Dead zone... How to reestablish need zones ?

[cbrrrman]

On Medved in the P'yanny Forest / Poozemny Gateway (aka: the crater in the west)
Has become void of need zones inside the crater... Even when tracks are said to be in a spot... there are no tracks in that location. Is this a bug or what ?
There are plenty of animals surrounding the crater... But I can't find nothing in it.
It used to have need zones and animals were abundant down there... But now... nothing ?
How can I fix this ? without restarting the game ?
Or is it just gone forever ? I'm tired of wasting my time trying to reestablish the animal zones down there.
I've been playing this game along time... so it's not a new person thing.

[Thermal Lance]

I guess if you hunt other need zones they will eventually select those again.

[McSqurl Nugget]

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

I guess if you hunt other need zones they will eventually select those again.

that was my thought. hunt other zones, remove them, maybe you'll get some new zones spawn in the crater.

[cbrrrman]

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

I guess if you hunt other need zones they will eventually select those again.

I have done that plenty. This zone is not coming back... It has to be a corrupt file or something else. I'm not real PC savvy so I'm not sure where this file might be located and if it can be fixed ?

Guess I must just realize this area is no longer hunt capable ?
I've looked for animals for many hours... and never see nothing. : (

It used to have plenty of animals in it... but no longer it would seem.
I haven't noticed any other map areas that seem to be void of animals.
Or have been unable to establish - reestablish need zones.

There are no tracks anywhere in this crater... even when the icon send one there to investigate that. Nothing... DEAD ZONE it would seem.

[Thermal Lance]

Originally posted by cbrrrman:

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

I guess if you hunt other need zones they will eventually select those again.

I have done that plenty. This zone is not coming back... It has to be a corrupt file or something else. I'm not real PC savvy so I'm not sure where this file might be located and if it can be fixed ?

Guess I must just realize this area is no longer hunt capable ?
I've looked for animals for many hours... and never see nothing. : (

It used to have plenty of animals in it... but no longer it would seem.
I haven't noticed any other map areas that seem to be void of animals.
Or have been unable to establish - reestablish need zones.

There are no tracks anywhere in this crater... even when the icon send one there to investigate that. Nothing... DEAD ZONE it would seem.

Assuming the choice of need zone is somewhat randomized.

Perhaps you are just having a very bad case of ♥♥♥♥ luck. I mean, not saying an actual issue is impossible but... It still is a possibility that cannot be ignored.

[McSqurl Nugget]

i would say ♥♥♥♥ luck. the only way to get a new need zone to spawn is to clear an existing, that is if you've found all of the need zones.

[Hotschi48]

They definitely come back, but it takes time. Once I wiped out 2 Jackrabbit need zones close together, by standing in the middle between them and go wild with a handgun - that was in Layton Lakes, close to the southern watchtower - the first one you encounter when playing this map. Of course both need zones disappeared, but there were still Coyotes, Blacktails and Black Bears there to hunt - just no rabbits. And no new need zone.

But yesterday, I just unlocked one these old jackrabbits zones again, at the same old spot, no joke, I kid you not.

I can't say how long it took for it to rebuild, but it must be close to 40 hours real time playing, and hunting mainly somewhere else in Layton Lakes.

[cbrrrman]

I've spend countless hours glassing that crater... all hours of the day.
there's not even a Musk deer in it ? Anywhere. Anytime.
And the animal zones are simply gone... never a track anywhere in it...
this has to be a bug in this game or the game has broken.

It's not possible. There has to be a glitch in the matrix.
Guess I have to give up looking... or hoping for something to appear.
But it's just an issue down in this crater...
Like I said... always some animals on the perimeter surrounding this crater.
If fact... I'm getting trampled right now : (

This has been the case for many hours of play.
It's not the typical game animal replenishment.
Glassing the crater or using callers makes no difference.

It's broken plain and simple.
Anyway to eliminate that file only ?

Can't say this has occurred on any of my other maps (Reserves)...
Layton Lakes, Hirschfeldon or the Yukon... just Medved.
And down in that crater only.

Sure would be nice if the Dev's did some personal quality control check now and then.
But I know that will never happen : (

To busy ignoring people that have no clue how to play this game.

[Nightwalker]

You could delete the "found need zones" file. You'd lose them all on all maps though so it would mean a lot of work establishing need zones all over again for something that might not work anyway. On my map I have hardly ever found a track inside that crater but it's been over half a year since I played in MedVed.

[cbrrrman]

Originally posted by Nightwalker:

You could delete the "found need zones" file. You'd lose them all on all maps though so it would mean a lot of work establishing need zones all over again for something that might not work anyway. On my map I have hardly ever found a track inside that crater but it's been over half a year since I played in MedVed.

I took my ATV around the perimeter... plenty of assorted animal tracks... even scared a few.
But no tracks leading into or out of the crater... and zero tracks in it.
Yeah it was hard negotiating around on the crater floor. But I did it ; )


Fact is that crater hole is completely void of life.
And it wasn't that way before.
I sent a report... though I doubt that will do anything.

I'll be dead... before it fixes itself. : (

Guess I go back to playing the other Reserve maps that work. (For Now)

[Leadmagnet]

I had 3 or 4 need zones in the crater at one point. They vanished before EW did the reset. I did a scouting run in the crater again and it is completely empty. There was action east & west of the crater and even found a couple of zones, but nothing in the crater.

[cbrrrman]

Originally posted by Leadmagnet:

I had 3 or 4 need zones in the crater at one point. They vanished before EW did the reset. I did a scouting run in the crater again and it is completely empty. There was action east & west of the crater and even found a couple of zones, but nothing in the crater.

I 'm thinking I couldn't be the only one.
Its got to be an issue with others whom have this Medved Reserve / map.
Tho' possibly they don't know it ?

[Leadmagnet]

Originally posted by cbrrrman:

Originally posted by Leadmagnet:

I had 3 or 4 need zones in the crater at one point. They vanished before EW did the reset. I did a scouting run in the crater again and it is completely empty. There was action east & west of the crater and even found a couple of zones, but nothing in the crater.

I 'm thinking I couldn't be the only one.
Its got to be an issue with others whom have this Medved Reserve / map.
Tho' possibly they don't know it ?

Probably so. Medved wasn't my favorite map & I really quit playing after the reset because I lost so much stuff on the map. I did a quick pass through after reset and nothing there. I went back and really did a full scout after seeing this topic. I don't even know at what point my need zones vanished other than sometime before reset. Depending on how often others change maps...it is quite possible they don't know.