Srsly's Complete Cooking Overhaul

I created Srsly's Complete Cooking Overhaul to make all of the cooking in the game to be more immersive and realistic. To me, cooking was very boring. I missed having to actually shop for my groceries and needing to think about what my Sim could afford. That is exactly what this mod does.

Current Version of SCCO: 1.8.1

Main Mod Requires Get to Work! All other packs have optional files.

Grocery Shopping

With this mod, you are able to shop for groceries in The Sims 4. 

You can purchase everything you would ever need for cooking with ease.

New "Shop for Groceries" Interaction found on:

- Mobile Phone (Child-Elder)
- All Computers
- The "Slablet" Tablet
- All Cash Registers (Get to Work*)

Buying Cooking Ingredients

Not only do you have to cook with many different EA ingredients, but you also have 18 new maxis match ingredients that are required for most dishes. When you are shopping you can decide what you want quickly by picking directly from an easy sort menu.

NOTE: If you use Custom Harvestables by IceMunMun, Lenaid, KingZace, or BrazenLotus they will show up under their specific sort tag while shopping for groceries.

New Custom Ingredients

All of the new ingredients can be bought by clicking on the "Purchase Cooking Ingredients" bubble when shopping for groceries. Most of the new ingredients when bought are in a package form. Just like you would buy from a real grocery store. I decided to package everything to bring more immersion into the actual grocery aspect of the mod. Since you would not go to the store and just buy one egg. Not only are the packages more aesthetically pleasing when decorating your own grocery stores, but your Sims will actually save some Simoleons by buying packaged ingredients over single ingredients.

(*Coffee and Tea Ingredients)

(*Snack Ingredients)

(*1.8+ Update: Discover University Ingredients)

You will need to open the packaged ingredients before cooking. 
Each packaged items will give you 3-8 of the single ingredient once opened.
You can open packaged ingredients by clicking on them in the world or in your Sims Inventory.

All new ingredients are Base Game Compatible.

Most of the packaged ingredients also have a single small slot on top so they can be stacked. 

(Example: Meat Packages in the photo above).

Some single ingredients can be eaten by Sims raw. 

But be careful, some things are not meant to be eaten uncooked. You might just get sick.

EA Recipes Overhauls and Changes

I have changed all EA recipes to make them more realistic. So now you will need to use more of the EA harvestables as well as my new ingredients to cook all dishes. All packs that have added new recipes have been altered. I will continue to add new recipes upgrades as new packs are released.

NOTE: At this time I will not be making a "Ingredients 100% required version" as this breaks EA Bulters, Catering, Baristas, and Bartenders.

I have made recipe changes to all:

- Cooking

- Gourmet Cooking

- Baking
- Grilled Food

- Campfire (Outdoor Retreat)

- Grand Meals (Seasons)

- Ice Cream Machine (Cool Kitchen Stuff)

- Popcorn Machine (Movie Hangout Stuff)
- Coffee Maker
- Tea Maker
- Espresso Machine (Get Together)
- Fridge/Microwave Snacks

Desserts as Baking

All desserts that were once found under cooking are now in the baking menu like they should be.

Any items that were not desserts that were in baking found a new home in the cook menu.

All of the items that had a category change also now give skill gain for their new category.

(ie. Cakes that are in baking now give baking skill exp.)

All cakes/pies/cookies (desserts) require the Baking Skill, not Cooking Skill

Additional Serving Sizes

All EA recipes now have a Small (1), Medium (4), and Large (8) serving size.

Including Desserts, Experimental Food, Market Stall Taste First Foods and more.
Ice cream now also has the default Large (8) carton size, and now a Medium (4) pint size!

Expanded Recipes

I have moved all of the recipes that are made using custom objects, such as the Cupcake Machine items to the oven. So you will now be able to make all of these items without that large machine.

You can also cook all EA pizza's that can be delivered from home. by using the new recipes that are found under the "Cook" menu on any Stove/Fridge.

With Island Living, we were given a new item called the "BBQ Pit". It is neat, but not always practical for everyday use. So I have expanded the recipes to be made on any normal grill.

Taste First Cookbooks

● Cookbook: Cultural Recipes - Teaches all City Living Taste First Foods
● Cookbook: Experimental Recipes - Teaches all Dine Out Taste First Foods
● Cookbook: Jungle Recipes - Teaches all Jungle Adventure Taste First Foods
● Cookbook: Seafood Recipes - Teaches all Cats & Dogs Taste First Foods
● Cookbook: Cafeteria Recipes - Teaches all Discover University Foods

You can purchase these cookbooks from any bookshelf, computer, or anywhere else books are sold. They are each §200 and will teach you every recipe for that game pack that is "taste first" locked.

But what are "Taste First Recipes"?

These are recipes that can only be learned by eating them. You would have to go to the location that the recipe was sold and taste the dish before you were able to cook it at home.

NOTE: These cookbooks must be read from your sims inventory. 
The interaction menu on the bookshelf to "Read" will not work.

Tag & Price Adjustments

There are 2 files included in SCCO for these adjustments. You will need to choose ONE!
Read below for the detailed information between these two files.

What are Tag Adjustments?

Tag adjustments will allow you to be able to purchase harvestable items that EA did not tag as purchasable from a vendor. Such as garlic, honey, and spice market spices. It also fixes some EA double tags, where one item is tagged for both fruit and veggie. As well as things showing up under incorrect tags, like spinach showing under flowers.

What are Tag & Price Adjustments?

Tag & Price Adjustments give you all of the tag changes mentioned above and change the purchase price for all EA harvestables. Including all fish, flowers, veggies, fruits, and herbs! This way all of the EA prices are closer to the price of SCCO ingredients and more realistic.

Full list of Price Adjustments can be found here

Recipe Crafting Cost and Ingredient Costs

What is a crafting cost? Crafting cost is the price you pay to create the dish. Think of this as misc. ingredients your Sim might use to cook with that aren't required.

All serving sizes now have a set crafting cost:

This means if you have all of the "Required Ingredients" for a dish.
It will only cost you §5-§15 depending on the serving size you create.

You can craft most foods without the required ingredients, but this will cost you more.
You are charged an extra §3 if you do not have the "Required Ingredients"
So in total, you will end up paying the Crafting Cost + Ingredient Cost + §3

Crafting Costs by Serving Size (Small | Medium | Large):

Homestyle/Baking/Cupcake Machine/Sack Lunch = §1 | §2 | §3
Gourmet = §3 | §5 | §7
Cultural/Jungle/Seafood = §2 | §3 | §4
Gand Meal = §4 | §7 | §9
Pet Food = §2 | §4
Experimental Appetizers = §1 | §2 | §4
Experimental Main Course = §3 | § 5 | §8
Experimental Dessert = §2 | §3 | §5
Popcorn = §2 | KettleCorn = §3 | Cheddar = §4 | Caramel = §5
Ice Cream = §2 | §3
Tea/Coffee/Espresso = §2 | §3
Snacks = §2

"Required Ingredient" Optional File

As most of you know, I put off locking ingredients after finding out it breaks EA NPC's (like Butlers/Caterers/Baristas/etc.) and caused them to no longer function as they were intended.

Thanks to LittleMsSam we now have a way to make a "Required" version without breaking anything! But it is a little different than what you might be used to.

Normally, when an item is locked it is greyed out but still visible on the menu. Then becomes unlocked to craft once you have all of the necessary ingredients for that recipe. This is why NPC's broke because they do not have access to the same storages as your played household, so they can not access any ingredients.

With the new Optional File, that can be found in the "SCCO ADDONS" folder. It will remove all recipes from EA menus (Cook/Bake/Gourmet/Grand Meal) causing the menus to be 100% blank no matter your skill level. Once you have any ingredient required for a specific dish, the recipe will become visible for you to craft.

For Example: If I had a potato in my Fridge or Sim Inventory all recipes that have potato as an ingredient will become visible and allow you to craft it.

NOTE: There is currently a bug for the "Required Ingredient" optional file. Where you will already have all taste first recipes unlocked instead of having them locked behind the cookbooks. I am looking into this. This is a minor bug and will not harm your game.

SCCO Custom Food Menus (Added in 1.5.0)

Above are all of the menus found on the fridge and stove. The "Make Custom" menu however can be found on every object used to craft a drink or food item.

List of New Menus:

- Coffee*

- Tea*

- Espresso* 

- Ice Cream

- Popcorn

- Healthy Snacks*

- Junk Food Snacks* 

- Homestyle*

- Baking

- Gourmet

- Grand Meal

- Vampire Meal

- Alien Meal

- Mermaid Meal* 

- Vegetarian

- Grilled Food

- Microwaved Food

- Bar Drinks

- Globe Bar Drinks

- Campfire 
- Cauldron

NOTE: Most of these menus are blank. They do not have recipes listed! These menus will be populated with new recipes at a later date. There are many recipes coming.
Menus with a * currently have custom recipes by myself or others.

ALL CUSTOM RECIPES MADE BY SRSLYSIMS ARE NOW INCLUDED IN THE MOD, YOU DO NOT NEED TO DOWNLOAD THEM SEPERATELY.

Custom Harvestables Required: (NOT INCLUDED)

Arabica Coffee Beans - By KingZace
Robusta Coffee Beans - By KingZace
Tea Leaves - By KingZace
Hibiscus Flower - By KingZace

Mod Compatibility Information

Compatible with all Icemunmun, KingZace, and BrazenLotus Harvestables

If you use any of their custom harvestables, they will be available for purchase under the grocery shopping menus in SCCO. If the creators above release a new harvestable, it will be added on the next official release of Srsly's Complete Cooking Overhaul.

Compatible with Custom Recipes

If you use either of the following mods that add custom recipes by new interactions:
Custom Food Interactions by TheFoodGroup or Crafting Enabler by Andrew

All recipes by Littlbowbub have also been added to SCCO custom menus. (*recipes not included)

Recommended Mods To Use With SCCO

Transfer Inventory - By LittleMsSam

Not Compatible Mods

GreyCurse Cooking Overhaul
LittleMissSam More Experimental Foods
LittleMissSam More Seafood Servings
LittleMissSam More Servings Options & Better MealTime Menus
ScarletQueenCat No/All Required Recipe Ingredients

Or any mod that alters/overrides these tuning values:

Link here to SpreadSheet with all ID's and More Information

If you use any other mods for anything to do with changes to EA cooking, they are most likely not compatible with Srsly's Complete Cooking Overhaul.

If you use my "Desserts as Baking" mod or "Shop for Groceries" REMOVE THEM.
As both of these mods are included in SCCO.

Translations

Are you interested in translating SCCO or any of my other mods? Come join my Discord!

- English
- French (Provided by MaiaGame911)
- Korean (Download Here by WwindyStar)
- German (Provided by Nightlock)
- Russian (Provided by Origamika)

How to Install

1. Download the .zip file.
2. Unzip "extract here" the file using 7-Zip or WinRAR
3. You should now have a folder called: SCCO_(version #)
4. Move the SCCO_(version #) folder directly to your Documents/The Sims 4/Mods folder.
(NOTE: Script mods cannot be more than 1 folder deep. Be sure do not have 2 SCCO Folders.)

5. REMOVE PACKS THAT YOU DO NOT OWN FROM RECIPES FOLDER
Note: If you are missing any of the following packs, please go inside the SCCO folder and find the 'Recipe" folder. Remove any recipes for packs you are missing. If you have all packs installed ignore this note, and leave all recipes.

Get to Work - City Living - Cats & Dogs - Seasons - Discover University
Outdoor Retreat - Spa Day - Dine Out - Vampires - Parenthood - Jungle Adventure - Realm of Magic
Luxury Party Stuff - Spooky Stuff - Movie Hangout Stuff - Cool Kitchen Stuff


6. Inside the "_SCCO Addons_" folder choose 1 Tag Adjustment or Tag & Price Adjustments
7. Remove any addons you do not want.
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