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greenean71
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Sims can't make food

Hello everyone. I have a Sim household who recently had a dinner party and now they can't make any kind of food. They will start to make food but then stop half way and I get the "routing" bubble with the red exclamation point and they walk away. This affects both Sims in my household if either one try and make food. It does this with any type of food including the Gourmet food too. I have checked a few other lots and it seems like it's only on one lot. I have reset both Sims in the household, replaced the counters, stove, and fridge. Is this a known issue after having a dinner party? 

  • EDIT: I figured it out. Right after the dinner party, I got the Master Chef Pot Rack reward and placed it in the kitchen above the stove and counter they prepare food on. Turns out, the Pot Rack was blocking the stove and the counter and I ended up moving the Rack back a few tiles and it solved my issue. I think when they started to make the food and started tossing up knives, etc, the Rack was in the way and they couldn't walk under it to get to the stove.

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  • @greenean71 Hi!  The first thing I would check is the oven.  Perhaps something got stuck in there during your dinner party.  I had that happen a few times while cooking a grand meal for holidays.  Somehow the sim got reset while cooking and I could see there was something in the oven but no way to get it out without replacing the oven.  If that's not the issue, check to see if there are any items around the fridge, countertops and oven that might be blocking your sims.

  • EDIT: I figured it out. Right after the dinner party, I got the Master Chef Pot Rack reward and placed it in the kitchen above the stove and counter they prepare food on. Turns out, the Pot Rack was blocking the stove and the counter and I ended up moving the Rack back a few tiles and it solved my issue. I think when they started to make the food and started tossing up knives, etc, the Rack was in the way and they couldn't walk under it to get to the stove.

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