Suddenly only 1 star animals.

[Wildhorse68]

I have been playing the map Tikamoon Plains for a very long time (approx. 70 RL hours). I had a lot of 3-4 and sometimes even 5 star animals in every animal species. Since the last 6 hours of play (approx. 5 ingame days) I can no longer find 3.4 or 5 star animals anywhere. No matter where I am on the map, no matter which herd of animals I look at. All animals are reduced to a maximum of 1 star and all at the same time. I play in story mode all the time. Can anyone tell me what has happened?

[Lanani]

If you had a lot of 3-5 star animals, chances are many of them were at the end of their lives and have died off and been replaced with new young ones.

[Wildhorse68]

I can't believe that all the animals died of old age at the same time. Also, the animals with 3 stars should now have 4 or 5. Maybe there was an epidemic? (Joking) It feels like the map was reset 3 days ago.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Wildhorse68:

I can't believe that all the animals died of old age at the same time. Also, the animals with 3 stars should now have 4 or 5. Maybe there was an epidemic? (Joking) It feels like the map was reset 3 days ago.

If those animals of higher star scoring potential were mature, than it makes sense they could have died of old age. Right?!

Observing the age level of an individual is as important as how many stars it might score if you killed it.

I do understand your confusion though. I would like to see the Devs make the aging process slow down as an animal goes from adult to mature. It would make sense that an animal naturally spends more time as an adult than it does as a young one.

[sneakybass]

How In the hell can all the the animals be reset at one time and at one star. Seems like WOTH should have at least all the different one to five star animals like when the game was new. And no way you could shoot all the animals on the map these maps are huge and I love It. Send some pictures to prove It Its that simple. Take a few pictures of a few herds together to prove It and post them here. Use your F-12 key to take pictures......

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by sneakybass:

How In the hell can all the the animals be reset at one time and at one star. Seems like WOTH should have at least all the different one to five star animals like when the game was new. And no way you could shoot all the animals on the map these maps are huge and I love It. Send some pictures to prove It Its that simple. Take a few pictures of a few herds together to prove It and post them here. Use your F-12 key to take pictures......

It has to do with the aging process sneaky.

But you're right. When the matures have reached their dying age, than those adults should be also becoming mature, the Youngs becoming adults.

But if someone goes about killing all the matures they encounter, thinking that's how management works, than the overall aging process is no longer balanced, and will be reflected by the presence of all those new young ones that have spawned as replacements.

But again, you're right, it's unlikely that a person can have this happen across an entire map.

There's obviously more at work here, which I think involves another game dynamic which you prefer not to know about, lol.

And that is this 'means' programming that Lani references. If I recall correctly that involves more than just replacing individuals in herds, I think Lani once stated that herds can also be affected globally as well as locally by the AI managing process.

This is why I suggest programming changed which allow adults to age slower/live longer than young ones. And same with matures, where maybe the matures age slower at first and a little faster after that midpoint. Just like natural aging processes

[Wildhorse68]

Sorry, I have to explain it a bit more precisely. I had 3, 4 and 5 star animals on the map in every species and in many groups from honey badgers to spitting bucks, lions, hyenas, buffalos and so on. When I continued playing the next day, all the animals, all the animal species on the map were a maximum of 1 star and they have remained that way until now. I know about the ageing process, but not all the animals on the map can suddenly be reset to 1 star. the animal species have different life cycles. So it should have been different between the species. But not all together from one day to the next. I've been playing for about 25 in-game days now and no more trophies are developing. That was completely different when the map launched.

[Wildhorse68]

I would also like to mention that in areas where I have not hunted for a long time there are only 1 star animals running around. I have now checked the whole map and everywhere is the same.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Wildhorse68:

I would also like to mention that in areas where I have not hunted for a long time there are only 1 star animals running around. I have now checked the whole map and everywhere is the same.

R u using mods? Cud be a mod setting

[6Taylor4]

Originally posted by Geronimo:

Originally posted by Wildhorse68:

I would also like to mention that in areas where I have not hunted for a long time there are only 1 star animals running around. I have now checked the whole map and everywhere is the same.

R u using mods? Cud be a mod setting

I an unaware of any MODs for this game.

Also, when herds complete a cycle, the chance of them improving their star ratings is, I believe I read somewhere that there's an adjustment that can result in improvement or non-improvement, based on other factors, not sure which. The point is, not all animals advance the same, and as mentioned, disrupting the normal progression by culling multiple star animals will disrupt the natural progress. I could be wrong, that's how I recall it.

[DYEUZ]

This is the reason why I do not play WotH no more. Have not played many many months now.

The fact that you will work on a 4* animal for weeks, yes weeks, many hours of play & have it die on you one day is ridiculous & very frustrating.

Herd management my a.ss!! Getting absolutely no results, zero, nada for time played is not for me.

Many more things I do not like about this game. That's why I do not play it anymore.
And to think that I was super excited when it came out. First few months anyway, until I saw what it was really about.

[sneakybass]

Originally posted by Geronimo:

Originally posted by sneakybass:

How In the hell can all the the animals be reset at one time and at one star. Seems like WOTH should have at least all the different one to five star animals like when the game was new. And no way you could shoot all the animals on the map these maps are huge and I love It. Send some pictures to prove It Its that simple. Take a few pictures of a few herds together to prove It and post them here. Use your F-12 key to take pictures......

It has to do with the aging process sneaky.

But you're right. When the matures have reached their dying age, than those adults should be also becoming mature, the Youngs becoming adults.

But if someone goes about killing all the matures they encounter, thinking that's how management works, than the overall aging process is no longer balanced, and will be reflected by the presence of all those new young ones that have spawned as replacements.

But again, you're right, it's unlikely that a person can have this happen across an entire map.

There's obviously more at work here, which I think involves another game dynamic which you prefer not to know about, lol.

And that is this 'means' programming that Lani references. If I recall correctly that involves more than just replacing individuals in herds, I think Lani once stated that herds can also be affected globally as well as locally by the AI managing process.

This is why I suggest programming changed which allow adults to age slower/live longer than young ones. And same with matures, where maybe the matures age slower at first and a little faster after that midpoint. Just like natural aging processes

Come to think about It COTW if you shoot to many male deer from that herd ,It kills off the herd or only get females on the map. Ok I think he just needs to regrow his animals shot to many I guess. I am guilty for shooting to many males In cotw, and they still don't repopulate months later, or until they do a reset

[sneakybass]

Originally posted by DYEUZ:

This is the reason why I do not play WotH no more. Have not played many many months now.

The fact that you will work on a 4* animal for weeks, yes weeks, many hours of play & have it die on you one day is ridiculous & very frustrating.

Herd management my a.ss!! Getting absolutely no results, zero, nada for time played is not for me.

Many more things I do not like about this game. That's why I do not play it anymore.
And to think that I was super excited when it came out. First few months anyway, until I saw what it was really about.

:WOTHGrayWolf:

You have the same thing happen In cotw just a little different. I still kill plenty of five stars on the map because I sure as hell don't raise animals to become five stars ever, I don't waist my time. But I do shoot the herd up for older animals. But I never kill them all, always leave a few animals and move on .

[sneakybass]

Originally posted by Lanani:

If you had a lot of 3-5 star animals, chances are many of them were at the end of their lives and have died off and been replaced with new young ones.

Lanani question do animals respawn at five star level on the map for a random chance to see one on the map like cotw? If not kind of wish they had a random chance like cotw while hunting. But I still manage to see five star animals just have to get out and hunt them. Thanks

[stingray_b5]

I'm currently experiencing the same issue with American black bears in Nez Percé valley. I'm supposed to harvest one 4-star or higher and all I found was 1-star young or adult ones. I finally managed to find a 2-star adult, but it's taking forever. Is this a hunting or a sleeping simulator? Something changed, it didn't use to be that way. I only harvest 1-star matures when I do find them, but it's just creating more young ones. The map is filled with cute little teddy bears. lol

[6Taylor4]

"a sleeping game"