How do I stop NPC from taking quality food?

[Jester]

I put dining tables every where and these tribesmen keep taking quality food off the fridge ffs.
If I stop them from taking said items from inventory it also destroys the auto crafters since it doesn't count the materials from that chests

[Rogue]

Most raw materials don't rot... why are they in the fridge. They don't have a decay timer. Those that do, last a long time and is usually easily replenished, e.g corn.

But indeed, you can feedback fine tuning food consumption. For example, stranded alien dawn game has such a mechanic, where you can check various food for each member. You won't want an alcoholic to drink tequila or he's develop cirrhosis and eventually die...

[Limdood]

I set my dining table to accept basic dishes: roasted corn, roasted pumpkin, cooked meat/fish, starter level soups. Occasionally I'll make a big batch of wine or cigars to add in.

I set my boxes to:
- raw materials: accessible to everyone for all purposes
- basic cooked (rotted meat, bowls, cups, and all prepared items except top tier foods): accessible to everyone for all purposes. As long as they can grab roasted corn or whatever from here, they don't bother eating the raw stuff. this chest accepts all the dishes since they usually end up here anyways from rotting/use.
- advanced cooked: only store, no taking. These are the top tier recipes requiring 8 cooking oil and 5 refined salt and multiple ingredients and taking over a minute each to craft. I use them for exploration and adventuring, on me and my companions, and i'll pull out what I need, when I need. no access for tribesmen so they don't get gobbled up in a flash.

I'll usually manually move around stuff...I just move it around in such big quantities that it doesn't become a constant chore. Dining table getting low? add another 2000 roasted corn and 2000 roasted pumpkin. Problem solved for the next IRL week+

[PghDave420]

when you get higher level just make 2 fridges,one for raw and one for cooked.i put all my low tier foods/juice in the food table for the tribe

[Kazeen]

Make a chest/fridge only accepts food you do not want them to eat, set it so tribesmen cannot withdraw from that chest.
Then make a chest that only accepts food you want them to eat and leave it so they can withdraw from that chest

Then make sure no where else in the base accepts these foods

[Jester]

Originally posted by Kazeen:

Make a chest/fridge only accepts food you do not want them to eat, set it so tribesmen cannot withdraw from that chest.
Then make a chest that only accepts food you want them to eat and leave it so they can withdraw from that chest

Then make sure no where else in the base accepts these foods

Figures. Still a hassle arranging items when there's multiple people in the clan who don't know which is which that's important.
Liek there's torilla that is a requirement for fried taco

[Limdood]

Originally posted by Haruspex:

Originally posted by Kazeen:

Make a chest/fridge only accepts food you do not want them to eat, set it so tribesmen cannot withdraw from that chest.
Then make a chest that only accepts food you want them to eat and leave it so they can withdraw from that chest

Then make sure no where else in the base accepts these foods

Figures. Still a hassle arranging items when there's multiple people in the clan who don't know which is which that's important.
Liek there's torilla that is a requirement for fried taco

sure, but tortillas are insanely cheap and easy to make....they're literally just corn and water. if you don't have enough corn, you're either not farming or not keeping ANY eye on your farms. if you can't bother turning it into cornmeal, you're just being lazy.

Tortillas are a second tier food that are as easy to make as a first tier food....they're arguably the second EASIEST second tier food in the game to make (behind potatos).

[Uruketo]

I put stuff (tools and food I want specifically for me) in boxes that are pass code protected. They don't draw from that box then.

[Jester]

Originally posted by Limdood:

Originally posted by Haruspex:

Figures. Still a hassle arranging items when there's multiple people in the clan who don't know which is which that's important.
Liek there's torilla that is a requirement for fried taco

sure, but tortillas are insanely cheap and easy to make....they're literally just corn and water. if you don't have enough corn, you're either not farming or not keeping ANY eye on your farms. if you can't bother turning it into cornmeal, you're just being lazy.

Tortillas are a second tier food that are as easy to make as a first tier food....they're arguably the second EASIEST second tier food in the game to make (behind potatos).

That's just an example by the way but you get the point. Stop focusing on the tortilla jesus christ.