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[NiteStar]

So the weight of most foods in-game is the same, or nearly the same: .400 kg, which is a bit less than a pound. To me, this is quite a bit heavy for most foods.

There are some food items, however, that have different weights. Clovers, for example, weigh a mere .010 kg (even that is a bit heavy, as it's nearly 1/3 of an ounce). A tea bag, however, weights .400kb, which is nearly a pound. In real life, a tea bag weighs on the average 2 grams or .002kg.

Now I realize that different foods have different food supplements (food +x). But to bring more realism into the game, it would be nice for foods to weigh approximately what they do in real life.

I would be willing to go through the various types of foods I've found to date and get their average, real-world weights, if they would be implemented in-game. I'll list them here in a table or something, and um ... if there are any food types that I've missed someone can let me know what they are and I'll hunt down their average weight.

[Cleo]

Sure, go for it. I could provide you with a list of current food objects (some not in-game yet), including their name, how much food they give and their weight. You could change it how you see fit (including how much food they give, if you feel it's not correct) and post back and we'll review it.

[NiteStar]

Oh, didn't know you had a chart like that. If you could do that I'll research all the real-world weights of food (for an average quantity, on the average).

[Cleo]

I can just generate using a simple Python script executed live from server...

Here you go:

Code: [Select]

apple: food: 170 weight: 0.400 kg image: apple.101.png
apricot: food: 200 weight: 0.400 kg image: apricot.101.png
bacon: food: 300 weight: 0.400 kg image: bacon.101.png
bag of popcorn: food: 150 weight: 0.200 kg image: bag_popcorn.101.png
banana: food: 210 weight: 0.400 kg image: banana.101.png
beer: food: 200 weight: 0.400 kg image: beer.101.png
bonbons: food: 90 weight: 0.400 kg image: bonbons.101.png
booze: food: 300 weight: 0.350 kg image: booze2.101.png
booze: food: 350 weight: 0.350 kg image: booze_winter.101.png
booze: food: 275 weight: 0.300 kg image: booze.101.png
brain: food: 0 weight: 0.004 kg image: brain.101.png
bread: food: 210 weight: 0.400 kg image: bread2.101.png
bread: food: 200 weight: 0.400 kg image: bread.101.png
cake: food: 300 weight: 0.400 kg image: cake.101.png
carrot: food: 110 weight: 0.300 kg image: carrot.101.png
champagne: food: 200 weight: 0.400 kg image: champagne.101.png
cheese: food: 190 weight: 0.400 kg image: cheese.101.png
cheeseburger: food: 350 weight: 0.125 kg image: cheeseburger.101.png
cherries: food: 110 weight: 0.400 kg image: cherries.101.png
chicken leg: food: 400 weight: 0.400 kg image: chicken_leg.101.png
chilli: food: 80 weight: 0.100 kg image: chilli.101.png
chocolate: food: 150 weight: 0.100 kg image: chocolate.101.png
chocolate cake: food: 100 weight: 0.400 kg image: cake_chocolate.101.png
choko: food: 120 weight: 0.300 kg image: choko.101.png
clover: food: 50 weight: 0.010 kg image: clover.101.png
cookie: food: 90 weight: 0.400 kg image: cookie.101.png
cup of coffee: food: 180 weight: 0.400 kg image: cup_coffee.101.png
cup of tea: food: 170 weight: 0.400 kg image: cup_tea.101.png
demon's head: food: 0 weight: 0.250 kg image: head_demon.101.png
dragon steak: food: 400 weight: 0.400 kg image: steak_dragon.101.png
drumstick: food: 280 weight: 0.400 kg image: drumstick.101.png
ectoplasm: food: 0 weight: 0.020 kg image: ectoplasm.101.png
egg: food: 140 weight: 0.400 kg image: egg.101.png
eggnog: food: 400 weight: 0.500 kg image: eggnog.101.png
elvish waybread: food: 300 weight: 0.125 kg image: waybread.101.png
fig pudding: food: 300 weight: 0.300 kg image: figpud2.101.png
fig pudding: food: 400 weight: 0.600 kg image: figpud.101.png
fish: food: 200 weight: 0.300 kg image: food_fish.101.png
food: food: 230 weight: 0.400 kg image: food.101.png
goblin's head: food: 30 weight: 0.025 kg image: head_goblin.101.png
grapes: food: 210 weight: 0.400 kg image: grapes2.101.png
grapes: food: 210 weight: 0.400 kg image: grapes.101.png
honeycomb: food: 130 weight: 0.400 kg image: honeycomb.101.png
ice cake: food: 180 weight: 0.400 kg image: icecake.101.png
insect's stinger: food: 0 weight: 0.010 kg image: sting_insect.101.png
lemon: food: 130 weight: 0.400 kg image: lemon.101.png
liver: food: 0 weight: 0.004 kg image: liver.101.png
lychee: food: 180 weight: 0.400 kg image: lychee.101.png
melon: food: 320 weight: 0.300 kg image: melon.101.png
mint: food: 55 weight: 0.010 kg image: mint.101.png
mushroom: food: 50 weight: 0.100 kg image: mushroom1.101.png
mushroom: food: 50 weight: 0.100 kg image: mushroom2.101.png
mushroom: food: 50 weight: 0.100 kg image: mushroom3.101.png
olive oil: food: 70 weight: 0.400 kg image: olive_oil.101.png
orange: food: 190 weight: 0.400 kg image: orange.101.png
peach: food: 180 weight: 0.400 kg image: peach.101.png
pile of philosophical salt: food: 7 weight: 0.500 kg image: salt_phil.101.png
pile of salt: food: 1 weight: 0.500 kg image: salt.101.png
pineapple: food: 275 weight: 0.400 kg image: pineapple.101.png
pipeweed: food: 5 weight: 0.032 kg image: pipeweed.101.png
pizza: food: 250 weight: 0.250 kg image: pizza.101.png
puddle of blood: food: 0 weight: 0.001 kg image: blood.101.png
rambutan: food: 160 weight: 0.400 kg image: rambutan.101.png
red wine: food: 130 weight: 0.400 kg image: redwine.101.png
residue: food: 0 weight: 0.050 kg image: residue.101.png
salad: food: 150 weight: 0.300 kg image: salad.101.png
sizzling weasel on a stick: food: 300 weight: 0.300 kg image: stick_weasel.101.png
snozzcumber: food: 120 weight: 0.300 kg image: snozzcumber.101.png
steak: food: 400 weight: 0.400 kg image: steak.101.png
steak: food: 350 weight: 0.400 kg image: steak2.101.png
strawberry: food: 110 weight: 0.400 kg image: strawberry.101.png
teabag: food: 30 weight: 0.400 kg image: teabag.101.png
tomato: food: 100 weight: 0.300 kg image: tomato.101.png
water: food: 70 weight: 0.350 kg image: water2.101.png
water: food: 50 weight: 0.250 kg image: water.101.png
white wine: food: 190 weight: 0.400 kg image: whitewine.101.png
wine: food: 200 weight: 0.300 kg image: wine.101.png

I included the image names so if you need to do some visual comparisons (especially for the food not in-game yet) you can check here: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~atrinik-dev/atrinik/main/files/head:/arch/items/organic/ and http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~atrinik-dev/atrinik/main/files/head:/arch/items/alchemy/ or in your map maker copy (if you have one).

[idicus]

ok i have to ask it for everyone out there.....so how much does the bong and weed weight come too?

My 2 cents

[Floozy]

Hi

I was going to cheekily take your list and create a quick guide page with all the foodstuff on - but a vital piece of information is missing: the amount it adds to your food bar!

Oh well, if the weights are going to change soon there's pro'lly no point anyway - you do realise that means a lot of my food collection will go out-of-date?

By the way, while you are doing this project any chance of taking the opportunity to replace "animal" in the description of most foodstuffs?  I suggest for fruit and veg maybe "fresh"; for pipeweed "dried"; for water "bottled"; for bread and cakes "baked"; for confectionary "tasty" possibly?  If you like I can create a proper list of suggestions for them all (if you promise the description will get changed!).

Love Floozy

[NiteStar]

Hi

I was going to cheekily take your list and create a quick guide page with all the foodstuff on - but a vital piece of information is missing: the amount it adds to your food bar!

No it's not. It's the first number after the name of the food, right before its weight.

[Cleo]

you do realise that means a lot of my food collection will go out-of-date?

It won't - all existing food in game would be automagically updated.

By the way, while you are doing this project any chance of taking the opportunity to replace "animal" in the description of most foodstuffs?  I suggest for fruit and veg maybe "fresh"; for pipeweed "dried"; for water "bottled"; for bread and cakes "baked"; for confectionary "tasty" possibly?  If you like I can create a proper list of suggestions for them all (if you promise the description will get changed!).

Sure, that would be great.

[evilasa]

There are some food items, however, that have different weights. Clovers, for example, weigh a mere .010 kg (even that is a bit heavy, as it's nearly 1/3 of an ounce). A tea bag, however, weights .400kb, which is nearly a pound. In real life, a tea bag weighs on the average 2 grams or .002kg.

Dude, you need to get some better quality teabags. Is there any tea in yours? 

[Floozy]

Thank you for allowing me to suggest something Okay - I've been having a think

The description of a lot of items in Atrinik is usually based on the material they are made of: hence presumably why foodstuffs can be "animal".

If I suggest the description "Fresh" that may be subject to criticism (from I don't know who - do I NiteStar? !) because the food can be lying about in your apartment for ever - then its certainly not fresh!

So taking that argument to a logical conclusion the description should be fairly neutral.

Perhaps some descriptions could include the region they come from - winter vegetables being Lyondalian, for example (Lyon's would be a good shortening).

Where there are different varieties the description could simply be what makes them different, for example "red" grapes or "white" grapes (not green!) when identified. 

I plan it to be slightly varied, but I don't think it a good idea to have too many different adjectives.

Comments please anyone?

Love Floozy

[NiteStar]

How about "organic"? 

[Floozy]

Hmmm

In my humble opinion, after listening to people talking about organic foods elsewhere - I get the distinct impression that organic food is certainly not universally popular.

I wouldn't want to force that on people even though there are very loud voices in minority pressure groups who would try to persuade everyone else to follow their own ethos.

I would require a large number of suppoerters of organic to suggest naming all the food that.

Love Floozy

[NiteStar]

I've never heard of organic food not being popular; the only downside to it is cost (it's usually a bit higher than non-organic foods).

[Floozy]

Please listen to other people NiteStar!!!!!!!!!

(I mean what they say, not what you want them to say!)

[Floozy]

I'm back!

On the new Food page in my guide I have given what in my opinion is a reasonable descriptive adjective or so for most of the food in that list.  Please feel free to criticise etc.

I had a look at the weights - for most of the food the current weights are believable, but there is an enormous inconsistency in how much it costs to buy equivalent "weights" of food with the same nutritional values.  This is in-line with rl as we will generally pay far more for something we like, but we don't eat a bucketful of an extremely expensive foodstuff such as saffron just because we can afford it!!!!!  I can suggest certain different weights if NiteStar is too busy but it would only be a few of them.

Love Floozy