question on "calories expended" stats

[AdamvR]

Hi,

When looking at the stats I see around 2800 kcal/day for my current (stalker) run - which seems realistic to me.
For the previous runs however, I see ranges of 5000-8000 on the different difficulty levels - which has always baffled me... How can i spend so much calories if my full bar is 2500, and I do not need to eat more than once on most days. Does anyone know how it is calculated?

Edited September 5 by AdamvR

[AFSStudio]

35 minutes ago, AdamvR said:

For the previous runs however, I see ranges of 5000-8000 on the different difficulty levels - which has always baffled me...

I think you mention about the game stats which it counts how much calories youve consumed in a "numbers of days".

[Talavaj]

Average calories per day probably doesn't count expended calories, but consumed ones.
So it's actually counting your dinner, that won't be spent that day as the calories carry over, but technically you ate them on the same day.

[AdamvR]

1 hour ago, Talavaj said:

Average calories per day probably doesn't count expended calories, but consumed ones.
So it's actually counting your dinner, that won't be spent that day as the calories carry over, but technically you ate them on the same day.

That might make sense for one day, but not for continuous hundreds of days.
in the long run the consumed and burnt (expended) calories must be the same. (i.e., the next day when you expend your previous dinner, you will still only eat dinner)
to me it still seems too much... (?)

also, if I divide the calories expended by days survived I get very different results:
see examples:
current run: 503189/177 = 2842 same as in the table
pilgrim: 7270/1 = 7270 same as in the table, but since it was a one day "run", the above dinner issue can apply
voyager: 342504/138 = 2481 seems realistic, but the table shows 4817 (???)
stalker: 1340630/481 = 2787 also seems realistic, but the table shows 8018 (???)
interloper - yep, this is not what I enjoy  - : 6167/2 = 3083 also realistic, but the table shows 5657 (???)

While technically the different rows do not need to come from the same run, - which could in theory explain the discrepancy -, it would not be illogical to expect the longest runs using the most calories, in which case the division should still be valid I think.

Edited September 5 by AdamvR
added example

[nautofon]

I think those stats just are the highest number ever recorded for a run. So, for example: At some point, you had a Stalker run with an 8018 cal/day average.

How does a number that large happen in the first place? I think the days are calculated as a fraction. Suppose you start a new run, eat one pack of Beef Jerky, then throw your survivor off the nearest cliff after just one hour of in-game time. That'd be 350 cal over 1/24 day = 8400 cal/day.

[Talavaj]

Ohh, you are right. The all time stats all seem wildly inaccurate, while the current one is correct.
Coincidentally, I'm on day 10 right now with 36809 and 3680 respectively, and I can see both values being adjusted instantly as calories are being spent, so it appears to be a matter of simple division.

I think your pilgrim run fell victim to the weird way the game counts days survived, (right now I'm on day 12 but the stats say I have only survived 10 days), so it's likely those 7270 calories were actually spent over the course of 2+ days.
What happened to the other stats, however I have no clue lol.
Especially curious considering that there is no pattern to it whatsoever, the interloper stat is only 1.83~ times greater than it should be, while stalker is almost 3 times as high.

[AdamvR]

thank you both, ever having a very short run would indeed explain it.
it is just a bit confusing that the days and calories are coming from the longest runs, while the calories per day are likely coming from the shortest ones... not sure it is very useful this way, but at least there is an explanation  

Edited September 5 by AdamvR

[PilgrimReaper]

It would be so, so, SO nice if this whole stats screen could be corrected / optimized...