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GauHelldragon

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Status Screen: Show edible food stores
« on: November 18, 2006, 03:58:00 pm »

Why not have the status screen show the total amount of edible food, instead of just the total amount of food-like items. The total amount of food+seeds+drinks+fat and all that other stuff is a rather useless number.
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Maximus

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Re: Status Screen: Show edible food stores
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2006, 05:53:00 pm »

I think "fish" could be folded into "meat".  

"Plants" should exclude those that must be processed before eating (so just plump helmets and most outdoor plants).  

"Seeds" is useful, although it can include unplantable seeds (prickleberry, etc.).

"Drink" is totally useful.

"Cooked" could go where "Fish" was.

"Other" should be probably be renamed "Inedible" (or possibly "Raw") and be strictly limited to foods that require further processing.

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GauHelldragon

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Re: Status Screen: Show edible food stores
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2006, 06:31:00 pm »

I am talking about "Food Stores: XXXX" number, not the rest of them. The rest are fine, it's just the food stores number, which adds up everything and gives you a meaningless number.
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Maximus

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Re: Status Screen: Show edible food stores
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2006, 11:55:00 pm »

Ah yes, I don't even pay attention to that number.  Agreed, that should be changed to total "Edible Food".
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