My character got fat?

[GulagVictim]

Why is this even a thing? Do i REALLY have to micromanage my food intake? Just because i kept my character on max food bc i thought it gave me extra stam or smth so now my character is bloated as a baloon, stupid beyond belief, it's BEYOND annoying to have to manage my food intake in a game like this. Project zomboid? Sure, this? HELL NO

[The MidgetCrusader69]

Originally posted by GulagVictim:

lmao, the fanboys strike again, what i was saying is that it's a useless feature for the game, literally no point in having it, and be so haphazard as well, and no i wasn't eating when "hungy" i was eating whenever it was 1 bar down, because as i said, for those that CANNOT READ that i ate because i thought i gained extra stamina when on full stomach because i had a extra stamina bar around my stamina bar, still don't know why or how i had it. But i kept my character starving while gathering resources for like 2 hours and doinga few missions and he's still fat. So yeah. Stupid "feature" which should not exist like at all... as i said, i REALLY can't be bothered microing what and when i eat, eating/water in this game is so shallow it might as well not exist, it's that irrelavant with how easy it is to get and how little it does that it might as well not exist at all, literally there just for the "survival tag" that's it.

cry some more

[M47]

Start eating spoiled food and have antibiotics on you to lose weight

[HolyCrab]

stop eating so much junk food fatty

[Tachyon]

Originally posted by GulagVictim:

lmao, the fanboys strike again, what i was saying is that it's a useless feature for the game, literally no point in having it...

It does have a point. At character creation the body shape you choose affects your game. Heavier builds can carry more but are a bit slower in melee attacks. Lighter build also affect your game. I like the idea of bulking up a bit more to be able to carry more stuff. I think it is a very clever and innovative game mechanic.

[Gyson]

Originally posted by GulagVictim:

Why is this even a thing? Do i REALLY have to micromanage my food intake? Just because i kept my character on max food bc i thought it gave me extra stam or smth so now my character is bloated as a baloon, stupid beyond belief, it's BEYOND annoying to have to manage my food intake in a game like this. Project zomboid? Sure, this? HELL NO

Back in CBT2 this was a mechanic players were constantly dealing with. It has since been nerfed into the ground so much that I haven't heard anyone mentioning dramatic weight changes since then. I don't think players even realized it still existed in CBT3 or the demo. You must have really screwed up.

I will say this (since you mentioned slider settings in a later post) - this game does not save slider settings accurately to begin with. Set something to 50, for example, and come back to the setting later before finalizing your character's appearance and you'll see it's moved to 49 or 51. Almost nothing stays where you set it; most people just don't notice. It's a bug they've never fixed.

[Irrelevant]

So last time I went afk I put my Toon in bed and closed the game. After I loged in my toon went from 60kg to 100+kg. WTF? Who came up with this crap? Or is it something realistic to become a landwhale over night? because if so I would have a very neat excuse why my fat behind is the size it is. If this crap stays ingame why is there even a char creation in the first place?

Why is this mechanic a thing but magicly our clothes and skins don't instant explode when adding 40kg of mass and tripple the size of the toon?

I can't imagine how you gain weight sprinting 12+ hours a day while only eating 3 steaks, an egg, 2 oranges and drinking a lot of water. This is so stupid and I hope they change this dogwater mechanic.

[Gyson]

Originally posted by Irrelevant:

So last time I went afk I put my Toon in bed and closed the game. After I loged in my toon went from 60kg to 100+kg. WTF? Who came up with this crap? Or is it something realistic to become a landwhale over night? because if so I would have a very neat excuse why my fat behind is the size it is. If this crap stays ingame why is there even a char creation in the first place?

Why is this mechanic a thing but magicly our clothes and skins don't instant explode when adding 40kg of mass and tripple the size of the toon?

I can't imagine how you gain weight sprinting 12+ hours a day while only eating 3 steaks, an egg, 2 oranges and drinking a lot of water. This is so stupid and I hope they change this dogwater mechanic.

There are foods that help you gain weight, and foods that help you lose weight. These foods are clearly marked as such in their tooltip descriptions.

You really only need to eat once you lose your "full" status buff (sprinting buff for drinking, for example). This typically happens at around 66% fullness. You should not be cramming filling foods down when you are 80% full, for example.

If you are mindful of this and still experiencing dramatic weight changes you should report that as a bug. I have managed to keep my character at the same weight for weeks on end so I know it's possible. You should not be 60kg when you log off and then log back in and find yourself at 100kg. If you are certain that's what happened then you should report it as a bug; obviously it's not meant to work that way.

[Petrichor]

*Project Zomboid veterans laughing in the distance*

[Bach_Treebane]

I agree totally man, its a poor mechanic for this type of game. altho immersive its not really necessary for a survival/shooter to have a weight management system.
maybe its a more popular mechanic for the desired audience: Asia.
or maybe they're trying to copy other survival games (scum) altho that game is struggling and that mechanic doesn't exactly draw a player base

[Fawks]

You can just eat some rotten food and lose weight. I lost 30kg in 2 minutes. But sure, cry about it first.

[Gyson]

Originally posted by Bach_Treebane:

I agree totally man, its a poor mechanic for this type of game. altho immersive its not really necessary for a survival/shooter to have a weight management system.
maybe its a more popular mechanic for the desired audience: Asia.
or maybe they're trying to copy other survival games (scum) altho that game is struggling and that mechanic doesn't exactly draw a player base

Different weight classes come with different advantages and disadvantages. Mouse over the body icon on the bottom right (?) of your character screen to see them. The game is just providing you with the means to move between each weight class.

Nearly all the interesting mechanics in this game have been gutted or removed because of players who can't tolerate depth or complexity. It doesn't need to be made any more generic or simple than it already is.

[-shhfiftyfive]

on its face... this is a pretty self-sabotaging design decision for a game using a business model that makes money irl selling cosmetic outfit.

i mean if anyone likes money and is in charge, they should remove this 'get fat' feature. or make it a toggle option. or send out a free treadmill in the mail as a dev apology if you really wanna get cute about it.

[Eminy Frost]

then stop stuffing your face fatty! LUL

[Gyson]

Originally posted by -shhfiftyfive:

on its face... this is a pretty self-sabotaging design decision for a game using a business model that makes money irl selling cosmetic outfit.

i mean if anyone likes money and is in charge, they should remove this 'get fat' feature. or make it a toggle option. or send out a free treadmill in the mail as a dev apology if you really wanna get cute about it.

This argument isn't going to land like you think it is since they also sell the ability to modify your body shape.

[RzR⁧⁧Telhalm]

Everyone talking about and no-one brought up the Skinny potion.