Where are the animals?

[JCorso]

Hello guys i play this game for while in single player. From time to time i see random animals on random spots but never in a pattern. I search in google and i find people saying animals spawn near online players or that they are always near watch towers around the map. No and no. I waited for so long in a towers and i have not seen an animal passing by only but once. Only once i seen an animal near a tower and i believe it just happen after waiting 40 minutes in the same spot( i cant spend half of the time i can play waiting on a spot). Near online player? What happens in single player they should spawn near me? I have crossed entire map blocks without i see any animal. I know the game is trying to be "realistic" or "simulator" but it should be also objective and fun. Yes i don't expect animals being at my cabins doorstep when i want them but walking entire map blocks should allow you to spot an animal. I believe there is something seriously wrong with animal spawns in single player and they should fix it asap because it ruins half of the immersion from this great game. Oh and something else. I hear there are birds in this game? Where? I haven't seen a single wing Oh i believe if they want to be realistic they should add hunting lures and baits.

[CrankyOldMan]

In single player you can make an adjustment to your ini file to increase the amount of animals that can spawn but not the % chance....The birds are being worked on and will be back later on! They were too good at dog fighting and took out to many planes!

[JCorso]

Originally posted by CrankyOldMan:

In single player you can make an adjustment to your ini file to increase the amount of animals that can spawn but not the % chance....The birds are being worked on and will be back later on! They were too good at dog fighting and took out to many planes!

Oh haha i had no idea about these badass birds. Ok had tried that in the ini file from 40 default i made them 60 still not much difference i guess i should make it 100.

[JCorso]

Originally posted by Dies Fourth:

From what ive read this is hunting as i understand it.

Be quiet, go to an area and right click to " focus ". If you dont see/hear any animals or tracks move on.

Repeat again 100 meters away.

They say animals are triggered by the player, but its not right next to you. Its some distance away so you have to be stealthy.

I used to have a base at the foot of some mountains and had a horse spawn 1/3 of the way up the mountain almost everyday. I think it was because i was close to its original in game spawn point.

I remeber seagulls and birds always around. I think its crows that 4 some reason have 4 drumsticks, its either them or the seagulls.

Ive always thought animals should spawn at the animal feeders on farms but cant be sure.

I know theres alot of videos on YouTube that go into greater detail when it comes to hunting.

Good luck.

All you said nice tips for online and just theories none works on single player. I believe in single player is a completely random factor. Just animals spawns when you expect them less. No pattern. No "drinking water" no searching for food in the fields during the night nothing.

[JCorso]

Ok im sorry if that was bit salty im just tired people trying to give tips in hunting when im sure developers knows there is no pattern. In life there is pattern on animal behavior. Hunters learn their pattern and truck them down and hunt them. As i said i dont expect to find animals outside my cabins doorstep. But this is completely random with no sense. Also when i say your tips are just theories i already metion i crossed as you describe entire blocks of map without ever seen an animal. Anyway i am seriously sorry if i offend you it was not my intention.

[CrankyOldMan]

I have over 4500 hours in scum and I can go to certain areas and find animals there within a short period of time. Where my base is now there is a animal path almost across my front gate. Just north of the b1 b2 airfield on the west side of that small town there is a spawn point, just east of it there is another. Go to the west radar tower at that airfield the one that does not turn and face south there is a small hill with a road north of it just outside the fence there is a spawn spot there between the fence and the road. At the lake in c3 there is a cabin on the north side of the lake west of that cabin is a potato field boars tend to spawn in that field. West of boot camp the area that has the obstacle course in those woods is a spawn spot usually a bear. The large town in c1 go to the far east side northern most building just near that collapsed building and face east spawn spot is there towards the woods. Those are just a couple that I know of.... I can't tell you how many times a player walking around has scared an animal saving my ass letting me know the player was near on a pvp server! You wont find them most of the time if you are driving anything or running look in the fields or in the forests or stake out a hunting tower!

[CheeseKing]

Birds are currently on standby as we had some issues with them (by this I mean removed from the game). As for other animals, pretty much what CrankyOldMan said. Ai is the same for SP and MP, it only depends if you are playing on a private server that has animal spawners set differently in serversettings.ini

[Helios]

Originally posted by JCorso:

Hello guys i play this game for while in single player. From time to time i see random animals on random spots but never in a pattern. I search in google and i find people saying animals spawn near online players or that they are always near watch towers around the map. No and no. I waited for so long in a towers and i have not seen an animal passing by only but once. Only once i seen an animal near a tower and i believe it just happen after waiting 40 minutes in the same spot( i cant spend half of the time i can play waiting on a spot). Near online player? What happens in single player they should spawn near me? I have crossed entire map blocks without i see any animal. I know the game is trying to be "realistic" or "simulator" but it should be also objective and fun. Yes i don't expect animals being at my cabins doorstep when i want them but walking entire map blocks should allow you to spot an animal. I believe there is something seriously wrong with animal spawns in single player and they should fix it asap because it ruins half of the immersion from this great game. Oh and something else. I hear there are birds in this game? Where? I haven't seen a single wing Oh i believe if they want to be realistic they should add hunting lures and baits.

From my exp you can find them more often near hunting towers you can find a map online with a map of all towers , donkeys sound creepy like zombies from other games if you hear them in dinstance by the way.

[Vanathi]

Originally posted by Helios:

Originally posted by JCorso:

Hello guys i play this game for while in single player. From time to time i see random animals on random spots but never in a pattern. I search in google and i find people saying animals spawn near online players or that they are always near watch towers around the map. No and no. I waited for so long in a towers and i have not seen an animal passing by only but once. Only once i seen an animal near a tower and i believe it just happen after waiting 40 minutes in the same spot( i cant spend half of the time i can play waiting on a spot). Near online player? What happens in single player they should spawn near me? I have crossed entire map blocks without i see any animal. I know the game is trying to be "realistic" or "simulator" but it should be also objective and fun. Yes i don't expect animals being at my cabins doorstep when i want them but walking entire map blocks should allow you to spot an animal. I believe there is something seriously wrong with animal spawns in single player and they should fix it asap because it ruins half of the immersion from this great game. Oh and something else. I hear there are birds in this game? Where? I haven't seen a single wing Oh i believe if they want to be realistic they should add hunting lures and baits.

From my exp you can find them more often near hunting towers you can find a map online with a map of all towers , donkeys sound creepy like zombies from other games if you hear them in dinstance by the way.

I almost always find wolves when I climb up those for some reason. And it sucks when you don't have a ranged weapon for whatever reason and are effectively treed by a pack of wolves. >< Also, if you make the wolf mask and wear it in a car the ears poke through the top of the vehicle making it look like it has ears :P

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2847310165

hard to see, but that was as close as I could get.

[thomas_1611]

All over the map are spawn points for animals. When your character passes within a certain radius (100m?) of the spawn point, the game performs a "roll" function to decide whether the animal will appear. Puppets spawn in the same fashion. They have fixed spawn points on the map, and every time you enter their radius the game applies RNG, deciding whether spawn will occur.

So if people are reporting that they see animals more frequently around hunting stands, it's likely that there is a spawn point nearby with hunting stand inside the radius.

[ENOWONMAI]

Are you hunting by a forest? I play solo and any forest I go by always has deer and bears during daytime and wolves at night. Boars seem to hang around veggie fields (corn, potato, sunflower, etc). I didn't adjust any settings and see more animals than puppets :-/