So, swamp critters

[HeadWar]

I thought you said you had a semi truck? Just drive it back and forth across the bridge for a bit. Might have to wash your windscreen afterwards though.

[MarkB]

I thought you said you had a semi truck? Just drive it back and forth across the bridge for a bit. Might have to wash your windscreen afterwards though.

It’s certainly a possibility, but when I was driving away, they weren’t just spawning right next to the river - they kept appearing up to about 5-6 map tiles away. That’s a lot of critters to run over.

Also, I’m not absolutely sure what causes creatures to spawn at a riverbank. If it was only when I broke the barrier that’s fine, but if it turns out that simply running a big, noisy gas-powered vehicle in the area is what set them off, then bringing the truck back becomes less of a good idea - I might spawn more of them to replace the ones I mow down.

[Sheer_Bliss]

Are you playing with Dynamic or Static spawn? I’m pretty sure Dynamic causes them to spawn around noise.

[Mrnocamera]

Dynamic and static only affect zombie spawns.

[Sheb]

But yeah, the sound is what set them off. I think if you go away, they’ll unload. Else, you can sneak in at night, or just ride your semi until you’ve depleted the spawn pool.

[Protester]

sneaking around at night sounds like the best solution, but damn, that just sounds scary. stumbling into a horde at daytime is frighting, but at night it sounds nightmarish. its a good thing characters cant feel fear, isnt it?

[Otaku]

I suggest sneaking in at night, installing an electric engine on the truck, then getting away with the loots.

[eternalflame]

You got a semi truck. I fail to see why you would ever want to go back to the bike.

[Mrnocamera]

Solar powered, and he had stuff in it.

[MarkB]

You got a semi truck. I fail to see why you would ever want to go back to the bike.

What Mrnocamera said, pretty much. I’d just raided a military bunker, and had a nice selection of firearms and explosives in the bike’s storage.

I’ve gone ahead and built a new bike in any case. Whilst the semi truck is nice if you want/need to mow lots of stuff down, I’m not keen on it for everyday use - the visibility is terrible, and it’s too wide for urban use.

I guess I may re-work it at some point into a more practical vehicle, but for now I like my Light Cycle.

Thanks to everyone who replied.

[Frankiox]

sneaking around at night sounds like the best solution, but damn, that just sounds scary. stumbling into a horde at daytime is frighting, but at night it sounds nightmarish. its a good thing characters cant feel fear, isnt it?

Just imagine your characters sceaming out of fear when they see a horde of zombies, or even worse, a hulk. Would make an intresting but also difficult trait to chose.

[Protester]

[quote=“Protester, post:11, topic:2518”]sneaking around at night sounds like the best solution, but damn, that just sounds scary. stumbling into a horde at daytime is frighting, but at night it sounds nightmarish. its a good thing characters cant feel fear, isnt it?

Just imagine your characters sceaming out of fear when they see a horde of zombies, or even worse, a hulk. Would make an intresting but also difficult trait to chose.[/quote]

Your legs lock up! x3
You begin crying!

The zombie hulk hits your head x2

you die!

[Viik]

Had similar experience as OP. I have a feeling that source of your problem was muffler. It’s not installed on many of the semi trucks. Try visiting the same place after installing muffler. In my case I’ve spent about 20 minutes looting the area and no critters spawned, where previously was a horde of “swampers”.

[youtoo]

im ok with noise spawning mobs in certain locations/conditions. makes the game harder. you get to a certian point where you can mow stuff down.

[HeadWar]

Turrets. Lots of turrets. After a while they stop coming. (Because unlike Aliens, these turrets don’t run out of ammo.)

[Iosyn]

Just how badly was the truck parked? Like, across all lanes?

Just what kind of bike did you create that can’t overtake a parked semi?

And yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s the muffler (rather, lack of) that’s the problem. A semi makes a shitton of noise even with one-- without? ouch.
Have fun dodging giant mozzies, bro.

[MarkB]

My bike’s three squares wide, and the truck was parked right across the entrance to the bridge, sideways-on, with two squares of gap on each side.

I did go back on my new solar bike to take a look (mainly to finish clearing the bunker just to the north), and there were still a lot of critters spawned. It would’ve been a fun challenge for my archery skills, but I decided to explore elsewhere.

[HeadWar]

I ran across one of those semis as well, but it wasn’t centered, but rather left a gap of four spaces on one side, for my five wide modified flatbed. Had to grind down the railing, and pray I didn’t fumble.

Scary, but it worked without getting out of the car.

[MarkB]

[quote=“HeadWar, post:23, topic:2518”]I ran across one of those semis as well, but it wasn’t centered, but rather left a gap of four spaces on one side, for my five wide modified flatbed. Had to grind down the railing, and pray I didn’t fumble.

Scary, but it worked without getting out of the car.[/quote]

I might have tried something like that, but at the time someone had just posted how their character had died trying it.

[UberZacht]

If this helps anybody in their Cataclysm experience, I would like to say something a dev recently mentioned. Swamps still use to old spawn system, so when you drove that semi, it cause a very loud noise, and in turn you stirred up ye olden Dynamic Spawn. If (and I’m sure that you’ve dealt with it, but I just wanna say) you go and get the bike quietly, it runs on foot pedals (unless you took them off) and electricity, so a relatively quiet system,