Dine Out: Broken pack with lost potential?

"Pamtastic72;c-17870518" wrote:
I quit downloading player built restaurants and it solved a lot of issues for me. Now I either use the restaurants that shipped with the pack or use them as models in terms of spacing and table numbers for my own builds.

A lot of problems occur if there is too much clutter in the space especially decor that takes up floor space, not enough empty tiles around/between tables (you need at least one full tile, two is ideal). Not leaving enough space near the hostess station, sims will bottle neck if it’s too cramped. Over decorating the kitchen and having too many tables also causes routing issues and bottle necks.

There is a limit to how many sims will show up in a restaurant at one time. I think it’s around 12 not including staff so 6-8 tables maximum should do. Mods that increase this limit also foul things up badly because the game mechanics don’t know what to do with all those extra sims. Bathrooms having at least 2 toilets and sinks helps too, but isn’t mandatory.

There is a lot of back and forth floor traffic in restaurants which can cause massive routing issues and simulation lag if your build isn’t designed for it, or you insist on cluttering up floor space with decor or unnecessary tables, or by trying to mod your game in a way that overwhelms the capacity the game was designed to handle.

That's very intresting! As a story-driven player I rarely make my own builds, usually opting to save time and download one from the gallery. Curious now as to whether i made one using the base game dine-out venue if it would be less buggy/glitchy.
Definitely, something I'll have to try myself.

Perhaps the bugs come in the process of uploading lots to the gallery and then downloading them & playing, perhaps that changes routing or somehow creates some bugs in the lot which makes dine out buggy.