Feycat Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 I know this has been explained before but I can't find it of course. I'm pretty sure there's a way to edit the .xml so that you spawn a greater number of zombies? I don't want to turn the difficulty up because I don't want hp sponges, I just want a greater number of zombies. Our quests and POI clears are super boring because there's just not enough zombies in them. Upping my difficulty doesn't make MORE zombies, only HARDER zombies, or have I misunderstood? I'd be glad to turn it up and then turn their health down if that would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maharin Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Better have a beast of a computer to play it on then. Up your blood moon horde count to 16 (or more) to get a feel for how it works on your computer first. EDIT: And spawning.xml is the one you're looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feycat Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 Right, I'm asking HOW one does it. My BMH is set on 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzHawkeye Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, Feycat said: Right, I'm asking HOW one does it. My BMH is set on 24. As Maharin said, it's in the spawning.xml file (which you'll find in the Data\Config directory beneath where you have the game installed, by default inside your Steam directory). For example in editing, it's just a simple text file, as below: <biome name="pine_forest"> <spawn maxcount="1" respawndelay="3" time="Day" entitygroup="ZombiesAll" /> <spawn maxcount="1" respawndelay="4" time="Night" entitygroup="ZombiesNight" /> <spawn maxcount="1" respawndelay="14" time="Night" entitygroup="EnemyAnimalsForest" spawnDeadChance="0" /> <spawn maxcount="1" respawndelay="21" time="Any" entitygroup="FriendlyAnimalsForest" spawnDeadChance="0" /> </biome> You could for example edit the maxcount there, or go further down the file and edit the individual groups (for example ZombiesAll) to boost them that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feycat Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 Will that make more in POIs or only in the wilderness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzHawkeye Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Just now, Feycat said: Will that make more in POIs or only in the wilderness? Wilderness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feycat Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 Do you get more zombies in POIs if you up the difficulty? Or just the same amount with more hp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzHawkeye Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Just now, Feycat said: Do you get more zombies in POIs if you up the difficulty? Or just the same amount with more hp? I believe it's just the same, but with higher health/life/damage values. My modding is quite out of date now, so perhaps one of the many mod-experts may reply, but I don't believe there's anything you can do to squeeze more zombies into POI's (but I could well be wrong on that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feycat Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 Well, thanks for the answers, Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzHawkeye Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Feycat said: Well, thanks for the answers, Oz Welcome. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cammel Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 The amount and class of zombies in a POI is set in each POI xml file in the prefabs folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 You're going to get clown car POI with that, though. Insert other media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cammel Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 I know, but she is asking for more in a poi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorca Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 18 hours ago, Maharin said: Better have a beast of a computer to play it on then. Up your blood moon horde count to 16 (or more) to get a feel for how it works on your computer first. EDIT: And spawning.xml is the one you're looking for. Not really. I played with a mod recently by JaxTeller which ramps up the zombie spawns and didn't notice much difference in performance. My PC isn't the greatest. Back in A15, there were a lot more zombies and the game ran great for me. Now I just turn down settings slightly to account for better graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laz Man Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 19 hours ago, Feycat said: I know this has been explained before but I can't find it of course. I'm pretty sure there's a way to edit the .xml so that you spawn a greater number of zombies? I don't want to turn the difficulty up because I don't want hp sponges, I just want a greater number of zombies. Our quests and POI clears are super boring because there's just not enough zombies in them. Upping my difficulty doesn't make MORE zombies, only HARDER zombies, or have I misunderstood? I'd be glad to turn it up and then turn their health down if that would work. Here is a nice thread from Rolland back in A18 which still applies. Regarding zombie counts in POIs there is no easy way to increase the count right now. I know the devs have mentioned a new infestation quest in the future that will up the count in POIs somehow which sounds promising. I recommend starting with increasing biome spawners first to see how you like before trying other things as it's easy to do/undo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 With increased biome spawns you’ll get uninvited guests infiltrating into the poi you are exploring/ questing in and they WILL path their way to where you are so it can make for some pretty thrilling moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feycat Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 17 hours ago, cammel said: I know, but he is asking for more in a poi. *cough* She. 3 hours ago, Laz Man said: I recommend starting with increasing biome spawners first to see how you like before trying other things as it's easy to do/undo. I mean, we've been using Jaxteller's more zombies and bigger roaming hordes modlets for ages. I dunno, I guess we just wanted more challenge in POIs, and don't consider "more hp" to be more challenging, just a bigger sponge. I play way too many MMOs that think just making mobs into tedious hp sponges is "challenge." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cammel Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Feycat said: *cough* She. Duly noted and corrected. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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