Hunting

[spawnloser]

That's why you hunted less at a time but more frequently in Oregon trail...still, however, one steak ain't no 100 pounds of meat.

[John]

2. Make it give a lot more meat. Even for not so great skinners at LEAST one piece and usually a lot more. Leave the horns, chitin, hide the same chance as now. One Duskhorn should practically make someone encumbered by the meat alone and a Carru..sheesh.

If you have more realistic meat quantity, you get to a stage where everyone has too much food. Hunters don't have to only hunt once every few days. Doesn't sound too harsh to me. Sounds damn cushy to me (once you can kill the animal). If you make more meat possible when you skin, you then need to make people eat more. I can survive 1 entire day on 1 travel cake. 2 at the most. 1 piece of meat would definitely do me all day.

So then people need to eat three times as much as before, in order to make it so the amount of time 1 dead carru can feed you isn't too ridiculous.

So I see that 1 slab of meat being 5 slabs of meat and feeding me all day. For playability reasons, I only eat it once.

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

So then people need to eat three times as much as before, in order to make it so the amount of time 1 dead carru can feed you isn't too ridiculous.

Let's put this into perspective. IRL, now, go kill a deer. It is legal, in season. Then eat only that deer (and of course, a few greens - lets say tubers in game terms - and some water) and see how long that deer's meat feeds you. Remember, a deer is not quite as large as a carru - likely 1/2 the size.

But you'll be suprised at just how long that deer's meat lasts.

[Anonymous]

Dude, isn't a carru like a bazillion times larger than a deer?

[Lazloth]

Maybe Zalanthan appetites are in proportion?  The carru steak is really a bazillion times larger than your porterhouse in Boston.

Realism vs playability.  If you start to throw in more food into the world, give it an expiry and have it rot away rather than filling kitchen shelves indefinitely.

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

If you start to throw in more food into the world, give it an expiry and have it rot away rather than filling kitchen shelves indefinitely.

Agreed, fully. A timer of one IC week is nice for raw meats, two weeks for tubers and roots and fruits, and one month for dried meats, while 1 week for stewish products seems about right. These may seem rather long, but in reality, in a dry, non polluted climate, food lasts longer without spoiling, as long as it is natural food like meat and roots.

[jhunter]

Maybe add signs left of gutting an animal...like blood and remains of some animal are here. Perhaps those with tracking would be able to discern what sort of animal the sign came from.

[John]

I'm pretty sure we don't have wild dear in Australia I just couldn't see a dear feeding me 3 meals a day with having deer for inbetween snacks lasting for very long. But if you say it does then I'll take your word on it

But if the amount of meat/carru was increased to realistic proportions (with 1 slab equalling a whole day's worth of food) what happens when I only log in for 1 IC day each OOC day? We have the situation where 1 carru can last for quite a while in OOC time. Is that a good thing? (I can see positives and negatives to it, so I'm really asking here ).

Also, with spoiled food. Would that only be for food that is in game? What happens when I hold food on me and I log out? Would that create a disadvantage for people who have places to store food other then their bodies when they log out? Should that be addressed?

I was going to suggest food getting spoiled, but couldn't answer those questions

[spawnloser]

Two things...

First, I am so with Lazloth on the rotting food.  That would be ideal.

Second, a carru (from what I understand) is supposed to be approximate to a moose, for size, making them about 1.25 times the height/length...or about twice the size (mass/volume) of a deer.

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

Also, with spoiled food. Would that only be for food that is in game?

No. The timer would run continually, and if more than ### 'ticks' (A MUD turn representing code checks and other in code time checks) had passed when you logged back into the game, then the food would be gone from your inventory.

What happens when I hold food on me and I log out?

Depends on how long the timer is good for.

Would that create a disadvantage for people who have places to store food other then their bodies when they log out?

Nopers.

Should that be addressed?

Nopers. Just a new expiration code needs to be written, and I've the feeling that it may already exist...

[Lazloth]

I can't believe someone actually read my posts for once.

[Haruhara Haruko]

So I am sitting there skinning some beast for three minutes of delay, when some massive beast sneaks up on me.  Then, the beast begins to maul me, but I just can't run because i am still carving up this dead thing.  Rethink this.

[Carnage]

If we're going to have meats decay after a day, then there damn better be a crafting recipe to smoke them and have them last longer.

[Anonymous]

If we're going to have meats decay after a day, then there damn better be a crafting recipe to smoke them and have them last longer.

http://www.armageddon.org/community/format.html

[Carnage]

If we're going to have meats decay after a day, then there damn better be a crafting recipe to smoke them and have them last longer.

http://www.armageddon.org/community/format.html

There's already items that can be cooked to be preserved in game. The point is that they should last longer than normal meats since they're -meant- to be preserved, not that they don't exist.