How to feed prisoners nutrient paste

[Enregór]

My colonists keep feeding survival meals to my prisoners instead of nutrient paste. How do I change the diet restrictions of prisoners?

[Astasia]

Untick "gets food" on the prisoners. Either create a stockpile of nutrient paste in their room, or give them access to the front of a nutrient paste dispenser.

[Sigfig]

Originally posted by Astasia:

Untick "gets food" on the prisoners. Either create a stockpile of nutrient paste in their room, or give them access to the front of a nutrient paste dispenser.

[Lady Crimson (RIP)]

You could also forbid the survival rations till you need them in use as well.

[TwoTonGamer]

Because nutrient paste is created "on demand" and not normally stockpiled the easiest way is to give the prisoners access to a dispenser by building one in your prison. This will alleviate the need for your wardens to bring them food, too.

There is a sloppy workaround that involves ordering a colonist to eat at a dispenser and when they get a meal, quickly draft them so that they drop it. Repeat until you get a stockpile of meals dropped on the floor.

[Markus Reese]

Like others said. Just forbid get meals and give a dispenser. A dispenser acts as a wall. So have the front full blocks as cell wall so you can hopper and freezer in a separate room. Unless it has been updated and I havent noticed, do not uncheck gets food until a prisoner is mobile.

Been a while since played. Maybe they feed when tending even if not checked off for gets food.

[killeregon]

You can forbid the normal food. Let soneone use the dispenser, drop the paste, forbid, let him make, drop... until you have an emergency foodpile of this. After that forbid the use of the paste until u need it

[Markus Reese]

Originally posted by killeregon:

You can forbid the normal food. Let soneone use the dispenser, drop the paste, forbid, let him make, drop... until you have an emergency foodpile of this. After that forbid the use of the paste until u need it

Yeah, but what point? You did a bunch of micromanage to have delivered what they can get themselves outside of when incapacitated

[killeregon]

Originally posted by twistedmelon:

Originally posted by killeregon:

You can forbid the normal food. Let soneone use the dispenser, drop the paste, forbid, let him make, drop... until you have an emergency foodpile of this. After that forbid the use of the paste until u need it

Yeah, but what point? You did a bunch of micromanage to have delivered what they can get themselves outside of when incapacitated

Thats true but its an easy way if you do thin right at the start. You will have some emergency food that doesn´t rot. Its worth the time

[Morkonan]

A related question:

Will Prisoners feed other Prisoners if there is a foodsource available?

ie: Meal lying on a table/floor, meal in a Rimfridge, extra meal in inventory, nutrient paste dispenser, etc...

I know that generally requires a Warden job for official "Prisoners," but with the Hospitality mod I've seen Guests use medicine to heal each other after combat. I wasn't sure if that was native behavior or mod-related and wonder how far that behavior would go if it was "native" in terms of Prisoner behaviors.

(I don't recall seeing it in evidence in pre-1.0 play but am only now experiencing the post-1.0 game.)