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Dining Improvements

by jonasn Posted 1st Nov 2023 at 10:13 PM
 
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Field Researcher
#2 Old 2nd Nov 2023 at 8:54 PM
Thanks for these! Here's a conflict report:

1. midgethetree_diningtablesizemod.package --> Dining_Table_Selection.package
BHAV: 0x200D - Find - Table for Party (0x7FDFFE55)
Sounds like your mod does the same as midge's mod and more so an easy swap there

2. Simler90_DiningMods_DiningGroupMod.package --> Dining_Form_Party_With_Anyone.package
BHAV: 0x205D - NPC - Form Group (0x7FDFFE55)
Sounds like these have the same idea, perhaps Simler's is slightly more detailed?

3. Simler90_DiningMods_RestaurantFoodBarDrinkFix.package --> Dining_Meal_Owner.package
BHAV: 0x2008 - Interaction - Eat - TEST (0x7F8834C8)
BHAV: 0x2020 - Function - Serve This Table (0x7FDFFE55)
BHAV: 0x2054 - Function - Serve This Island Mix (0x7FDFFE55)
Fixes the same thing, perhaps with a different approach?

4. Simler90_SocialAutoMod-UPDATE4.package --> Dining_Reliable_Seating.package
BHAV: 0x206A - Dining - Enter Dining (0x7FDFFE55)
Simler's mod prevents other sims from autonomously interacting with sims who are currently dining, would be cool to see this integrated into your mod or a patch made but your mod fixes a bigger annoyance in my opinion so I'd just let it load after the Social Auto mod

5. Simler90_TownieBudgetMod-UPDATE11.package --> Dining_Actions_Limited_by_Motives.package
BHAV: 0x204D - Interaction - Be Seated At Bar TEST (0x7FDFFE55)
BHAV: 0x2005 - Interaction - Be Seated TEST (0x7FDFFE55)
This conflict is the only real problem for me, its a dilemma because I really like what both mods do. Simler's makes it so that townies who can't afford dining won't be seated, I love that feature, but I also like the sound of your mod too. I would absolutely love a compatibility patch.
Scholar
Original Poster
#3 Old 2nd Nov 2023 at 10:19 PM
These are straightforward ideas, and likely have been explored by other people. My mods work in lower expansion packs. You can still grab someone's food to clean in Seasons and earlier, but that shouldn't happen automatically. (I don't want to change cleaning because there is a potential for improvement in another mod.)

People can form party with anyone whom they know, and pull people into dining who are near. A family with a child might eat with him. Otherwise friendly people would rarely meet. Perhaps there are situations where additional restrictions should be added. I don't see a need to consider different families: if they are visitors on the lot and not working or with the player, they can eat.

People are immune to socials in Dining_Reliable_Seating.package. That was such a small change that I forgot to mention it. The host should also be open for interaction.

I can't think how to integrate a budget mod so that restaurant also works normally.
Forum Resident
THANKS POST
#4 Old 4th Nov 2023 at 5:43 PM
Like these ideas - have conflicts 2, 3 and 4 and will see if changing load order gets around any problems.
Instructor
#5 Old 10th Nov 2023 at 10:08 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Sims2Maven
Like these ideas - have conflicts 2, 3 and 4 and will see if changing load order gets around any problems.

1-3 are conflicts because they do the same things. There's no point in having all of them. Just pick whichever has the fuctionality you like best.

One difference between Dining Meal Owner and Restaurant Food Bar Drink Fix is that jonasn's mod works with Cyjon's No Spoiled Food-Zombie, and simler's mod doesn't.
Test Subject
#6 Old 16th Jul 2024 at 8:09 PM
Hi!
Does "Dining Get Seated Without Delay" mean that when a sim enters a restaurant, he won't stop at the host podium and will just seat at a table/the counter?
Is it possibile to not have a host and a podium then?
Scholar
Original Poster
#7 Old 17th Jul 2024 at 2:46 PM
Quote: Originally posted by TRamp94
Does "Dining Get Seated Without Delay" mean that when a sim enters a restaurant, he won't stop at the host podium and will just seat at a table/the counter?
Is it possibile to not have a host and a podium then?

No. You still initiate the interaction on the podium. But then your group jumps to going to their seats instead of following the host. It looks almost the same when 1 person goes to eat. This makes the group get to the table faster. Normally the other members are called only after the leader reaches the table, and they may walk away to a bubble blower or something like that.