Food Consumption question

[Kingly_Krab]

Okay so there's a timer for consuming food, it looks like this.

if (consume_food_timer.Check())
    DoStaminaHungerUpdate();

DoStaminaHungerUpdate checks first that you're not in zone 151 (Bazaar) and that you don't have a GM flag active, then it goes to work updating your thirst and hunger level based on the rule value you mentioned.

void Client::DoStaminaHungerUpdate()
{
    auto outapp = new EQApplicationPacket(OP_Stamina, sizeof(Stamina_Struct));
    Stamina_Struct *sta = (Stamina_Struct *)outapp->pBuffer;

    Log(Logs::General, Logs::Food, "Client::DoStaminaHungerUpdate() hunger_level: %i thirst_level: %i before loss",
        m_pp.hunger_level, m_pp.thirst_level);

    if (zone->GetZoneID() != 151 && !GetGM()) {
        int loss = RuleI(Character, FoodLossPerUpdate);
        if (GetHorseId() != 0)
            loss *= 3;

        m_pp.hunger_level = EQEmu::Clamp(m_pp.hunger_level - loss, 0, 6000);
        m_pp.thirst_level = EQEmu::Clamp(m_pp.thirst_level - loss, 0, 6000);
        if (spellbonuses.hunger) {
            m_pp.hunger_level = EQEmu::ClampLower(m_pp.hunger_level, 3500);
            m_pp.thirst_level = EQEmu::ClampLower(m_pp.thirst_level, 3500);
        }
        sta->food = m_pp.hunger_level;
        sta->water = m_pp.thirst_level;
    } else {
        // No auto food/drink consumption in the Bazaar
        sta->food = 6000;
        sta->water = 6000;
    }

    Log(Logs::General, Logs::Food,
        "Client::DoStaminaHungerUpdate() Current hunger_level: %i = (%i minutes left) thirst_level: %i = (%i "
        "minutes left) - after loss",
        m_pp.hunger_level, m_pp.hunger_level, m_pp.thirst_level, m_pp.thirst_level);

    FastQueuePacket(&outapp);
}

If you wanted to remove the need to even eat food, I'd think you could just remove the food consumption timer check. Thought I'd throw my input on an otherwise unanswered question.