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Post by jimbo63 on Apr 23, 2015 18:37:37 GMT
Is it possible to increase the amount of crocodile spawns?
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Post by bontainer on Apr 23, 2015 19:03:57 GMT
It`s really quite easy to find them. Just take the Zipper and fly along river- or lakebanks. Crocs appear like a large log beneath the leaves. you can`t miss them.
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Post by jimbo63 on Apr 23, 2015 19:14:47 GMT
Sorry bontainer I did not explain that I wanted more to spawn so that it became much more dangerous to swim across the lakes and rivers, not so that I could find them.
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Post by mikeweeks2346 on Apr 23, 2015 19:16:23 GMT
The key I have found is to keep them in sight, and don't get distracted by other random events which might pop up nearby - I have had the crocs de-spawn.
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Post by mikeweeks2346 on Apr 23, 2015 19:20:07 GMT
Even with less animal spawning, I have found that Demon fish still have a bad habit of spawning right near by just at the wrong time when attempting to get into the water for whatever reason.
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Post by bontainer on Apr 23, 2015 19:45:57 GMT
Crocs in FC4 are really only something floating at the banks, I have never been attacked by them because I know their habits too well from FC3.
And even if you are attacked its just hammering the given key to kill them, no real challenge there.
Demon fish are something else of cause. I haven`t crossed a river yet without loosing at least on health bar.
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Post by JRavens on Apr 23, 2015 20:07:11 GMT
Yeah crocs function sort of like land mines... err "lake mines" in that they just sit there until you get too close. I've never tried to alter their AI... hmmm wonder what would happen if they were given another animals AI? Their models probably aren't rigged to walk around so they would probably do something wierd like float through the air or worse they might suddenly drown in the water LOL.
To get to back to Jimbo's original question
>Is it possible to increase the amount of crocodile spawns?
Yes absolutely, but it could lead to strangeness. I did this in FC3 and had lily pads crop up on the beach. Got too close to one and the croc drug me under the sand and after killing him I ended up under the world space and had to fast travel to keep from "drowning" myself. While cool at the moment it was glitchy and odd.
The crocs don't generally spawn by themselves. They always have a lilypad covering to "hide" them. Of course once you become aware of this it's poor camouflage at best in addition to animals showing easily through Kyrat's water bodies like glowing beacons.
I could add them to the demon fish (or even regular fish) spawns and that should work, but they will likely appear suspended randomly in the middle of the water with lily pads at unusual heights. This may not look that bad underwater though. It's worth trying. I'll do a tutorial on the spawn charts file and show you guys how to adjust the encounter groups. We'll try throwing some crocs in the water and see how it goes. If they spawn randomly in deep water I think it would be a cool surprise.
In adjusting fish spawns in FC3 I found that sometimes they spawn just above the water line and fall down into the water which is a bit bizarre when you see it (I called it the flying fish syndrome). A glitch like this might cause hovering crocs slightly above the waterline as well.
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Post by jimbo63 on Apr 23, 2015 22:01:25 GMT
Sounds good to me, thanks JR
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Post by willyr1100 on Apr 23, 2015 22:33:21 GMT
thks guys you just made my nightmare come true lol
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Post by jimbo63 on Apr 23, 2015 23:03:37 GMT
Willyr, some advice for you - 'Stay out of the water!' Was that a line from one of the Jaws films?
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Post by willyr1100 on Apr 23, 2015 23:22:16 GMT
i saw that 1 jimbo, never did like wadding out in the surf after that lol, you know maybe jr could add some more snakes like he did in fc3 wonderland,
even had 1 bite me on 1 of the towers just about every other step u could hear them,got so bad i could hear them in my sleep wake up in a cold sweat lol
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Post by takeout1113 on May 14, 2015 2:52:44 GMT
I am relatively certain that I recall having a mugger croc attack me on a boulder, a good three feet above water line, and probably, as I recall, about four feet away from water horizonaly. It was flabbergasting, I tells ya. I was scanning for targets for my trusty .50 semi-auto killer weapon I calls me Overpowered Compensator.
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Post by jimbo63 on May 14, 2015 13:18:16 GMT
And I was surprised during one game to see a croc bite an elephant's trunk
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Post by willyr1100 on May 14, 2015 21:50:58 GMT
like wise saw the same, the croc was out of the water past his front legs with the elephant trumpeting angerly and pulling back before he let go,
i was chasing a sambar along the rived bank last night and was was closing in on him about to use a knife attack for the points, when a mugger garbed him just about had the big one then,lol
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Post by takeout1113 on May 15, 2015 20:29:47 GMT
Saw a Demonfish grab an elephant's trunk while the elephant was swimming. POed the elephant good. At the BlackWater Demonfish derby area.
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