Fish absent in some lakes

[Roxxsmom]

I've sent up several animal spreader rockets, placed fish farms, aglae spreaders, but some lakes in the game still don't have fish in them, even some that are quite deep. Is there a way to get fish in every significant body of water on the map, or are some perpetually sterile?

Also, do the mammals I create ever breed or increase their numbers and start appearing in other map locations the way frogs, butterflies, and fish have (to some extent)? I've set up some shelters and feeders, and placed some starter mammals, but the only ones I've seen so far are the specific ones I have created, and never more than one at a time.

[wyldfae28]

Not all of the bodies of water in the game spawn native fish. There are indeed some places quite deep that have no fish in them other than what you put out. I have the impression that this is only to keep down the number of moving things in the game. Also, large bodies of water like the big lake have fish in some parts and not in others. To my knowledge this does not change.

I have also been wondering if the planet will spawn native mammals. I have at least 6 "colonies" (shelters with a full 5 mammals of a given species) out on the planet currently. I do see them together often depending on their predetermined ramble pattern. But so far, none I have not created have manifested. Given their size, I'm wondering if that would be too much for the game engine to handle without significant lag. Is a good question for the devs.

[Phoenix Cat]

Originally posted by wyldfae28:

Not all of the bodies of water in the game spawn native fish. There are indeed some places quite deep that have no fish in them other than what you put out. I have the impression that this is only to keep down the number of moving things in the game. Also, large bodies of water like the big lake have fish in some parts and not in others. To my knowledge this does not change.

I have also been wondering if the planet will spawn native mammals. I have at least 6 "colonies" (shelters with a full 5 mammals of a given species) out on the planet currently. I do see them together often depending on their predetermined ramble pattern. But so far, none I have not created have manifested. Given their size, I'm wondering if that would be too much for the game engine to handle without significant lag. Is a good question for the devs.

I have yet to see mammals spawn naturally like the insects and fish and frogs. On my second play thru with mammals.