Maderas Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Apologies if this has been posted before, I did a couple searches but didn't find anything relevant to what I wanted to ask. Topic, basically. Without there being some kind of canning/preservation system currently in game, and the nerf to soup in the latest fix, is there really any reason to bother looting perishable food anymore? I can see the merit in carrying just enough to keep you from going hungry in the first couple weeks before the power cuts out, but hoarding it seems like a waste of carry space now. I usually clean out every fridge I come across and try to squirrel it back to my safehouse, but in my last couple playthroughs the power went out and it all spoiled before I really put a dent in it. Next time I plan to mostly ignore it aside from what I need to survive, and expend most of my efforts hunting non-perishable stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboMat Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I mostly grab only non-perishable food when I play. Perishable food is used only in the first couple of weeks until the power goes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maderas Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 Yeah, that's what I figured. I do hope they'll add some kind of system that lets you preserve items eventually, because it seems kind of a waste that so much of the food in game becomes useless relatively early on. It could be awesome once NPCs go in, though. Literal wars over cans of dog food. Hmm... have the devs stated whether or not NPC looting will actually clean out the areas they loot? It would be pretty cool if they actually gathered resources, performed construction at their safehouse, etc. dynamically rather than it being semi-scripted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboMat Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Yeah, that's what I figured. I do hope they'll add some kind of system that lets you preserve items eventually, because it seems kind of a waste that so much of the food in game becomes useless relatively early on. It could be awesome once NPCs go in, though. Literal wars over cans of dog food. Hmm... have the devs stated whether or not NPC looting will actually clean out the areas they loot? It would be pretty cool if they actually gathered resources, performed construction at their safehouse, etc. dynamically rather than it being semi-scripted. That's actually exactly what they have planned afaik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 For now I believe you can 'cook' them into soups without killing yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aricane Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Mmhh you should try using them in a tasty soup! It's really yummy!! Sarcasm apart, use brocolli, butter, salmon, steak, peas, and chickens for soups! It doesn't matter if they are rotten or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomblood66 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Yeah i found that perishable foods only use was to make soup, but will this new fix idk seems really pointless in collecting :/ i just usually take a few pieces while looting to keep me going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connll Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Im my last games, perishable food was rotting even when inside fridges. rather strange. the food in my base´s fridge did get stale (non-fresh) after 15-20 days, but other fridges around town had rotten cabbages by day 10 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bebop Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 how about a engine to power a house light, fridge and microwave but you would need too get petrol from cars or stations too keep it going . you could maybe scatter the parts of the engine all over the map to collect and put together at your base, but if your could make barbed wire you could use the combo to defend from zombies by shocking them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shunkan Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 I'm thinking that implementing a dehydrator would be a great way to somehow keep perishables. Survivalists always seem to have one, and well the game is about survival. Other than that, I have always wondered how ice cream survives so long without a freezer......hint hint. Either would be great for a long term game attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k12314 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 So does soup whilst still in the can go bad, or just prepared pots of soup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zourin Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 A side effect of the newer changes to bags lets you preserve food. Put a plastic bag in your offhand, and fill it with perishables. Then unequip it. The bag, being inaccessible, halts the spoil timers on its contents. You can also put that plastic bag into another bag. You lose the 'weight compression' of the plastic bag, but get to preserve the perishables. I think of it as the 'zombie apocalypse ziplock bag technique' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedKrypton Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 So where is the compost box I have asked for half a year?!You chuck this garbage into the box and after a couple of weeks (depending on weather) you got yourselve some class a fertilizer to help your crops grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaGrey Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 So where is the compost box I have asked for half a year?!It became a nice mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedKrypton Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Enigma so were is this mod? I searched for it but wasn't able to find the mod.Please post a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaGrey Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Enigma so were is this mod?I searched for it but wasn't able to find the mod.Please post a link.Welp, there's one piece of it from Thuztor -- but that's all the manual searching around the old TIS forums that I'm willing to do at 4 AM.http://www.theindiestone.com/community/viewtopic.php%3Ff=31&t=8926&start=100.htmland the sprites here:http://www.theindiestone.com/community/viewtopic.php%3Ff=24&t=11525.htmlBest of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinyoshi Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Guess I should remake my Food Pickling Mod for the new version of my Spices mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VamyreLord Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 A side effect of the newer changes to bags lets you preserve food. Put a plastic bag in your offhand, and fill it with perishables. Then unequip it. The bag, being inaccessible, halts the spoil timers on its contents. You can also put that plastic bag into another bag. You lose the 'weight compression' of the plastic bag, but get to preserve the perishables. I think of it as the 'zombie apocalypse ziplock bag technique'What is this?! developers fix this. Perishable food should be perishable. Period. Whether you put them in magic bags or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertJohnson Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 A side effect of the newer changes to bags lets you preserve food. Put a plastic bag in your offhand, and fill it with perishables. Then unequip it. The bag, being inaccessible, halts the spoil timers on its contents. You can also put that plastic bag into another bag. You lose the 'weight compression' of the plastic bag, but get to preserve the perishables. I think of it as the 'zombie apocalypse ziplock bag technique'What is this?! developers fix this. Perishable food should be perishable. Period. Whether you put them in magic bags or not. What's the magic word ? I swear it wasn't " :mad:"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaGrey Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 What's the magic word ? I swear it wasn't " :mad:"... Please, Romain, use Thutzor's lovely sprites to make a compost bin.You're RedKrypton's only hope . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertJohnson Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 What's the magic word ? I swear it wasn't " :mad:"... Please, Romain, use Thutzor's lovely sprites to make a compost bin.You're RedKrypton's only hope . . . It was more about the bag stuff... But I think this guy don't know what a bug is... Or he really think we implemented "magic bag" for fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaGrey Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 What's the magic word ? I swear it wasn't " :mad:"... Please, Romain, use Thutzor's lovely sprites to make a compost bin.You're RedKrypton's only hope . . . It was more about the bag stuff... But I think this guy don't know what a bug is... Or he really think we implemented "magic bag" for fun Please, you just forgot to branch off the Magic version of the game again . . .That's for us alone! *Throws fireball at zombies* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VamyreLord Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 What's the magic word ? I swear it wasn't " :mad:"... Please, Romain, use Thutzor's lovely sprites to make a compost bin.You're RedKrypton's only hope . . . It was more about the bag stuff... But I think this guy don't know what a bug is... Or he really think we implemented "magic bag" for fun *Face changes* >>> >>> Alright, so would you please sir fix this bug for the sake of humanity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertJohnson Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 *Face changes* >>> >>> Alright, so would you please sir fix this bug for the sake of humanity Alright sir But, you don't like magic ? Oh, I get it... You didn't find how to summon dragons and balrog yet, I'm right ? I'm pretty sure you'll love it then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboMat Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 I was wondering when you guys finally bring back the manabars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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