Dead Zones

[Pagan Soul]

Anyone else notice massive parts of maps are animal dead zones?

I have just completed a 6km walk, took 91 real life minutes, i didnt spok any animals, get detected by any, didnt see any or hear any and zero animal tracks either

just wondering if its a bug as i cant image its by design????

[Nightwalker]

It could be that your animal population file didn't download properly. Try running the "verify integrity of local files" program on the game before logging in. I've hunted on LL, PF and Vurhonga today and have not any trouble finding animals.

This is just a tip: The time of day/night you hunt is just as important as where and how you choose to hunt. Walking/running can be detrimental since animals can hear you when you do either and begin to avoid you while you are still 100 or more meters away from them.

[Machin Shin]

some outskirts of maps are rarely populated, depends on the map.
But i naturaly dont go there i feel it if the area is not meant to be played in. :)

would be interessting what map and where exactly you are playing

[McSqurl Nugget]

agree with Aegis, i've never had that issue on any map, except at the map edges. 6km walk is from one side to the other. so you should have run across something unless you have tracks turned off in settings or like Nightwalker said your game files are screwy, or you were running/walking and spooking them off before you saw them.

[Pagan Soul]

Thanks guys, will check game files as just managed to find and kill a deer and it’s body on the ground wasn’t white like normal so somethings off.

Really aappreciate the replies, only played for a week but the community so far has been awesome.

[[p] [RATS] Rea[p]er]

Southwest corner of Layton Lakes is pretty bad for this. Is that where you were?

[McSqurl Nugget]

Originally posted by deklerk.louis:

Southwest corner of Layton Lakes is pretty bad for this. Is that where you were?

SW corner is packed with bear, moose, coyotes, and rabbit. occasionally whitetail wander in there also

[jthibeault]

I just ran into this last night.

I have restarted a new playthrough, and most of the zones in Layton lakes are unexplored.

When I travel into a new zone, like Cheelah, there are simply no animal tracks to be found. After roaming around the zone, it seems that animals will eventually be spawned, but this is nothing compared to my other playthrough, where the zones have been explored, and need zone established.

Are zones empty until explored and need zones found?