Do settlers need more than 1 piece of food per person?

[Hanman]

Sorry if this has been posted before, but I just couldn't find any other post taking about this.

I am not sure if I have encountered a bug, but at some of my settlements, the settlers seem to complain about food when I have provided them plenty. I have some settlement with 18 people in it, and have planted crops for 23 food. They still some times say: "You know what I call a good day? One that ends without an empty stomach".
1 food per settler is suppose to be enough, right? I have only read other people say that.

[Spec_Ops_Ape]

Yes, 1 food/water/bed per settler is enough. That comment is just 1 of the random comments they spit out from time to time. Most likely a reference to harder living conditions before the settlement or something.

[Zekiran]

Yup with food and water, a bed and a roof, and a job, those basic Sims needs are met.

I try and keep around 25% more food and beds on hand, than population. (I've got the 'concord water tower' mod, so ... water is no problem.)

[Bored Peon]

Are you using supply chains?

Are your other settlements in that supply line actually producing food?

Originally posted by Zekiran:

(I've got the 'concord water tower' mod, so ... water is no problem.)

When was water ever an issue?

[Haerken]

It's one of their random lines they have to blurt at you when you are nearby. I'm so sick of that phrase I turn off my sound sometimes.

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Are you using supply chains?

Are your other settlements in that supply line actually producing food?

Originally posted by Zekiran:

(I've got the 'concord water tower' mod, so ... water is no problem.)

When was water ever an issue?

It's actually not the amount of water, but the space and power needed for the machines. With the mod, you basically just slap one of these things down and... BOOM 160 water... Does require science 4 I think, something high, but I get that anyway.

[showler]

You can make a fusion generator from Vault-tec with lower requirements than that and never worry about power.

[Ceejay]

Originally posted by Tailor Wolf:

They still some times say: "You know what I call a good day? One that ends without an empty stomach".

Have you considered that maybe they are actually having a good day and maybe just hinting that they normally do not. :)

[Hanman]

Originally posted by Ceejay:

Originally posted by Tailor Wolf:

They still some times say: "You know what I call a good day? One that ends without an empty stomach".

Have you considered that maybe they are actually having a good day and maybe just hinting that they normally do not. :)

But that is normally a way for the settlers to tell you that they lack food, I think? I am not sure, the settlements can be fun but also very confusing.

[Hanman]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Are you using supply chains?

Are your other settlements in that supply line actually producing food?

Originally posted by Zekiran:

(I've got the 'concord water tower' mod, so ... water is no problem.)

When was water ever an issue?

I do use supply lines, but I always make sure every settlement can produce enough food on their own in their own homes.

[Hanman]

Originally posted by Spec_Ops_Ape:

Yes, 1 food/water/bed per settler is enough. That comment is just 1 of the random comments they spit out from time to time. Most likely a reference to harder living conditions before the settlement or something.

Yeah, but it's strange. What they say is suppose to clue me in on what issues they have since they don't tell me directly? But if it's not always true what they say, it becomes really difficult to find out how I can help them.

[Hanman]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

Yup with food and water, a bed and a roof, and a job, those basic Sims needs are met.

I try and keep around 25% more food and beds on hand, than population. (I've got the 'concord water tower' mod, so ... water is no problem.)

Why do you keep more beds and food? Is it so that there is resources for the settlement population to expand?

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by Tailor Wolf:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Are you using supply chains?

Are your other settlements in that supply line actually producing food?

I do use supply lines, but I always make sure every settlement can produce enough food on their own in their own homes.

Also keep in mind that ANY settlement with the 0 data bug in the workshop is NOT producing food and will instead consume food and water from OTHER settlements.

Originally posted by Tailor Wolf:

Why do you keep more beds and food? Is it so that there is resources for the settlement population to expand?

You want extra beds and food in case of settlement growth. If the population goes up while you are away you could quickly suffer penalties for not enough beds and not enough food.

[Spec_Ops_Ape]

Originally posted by Tailor Wolf:

Originally posted by Ceejay:

Have you considered that maybe they are actually having a good day and maybe just hinting that they normally do not. :)

But that is normally a way for the settlers to tell you that they lack food, I think? I am not sure, the settlements can be fun but also very confusing.

No, if they are low on a resource, one or maybe two of them will approach you as you near them and will specifically say something in regards to it. The usual one I hear is "You should know that we are a bit short on beds at the moment, people are starting to have to sleep in shifts." I can't remember the specific one for food but it's along the same lines as well as in regards to water and defence "I wish we could do something about these damned raider attacks" or close to it. If there is an abundance of defence then you hear "we cut those raiders to pieces, we'll do it again if they come back".

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by Spec_Ops_Ape:

The usual one I hear is "You should know that we are a bit short on beds at the moment, people are starting to have to sleep in shifts." I can't remember the specific one for food but it's along the same lines as well as in regards to water

These will occur if the 0 data issue appears in your workshop. It takes being in the settlement a few minutes or open workshop to make it correct the data.

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

You want extra beds and food in case of settlement growth. If the population goes up while you are away you could quickly suffer penalties for not enough beds and not enough food.

Also: when provisioners arrive, they count toward a temporary bed need, I believe.

I've got a mod that is SUPPOSED to let you have... basically unlimited settler numbers, but it doesn't appear to be working, and I'm way too lazy to fix it. I've got 21, 22 in some, and 31 or so in Vault 88, but with 60 settlements maybe I should be glad it's not working... I don't know what I'd even DO with 50 or 100 settlers...