Cooks are not cooking enough

[RiRiTheApeMan]

I have never had any issues like this before in any of my other prisons. I started a new prison and for some reason the cooks just aren't producing enough food for everyone. They cook a minor amount before canteen time and then cook most of the food during canteen time. Even after they cook during canteen time there isn't enough food. My super max prisoners are receiving the worst of this with only 1-10 meals being delivered for 100 prisoners (they probs deserved to die anyway). All my logistics are fine, deliveries are being made and my fridges are always full. If anyone has any idea on how to fix it would be very much appreciated.

[tulle040657]

Same here and on a prison that worked fine before the patch, I have not even bought the new DLC. I tried to figure out some work around with no luck, all I can do is wait for a fix

[FallenOneFS]

I have the same problem, did not have before patch, here's my setup: 4 cooks for 5 cookers for 6 fridges and 2 sinks for 64 prisoners.
I believe the ratios are good enough, so I can't figure out the problem, that is, if it's not the patch...

[Tonatsi]

My prisoners literally started starving after the recent patch.

[Michael]

definitely seems to be a mechanics issue with the recent patch... I had a very smoothly running 600 prisoner prison and no trouble making meals, opened with new patch and meals just hit a wall around 50-75%.

[RiRiTheApeMan]

Hopefully they patch this soon. Everything just seems bugged

[Misha]

My prisoners are starving to death also. How long do you think we have until a fix is in place? It's annoying!!

[tulle040657]

Originally posted by Misha:

My prisoners are starving to death also. How long do you think we have until a fix is in place? It's annoying!!

At the Paradox forum site they said another patch next week, but did not say what it would contain. I really don't see how they could have missed this, unless they did not load an existing prison when they tested

[The Prophet]

Changelog:
New Feature: When expanding an Island Map, new islands will be generated, rather than empty sea.
The game will leave an empty area for existing shipping lanes.
All the Island Bound assets are now showing in the Cheat/Debug mode.
Solved pathfinding issues caused by Security Checkpoints.
Fixed an issue that caused the game to crash when deploying a modded room.
The game will no longer crash if you intake a corrupted Name In the Game Prisoner.
Tyre Apparatus can now be rotated properly.
Air Paramedics will now be able to leave the map if their Helicopter is dismissed.
Criminally Insane prisoners will now properly attack trees when they acquire a weapon if they really have strong feelings against that tree.
Fixed several localization issues for Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

Currently investigated issues:
Cooks not being as productive on Island Maps.
Janitors having unexpected behaviors.
Issues with logistics settings of Docks and Helipads

[tulle040657]

investigating is not fixing
I had to tell them the cooks do not work even on non-island maps you don't have to own the DLC to have the bugs ....I don't think they even bothered to load an existing map and let it run for an in game day, because the bugs are obvious

Plus they refuse to put old versions as beta branches like they do with their other games....it is a real amateur hour here for PA, they must only have their summer interns working on it

[Mr. One Tap]

I found dumping all your ingredents when they stop cooking helps, they start cooking again for awhile then u have to do it again

[bongerman85]

Originally posted by John Wick®:

I found dumping all your ingredents when they stop cooking helps, they start cooking again for awhile then u have to do it again

over 600 prisoners in my facility and growing to 1200 i do not have time to manually dump ingredients

[Elmanuk]

right clicking on the kitchen in the food distribution tab solved the problem for me

[Kane]

i cant make food anymore