Animals in GTA:O

[billiam]

why are there no animals in GTA:O? any particular reason or is it just in R*'s anti-fun policy?

[Dumb guy]

There are animals.... And they have weapons.

[Cavot]

Network limitations.

[xInfamousRYANx]

Network limits

really

 

The more peds added (animals) the more the servers have to sync with players

[Mach1bud]

They are included with the PC video editor, for use with GTA V and GTA Online videos. This gives me hope.

[Nutduster]

This thread again, AND another crybaby whining about the alleged no-fun policy? It must be my birthday.

 

There are no animals because of bandwidth. Any object or entity that must be spawned into the game and have its location and behavior tracked hogs bandwidth between the clients and the server. Animals were sacrificed to leave more room for more players, more NPCs, more cars, and more chaos.

[billiam]

Network limitations.

but surely with the number of NPC's there are everywhere, they can fit the occasional shark or deer in

[Legate Meridius]

There is a snake in GTA:O

[billiam]

actually forgot to mention but there are some fish in the coral reefs, but that's it

[paperbagdude]

I still don't get why a few animals can't be added in exchange for a few pedestrians.

 

I mean, what's the struggle?

[SkyChat]

There is a snake in GTA:O

That's why the servers are so shady, the snake.

[Murciélago]

Let's see, this thread has been made 20+ times

[Chloroform]

Rockstar is cheap and didn't use dedicated servers.

[MajorVienna]

They should make it so that they spawn in areas npc humans don't appear/much, like the middle of nowhere etc. Online feels dead without them.

[Antigenetic]

This thread has been made 20+ times before, with them all usually following the same pattern and outcome.

 

I personally would have been happy with 16 player servers with the addition of animals over more NPC's and 30 player servers. Would probably use less bandwidth down the line too.

 

However, this is R*. Don't expect too much in the way of innovation.

Edited April 13, 2015 by Antigenetic

[xInfamousRYANx]

They should make it so that they spawn in areas npc humans don't appear/much, like the middle of nowhere etc. Online feels dead without them.

even if they did because gta online is not peer to peer the server still has to track those animals even if nobody is around

[MagicNarcosis]

Animal topic has topic'd again.

[Ciaran]

Search function, please use it. There are a million threads regarding this.