Dine Out Reloaded v3.1 - New Features!
$5 Patrons can Download 3.1 Here!
Several new features have made their way into Dine Out Reloaded since the big 3.0 release. The amount of support you all have shown me has been incredible, so I want to listen to all you have to say and make an effort to bring new options to the table.
Larger Groups
Ever hated how at most, only one child can come with a family? Wish the game would bring in larger groups than just 2 Sims? You can do this now! Choose extra child diners and this number can (possibly) arrive with a family. Increase the max on standard diners, and larger groups of Sims can arrive. You can get up to 8 Sims at one table. Smaller groups are more likely, though you're generally guaranteed an average of at least 2 more.
Diners Pick Up Meals
Want a fast food vibe in your restaurant without using waiters to deliver food? Turn on Guests Pick Up Meals. This will call guests to the chef station to grab their own platter when it's ready to be served. You still need to take orders, but this option can help save some money early in a restaurant's life.
Take Seat
Players who are dining in NPC restaurants can now just claim a table when the option 'Guests Seat Themselves' is turned on, so you can pick whichever you want without interacting with the host.
Better Spawning & Max Waiting Groups
Since 3.0 I have worked to make Sims spawn in a more intelligent manner. In 3.1 you not only get the new ability to set the maximum number of waiting groups (total tables minus current eating Sims), each group will finish spawning before a new group can start. Note you should still use the host station to disable new customers if you would like to finish serving Sims before closing.
Super Smart Dish Collection System
As you can see, nearly everything new is entirely optional, save one thing: The new Smart Dish Collection System I created for Dine Out. This persists across the entire game, as I had to change how the game handles dishes directly. This makes Sims consider how close each dish is to their current location and even prioritizes items they are facing. They'll be have much more like humans when picking up stacks of dishes. No more zig-zag across the lot. This massively cuts down how long it takes to clean.
Future Plans
I have several cool ideas I want to implement in the next version. Sims will be able to order takeout from player owned restaurants, meaning they will not want to eat. They'll order ahead and come to pick up their food. This will not only keep chefs busy, but also increase the profitability of restaurants.
The lovely Ravasheen is helping me with an order counter. This will aid players in knowing exactly how many orders the chef currently has, so you will know visually when an order comes in for you to cook.
I also want guests to put in orders at the chef station on their own. This will mean that a lone chef could run a restaurant.
In addition to these ideas, stretch goals include the ability to operate buffets! Cook a variety of meals and instead of platters, Sims will grab plates from the buffet. The whole family will go up, just like a real life buffet experience.
Comments (52)
Thank you for this mod! I love it but am having problems playing as chef - my Sim just cooks for awhile then pops her arms up in a 'reset object' style, then won't cook any more. Also, my waiter just stands in place and won't deliver food. I have the settings set to only 1 group waiting, and it's a v small restaurant. Settings also set correctly re waiters deliver food, etc.
Sorry! Edit to add - is it supposed to be the case that once you start cooking, you shouldn't have your chef Sim do any other task? I queue up my chef (while cooking) to praise the waiter, and it's after that she won't pick up cooking again.
Carl, you're a motherloving genius, and I've had way more fun playing with your mod than I ever did with Dine Out. It worked great for the first few weeks, but for the last coupla days, my guests won't seat themselves (with the correct settings selected). Then, if I change it to "host seats," and hire a host, the host just answers the phone the whole time and doesn't sit anyone, either. Any pointers? Thank you so much. WIDLY thankful. <3
Thank you for this mod, Carl. It is a game changer, as are all your mods! I am experiencing the time bug with my customers nearly every time now. They get their meal, and eat it, then no options to interact with them, but they act as if they are still waiting on service. Of course, their star rating drops to "1" after that. Then they leave. :) I think you mentioned that was fixed, but maybe I'm wrong. Just giving you a heads up though. Thanks again for all your amazing mods!
I'm having the same issue above with the crashing when editing custom food menu for a restaurant specifically the meal portion. When I take your mod out it let's me edit it fine. But once it's in it crashes my game every time.
I ended up clearing local thumbnail cache and it worked at least the next time i ted. def save before editing menus clear local thumbnail cache and it should work. still having this issue
Do you have plans for a sous-chef? I would love an assistant in the kitchen.
the game has error every time I travel to my restaurant
I know I might be a bit late to help you but we found in James Turner's video thanks to DeeSims guidance that the game saved bad objects on the restaurant lot. This is why players can't travel back. One thing you can do is put the lot on the gallery and replace the lot. I think James also tried building room tool over the areas were they saw the bad items while looking at the lot in edit mode.
Hi Carl, I just want to thank you! The first time I bought Dine Out I was super excited but I got highly disappointed and frustrated after playing it.Your mod literally bought joy to the pack! I saw the video, where James Turner played it and two days ago I installed the free 3.0 version. I had so much fun, that I just needed to support you and also play test the 3.1 version and I love it! Thanks for fixing it!
I got scared for a moment reading your comment then realized what you meant. Thanks SO MUCH for your support and for letting me know it was fun to play with. I have more coming :)
i installed you latest Dine out Reloaded and Gameplay Overhaul and The Gametime Dev Mod says your two Mods conflict with one another. And so does Twisted Mexi Best exception Mod does as well. Will that cause problems?
Probably not. Sorry I'm late, holidays and all that.
I ended up moving it out of a subfolder within my mods folder and it worked! Now I can't seem to get patrons to come to the restaurant they spawn in the world but wont take a seat unless my sim walks over to them and seat them, I have guests seat themselves on. Im trying to run a reastarant with a couple and no staff. I do get the orange noti that the restaurant is not functional every time I open
OK important question then. Is the host station accessible to guests? They would route there THEN seat themselves. So it sounds possible they can't access it. It's a theory, anyway :)
Hi, Carl! I wanted to run something by you to see if you can help but when I have Dine Reloaded installed I can't edit a restaurant menu without my game crashing. If I remove the mod, I can edit the menu. I installed everything properly and I dont have the mods you listed that conflict. Any suggestions
Hi Dee. Do you have any custom foods? My mod doesn't interfere with the menu generation so I can only imagine it is some conflict with some other mod that could be interfering with restaurants. I have no idea how many out there might do so! It's definitely an unknown. We are able to edit menus fine with or without the mod.
Hey Carl, I dont get the menu on the floor when I shift click... I enabled everything accordingly T.T pls help
Testingcheats On? Is the mod running correctly otherwise. Does it generate a log in the mods folder that shows it to be working?
I'm having issues with the staff just standing still not moving
Hi! I've been having an issue with diners not closing their bill and leaving. when they finish their meals they just stand up and linger and then get a mood that its taking too long even when they have already eaten. Any solve for this so that they pay and solidify their rating when they finish?
Sorry to hear this. I'm working hard on DO but it still has issues. I'm going to have to reproduce some of these myself to figure out how to fix it. One tip is to never ever take order a 2nd time, it's a bug I need to fix.
Don't know why but sometimes diners will suddenly stand up while eating or their food will appear on the ground and they won't be able to eat it.
Dine Out tries to make Sims sit, but sometimes they are allowed to do something and it causes them to stand. I'm not sure why. It's very hard to track down AI problems. I have a new build up that helps with issues you might experience with diners, if you'd like to join our discord https://discord.gg/ze4eejPp -- a new build is up in the testing channel.
Same thing is happening with me , no option appears just the teleport option. I have checked everything i dont know what else to do
Hmmm. I don't know why, but I can't open the mod settings in game to edit my restaurant. I have testing cheats on. The option won't come up.
Try go to 'game option' menu. Then choose 'other'. Tick 'enable custom content and mode'. Tick also 'script mods allowed'. Apply change then Restart the game. It works for me.
Honestly Carl is putting in the work EA should have, shame on Maxis for not doing this, hire Carl EA you need him to show them the ropes.
Here because of James Turner. I didn't even have the Dining Out package and bought it because of this mod.
I can't even express how excited I am for this mod!! Dine out is always such a bummer for all the missed gameplay potential and this mod fixes all of it! Your an amazing modder, thank you so much for this
this mod needs a fix alot of things are glitching
I joined as patron and downloaded 3.1 but all waiters are missing in every restaurant. What happened?
I see a lot of improvement in the dining side of things! Are there any plans (and I may have missed this) to speed up food delivery when your sim is the customer? Sims are still waiting about 2-3 sim hours for their meal which is excessive. I have not downloaded 3.1 yet, but will today.
Try the "bribe" interaction when you pick a table. It has $100 next to it. This lets your Sim cut in line to be the first one the chef will cook for!
Cool! If guests can put in orders at the chef station, fast food joints can act like them instead of just look like them!
Yeah I'm really excited to share all the new stuff I need to make ... I think it might take a while but the ideas are really solid. Sous chefs and walk-up restaurants, take out restaurants... so much potential
I love this mod; I'm finally able to enjoy a pack I bought 6 years ago! Maybe I am missing a setting that already exists, but I would like a way to establish Head Chef vs. Sous Chef when operating with 2 chefs. Right now my hired chef is making the bulk of the orders, but I prefer that my player chef (who has higher cooking skill) has first priority.
So check it. After seeing your message and some chat in my discord, I believe I have the solution to this and think players will love it. I can make it so that you can tag the other chefs as Sous Chef, which means they will help speed up your Sim when they are cooking but will NOT plate the meals. So having a sous chef will speed up your Sim's interactions, having 2 will do it more. This is the type of thing I think could solve the problem but also add some realism to the game.
getting some errors and last exceptions. IDKY it doesnt seem to be anything major. im using the 3.1 version
same here, had to remove.
Joined as a patron for the month as a thanks for this amazing mod! It really is gamechanging!
Oh this mod makes my heart so happy. Thank you
I have player counts as chef on but Chef 1 keeps turning up for work?
I fired my chefs
I love playing with dine out now. I’m excited for the next updates!
Thank you so much Carl! You are amazing!
Brilliant! Can't wait to try out the new features. Thanks, Carl!
You keep delivering! Thanks again for making this game enjoyable!
Ugh YES we love a RavasheenXCarls collab 😍
I had to admit that the previous version made an excellent job, I can't wait to have more excellent features from this overall
Looking forward to 3.1
Go get it! :) Let me know how it goes.