Question about Food Decay on Multiplayer Servers

[Gregory Navestad]

One of the neat survival factors of this game is the fact that food spoils over time. I've only had one multiplayer server play session so far and no one else was online so i wasn't able to test this but does food still decay while you are offline if its stored in a container created by you? 

[redram]

57 minutes ago, Gregory Navestad said:

does food still decay while you are offline if its stored in a container created by you? 

By default, if nobody is on the server, time freezes.   However, if you are absent, but other players are on, everyone's food will decay.  This is because it's based on the calendar.  As long as the calendar progresses, time progresses. 

Now, recently a config options was added to make time progress even when *nobody* is online.  So if your particular server has opted into that config, then time will keep passing no matter what.