Restaurant Lots Not Available on all lots

WillBMoore · June 2016

Has anyone else noticed that some lots don't have restaurant in the drop down lot menu. I cannot figure out a rhyme or reason to it. I even started a completely new game to see if that would help and it did not.

rosemow · June 2016

Hello,
Try coming completely out of the game. Then go back in again and see if the same thing is occurring.

Repairing the game may help. To do that, right click on the sims 4 picture in Origin and click repair.

ceejay402 · June 2016

WillBMoore wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed that some lots don't have restaurant in the drop down lot menu. I cannot figure out a rhyme or reason to it. I even started a completely new game to see if that would help and it did not.

I'll test to see if I too have the problem

LadyMaetrix · June 2016

I tried to place the restaurant and it wouldn't let me so I had to exit, repair and restart but I am not being prompted to place the restaurant now. Where can I find the restaurant to place it?

rosemow · June 2016

LadyMaetrix wrote: »

I tried to place the restaurant and it wouldn't let me so I had to exit, repair and restart but I am not being prompted to place the restaurant now. Where can I find the restaurant to place it?

Hello @LadyMaetrix
The restaurants are in your library section of the Gallery.

LadyMaetrix · June 2016

Thank you very much!!!

rosemow · June 2016

LadyMaetrix wrote: »

Thank you very much!!!

You're welcome

WillBMoore · June 2016

repairing and restarting didn't correct it...earlier I had to go back to a saved version from yesterday because placing the restaurants screwed the lot up and blacked the selections out which has been a bug for a long time with this game...I still can only build a restaurant on certain lots and because of the other issue cannot just put one down because then that lot will never be usable for any other lot type. Hopefully there will be a correction soon.

WillBMoore · June 2016

Windenburg is the only place I can build a restaurant at the moment. Is there some place I should report this other than here?

rosemow · June 2016

Hello
Do you have any cc/mods in your game? If you do, move your mods folder to the desktop. Then start the game and test to see if the issue is still there.

Try also resetting your sims 4 folder and see if that helps. To do that, move your sims 4 folder ( that is in Documents -Electronic Arts - then the sims 4 folder is there ) to the desktop. Then start the game, and a new sims 4 folder will be generated. Exit the game and then copy back the "options.ini" and "ReticulatedSplinesView" files and the "saves" , "screenshots" "tray" "custom music " and "mods" folders from the desktop sims 4 folder to the new sims 4 folder, replacing the new generated files/ folders with the old files/folders from the desktop sims 4 folder .

ceejay402 · June 2016

ok i tested almost all world/neighborhoods and could at manage world go to a lot built up or not and select restaurant and build

ive also placed restaurants via managed world

do you have anything in your mods folder if so pull the whole thing out and try again. if not start a new game and see if a new game performs without the glitch

and let me know if you are doing something different than what i tested; be happy to test further

Deexx1 · June 2016

I just purchased Dine Out..tried taking a family to restaurant and the world automatically populated.. I logged out, logged back in to select a family' doesn't do anything' just auto populates the world. Can someone help?

rosemow · June 2016

Deexx1 wrote: »

I just purchased Dine Out..tried taking a family to restaurant and the world automatically populated.. I logged out, logged back in to select a family' doesn't do anything' just auto populates the world. Can someone help?

Hello.
Are you are unable to select a sims household to play in the game? Are you able to go to map view and select a household?
Do you have cc/mods in your game? If you do, move your mods folder to the desktop. Then start the game and test to see if the issue is still there.

Simburian · June 2016

WillBMoore wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed that some lots don't have restaurant in the drop down lot menu. I cannot figure out a rhyme or reason to it. I even started a completely new game to see if that would help and it did not.

Can you let us know what lots you cannot place them so that we can do a double check?

WillBMoore · June 2016

I can place/build on any lot in Windenburg, but no other towns allow me to go to a lot in build mode and select "restaurant" from the lot menu to build. I will check the mods I use, I've been playing this game since the first version so not a novice to Sims issues and not aware of any mod that would affect any lot type...also if it was a mod, it should affect all towns, not just all but one.

WillBMoore · June 2016

I can place one of the ones from the gallery but it then screws the lot up and says it's a special lot and cannot be changed for anything other than in this case the restaurant. That's been an issue with this game from the beginning that they've known about and still not been able to fix, but I have learned not to place a lot without already selecting what the lot type is before I place it to avoid that issue, however when I cannot select the lot type i.e. restaurant, it screwed the lot up and had to go back to the previous day's save.

rosemow · June 2016

Hello.
Repairing the game may help. To do that, right click on the sims 4 picture in Origin and click repair.

Try resetting your sims 4 folder and see if that helps. To do that, move your sims 4 folder ( that is in Documents -Electronic Arts - then the sims 4 folder is there ) to the desktop. Then start the game, and a new sims 4 folder will be generated.
Start a new game and test to see if you can place the lot in that new save game.
Exit the game and then copy back the "options.ini" and "ReticulatedSplinesView" files and the "saves" , "screenshots" "tray" "custom music " and "mods" folders from the desktop sims 4 folder to the new sims 4 folder, replacing the new generated files/ folders with the old files/folders from the desktop sims 4 folder .

BMamba74 · June 2016

WillBMoore wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed that some lots don't have restaurant in the drop down lot menu. I cannot figure out a rhyme or reason to it. I even started a completely new game to see if that would help and it did not.

I was having that problem and found out that it was the Venue List Mod that was causing it. Took it out and 'restaurants' showed up in the menu. I figure it had to be the culprit considering the copy I had hadn't been updated since 2015...took one guess. If you have that....remove it.

rosemow · June 2016

BMamba74 wrote: »

WillBMoore wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed that some lots don't have restaurant in the drop down lot menu. I cannot figure out a rhyme or reason to it. I even started a completely new game to see if that would help and it did not.

I was having that problem and found out that it was the Venue List Mod that was causing it. Took it out and 'restaurants' showed up in the menu. I figure it had to be the culprit considering the copy I had hadn't been updated since 2015...took one guess. If you have that....remove it.

Hello
Thankyou for posting the name of the mod that was causing the issue in your game.
It would be good if you could also post it on this thread which lists broken mods
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/889265/broken-updated-mods-not-cc-june-2-patch-dine-out-gp

BMamba74 · June 2016

rosemow wrote: »

BMamba74 wrote: »

WillBMoore wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed that some lots don't have restaurant in the drop down lot menu. I cannot figure out a rhyme or reason to it. I even started a completely new game to see if that would help and it did not.

I was having that problem and found out that it was the Venue List Mod that was causing it. Took it out and 'restaurants' showed up in the menu. I figure it had to be the culprit considering the copy I had hadn't been updated since 2015...took one guess. If you have that....remove it.

Hello
Thankyou for posting the name of the mod that was causing the issue in your game.
It would be good if you could also post it on this thread which lists broken mods

Sure....done deal!

rosemow · June 2016

BMamba74 wrote: »

rosemow wrote: »

BMamba74 wrote: »

WillBMoore wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed that some lots don't have restaurant in the drop down lot menu. I cannot figure out a rhyme or reason to it. I even started a completely new game to see if that would help and it did not.

I was having that problem and found out that it was the Venue List Mod that was causing it. Took it out and 'restaurants' showed up in the menu. I figure it had to be the culprit considering the copy I had hadn't been updated since 2015...took one guess. If you have that....remove it.

Hello
Thankyou for posting the name of the mod that was causing the issue in your game.
It would be good if you could also post it on this thread which lists broken mods

Sure....done deal!

Thankyou for your helpfulness It will help other simmers who have the same issue.

BMamba74 · June 2016

For those who were using Venue List Mod, it's been updated on Zerbu's site. Sorry I'm too young to post links!

rosemow · June 2016

BMamba74 wrote: »

For those who were using Venue List Mod, it's been updated on Zerbu's site. Sorry I'm too young to post links!

Hello.
This is a link to zerbu's site and the updated version is listed there.
http://zerbu.tumblr.com

ceejay402 · June 2016

WillBMoore wrote: »

I can place/build on any lot in Windenburg, but no other towns allow me to go to a lot in build mode and select "restaurant" from the lot menu to build. I will check the mods I use, I've been playing this game since the first version so not a novice to Sims issues and not aware of any mod that would affect any lot type...also if it was a mod, it should affect all towns, not just all but one.

ok please reset the files and run a clean test - the mod conflict can be something not even knowable outside of reviewing code

how to reset your sims 4 files, pull your my documents/electronic arts/sim 4 folder to the desktop and run a test game if this fixes the problem you can move back old files to the new but test for problems:

files to move back (but again test each move)
saves - game save
options.ini - game settings
screenshots
custom music
mods folder - IMPORTANT: only return updated mods or mods deemed fine by modder for your game patch; outdated mods can corrupt save files and user feedback isnt enough proof that a mod isnt conflicting with new game coding
tray folder - all your saved builds and sims

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