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Synchronized Food Values

This mod, like many others before it, adds visible stat values when mousing over food items that show how much hunger, sanity, and health they restore when eaten. Positive values are shown in green, and negative values are shown in red, like so:



Most mods with a similar function are purely client-side, which has its advantages, but Synchronized Food Values is both a client and server mod, with three goals:

• Calculate food values dynamically and synchronize them between server and clients so there is no mismatch between the tooltip and the actual value when eaten.
  
• Maintain compatibility with current and future characters that have food value modifiers (Warly, Wurt, Wortox, Wormwood) as well as favorite foods.
  
• Maintain compatibility with mods that introduce new foods, modify existing foods, or give food value modifiers to new or existing characters.

The intention is to be as dynamic as possible- restoration amounts are calculated by the server using the same methods that are used when it's actually eaten, instead of hardcoding a predetermined set of values. For example, food values will update for Warly depending on the foods he has eaten recently:




Synchronized Food Values is not as robust as something like Ryuu's Item Info - it only includes food tooltip values for hunger, sanity, and health restoration. I generally think that the game does a decent job at communicating statistics like food perish time, item durability, etc. through the interface, but it is severely lacking when it comes to showing what the food will actually do when eaten. This UI issue is exacerbated by the inclusion of characters with food modifiers, favorite foods, and mods (you shouldn't need the wiki and a calculator to figure out if you should eat a bowl of meatballs).


With the way this mod is implemented, it should be compatible with other mods that modify food values, add new foods, or add characters with food modifiers in the same vein as Wurt, Wortox, Warly, or Wormwood. Incompatibility may result if the mod in question makes changes to the "eater" component or bypasses the standard food calculations completely. This mod will also likely be incompatible with other mods that add tool tips to food items.


NOTE: DST Minus API is required for this mod to work. View its workshop page for more info.