[A11] Canned Food - by JuliaEllie - A11Update (17.06.2015)

[Dave-In-Texas]

I was a bit confused and incorrectly thinking it was this mod messing up my nice 'ate a simple meal' thoughts (we used to get a small mood boost in a7 didn't we lol)

I finally looked and can see the thoughtdef for simple meal is gone/missing.   not being sure how to make a mod to just make this small change to the simple meal, i edited the appropriate files to give simple meals a small thought boost of 2.. and re-enabled this neat little mod

[JoeysLucky22]

I was a bit confused and incorrectly thinking it was this mod messing up my nice 'ate a simple meal' thoughts (we used to get a small mood boost in a7 didn't we lol)

Ah, I just started playing RimWorld at alpha 8 and was wondering why there would be a boost to eating canned foods and not a simple cooked meal. I do like how there is no mood boost to simple cooked meals as I feel that gives more value to "fine" and "lavish".

I created a more consistent art asset for the cans if anyone is interested:


I also changed the mood boost of eating "raw" canned food to -1. I don't think there should be a positive mood boost as you're trading quality for shelflife.

Mods\Canned Food\Defs\ThoughtDefs\thoughterinos.xml

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  <li>
     <label>Ate canned food</label>
     <description>I ate some food directly from a can today. It didn't taste too bad but it wasn't the best.</description>
     <baseMoodEffect>-1</baseMoodEffect>
  </li>


I removed the ThoughtDef to "cooked" canned food as well so it's the same as eating a "simple" meal.

[shhfiftyfive]

i like the concept of this mod. the purpose i am seeking is to use this as a replacement for the nutrient meal paste dispenser in the prison. (not for regular colonist consumption)

a meal that doesn't spoil. and doesn't cause such a negative mood penalty. (i can set a prisoner food stockpile that doesn't need freezing.)

i think the added cost of the craft is balanced (costs twice as much raw food to craft compared to meal paste + 1 steel each) and for your efforts you get rewarded with less mood penalty for your prisoners.

what joeyslucky22 has done sounds really good. and the art looks nice.

[JuliaEllie]

Thank you very much. I might also put the texture in the A9 update.

[JuliaEllie]

UPDATERINO

[Voideka]

Could you split this into Canned Meat and Canned Vegetables? As it stands Canned Food is listed under vegetarian ingredients no matter the contents. I haven't tested, but I would think that means you can't currently use meat that you've canned in a fine meal (it requires meat and vegetables to make), so if you auto-can all your meat you'd never be able to make a meal better than simple.

Also I noticed my colonists will sometimes eat canned food even though I have a ton of simple meals sitting around.

[f0xh0und696]

will this be updated to alpha 10, I loved this mod
plz update

[JuliaEllie]

UPDATERINO!!

[nmid]

ty!
I think this was in the Overhaul mod pack, I did like using the concept.
Trying it out in my initial A11 run through .

[essi2]

Cool little mod.

[hopeseekr]

Can you please provide me a download link for Alpha 10? I'm not going to upgrade any time soon, particularly if A11 is the last major overhaul. I *really* <3 my kill rooms ;-)

[nmid]

Hi,
I have posted earlier and I've said that I really like this idea.
I appreciate your effort in making this mod, ty.

On using this, I observed a few things..
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The food calculations / efficiencies don't scale up, unless I am missing something.

10 Raw food + 1 metal ore = 10 cans.  It has a 85% nutrition + 2% Joy.
On the other hand, a simple meal takes 10 raw food for 75% nutrition + 3% joy.

If I eat raw food, I use (7 raw food for 35% nutrition).
If I eat a meal, I use (10 raw food for 75% nutrition).
If I eat a can, I use (2 raw food for 85% nutrition).

Also to confirm, you eat 2 cans in 1 go?
I wasn't able to find maxNumToIngestAtOnce in the XMLs.
I only observed it by checking in game.
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Next, canned food is classified as raw vegetarian food in the category menu.
This means that canned food is used to prepare meals

My dilemma is that canned meal is either a way to preserve food (life) but meant to be used for further cooking, or a meal (with increased nutrition, but can't be used for cooking). We should decide between one of the two uses.
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Finally, don't mind me.. but can you please tidy up the xml a bit. It would be really helpful to read it easier .
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[milon]

Since JuliaEllie has discontinued her mods, I updated this one to A12 and posted it in another thread.  I integrated some of the feedback presented here.  Let me know (in my thread) what you think!