Please, CHANGE THE BAT FLYING NOISE

[Harriet Jones, MP, Flydale North]

I have absolutely no problems with this game, I absolutely love it, 11/10 game, but PLEASE CHANGE THE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BAT FLYING SOUND, it sounds WAY too much like the pitter-patter of cave cannibals moving around. But other than that, overall 11/10 game.

[󠁳 ⁧HardLimiter]

Why remove the best thing in this game?

[Bunker]

I've been playing Sons of the Forest and noticed something about the bat spawn in the cave entrances. Every time I enter or exit a cave, bats fly out and make noise, presumably to scare the player. However, this loses its effect if it happens every time. Even when I'm just standing around my cooking pot, I can hear bats once in a while. It's like they're on some kind of loop.

I think it would be better if the bat spawn had a chance of happening, rather than being triggered every time. For example, a 1.0% chance of bats spawning each time you enter or exit a cave. This way, players might have a chance at being surprised instead of expecting it every time.

I understand that the game developers may have intended the bat spawn to be a scare tactic, but when you have to go in and out of caves multiple times to gather resources, it becomes really obvious and loses its impact. Adding some randomness to the bat spawn would make it more effective in my opinion.

What do you guys think? Have you also noticed the repetitive bat spawn in the game? Would you like to see it randomized? Let's discuss in the comments.

here's some sample code that could fix it:

using System;

public class BatSpawn
{
private const int BAT_SPAWN_CHANCE = 1; // percentage chance of bats spawning

public static void Main()
{
// simulate entering or exiting a cave
bool enteredCave = true; // set to true if entering, false if exiting

// check if bats spawn
bool batsSpawned = CheckBatSpawn();

if (batsSpawned)
{
// play bat sound effect and show bats flying out of cave
PlayBatSound();
ShowBatsFlying();
}
else
{
// do nothing, no bats spawned this time
}
}

private static bool CheckBatSpawn()
{
// generate random number between 1 and 100
Random rand = new Random();
int randomNumber = rand.Next(1, 101);

// check if random number is within bat spawn chance
if (randomNumber <= BAT_SPAWN_CHANCE)
{
return true; // bats spawn
}
else
{
return false; // bats don't spawn
}
}

private static void PlayBatSound()
{
// play bat sound effect here
Console.WriteLine("Bats are flying out of the cave!");
}

private static void ShowBatsFlying()
{
// show bats flying out of cave animation here
Console.WriteLine("Bats are flapping their wings and flying away!");
}
}