Characters get hungry way too fast.

[Elley]

I can't imagine eating as much as my character in PZ. Even when set on "very slow" my character get hungry pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fast. I could never eat like 5 steaks in a day even if I ran 5k after every meal. Any mods to alleviate this? I can wrap my head around being really full twice in a day, but getting hungry after like 2 hours after eating a meal until full? I workout pretty regularly and I still don't eat as much as a character in PZ.

[Grishnerf]

get the mod minimal display bars, there you see your hunger bar.
what that tells you is, you dont need to eat/drink everytime the moodlets appear.
infact not even the second moddlet does anything really bad.
you can survive without eating for some days.

but if you some kind of OCD guy like myself its very difficult to get over this, that you will run around with some debuffs that wont do anything bad at all.

[Elley]

Originally posted by Grishnerf:

get the mod minimal display bars, there you see your hunger bar.
what that tells you is, you dont need to eat/drink everytime the moodlets appear.
infact not even the second moddlet does anything really bad.
you can survive without eating for some days.

but if you some kind of OCD guy like myself its very difficult to get over this, that you will run around with some debuffs that wont do anything bad at all.

That makes sense, but the thing is if I have the means to have a full stomach, I'd rather be full, and being full should last longer than an in-game couple hours.

[Grishnerf]

yeah but being full provides a healing buff. thats why it fades away quickly.
feeling hungry/thirsty, doesnt do anything negative at all. it just a reminder that in the foreseeable fuiture you should eat something.
eating full for healing buff, i do only when i need the healing effect.
in my worlds there is no food :( so i have to ration it and feel hungry all the time.
but if im sick or scratched etc, thats the only time i go for full stomache/heal buff.

[Slider-Man]

One thing ill say is if u dont use the minimal display mod, u be surprised just how much u dont have to really eat as i the icon kinda shows up to early as for drinking too. I use to think when that icon popped they were starving....Nope, not even remotely close lol.

Mod is worth a use to just get a idea of how it works and then remove as it changed how i now manage eating and drinking.

[Mary]

How long does it take to properly starve in game?

I never tested it.

[Shady Allie]

Originally posted by Mary:

How long does it take to properly starve in game?

I never tested it.

When your weight slides down somewhere in the 30's I recall. (Been a long long time since)
you will start to take a damage spiral down to death. 35 perhaps?

[Shady Allie]

Originally posted by Grishnerf:

get the mod minimal display bars

This is a great mod to monitor some background mechanics that effect your character.
An awesome learning tool.

[Quill]

What can help is actually increasing day length. By default 1 day = one hour IRL

I found this was too short and I was constantly eating even when full due to just how short the days were. Increased it to 2 hours and I ate the same amount of food but they were more spaced out so I could actually do stuff

[Xeno42]

honestly prefer having the first or second tier of hunger. reduces body heat which helps with wearing so many layers for armor

[dustbiter]

Originally posted by Mary:

How long does it take to properly starve in game?

I never tested it.

I think you just unrealistically die of "hunger" pretty fast compared to how long it takes IRL.

[Kaldrak]

Originally posted by Elley:

I can't imagine eating as much as my character in PZ. Even when set on "very slow" my character get hungry pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fast. I could never eat like 5 steaks in a day even if I ran 5k after every meal. Any mods to alleviate this? I can wrap my head around being really full twice in a day, but getting hungry after like 2 hours after eating a meal until full? I workout pretty regularly and I still don't eat as much as a character in PZ.

I would hazard to guess you're playing on survival or apocalypse. The time dilation is pretty extreme. You should go to sandbox and switch it up to 2-4 hour days and you'll see a world of difference.

[hardy_conrad]

One thing about the food situation which bugs me is how brief the buff from overeating lasts. Like unless you have a bunch of zombies directly outside your front door you'll never get a chance to actually employ the buff to strength in a combat situation because it fades so quickly. You could try finding a batch of zombies and then eating before you engage them in combat, but because eating takes forever they'll likely spot you before you finish.

[Nerd.Gamer.Dave]

base game lets you tweak how fast you get hungry or thirsty. It's all in the sandbox settings.

Hunger rate of a meal also matters. Eat something with 2,000 calories and a hunger reduction of 100 and you won't need to eat again for a full 18-24 hours.

A granola bar will keep you well fed for about 2 hours. A roast chicken with tomato, rice, potato's, butter, salt, and pepper will keep you well fed for around 6 hours for a half portion.

Food quality matters. Zombie chef's like myself love cooking in game :)

[martindirt]

Originally posted by Elley:

I can't imagine eating as much as my character in PZ. Even when set on "very slow" my character get hungry pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fast. I could never eat like 5 steaks in a day even if I ran 5k after every meal. Any mods to alleviate this? I can wrap my head around being really full twice in a day, but getting hungry after like 2 hours after eating a meal until full? I workout pretty regularly and I still don't eat as much as a character in PZ.

I'm just skimmed through the comments, but didn't see anybody mentioned.
Peckish don't mean you are hungry, hungry don't mean you need to eat immediately.
When your char is peckish, you "need" to eat 12-13 hunger value, to fill your hunger bar. Everything above that value is pure waste, except:
1: you want some healing rate boost
2: you want some carry weight bonus
3: you want to increase your weight

Hungry moodlet needs 20+1-2 value to be satisfied.
I'd you use Minimal display bar mod, you will gain deep understanding about these moodlets and values. And you will be surprised how much food you wasted previously.

[Zephyr]

I'm using day length setting into real time in my game, you will be surprised