Is it just me, or do the forests lack animals?

[Elvenkind]

5-6 hours played so far, and I haven't seen a single bear, not even where there's warning signposts about bear. I saw ONE deer that ran away. I haven't seen a single chicken. It's like the forests are totally dead.

[Elvenkind]

Originally posted by BlackLabrador:

I am almost 2 weeks into this playthrough(in game days) and I have seen 1 deer and 1 chicken. I was hoping to do some farming but I don't see anything for a water container(from preview videos) nor have I found any seeds.

Yep, another problem there. I made a sack of soil, but not sure what to do about it.

[Elvenkind]

Originally posted by Maconijnr:

@Elvenkind
Not all gamer's experience the same bugs, if you can't find animals then just maybe you are not looking in the right places, I know you know the game... but from the motel down to the lake and down the road past the garage that whole area is frequented by bears.
deer are just up the road opposite where the bandit camp is go up and round behind the motel
you should also find chickens around near the tower amongst the trees.

there is way more animals now than there ever was

If there's more animals now then there ever was, you wouldn't explain "from the motel down to the lake and down the road past the garage", since it would obviously be bears virtually everywhere like before. Same with "chickens around near the tower amongst the trees". It sounds like there's 1 spawn-point for each animal the way you describe it.

[Jmmh1440]

Based on the info above from Maconijn I did find a deer and a chicken. As in I explored a big area behind the motel and found A DEER and A CHICKEN. Deer are a pain to track down, approach and kill. Took 3 shots from the hunting rifle which is silly (single shot should kill the deer). Then it had the same meat as the bear but less of it. I was really hopign that since the deer is smaller I could move it (to somewhere safe) before butchering. But, nope. So no real advantage over hunting bears (except that bears are actually easier to kill since they don't run away). there used to be 3+ chickens near the white house all the time. So spending 10x the effort to only find 1 is disappointing.

Really, just add a bunch more deer and chickens to the game. Please.

[lostinalaska]

Where did you find a hunting rifle? And ammo? I can't find any guns, and only little bits of ammo. I am totally frustrated,

[Elvenkind]

According to the old spoiler map there used to be 9 bear spawns and 5 chicken spawns, but I can clearly remember that I found bears and chickens at several other locations.

[Elvenkind]

Originally posted by Jmmh1440:

I was really hopign that since the deer is smaller I could move it (to somewhere safe) before butchering.

You could just add it to the suggestions thread. It's no fun to be in the middle of a slaughtering, to find yourself surrounded by mist or darkness. Realistically deers are really heavy though and I think they use pulleys or similar and hang them up, but it would be a lot more safe to bring the bodies back to the base before starting the slaughter.

And 3 shots from a hunting rifle sounds too much. That should be nerfed. I wonder how they do against hunting bow with hunting arrows.

[Garath]

I thought it was just me, but i havent seen a single bear. I even based up at the big white house again this update, the bear that was always near the house towards the road is no longer there, also all the chickens that used to hang around are gone too and yes i have gone to other parts of the map where i normally found animals and they are not there. As others have said just increase the number of animals, im not looking for a carpet of chickens, but more than one every couple of miles would be nice. Other than that im happy with the new update.

[Jmmh1440]

I'm playing off an old v0.2 save because I don't have enough free time at the moment to do another complete play from scratch. So I had the hunting rifle already. In 0.2 I got it from raiding bandit camps, particularly the ones with the snipers because they droped the hunting rifle.

[Maconijnr]

Originally posted by Elvenkind:

Originally posted by Maconijnr:

@Elvenkind
Not all gamer's experience the same bugs, if you can't find animals then just maybe you are not looking in the right places, I know you know the game... but from the motel down to the lake and down the road past the garage that whole area is frequented by bears.
deer are just up the road opposite where the bandit camp is go up and round behind the motel
you should also find chickens around near the tower amongst the trees.

there is way more animals now than there ever was

If there's more animals now then there ever was, you wouldn't explain "from the motel down to the lake and down the road past the garage", since it would obviously be bears virtually everywhere like before. Same with "chickens around near the tower amongst the trees". It sounds like there's 1 spawn-point for each animal the way you describe it.

I was giving you the places that was easiest for me to explain for players to find as the new map its kind of hard to explain. But NO its not just that location i have found deer in 3 different locations so far, bears at the motel and the lake where the old farms used to be and down the road from the motel where the row of old shops used to be also in the middle of the map where the old ridge used to be that had the 2 storey cabin on, there is also other locations that i don't know how to tell players to get to because i am still learning the map like everyone else and landmarks are not easy to find.

Originally posted by lostinalaska:

Where did you find a hunting rifle? And ammo? I can't find any guns, and only little bits of ammo. I am totally frustrated,

Ammo for the hunting rifle i got from raiding the bandits, the hunting rifle i found in a locked room in what looks like an old car showroom that had infected in in the city, be warned a LOT of bandits came for me when I broke into the room, they did drop a lot of guns though 2 m4's, 3 benneli's, 3 revolvers , and 1 colt 1911 :)

[Mpak]

This is just random spawn in few point as i guess. You can stand in area with bear sign, exit to main menu and load game and can see bear just before you. Or see bear, exit and load and he disapeared. I found bears every time i needed, around Motel location, just run around few minutes.

[Pointyhead]

Originally posted by Jmmh1440:

Originally posted by Maconijnr:

there is way more animals now than there ever was

Either not in my game or not everywhere. I used to hunt both bears & chickens around the white house and I've been all over that area on foot in v0.3 and have not seen a single animal in that whole area.

@Maconijnr could you take a look at the map in the thread "There's a dire need for a new MAP of Mist Survival" and help us find these animals. That would be great.

Bears - Looking at the map there are 3 lakes nearby, all in different directions. So I'm not sure which lake you refer to when saying, "from the motel down to the lake and down the road past the garage that whole area is frequented by bears". Do you mean the lake behind the gas station?

Deer - Looking at the map it sounds like you're saying the deer are south of the motel, on the same side of the road.

Chickens - I don't recall seeing a tower near the motel / gas station so not at all sure where you mean. I'll look for a tower and see if I can find them.

Travelling from the white farm base towards the motel and garage, turn left up the track immediately opposite the bandit base. Chicken and deer spawn in that area near ranger tower.

[Maconijnr]

Originally posted by Jmmh1440:

Originally posted by Maconijnr:

there is way more animals now than there ever was

Either not in my game or not everywhere. I used to hunt both bears & chickens around the white house and I've been all over that area on foot in v0.3 and have not seen a single animal in that whole area.

@Maconijnr could you take a look at the map in the thread "There's a dire need for a new MAP of Mist Survival" and help us find these animals. That would be great.

Bears - Looking at the map there are 3 lakes nearby, all in different directions. So I'm not sure which lake you refer to when saying, "from the motel down to the lake and down the road past the garage that whole area is frequented by bears". Do you mean the lake behind the gas station?

Deer - Looking at the map it sounds like you're saying the deer are south of the motel, on the same side of the road.

Chickens - I don't recall seeing a tower near the motel / gas station so not at all sure where you mean. I'll look for a tower and see if I can find them.

I'll take a look at that thread and see if i can help out there :)
These are the easiest places i can think of for animals.
starting point the motel
If you are at the motel stand with your back to it, look straight ahead and to the right slightly there is a trail that leads down to a lake (what would have been the farms lake) bears around there and around the motel itself.

Still at the (motel back to it) now turn 90* to your left and head down the road, bears are on both sides of the road about half way towards where the old row of shops used to be.

From the motel (back facing it) now turn 90* to the right and walk up the road to the bandit camp turn your back to the camp and look straight ahead, you will see a dirt track that goes up hill head up that track and follow it around to the right this takes you up and behind the motel amongst the hills if you keep heading along the trail it should bring you to a tower climb the tower and just wait keeping an eye out along the tree line towards the cars, deer are here it shouldn't take more than a few minutes for them to show up, you will also find chickens there.

[Elvenkind]

I found the one spot with 5-6 chickens and also a deer. And the 1 bear walking around near the motel/gas station. Have anyone seen animals in other places then these?

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[KimRaven]

omg if anyone cannot find bear then something is wrong with my game as there loads in my game, i am being hunted by bears hahhaha x

[Elvenkind]

Originally posted by Alpha ♥♥♥♥♥:

omg if anyone cannot find bear then something is wrong with my game as there loads in my game, i am being hunted by bears hahhaha x

Yeah, really funny, it's 20 people above in this post that simply don't have animal spawns. Personally I've found 1 spawn for chicken and 1 for bear and a deer the same place the chickens were. Didn't make this post to talk BS. When running around in the forests for hours and not seeing a single animal, then something is wrong. Earlier you had to be really careful to not get mauled to death by a bear.