Eating takes way too much time

[Awruk 216]

Everytime you respawn you AGAIN need to eat 20 cans of beans or so to get the "healthy" status. It takes ages to eat them even if you manage to find enough food. Remove the animations and make it the same as drinking water from the pump.

[ADZ_Doc 11]

No the time is fine as it is. I would like if it gave you the option to eat half or eat all, still the same amount of time but you don't have to constantly be putting it back in your hands and selecting eat/drink. Also an option to cancel animation would be necessary.

[Zarniwoop 1193]

I eat 10 cans of beans in 20 seconds too!

[Gezus 5]

No the time is fine as it is. I would like if it gave you the option to eat half or eat all, still the same amount of time but you don't have to constantly be putting it back in your hands and selecting eat/drink. Also an option to cancel animation would be necessary.

^ This. 

[joannou1 3]

Or maybe, they could add the option to sit down and eat.

Then your player would take larger portions and not have to keep taking out the weapon/item that way?

[ninjacalypse 551]

Everytime you respawn you AGAIN need to eat 20 cans of beans or so to get the "healthy" status. It takes ages to eat them even if you manage to find enough food. Remove the animations and make it the same as drinking water from the pump.

Empty your hands before you start eating, otherwise if you have a weapon equipped you'll pull it back out after every portion.

Other than that, it's fine how it is.

[Roshi (DayZ) 397]

Or maybe, they could add the option to sit down and eat.

Then your player would take larger portions and not have to keep taking out the weapon/item that way?

 

Walking around while drinking a coke or eating should be possible too.

[pteryx 14]

Protip:  Open can of food, right click, eat.  Spam the right click eat and every two clicks it will eat again, no matter if you were already finished.  You can eat a four serving can in 5-6 seconds.

[Baarn 53]

Empty your hands before you start eating, otherwise if you have a weapon equipped you'll pull it back out after every portion.

 

 

This seems to be bugged currently. Sometimes the weapon is equipped again, sometimes it isn't.

Also you can't keep the piece of food in your hand to keep eating, sometimes that works but most times the item is removed from the hands.

If that gets fixes I think eating time is fine, too. I think my character still eats a can of spaghetti faster than I would be able to do it. (and I've eaten a lot of cold, canned pasta on festivals)

[Awruk 216]

If that gets fixes I think eating time is fine, too. I think my character still eats a can of spaghetti faster than I would be able to do it. (and I've eaten a lot of cold, canned pasta on festivals)

 

But how many cans of spaghetti you need to eat to feel full IRL? 2-3? As opposed to 20 in DayZ.

 

 

Protip:  Open can of food, right click, eat.  Spam the right click eat and every two clicks it will eat again, no matter if you were already finished.  You can eat a four serving can in 5-6 seconds.

 

If that works then you have my beans.

 

 

Empty your hands before you start eating, otherwise if you have a weapon equipped you'll pull it back out after every portion.

Other than that, it's fine how it is.

 

That's not what I meant, it still takes way too much time.

[ninjacalypse 551]

That's not what I meant, it still takes way too much time.

 

Eating food in DayZ is too hard?  Chalk another one up for the record books guys.

[broguenz 333]

No the time is fine as it is. I would like if it gave you the option to eat half or eat all, still the same amount of time but you don't have to constantly be putting it back in your hands and selecting eat/drink. Also an option to cancel animation would be necessary.

 

This. I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure. but really, the re-animation per munch or drink is a pretty annoying. 

[ZedsDeadBaby 2287]

That's not what I meant, it still takes way too much time.

 

I'll tell you what. Post a Youtube video of you eating an entire can of beans without a spoon and without puking. Then we can compare to the time in game and see how realistic it is.

 

Deal?

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some threads...

[Mos1ey 6301]

Or maybe, they could add the option to sit down and eat.

Then your player would take larger portions and not have to keep taking out the weapon/item that way?

 

Yeah, I like this...

 

Eat

Eat all

Inspect

 

Perhaps the same for drinking. Would be nice to have the different options like then when you right-clicked the item.

Edited January 12, 2014 by Mos1ey

[LeoGrass 0]

Well you wanna always keep healthy in zombie world, that's a little bit difficult, so.. accept it.

[Sooden 301]

Everytime you respawn you AGAIN need to eat 20 cans of beans or so to get the "healthy" status. It takes ages to eat them even if you manage to find enough food. Remove the animations and make it the same as drinking water from the pump.

 

Maybe we could inject the food on the run lol

 

But seriously, I think the delay is needed. Drinking at the water pump seems wrong to me atm, there should be delay and animated. We don't want to remove the smaller detail of the game so that we can just get on with looting and killing. Smaller details that get in the way mean more thinking, which I find more fun. 

 

Added:

 

 

But how many cans of spaghetti you need to eat to feel full IRL? 2-3? As opposed to 20 in DayZ.

 

The eating of 20 cans to become healthy is not related to being full but more about the storage of calories. Haven't taken note of how many cans I can eat before full (in game), but if it is more that 3-4 before feeling stuffed then ,maybe the stomach size needs to be change, or the space food takes, making it take even longer over all to get full  calories/energy.

 

There was a nice video about how that system works, but forgot what it was called

Edited January 12, 2014 by Sooden

[AP_Norris 1018]

I think they need a eat all option, but it should take a bit longer.

[Rantanplan 18]

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But seriously, I think the delay is needed. Drinking at the water pump seems wrong to me atm, there should be delay and animated.

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The eating of 20 cans to become healthy is not related to being full but more about the storage of calories. Haven't taken note of how many cans I can eat before full (in game),...

 

There was a nice video about how that system works, but forgot what it was called

 

Taking a sip at the water pump is much less water than a swig from a water bottle or canteen, or drinking a soda can. So the time/water may be about equal, but a proper animation would be nice, yes.

 

And don't you ever again forget about the fantastic work of Merino, to create his in-depth videos on Food, Water, Health and Energy.

Edited January 12, 2014 by Rantanplan

[Sooden 301]

Taking a sip at the water pump is much less water than a swig from a water bottle or canteen, or drinking a soda can. So the time/water may be about equal, but a proper annimation would be nice, yes.

 

And don't you ever again forget about the fantastic work of Merino, to create his in-depth videos on Food, Water, Health and Energy.

 

ty for the link

[rickenbacker 190]

The only fix needed is to keep the food in your hands after you finish, so you can immediately eat again. It's stupid to imagine eating a handful of beans, putting the open can back in the backpack, then getting it out again for each bite!

[xtharkusx 7]

I agree with the majority that the actual eating speed is FINE.