Glass Jars for Boiling Food

[Mr. Moose]

Shouldn't we get the jars back? I'm pretty sure I like my meat without glass in it...

[Adam]

Well since there are no oven mits in the game yet, everyone picks up the hot jars and proceeds to drop them (ahem) like they are hot. Thus no more glass jars.

[GD]

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little things like these are important

[ChocolateTeapot]

Damn I wondered why boiled food gives me bloody ♥♥♥♥♥ lol
But seriously I agree with you, it's not as if the jars are actually going on the fire and thus their integrity is fubar, we empty the contents into the pot for crying out loud so we should, as you say, retain them.

[Hashshashin]

It's quite simples, there's a ninja jam making old lady who knicks them when your back is turned, I'm setting up pressure plate landmines and barbed wire fences around me next time I cook up some meats.

[Spacepiggio]

The only thing you boil is the water & that is in the pot. You do get the glass back after boiling it, it goes back in the jar it came from. There is no actual cooking in the glass jars as they are just cotainers for murky water & after it is boiled in the pot & it goes right back in the jar.

[AlanEsh]

Originally posted by SpacePiggio*BK*:

The only thing you boil is the water & that is in the pot. You do get the glass back after boiling it, it goes back in the jar it came from. There is no actual cooking in the glass jars as they are just cotainers for murky water & after it is boiled in the pot & it goes right back in the jar.

When you create stew you don't get the glass jar back, just the stew. Unless you edit stew so that it returns a jar when you eat it.

[JennyTheGhoul]

Yeah, we edited ours to get the jar back upon consumption because because it's silly to have the jar consumed.

[Ashkorne]

I always thought the jar was for what the food was kept in after it was cooked.
You're not going to walk around with a cooking pot for each stew, are you?

Let's face it; nothing in this game is subject to decay or spoilage yet, so if it does get implemented we're already one step ahead with sealable/resealable food jars.

It won't be Fallout 3 durable (TWO HUNDRED YEARS!!) but it should last a good few months at least.

[JennyTheGhoul]

Originally posted by Grip Chimp:

I always thought the jar was for what the food was kept in after it was cooked.
You're not going to walk around with a cooking pot for each stew, are you?

Let's face it; nothing in this game is subject to decay or spoilage yet, so if it does get implemented we're already one step ahead with sealable/resealable food jars.

It won't be Fallout 3 durable (TWO HUNDRED YEARS!!) but it should last a good few months at least.

Yes and you should get the jar back on consumption, like you do after drinking. You don't eat the jar.

[Ashkorne]

Originally posted by JennyTheGhoul:

Yes and you should get the jar back on consumption, like you do after drinking. You don't eat the jar.

I think there's a lot of little ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ like this in the game, but I've just had to write them off as "creator choice" and live with it. Unless they change it that is.

I'd like jars back, obviously. Just like I'd prefer not to have to waste jars making Aloe Cream. Admittedly if you can make it you're very probably in or near a Desert biome, with as much glass as you need. But still, it's annoying.

[Spacepiggio]

Originally posted by AlanEsh:

Originally posted by SpacePiggio*BK*:

The only thing you boil is the water & that is in the pot. You do get the glass back after boiling it, it goes back in the jar it came from. There is no actual cooking in the glass jars as they are just cotainers for murky water & after it is boiled in the pot & it goes right back in the jar.

When you create stew you don't get the glass jar back, just the stew. Unless you edit stew so that it returns a jar when you eat it.

If you look at the graphic for the stew it is in a pot & the stew has to go into something. You want to keep the cooking pot or the glass jar? If anything they have to change the stew graphic so it is in a jar instead of a pot so you will not feel like the game is stealing your precious glass jar.

[AlanEsh]

Originally posted by SpacePiggio*BK*:

Originally posted by AlanEsh:

When you create stew you don't get the glass jar back, just the stew. Unless you edit stew so that it returns a jar when you eat it.

If you look at the graphic for the stew it is in a pot & the stew has to go into something. You want to keep the cooking pot or the glass jar? If anything they have to change the stew graphic so it is in a jar instead of a pot so you will not feel like the game is stealing your precious glass jar.

So you're carrying that stew in your pocket, got it.

[Spacepiggio]

Originally posted by AlanEsh:

Originally posted by SpacePiggio*BK*:

If you look at the graphic for the stew it is in a pot & the stew has to go into something. You want to keep the cooking pot or the glass jar? If anything they have to change the stew graphic so it is in a jar instead of a pot so you will not feel like the game is stealing your precious glass jar.

So you're carrying that stew in your pocket, got it.

It is not in your pocket it is in a pot, same for venison stew, in a pot. So you loose 1 jar, big deal. I have so many jars I can not fill them all by using the jar mold so losing 1 for making stew is neither game breaking or anything to whine about.

[Red Eagle LXIX]

I can remember when stew used to need bowls.
You'd eat the glass jar with each drink you took.
You'd eat the can with each canned food item you ate.
Those were the days.

Just kidding there, although the things I said are true, used to need bowls and used to eat your jars and cans when eating and drinking.
Seriously though, much prefer the updated game. It annoys me too in games when you lose a resource. I think the best answer for now though was provided, just edit the eat action for stew to get the jar back at that point. Similar for other lost jar food products. Pretty sure that is the only viable option at this point unless/untill/if TFP ever add a way to return additional items on recipe output beyond the item being produced. Since they can't break ever though, to me it is something of a fair trade at this point.

[Spacepiggio]

I think they should juat change the graphic of the stew to a jar like everything else & get the jar back after eating. Right now it is cookware & you do not lose your cookware so until they change it I do not see any big deal with losing 1 jar.