Can't find food materials?

[ItsDarthChaos]

So I have a freezer full of raw meat, but apparently my cooking station isnt recognizing it? all my colonists are now starving.

[pauloandrade224]

your colonists are in the fridge zone
if not unrestric them or assign them that zone

[Stormsong]

Make sure the cooking station has a bill set. Also make sure that bill accepts meat (it will by default).

[Daffy]

can be several things so from the top.

*Do you have any mods installed ?

*Do your stove have a bill setup note that simple meals only need 1 kind of material while more fancy meals needs both meat and plant matter

*is it a electrical stove ? does it have power ?

*is it a wood burning stove ? does it have wood ? you need a hauler to feed it wood, select a hauler and right click the stove

*does you have a pawn that can cook assigned for cooking and if so ... maybe that pawn is doing something else atm ? if so set priority to 1 for cooking and higher for other things.

[pauloandrade224]

Originally posted by Daffy:

can be several things so from the top.

*Do you have any mods installed ?

*Do your stove have a bill setup note that simple meals only need 1 kind of material while more fancy meals needs both meat and plant matter

*is it a electrical stove ? does it have power ?

*is it a wood burning stove ? does it have wood ? you need a hauler to feed it wood, select a hauler and right click the stove

*does you have a pawn that can cook assigned for cooking and if so ... maybe that pawn is doing something else atm ? if so set priority to 1 for cooking and higher for other things.

or the zones too maybe there are not assigned there for instance

[ItsDarthChaos]

Assign them to the area? What does that mean? Im not seeing any sort of options to change that

[pauloandrade224]

Originally posted by ItsDarthChaos:

Assign them to the area? What does that mean? Im not seeing any sort of options to change that

in the architect you can see assign zones right?

[ItsDarthChaos]

Originally posted by pauloandrade224:

Originally posted by ItsDarthChaos:

Assign them to the area? What does that mean? Im not seeing any sort of options to change that

in the architect you can see assign zones right?

Apparently not... Zone/Area.... but nothing to assign

[pauloandrade224]

Originally posted by ItsDarthChaos:

Assign them to the area? What does that mean? Im not seeing any sort of options to change that

or on the time table to schedule work or sleep times you will see unrestricted and home (a white and blue Rectangular figures with Unrestricted and home?

[pauloandrade224]

Originally posted by ItsDarthChaos:

Originally posted by pauloandrade224:

in the architect you can see assign zones right?

Apparently not... Zone/Area.... but nothing to assign

its the yellow squares there is one without a red line and one with it?

[ItsDarthChaos]

Yeahhh, I dont see wtf you are trying to say. Either Im blind or its not where you are saying it is, dude.

[ItsDarthChaos]

Oh, I see... So, put the Area 1 over the freezer area? Idk how that helps any. Its not like my people werent already allowed in there. They will bring in crops, then use those to cook just fine! But the meat is a no-go, even though I havent messed with the bill's settings.

[pauloandrade224]

Originally posted by ItsDarthChaos:

Oh, I see... So, put the Area 1 over the freezer area? Idk how that helps any. Its not like my people werent already allowed in there. They will bring in crops, then use those to cook just fine! But the meat is a no-go, even though I havent messed with the bill's settings.

just unrestrict eveyrone and make sure you have bills in the stove set to simple meals and then meat

[pauloandrade224]

Originally posted by ItsDarthChaos:

Oh, I see... So, put the Area 1 over the freezer area? Idk how that helps any. Its not like my people werent already allowed in there. They will bring in crops, then use those to cook just fine! But the meat is a no-go, even though I havent messed with the bill's settings.

in the meal bill that you have do you have meat without an red X?

[GuessMDK]

Is the raw meat human or insect? Those wont be cooked by default.

[Dominic]

Are you making fancy foods. A colonist does need some skill for those. Is there a range on your cooking station. theres a slider that sets the range you can use for resources. maybe you set the range too short by accident.?