# Coding error in the Dehydrated Meat/Vegetable crafting

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/coding-error-in-the-dehydrated-meat-vegetable-crafting/22061>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [November 26, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/coding-error-in-the-dehydrated-meat-vegetable-crafting/22061 "2019-11-26T00:16:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scipio\_Merc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/scipio_merc/32/7549_2.png) [@Scipio\_Merc](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Scipio_Merc)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/coding-error-in-the-dehydrated-meat-vegetable-crafting/22061/1 "2019-11-26T00:16:40Z")

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I’ll keep this one short and sweet.

My version is from November 20th, 2019. No mods, default settings. Only one tileset added.

In the [Dry] section of the [Food] category, there are two options for crafting dried foodstuffs for both Meat and Vegetables. The first option in the list uses the ingredient, dehydrator, and a fire-source charge with the process taking 20 minutes, the second option uses the ingredient, fire-source charge, and 18 minutes.

Looking at the two lists, the -only- difference I can see is the use or lack thereof of the fire-source charge and the factor of time.

After testing, there are no additional prompts aside from ingredient choice, so this isn’t a matter of choosing your heating option or anything.

From what I can see, using the fire-source charge essentially uses an extra ingredient, fire, and costs you an additional 2 minutes without any other effects.

I can’t say what the initial intent with this crafting choice was with certainty, but it was likely not coded correctly as this crafting version, as it is, is 100% redundant and unnecessary as the recipe without the fire source takes less time to the exact same effect.

Probably an easy fix once you realize it is there.

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**Author:** ![anothersimulacrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/anothersimulacrum/32/10770_2.png) [@anothersimulacrum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anothersimulacrum)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/coding-error-in-the-dehydrated-meat-vegetable-crafting/22061/2 "2019-11-26T05:05:10Z")

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Actually intentional - one defrosts frozen ingredients, the other doesn’t.

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**Author:** ![Scipio\_Merc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/scipio_merc/32/7549_2.png) [@Scipio\_Merc](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Scipio_Merc)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 10:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/coding-error-in-the-dehydrated-meat-vegetable-crafting/22061/3 "2019-11-26T10:07:22Z")

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There’s potential for adding something intuitive to suggest that’s the case, such as ‘defrost’ or such.

It makes sense, but the present form can lead to this very point of confusion.