What can we cook?

[CJ_14 105]

I know we are able to cook some meat and fishes. But are we able to cook rice? mix milk and water? make a stew with tomato, potatos, meat and such? Or we have to stick to canned food and game?

[thznutz 112]

all i am aware of so far is the cooking of meats, but with "cooking" as a crafting option i cant imagine that at some point down the road we wouldnt have the option of mixing up a nice stew or something....

[Sgt Joe1 5]

just appreciate the fact that your guy can drink 10 sodas and eat like 5 canned peaches in under 2 mins yet he doesn't throw up or even slow down his running speed :D

[Damnyourdeadman 1045]

My guess is that cooking is still in it's basic form.

For the time being we can only prepare meat and fish.

 

But frankly,the way the game set up currently,you don't really need to resort to hunting/fishing and cooking.

Buildings offer a surplus of canned goods that can keep you "stuffed" for years.

[CJ_14 105]

There are no buildings in the woods, where I live with my tent, my fireplace and my Sniper Rifle

[CJFlint 357]

It is, its really only for meat and that is it. Nothing more...yet. Infact right now I am about 100% sure a fireplace kit is the only reasonable way to cook. Becuase the gas stove is buged were it burns food. It will be nice when they get around to fixing that. Who knows when that will be......they prob have a back log of issues to address.

 

But yeah could you imagine having to eat raw rice? Fuck the stomach pain you would get from that lol. Our avatars eat like complete shit! LOL A freak n cold can of beans.....or bacon....may as well be eating dog food. Or a slightly warm can of soda.....water out of some pond with green water lol Fuck that would suck.......the only thing I think sounds good to eat in game is stakes.....animal that is. We are sooo spoiled....there is prob some guy in a war torn shit hole quite contently eating the way our avatars do....no way to live lol 

Edited December 12, 2014 by CJFlint

[huf757 82]

all i am aware of so far is the cooking of meats, but with "cooking" as a crafting option i cant imagine that at some point down the road we wouldnt have the option of mixing up a nice stew or something....

I really need to get a life.  When I eat vegetable beef soup or a nice pot roast with all the vegetables, I usually think to myself how nice it would be to have the ability to craft these in DAYZ. :rolleyes:

[Kirby12352 67]

It is, its really only for meat and that is it. Nothing more...yet. Infact right now I am about 100% sure a fireplace kit is the only reasonable way to cook. Becuase the gas stove is buged were it burns food. It will be nice when they get around to fixing that. Who knows when that will be......they prob have a back log of issues to address.

 

But yeah could you imagine having to eat raw rice? Fuck the stomach pain you would get from that lol. Our avatars eat like complete shit! LOL A freak n cold can of beans.....or bacon....may as well be eating dog food. Or a slightly warm can of soda.....water out of some pond with green water lol Fuck that would suck.......the only thing I think sounds good to eat in game is stakes.....animal that is. We are sooo spoiled....there is prob some guy in a war torn shit hole quite contently eating the way our avatars do....no way to live lol 

 

 

I don't mind eating cold beans IRL. Maybe that's just me?

[CJFlint 357]

I don't mind eating cold beans IRL. Maybe that's just me?

More power to ya, if you gotta do it then you gotta do it. I have had to eaten cold food of all types, same with just about everyone, sure as fuck wasn't ideal. I'll tell you what I much more prefer my food is cooked.  

 

 

LOL this brings up something...I secretly always wanted the to add beer, wines and hard A to the game....your avatar can get typsy...to deal with the hellish zombie apoc world....I'll tell ya what If I had to live through something like an apoc, I would prefer to be half snokered most of the time lol Winston Churchhill was completly plastered all through WW2 ya know

Edited December 12, 2014 by CJFlint

[CJ_14 105]

I can settle with the only thing we can cook now and certainly hope to see recipes implemented on the future (simple one...I don't want to cook a Paella or Omelette du Frommage)

[Whyherro123 2283]

If anything, the food we eat should have an effect on both our energy levels and on our immune system. A steady diet of canned beans, fruit, and sodas will not be as good for you as a diet of fresh produce, greens, and lean meats. We should be slowed down (slower speeds), with lower energy and depressed immune systems if we don't eat a varied diet. 

 

Also: scurvy. Vitamin C can be found in plants other than citrus (many lawn weeds have high vitamin C content, as well as being delicious. Also pine needles, liver, etc), but it might not be known about by the average survivor.

More power to ya, if you gotta do it then you gotta do it. I have had to eaten cold food of all types, same with just about everyone, sure as fuck wasn't ideal. I'll tell you what I much more prefer my food is cooked.  

 

 

LOL this brings up something...I secretly always wanted the to add beer, wines and hard A to the game....your avatar can get typsy...to deal with the hellish zombie apoc world....I'll tell ya what If I had to live through something like an apoc, I would prefer to be half snokered most of the time lol Winston Churchhill was completly plastered all through WW2 ya know

Alcohol has been with humanity for as long as we have had communities (Pots were found in the ruins of neolithic farms that had the residues of deliberately fermented grain.), and has been a commodity of trade for also that long. I also want alcohol to be eventually included, both as a trade good (most disaster-preparedness agencies believe that hard alcohols, especially moonshine, would become de facto currency after the SHTF) and as a source of storing calories. Seriously, hard alcohol can be used a medicinal disinfectant, fuel source (for vehicles, stoves, generators,lanterns, etc), industrial solvent, well....beverage, etc etc etc. The quality can be controlled by limiting the production of it to certain companies/groups, and different proofs can be valued differently. Of course, you could always distill your own, and attempt to crash the post-apocalyptic market, but you probably wouldn't be able to make the same quantity or quality, and I would expect the post-TSC BAFTE-goons to be even worse than the current : P

 

Now, I am not going to tell you how to break the law, but the actual process and physical setup for an alcohol still can be found online. It is actually legal to brew your own alcohol in the US, so long as you don't sell it.

 

If there is any form of alcohol I would like to see, it is hard cider. Unpasteurized apple cider has certain yeast strains in it, and apple cider is relatively easy to make. Take apples, quarter them, then put them into a pot and mash them up. Strain out the juices (by putting them in a permeable sack and squeezing, for example), transfer the juices to a clean glass or plastic bottle, cap with a balloon (poke a hole with a needle first) or a piece of cloth, and leave in a cool, dry place for a couple of weeks. Once the foam stops forming, the fermentation has stopped, and you can then drink it, or bottle it and let it age. Boom, alcoholic cider that has a decent number of calories and carbohydrates, Vitamin C, and tastes good to boot! Great way to store a GREAT food group (apples) for a long time, over winter perhaps? 

 

http://www.gameofbrews.com/wildling-cider/

 

As you can tell, I am a cider fan.

 

I can settle with the only thing we can cook now and certainly hope to see recipes implemented on the future (simple one...I don't want to cook a Paella or Omelette du Frommage)

Why so simple? I am not asking for 5-Star meals, but I've cooked some pretty complex, multi-course multi-item meals while camping with little more than a Dutch Oven, a metal grate, and a nice, flat rock.

Edited December 14, 2014 by Whyherro123

[CJ_14 105]

Why so simple? I am not asking for 5-Star meals, but I've cooked some pretty complex, multi-course multi-item meals while camping with little more than a Dutch Oven, a metal grate, and a nice, flat rock.

 

 

Time...I like to spend my time in Chernarus killing zombies, not cooking.

[Whyherro123 2283]

Time...I like to spend my time in Chernarus killing zombies, not cooking.

Day Z is a survival game, and survival is made up of many aspects. Killing zombies is only one of them, and keeping your body properly fueled and maintained is as important, if not more, than fighting zombies. At least, in my opinion.

 

Hell, how long does it currently take to cook a steak? 5 minutes? It should take WAY longer. Maintenance of both body and equipment should take up an appreciable amount of time, both as a nod to realism and to make the player slow down and think about both what they are doing, and what their next move is. Having meals take a decent amount of time to cook (as well as a decent amount of time to burn/become inedible, because frankly, the current 10 seconds-then-burn is stupid beyond reason), say, half an hour, would give players time to clean a firearm, put some water on to boil, check their feet for injuries, as well as sew up some rips in clothing. Right now, you practically have to babysit your food, as it will burn if you look away from it too long.

 

Again, IMO, but we as a character do almost everything at BLAZING speed. We are capable of sprinting (non-stop, mind you) at 26 kph, and turning and zig-zagging on a dime. No sense of inertia or momentum there! It takes longer to change magazines in a rifle than it does to add 30 loose rounds to an empty magazine! "Topping off" magazines should be something you do while sitting around the campfire, not in the heat of a firefight. Should it take 5 minutes? No, but it also shouldn't be instantaneous enough where players feel comfortable filling empty magazines in battle.

 

Same thing with sewing, or skinning. Everything needs to SLOW DOWN.

[CJ_14 105]

Day Z is a survival game, and survival is made up of many aspects. Killing zombies is only one of them, and keeping your body properly fueled and maintained is as important, if not more, than fighting zombies. At least, in my opinion.

 

Hell, how long does it currently take to cook a steak? 5 minutes? It should take WAY longer. Maintenance of both body and equipment should take up an appreciable amount of time, both as a nod to realism and to make the player slow down and think about both what they are doing, and what their next move is. Having meals take a decent amount of time to cook (as well as a decent amount of time to burn/become inedible, because frankly, the current 10 seconds-then-burn is stupid beyond reason), say, half an hour, would give players time to clean a firearm, put some water on to boil, check their feet for injuries, as well as sew up some rips in clothing. Right now, you practically have to babysit your food, as it will burn if you look away from it too long.

 

Again, IMO, but we as a character do almost everything at BLAZING speed. We are capable of sprinting (non-stop, mind you) at 26 kph, and turning and zig-zagging on a dime. No sense of inertia or momentum there! It takes longer to change magazines in a rifle than it does to add 30 loose rounds to an empty magazine! "Topping off" magazines should be something you do while sitting around the campfire, not in the heat of a firefight. Should it take 5 minutes? No, but it also shouldn't be instantaneous enough where players feel comfortable filling empty magazines in battle.

 

Same thing with sewing, or skinning. Everything needs to SLOW DOWN.

 

I understand your point of view...but this is a "Survival Horror, Open World, MMO Game". Realism is an important part, but must be toned down to a certain point, where the game is actually enjoyable. Because at least me, want to play a game, not a simulator and DayZ (although it is very realistic) is still tagged as a GAME

[CJFlint 357]

In the .49 stable patch. the game was pretty much right at freezing temp. The loot count was lower then normal. It was also the first time they had "weather effects" in a patch. It also was kind of bugged so you avatar core temp basicly would keep dropping no mater what you did, which forced to have to lite fires, This was a perfect to force players to consider starting fires, and also consider hunting as a food source due to the lower then normal loot count. I hunted and cooked almost every time I logged in. When I play dayz I only LOOK for pvp when I am prepared. Meaning 3 green bars, food, fluids, 1st aid, reasonable gear and of course weapons. I find the likely hood of me surviving goes up quite abit, when I am careful and thoughtful then just rush into it ill prepared. I have a certain way I play, that improves my odds. Does and don'ts...But in .49, I think it changed the way I play. I became well more utilitarian, when it came to gear...a what ever works mind set. I became much less picky. That never went away. I found for me to pvp at the standard were I was well prepared each time in .49 took more work...which was fun. I almost had a play cycle, were I would hunt, stock pile some meat and water. Dry out and stay warm...then meet up with a group or solo pvp. There is nothing worse then being ill prepared and causing the whole group to have to slow down and help you out...that not going to be me....I think I think about stuff like that more because I play solo allot too. I had to to do it to keep my avatar alive.

 

Since when .50 and .51 the temps were warmer and the loot count was higher....at least it sure as hell seemed that way...So now there isn't as much of need to cook, lite fires and the like. Its more of a option with these 2 new stable patches....something you can do for fun if you like, not really because you have too. Pretty much as long as you near a town you will not starve. 

Edited December 15, 2014 by CJFlint

[Whyherro123 2283]

I understand your point of view...but this is a "Survival Horror, Open World, MMO Game". Realism is an important part, but must be toned down to a certain point, where the game is actually enjoyable. Because at least me, want to play a game, not a simulator and DayZ (although it is very realistic) is still tagged as a GAME

And people in EVE Online spend HOURS literally clicking on an asteroid to mine materials. How is that different from asking for added realism and difficulty?

 

Oh, and they pay to do it. With multiple accounts.

[CJ_14 105]

And people in EVE Online spend HOURS literally clicking on an asteroid to mine materials. How is that different from asking for added realism and difficulty?

 

Oh, and they pay to do it. With multiple accounts.

 

That is exactly why I'm not playing EVE Online right now.