a little late since other have shared pics but I send one anyway

Here too. No mods.

Same. There's an X depicting the item in the cooking menu, and when a Sim makes it, the result is an invisible object, and the duplicate item in inventory (the Sim used food prep) is also represented by an X and can't be removed from inventory or placed in their world. Help! :)

Apologies for a second post, but I wanted to be sure this was seen.

I conducted an experiment that worked:

On a generic lot, containing an all-purpose building, I placed sports day and science day market stalls. (I never knew these existed until now!) Each of my two Sims hired a vendor, each of whom went to tend a stall.

Separately, at the two stalls, each of my Sims bought a corn dog. The purchases went through, an invisible item was placed on the counter (lol), and my Sims went to sit separately nearby, where each ate the invisible corndog.

As they finished, the empty plate materialized in each Sim's hand, and each disposed of it as Sims do, "tossing" it aside as it vanished in midair.

So there's that, if this is any help for playing or for fixing an issue. :)

Noticed also that the corndog had a red X in the cooking menu so I tried to make it and as others mentioned, it disappears. I thought it was a mod conflict so I tested after removing all mods and deleting the cache files and the problem continued confirming that the corndog error is not mod related but an error in the game itself

My sim autonomously grabbed a corn dog. The game crossed out the activity in the queue. The sim held an invisible plate, and then ate the corn dog, which appeared and disappeared again. When placed on the table, the plate reappeared.

Expected behavior: The plate and food should be visible during the whole activity. The food should only disappear when the activity is finished/the food is eaten. 

I play on PC (Windows 11), have never played with mods or CC, and this is a new save.

Invisible plate & food

Plate is still invisible, food appears when eaten

Plate and food reappear when plate is placed on the table

Food disappears when being placed on plate, plate is still visible

I'm going to merge these. Just create a new thread if you see the same with other food.

I am seeing the same thing in my game as reported in awesomekaw and sadaque123's screenshots at the ThriftTea.

[CRITICAL] Corndog Recipe Completely Invisible and Unusable - Post-Adventure Awaits Patch

Product: The Sims 4
Platform: PC (Windows 11 10.0.26100)
Language: English
Game Version: 1.118.257.1020-1.300.000.223.Release
Packs Installed: All expansion packs (including Adventure Awaits), all game packs, all stuff packs (except Bust the Dust), all owned kits
Mods/CC: None - 100% vanilla game, never used mods. Mod/CC options explicitly disabled in game settings.
Installation: Fresh install of EA App and The Sims 4 on brand new PC (tested on both existing save and completely fresh installation)
Frequency: Every time (100%)
Issue Started: After Adventure Awaits expansion release (October 2, 2025 patch)

Bug Description

When cooking Corndogs, the recipe appears with a blank icon (red X placeholder), and upon completion, the food item is completely invisible. The invisible object temporarily blocks the cooking surface until save/reload, making the recipe completely unusable and wasting simoleons and Sim time.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new Sim or use existing household
2. Build Cooking skill to Level 2 (when Corndogs unlock)
3. Select "Cook... > Corndog" from refrigerator or stove
4. Allow cooking animation to complete

What Happens

In Cooking Menu:

• Corndog recipe shows blank icon with red X instead of proper food image

During Cooking:

• Cooking animations play normally
• Sim completes the cooking interaction

Upon Completion:

• NO visual food item appears - completely invisible
• Sim acts as if food was created (gets completion notification)
• Counter becomes temporarily unusable - Sim routes to different counter for next cooking action
• Invisible object occupies space on counter (has collision detection)
• After save/reload, invisible object clears and counter becomes usable again

Cannot Be Removed By:

• Clicking (object is invisible)
• Build/Buy mode (doesn't appear)
• bb.moveobjects on cheat (doesn't reveal it)
• Any other cheat or workaround
• Only clears after save/exit/reload

What Should Happen

• Corndog should have proper icon in cooking menu
• Finished food should be visible on counter/in Sim's hand
• Sim should be able to eat or serve the corndog
• Counter should remain usable after cooking

Testing Evidence - Two Scenarios

TEST 1: Existing Save on Initial Installation

Save Details:

• Household with 3 Sims, all with crafting skills
• Save file had been played for multiple sessions post-Adventure Awaits

Results:

• Corndog icon: Blank with red X ✓
• Food visibility: Completely invisible ✓
• Counter blocking: Appeared to block counter, Sim routed to different surface ✓
• Persistence: Unknown (did not test save/reload on this save)

Technical Errors Generated:

• Multiple lastException errors logged:

Exception in Sim Timeline: Exception running Element (AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'simoleon_value_multiplier') Traceback: File "crafting_grab_serving_mixin.py", line 70, in _setup_crafted_object File "crafting_process.py", line 1429, in apply_simoleon_value AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'simoleon_value_multiplier'

• Errors occurred at: 00:53:21, 01:04:29, 01:04:38, 01:04:46, 01:04:54
• Game became progressively laggier with each error

TEST 2: Fresh Save on Fresh Installation (After Complete Uninstall/Reinstall)

Installation Process:

1. Completely uninstalled The Sims 4 and EA App
2. Deleted entire "Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4" folder
3. Emptied recycle bin (no recovery possible)
4. Fresh reinstall of EA App
5. Fresh reinstall of The Sims 4 with all owned content
6. Configured game settings (mods/CC explicitly disabled)
7. Created brand new save file with new Sim

Save Details:

• Single Sim (Casey Sinclair), Critter Hunter aspiration
• Traits: Loves Outdoors, Loner, Practice Makes Perfect
• Brand new lot in Gibbi Point (Adventure Awaits world)
• No legacy data, no previous saves

Results:

• Corndog icon: Blank with red X ✓ (screenshot available)
• Food visibility: Completely invisible ✓ (video available)
• Counter blocking: Sim routes to different counter ✓
• After save/reload: Invisible object clears, counter becomes usable again ✓
• Video evidence captured showing full sequence

Technical Errors Generated:

• NONE - No lastException files created despite bug occurring
• Bug fails silently without error logging
• Makes automatic bug detection impossible

Additional Observation:

• Game auto-created "Mods" folder with resource.cfg file during gameplay
• Folder contains no actual mods (only the config file)
• This occurred despite mods/CC being explicitly disabled in settings
• Suggests potential issues with file handling in current patch

Impact

🔴 BREAKS CORE GAMEPLAY

• Cooking system partially unusable (at minimum this specific recipe, potentially others)
• Wastes simoleons on invisible food
• Wastes Sim time on unusable recipes
• Temporarily blocks cooking surfaces (until save/reload)

🔴 AFFECTS VANILLA GAME

• No mods or CC involved
• Occurs after game repair
• Occurs in brand new saves on fresh installations
• Cannot be fixed by standard troubleshooting

🔴 100% REPRODUCIBLE

• Tested on existing save: Bug present ✓
• Tested after game repair: Bug present ✓
• Tested on fresh installation: Bug present ✓
• Tested in new save on fresh install: Bug present ✓

Suspected Cause

Adventure Awaits patch appears to have corrupted or missing recipe definitions for Corndogs (and potentially other recipes). The game:

• Cannot load the proper icon texture
• Cannot spawn the visual food model
• Creates the object's collision data but not its visual representation
• Fails to assign proper monetary value (simoleon_value_multiplier returns None in older saves)

System Information

• OS: Windows 11 10.0.26100
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
• Origin Version: 13,566,0,6079
• PC: Brand new system with fresh Windows installation

Media Evidence Available

• Screenshot: Blank corndog icon in cooking menu
• Video: Complete sequence showing corndog cooking and vanishing
• lastException.txt from older save (available if needed)

Related Issues

I am also experiencing a separate but potentially related bug with "Paint from Reference" paintings losing their image data. See my other bug report: [link when posted]

Can anyone else reproduce this issue with Corndogs in vanilla games with the current patch?

EA: This breaks a core cooking recipe in vanilla gameplay and needs urgent attention.

Don't know how to give you the video I captured.

The reason seems to be that the food object is missing a lot of infos like images, model lod etc. (see picture)