[SUGGESTION] Food at all hours

[EdHyde]

OK so I have >500 prisoners in my prison which all eat in one HUGE Canteen which is filled by 2 kitchens (the whole thing takes 4 generators xD )



This poses a problem at lunch hours (~650 people stacking up). The game starts lagging... (I can't imagine how it would run for someone with a less powerfull computer...)

So I could have 2 Canteens or more but that means the cooks will start running around the whole Prison to deliver food... Tried it once, didnt work well...



The solution that would really help is serving food at all hours (except when the prisoners are asleep I guess). The prisoners could eat whenever they want to during Freetime, Lunch and Work hours (if they are not working ).

With 2 large kitchens like mine and an army of cooks (120 atm) I could easily serve food all day but I guess it should be an on/off switch because it's not really any use or even a good idea for smaller Prisons.

[blacksythe]

Just adding a point to this, it isnt a hotel, its a prison.

Whats really needed is different regimes for different cell blocks

Or even for just min med and max prisoners

[Samuelskinner]

I do quite like this idea

[SpaceVelociraptor]

I agree with blackscythe. Adding different schedules for different security levels would solve more than just this problem. I think it makes a lot of sense. Not only could you stagger meals, you could keep your workshops going all day, you could keep the quadruple rapists away from the video game pirates. I think this is one of the major missing features that are needed to complete the game.

[5hifty]

Woh that a big kitchen. You sure you need it that big? My 500 pop prison manages more then enough with 20 cooks and 2 kitchens... I also only have 4 generators running my entire prison.

[EdHyde]

Haha, don't know if I need it that big, just kept enlarging it as I added wings to my prison

I don't understand how your cooks can feed 500 prisoners with that many Cookers... You can really cook 500 meals at once in this?


(also it might be cause I feed them 3 high quality/variety meals a day)

[mvp7]

Would be nice if you could give cell blocks different time tables (and limit where people in each block can work, take courses etc). It could be a research option.

[Sgt.Golden]

You can have different Canteens. Like have a min and a max one.

[mvp7]

I think the main idea here is to have one canteen with min and max prisoners eating at different times.

[arwan]

having one canteen running say 3 different meal regimes AKA min eat at this time.. med eat at that time.. max eat dirt... does not work when you have a huge prison like that with ONLY say max prisoners. instead I think it would work better if you could have say 3 different regimes (with the possibility of more or less depending on prison size.) set up for your prison and THEN tell your prisoners what regime to follow on there info cards. i think that would really solve that problem.

also to further macro the problem. instead of clicking on every prisoner to tell him what regime to follow their should be an option in the regime tab to select max follows this regime med this regime min that regime

[5hifty]

I don't understand how your cooks can feed 500 prisoners with that many Cookers... You can really cook 500 meals at once in this?

Yup



My prison is a little empty at the moment, there is normally another 50 or so people in the holding cells. All that said, my regime is based around the idea that prisoners will only eat if they are hungry. I have long breakfast to allow as many prisoners as possible the chance to eat (roughly 70-80% of the population), a small lunch to let any of those who didn't actually eat at lunch to satisfy their need (normally around 20-30%), and then a long dinner for the same reason as breakfast. Because prisoners don't actually eat at each meal unless their need is high enough I can actually fulfill the food need of nearly 600 prisoners with this regime set up.

[DarknessEyes]

Hmmm. You posted in wrong forum... Someone please move this post to Restaurant Architect Forum.

I have a 21x21 kitchen with 60 cooks and i have 4 canteens for 512 high security inmates and it works fine.

Do you have enough sinks to wash the dishes? I think that you migth have 2 many cookers and fridges and not enough sinks...

[EdHyde]

Nah the discussion isnt about my kitchen ^^

It would really help in the daily planning if this suggestion did make it through

[5hifty]

Do you have enough sinks to wash the dishes? I think that you migth have 2 many cookers and fridges and not enough sinks...

You dont see to need that many sinks. I have 4 sinks servicing 500 prisoners and it covers it easy.

[Moonwitch]

I wish that the canteens will be removed from the regime and you can set for each canteen when its open (every openhour costs money). Prisoners can go to them when the have freetime and be hungry