SomeRandomFinn Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Every few cycles, I have a look at my calorie count. I was at over 200K, so I deconstructed my farms. I have a few ranches, wild pacu and Shove Vole's, and then there's the Sleet Wheat (I'm playing on the big starting asteroid). I was too lazy to actually check anything, but it seemed like that might be enough sources of calories. I have enough fridges to keep everything in them. A few cycles later, I was at 0 calories. Micro-managing food is of zero interest to me. But with the new food mechanics, I'll need to do something different. What are people's (low-maintenance) solutions for food? (And yes, I saw Francis John's recent video with his solution. Which was excellent. But It's immersion-breaking for me to have Auto-Sweepers magically pull things through walls, so I don't want to do that.) Thanks for any replies. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cezarica Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 You posted in the wrong section buddy, this is for vanilla game. Either ask a mod to move the post to Spaced Out! or make a new post in there. As for auto-sweepers they don't "magically pull things through walls" it's how they work, meaning that's the range they have built in, I mean nobody is exploiting anything. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/#findComment-1467957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeRandomFinn Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 minute ago, cezarica said: Sorry, didn't realize the food mechanics were different in the base game. As for Auto-Sweepers, we'll have to agree to disagree. "The way they work" is that they can magically pull things through walls. I have no problem with it being that way, I just choose not to use that particular mechanic myself. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/#findComment-1467959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cezarica Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 If that's the auto-sweeper's designed range and you use that range in a clever way means it magically pulls things through walls? Do you use liquid locks, infinite liquid/gas storage, infinite food storage and so on? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/#findComment-1467960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeRandomFinn Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 I'm not accusing anyone of anything. Let's just end this conversation. And all play the game however we want to play it. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/#findComment-1467961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yobbo Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 My amazing new strategy is not to refrigerate anything. Just make some compost piles and let things rot. Food overproduction solves itself. So long as food supply remains sufficient, there are no problems. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/#findComment-1467963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiracho Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 My solution was to cool down the food before putting it in a vacuum. I didn't have the tech yet to check temperatures on conveyor rails, so this block is cooled down low enough(-55Celsius) that it can deep freeze freshly cooked food in one go I could make some more screenshots if there's interest. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/#findComment-1468060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cezarica Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 From what I heard/read the place needs to be under -18°C, your -50°C is overkill. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/#findComment-1468066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primalflower Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 30 minutes ago, Hiracho said: My solution was to cool down the food before putting it in a vacuum. I didn't have the tech yet to check temperatures on conveyor rails, so this block is cooled down low enough(-55Celsius) that it can deep freeze freshly cooked food in one go I could make some more screenshots if there's interest. I cant get enough of how the thermo regulator is actually being used as small scale cooling now with the food spoilage change Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/#findComment-1468067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemie Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 21 minutes ago, Lbphero said: I cant get enough of how the thermo regulator is actually being used as small scale cooling now with the food spoilage change except an aqua tuner would work and cost less power.... Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/#findComment-1468073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primalflower Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 28 minutes ago, chemie said: except an aqua tuner would work and cost less power.... For way more work and setup for something super tiny .... notice how the regulator above has very little setup on it at all ... but it still works fine... Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/#findComment-1468077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemie Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Lbphero said: For way more work and setup for something super tiny .... notice how the regulator above has very little setup on it at all ... but it still works fine... You could run the aqua out in the open too; very low load Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/#findComment-1468095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primalflower Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 28 minutes ago, chemie said: You could run the aqua out in the open too; very low load if you say so :^P Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/#findComment-1468105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakemw Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 2 hours ago, chemie said: except an aqua tuner would work and cost less power.... The Thermal Regulator using Hydrogen would use like 20 watts on average, and an Aquatuner using Ethanol would use like 9 watts on average. Does it really matter? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/#findComment-1468108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yunru Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, blakemw said: The Thermal Regulator using Hydrogen would use like 20 watts on average, and an Aquatuner using Ethanol would use like 9 watts on average. Does it really matter? Yes it does, because one also requires wires heavy enough that I'd have to invest even more time in it :P Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/#findComment-1468121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiracho Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 On 6/11/2021 at 7:14 PM, cezarica said: From what I heard/read the place needs to be under -18°C, your -50°C is overkill. the hydrogen is -55 so it will only need to pass the 8 tiles once for the food to reach -18, having it at like -20 would make the heat transfer more slow and it would only get the meat to -8 no overkill, and no extra power wasted or anything cause it isn't really leaking temperature. Like I said Didn't have the tech yet to check the food temperature and let it loop till deep frozen so had to hard code some cold in there! As for using an aquatuner/ethanol, my starter world didn't have access at that time, plus not having 1.2k powersurges is nice too Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/130748-tips-for-not-having-to-micro-manage-calories/#findComment-1468337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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