Force take something into inventory?

[Torres]

Is there a way to make pawns take certain foods and keep it in their inventories? they tend to take produce like carrots etc... instead of the hundreds of meals I have prepared.

Is there a mod for that or something? thanks in advance

[Cultist]

Pawns only pick up raw food and store it if they are preparing to train or tame an animal.

If you want them to pick up meals you need to have the meal stockpile very close to where they eat. Like, really close. The best way to achieve this is usually a small freezer for meals right next to the dining table or squeezing the table right up against the wall of the room where the meals are kept.

[Torres]

thanks, I was looking for some kind of mod but I guess I'll force draft them, let them in the room with the food and forbid the doors see what happens... -_-

[Cultist]

Another option is to keep meal stockpiles and tables in different places around your base. This is generally a good tactic if you have a surplus. The downside is that you might lose the mood bonus from a nice dining room unless you have the time and resources to make multiple impressive dining rooms.
And of course, each stockpile needs to be cooled seperatly unless you are very clever with your ventilation or are playing a very cold map.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

The only mod I can think of that lets you force pick up inventory items is Combat Realism. Inventory is part of their weight/bulk system.

[Jamaican Castle]

They'll normally prioritize better meals when storing or eating food, but there's a limit to how far they're willing to look, I think. So you may need to put your meal storage closer by.

The other possibility is that if you're using a mod, it may have configured that particular raw food as equivalent to normal meals (assuming the meals you want them to eat are normal). That "should" only be the case if they're actually as good quality-wise as normal meals, i.e., they don't generate a raw food debuff, but that's up to the individual modder to actually implement.

[fergis4]

Just realized I could only do this with a mod I used to have that was out of date. This game is so freakin stupid sometimes theres tons of small hidden mechanics that are never explained and the UI is total ♥♥♥♥ I love this game for the most part but some of the Pawn controls and UI need a complete overhaul

[Dieter]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.