did they mess with the heat map in 1.2?

[Grumpy Old Guy]

So for context sake I play usually on insane with sprinters and one life.
Not bragging I'm just dumb and don't like respawning.

However my last two attempts have ended in death for the same reason.

Somehow I got a screamer spawn while looting a POI.

It's day 1, 2 tops. I have no guns, I no explosives, and no campfire/forge.

Almost all the kills are melee. How have I spawned screamers? I've never seen this happen before, spawning screamers with no guns, no explosives, and no crafting points? On day 2?

Did they change the heatmap in 1.2 because I'm genuinely confused how this keeps happening and it's happened twice in a row now.

[SylenThunder]

Not in 1.2.

Was changed previously though to be fixed from when it was broken in a21.

B317 screamer prediction

Screamers shouldn't call in more screamers

[Grumpy Old Guy]

thanks for the info, haven't played since the 1.0 release so that makes sense.

[Crater Creator]

If you turn on debug mode (dm in console) and press F8 multiple times, you can see real time information about the activity (heat) map.

I’m still getting used to, for instance, pairs of screamers showing up the first week, in the easiest biome, with nothing going on beyond a few dew collectors.