Research Table as Eating Table

jstnhsrk · March 01, 2015, 04:21:36 PM

Any reason not to build a Research Table and put chairs around it to get a bit of Research out of each meal?

Panzer · March 01, 2015, 04:30:24 PM

Nope, do it all the time, just has the right size for a midsized colony.

City Builder · March 01, 2015, 04:57:47 PM

I just saw somebody doing this on their twitch live stream of RimWorld but didn't know that all it takes is somebody to be around the table to get any research out of it, I just assumed that if an individual isn't actually there to do research then no research gets done, live and learn I guess.

skullywag · March 01, 2015, 05:04:55 PM

Wait wut, researching wont be done if someone is eating around the table...or it shouldnt...it should only work when a pawn does the toil.

Panzer · March 01, 2015, 05:07:15 PM

haha wait really?

research gets done when people are eating? Haha, have to test that

jstnhsrk · March 01, 2015, 05:28:48 PM

Quote from: skullywag on March 01, 2015, 05:04:55 PM
Wait wut, researching wont be done if someone is eating around the table...or it shouldnt...it should only work when a pawn does the toil.

I swear I got research out of this in Alpha 8, but now I'm wondering if this was fixed Alpha 9.

lusername · March 01, 2015, 08:18:03 PM

Research tables lack beauty and don't have the gathering-spot option, so you'd end up needing a regular table to form a gathering area. But if this isn't a problem, sure, eat off the research table, why not?

jstnhsrk · March 01, 2015, 10:38:45 PM

Quote from: lusername on March 01, 2015, 08:18:03 PM
Research tables lack beauty and don't have the gathering-spot option, so you'd end up needing a regular table to form a gathering area. But if this isn't a problem, sure, eat off the research table, why not?

I haven't had any problems getting everyone to eat at the Research Table with no specified gathering area. They seem to go there because it's the closest table. That said, I confirmed that I'm no longer getting research done just from eating at the table.

lusername · March 02, 2015, 01:45:51 AM

The problem isn't the eating, it's that your colony will then lack a gathering area where the guys who don't have anything to immediately do can hang around and yammer at each other. This isn't a HUGE drawback, but it causes the loiterers to loiter in some pretty odd and potentially dangerous places at times.

Panzer · March 02, 2015, 03:19:10 AM

aaaah thats what that gathering thing does, have been wondering what it does.