what speed should i have my feeder on?

[GOON MASTER GOOSE]

Ive got 10 largos at the moment. What speed should i have the feeder on?

[purplecharmanderz]

with 10 you are in a case of medium being too slow to feed everything and therefore 2 of your largos are effectively producing nothing, but fast is too fast and you are wasting food.

normally speaking - slow feeds 3-4, medium 6, and fast 12. if catch up is bugging out in a certain fashion the numbers are slow = 5, medium = 8 and fast = 16

[GOON MASTER GOOSE]

Originally posted by purplecharmanderz:

with 10 you are in a case of medium being too slow to feed everything and therefore 2 of your largos are effectively producing nothing, but fast is too fast and you are wasting food.

normally speaking - slow feeds 3-4, medium 6, and fast 12. if catch up is bugging out in a certain fashion the numbers are slow = 5, medium = 8 and fast = 16

If catch up is bugging out? What do you mean? Whats catch up?

Also are you saying i should just add two more largos in and keep it on fast?

[purplecharmanderz]

Originally posted by Goose:

Originally posted by purplecharmanderz:

with 10 you are in a case of medium being too slow to feed everything and therefore 2 of your largos are effectively producing nothing, but fast is too fast and you are wasting food.

normally speaking - slow feeds 3-4, medium 6, and fast 12. if catch up is bugging out in a certain fashion the numbers are slow = 5, medium = 8 and fast = 16

If catch up is bugging out? What do you mean? Whats catch up?

Also are you saying i should just add two more largos in and keep it on fast?

The latter part I'm not saying anything in particular- just giving the numbers so you can make an informed decision.

Catch up is part of the code meant to allow the ranch to act as if its running while you are away - even when it technically isn't. Buggiest part of the code and a number of bugs are known to randomly occur which can change factors here.

[GOON MASTER GOOSE]

Originally posted by purplecharmanderz:

Originally posted by Goose:

If catch up is bugging out? What do you mean? Whats catch up?

Also are you saying i should just add two more largos in and keep it on fast?

The latter part I'm not saying anything in particular- just giving the numbers so you can make an informed decision.

Catch up is part of the code meant to allow the ranch to act as if its running while you are away - even when it technically isn't. Buggiest part of the code and a number of bugs are known to randomly occur which can change factors here.

Well the SMART idea would be having 12 slimes with the fast setting, right?

[purplecharmanderz]

Originally posted by Goose:

Originally posted by purplecharmanderz:

The latter part I'm not saying anything in particular- just giving the numbers so you can make an informed decision.

Catch up is part of the code meant to allow the ranch to act as if its running while you are away - even when it technically isn't. Buggiest part of the code and a number of bugs are known to randomly occur which can change factors here.

Well the SMART idea would be having 12 slimes with the fast setting, right?

For the most profits - sure. But there's other factors like largo type and your available food production to consider before I'd call it the defacto "Smart" choice.

[Mopey Pixel]

depends on the largos, anything besides a hunter quantum largo should be fine (I speak with experience, NEVER underfeed them) with medium, if the cage is very densely packed with largos then you'd want to have it on fast.

[Yuna Fritz]

with my largos,i feed my ten at the fast rate, and if food is in there still, i go in and just grab it and put it back into the feeder. That's just me though

[Zebrin]

Yeah, that's an option too, but generally speaking sticking to 8 slimes on medium speed, or 12 on fast is the best. Slow is just not profitable enough, and it's not like slimes are hard to find or anything.

Going into the pens to get the extra food is a bit of a pain though especially on the more damage happy slimes. Crystals, rocks, booms, hunters, and rad slimes can get a bit harrowing. Especially if the largos start gumming up your vac pack.

The problems I have is that if you over stuff your pens with largos, you sometimes see food on the ground, and a bunch of hungry slimes on the other side of the pen. So I tend to stick to medium speed and 8 largos for the most automated experience.

You will always have to keep an eye on your slimes though, the auto feeders are... not perfect. The amount of variability in their deployment, and how much food they send out and when can lead to a medium speed overfeeding 10 slimes, while a fast is underfeeding 8.

And that is before you add in trying to sleep through the night and the like. That screws with the simulation even more because of the errors it has. Generally, it's good enough for a single day if you screw up and fall in the sea or something, but if that happens, you definitely have to check your ranch for escapees.

[TheMole132231]

Keep it on medium but every so often throw a cropload of the fruit/vege over the top of them to make sure all are getting fed.