Cooking Minigame Info

• Rydian wrote on 2015-06-30 01:53
  The cooking meter for the minigame measures the percents of the ingredients you put into it. It goes up to 100% total and there's various rulers out there, but how much does the bar care? Measuring the bar, it's ~230 pixels wide. This means it must be more precise than whole percents.
  
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/2WPlLx5.png]

  
  
  Looking at the cooking data in RAM, I can read the bar values so to speak.
  (I'll be testing with Cheese Bread for this whole post, just so you know.)
  
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/6Lti5LI.png]

  
  
  That's equal to 77.93%, 18.90%, and 3.17%. From personal experience the last two digits never seem to vary, so it seems that's the most precise it gets (hundredths of a percent). Checking some packet logs, it seems to be the case for what's sent to the server (a float version).
  
  [spoiler="RAM / Packet"]- RAM Values
  779300
  189000
  31700
  
  - Data In Packet
  0.7793
  0.1890
  0.0317[/spoiler]
  
  My main has R9 Cooking, R8 Tasting, and 333 current Dex. The bar doesn't shake.
  
  For a normal attempt, input like this...
  - Data In Packet
  0.7571
  0.1969
  0.046
  Got me quality 80, 4 stars.
  
  I also curiously tested it without the salt (75/25/0).
  Quality 67, 3 Stars. Ouch, definitely need the salt.
  
  So since consistency is key when testing Mabi's random results, I did a series of tests making cheese bread with a perfect 75/20/5 split (this took a while). The results were...
  
  Quality 87, 4 Stars
  Quality 93, 4 Stars
  Quality 84, 4 Stars
  Quality 89, 4 Stars
  Quality 83, 4 Stars
  Quality 81, 4 Stars
  
  So yeah, even the same input (with a perfect recipe) gets a wide variety of results.
  
  Testing on my my alt who has RF Cooking, RF Tasting, and 303 current Dex (no bar shaking either)...
  
  Quality 75, 3 Stars
  Quality 71, 3 Stars
  Quality 88, 4 Stars
  Quality 86, 4 Stars
  Quality 81, 3 Stars
  Quality 88, 4 Stars
  Quality 91, 4 Stars
  
  Still a big range, but notably lower minimum quality.
  
  Also this confirms that stars:quality is not a set thing.
  (And getting 5-star is up to Mabi's RNG as usual.)
• callback wrote on 2015-06-30 14:04

  Quote from Rydian;1280352:

  
  I also curiously tested it without the salt (75/25/0).
  Quality 67, 3 Stars. Ouch, definitely need the salt.
  

  
  
  That's because the 2-ingredient ratio is 80/20, lol.
• Rydian wrote on 2015-06-30 17:57
  ... ah yup, okay that's it. Got 81, 4 stars.