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[ShunterAlhena]

Hi folks!

Did a search, found nothing newer than 40d, hopefully I'm not spamming the forums unnecessarily.

1. Can wildlife (huntable above-ground animals) run out, or will it always replenish?
Wiki says "animals will appear on the edge of the map randomly" - they also did that in 40d, but eventually stopped coming.
2. Can fish (catchable in-water fish) run out, or will they always replenish?
Wiki says something about "running out".

Thanks!

[Eagle_eye]

Hi folks!

Did a search, found nothing newer than 40d, hopefully I'm not spamming the forums unnecessarily.

1. Can wildlife (huntable above-ground animals) run out, or will it always replenish?
Wiki says "animals will appear on the edge of the map randomly" - they also did that in 40d, but eventually stopped coming.
2. Can fish (catchable in-water fish) run out, or will they always replenish?
Wiki says something about "running out".

Thanks!

wildlife can run out, but the upper limit is usually pretty high
fish can also run out, but appear to come back if left unfished long enough.

[slothen]

they will both die, forever.  Fish usually die faster because skilled fisherdwarfs are maniacs and its usually not so far to walk for them to fish.

[Wiro]

Change the animal population tag in the raws to get much more animals. Worked for me.

[ShunterAlhena]

Change the animal population tag in the raws to get much more animals. Worked for me.

Can you elaborate a bit more on that, please? Does it work if I change the raws for a game already in progress (inside the respective save folder, of course)? What do I specifically need to change?

[Sphalerite]

The [POPULATION_NUMBER:xx:xx] line in the creature raws control what the initial starting population for each creature per biome/region is.  This number determines how many creatures of that type are spawned in each biome that creature can be found in when the world is created.  Once this initial population is depleted, it's gone forever.  Changing this number after the world is created has no effect on the world, you need to create a new world for this number to have any effect.

[Moosey]

I've found that if I only allow there to be one or two active fisherdwarves, and I embark in a region that freezes over seasonally (perhaps fish still breed in frozen water?), this keeps the fish population at a sustainable level.