Batch scaling for water, soups, cooking meats, smoking

[boydkr]

I figured we should probably showcase the recipe batch time scaling change that went in recently.

• Set-up time for boiling water ~10-15 min, adjusted recipes for clean water, broths, and soups
• Set-up time for smoking anything is ~1hr
• Cooked meat recipes adjusted with additional ~10 of setup time
• Recipes for boiling off all water for salt/sugar had been tweaked for batch savings, but not as drastically as water/soups

[boydkr]

Spreadsheet that will show batch crafting time charts:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10vQK8cCwlQ-LWE5FEhzOM5_2vK-vxG2WwQKftkH2n9k/edit?usp=sharing

[Rivet-the-Zombie]

Nice!

[KA101]

I figured we should probably showcase the recipe batch time scaling change

First thing folks are gonna notice is that we've just slapped the two most commonly run recipes in the game with a big ol' time nerf. Agreed that it's more realistic and encourages the code's use, but I don't think it draws attention to batching and the time savings therein.

You might consider adding a message when crafting batch-enabled recipes saying You prepare a %s batch of %r. where s is an adjective derived from the saved time (small = inefficient, medium = some time saved, large = you're approaching or hit the max time saved) and r is the recipe.

[Rivet-the-Zombie]

They're nerfed if you're working on the small scale, but improved greatly if you're working with a bunch at a time. I like this PR.

[boydkr]

I agree that it is a nerf for clean water and cooked meat for small scale production.

For clean, water, the time is basically the same as today, plus 6 minutes, if you're working with batches of 4 or more.

Batch size	Incremental time (min)	Cumulative time
1	5	5
2	2.5	7.5
3	1.4	8.8
4	1.1	9.9
N > 4	1	N+6

For cooked meat, it's effectively the same as today plus 17 min for batches of 5 or more.

I'm completely open to balance discussions.

As far as adding a nice message describing the efficiency of the recipe you just completed (or better yet, in the recipe selection and/or batch selection menu before you start crafting), I'm all for that as well, but it's definitely outside my current level of familiarity with the UI / message system for right now. I may take that on next, but not as a part of this PR

[boydkr]

I missed this one, need to change to ~60min to match regular bologna recipe

[Robik81]

Just be careful not to make small batches time cost too prohibitive for perishables (i.e. initial time should not be too extreme for these).

I like this.

[KA101]

I posted about this in Latest Experimental. Hopefully folks will see the HOWTO.