing me blind. It literally broke my store until I downloaded the Teleport Any Sim mod so I could click on a sim and tell them to Just Go Away, and I went all cas.fulleditmode on the paparazzi and changed their Klepto traits to something more suitable that would mess with their aspirations the most. Like for family oriented sims, I changed them to Non Commital & Hates Children. I got my petty revenge with traits like Slob, Squeamish, Clumsy, Erratic, Loner, etc, etc.
I can’t wait to see what Carl will do next. He’s putting Maxis to shame.