# Bigger cities and fewer zombies

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bigger-cities-and-fewer-zombies/8542>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [January 8, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bigger-cities-and-fewer-zombies/8542 "2015-01-08T00:48:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![George](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71e660/32.png) [@George](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/George)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bigger-cities-and-fewer-zombies/8542/1 "2015-01-08T00:48:33Z")

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Hello, I have done some testing on my own to confirm this and i have scene a pattern. I have cities on size 8 just because i like bigger cities. However i have looted almost the whole city and have not found many zombies. Their was a few stragglers here and their but i could not see anything like if i had the cities on 6. The outskirts are also empty. So just asking if their is a problem with it or not and i am on 1.2 scale factor.

thank you

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**Author:** ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 8:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bigger-cities-and-fewer-zombies/8542/2 "2015-01-08T08:40:45Z")

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Try increasing spawn rate then. It certainly has an effect.  
Also, turn on horde spawns.

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**Author:** ![Snaaty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Snaaty](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Snaaty)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bigger-cities-and-fewer-zombies/8542/3 "2015-01-08T11:03:49Z")

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Perhaps you’re on dynamic spawn. Could be it, but if so, just make some noise and wait for some time and zombies should come.

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**Author:** ![George](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71e660/32.png) [@George](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/George)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bigger-cities-and-fewer-zombies/8542/4 "2015-01-08T13:12:24Z")

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Thanks for the reply guys. I did try some of your suggestions but dynamic spawn has no effect whatsoever. I did increse the spawn rate to 2 and did notice a little more activity.

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**Author:** ![Straume21](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/straume21/32/236_2.png) [@Straume21](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Straume21)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 6:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bigger-cities-and-fewer-zombies/8542/5 "2015-01-11T06:32:42Z")

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Well, you can jerk the spawn rates up to 50, last I knew, so I would experiment with raising the numbers until you are satisfied with the amount of z’s in your world.  
Personally I really hate dynamic spawn worlds, and I’ve always viewed that setting as more of a challenge for the particularly brave players and less of a realistic rpg.

It is possible that you are encountering a bug, but I would try using a high spawn ratio and static spawn setting to double check before you delete and re-download the game.  
After this, I would just clear it and download again.

Also, what version are you playing?  
If this is an experimental, then bugs are kind of expected.  
If it’s an old version, I would definitely recommend downloading the most recent version.