Originally posted by Remy:

sounds like you're using the Land Animals mod. it's ridiculous to say the least. great mod, bad implementation.

Exactly. So it's a known issue for the mod it you can instantly identify it.

Originally posted by Suzaku:

Originally posted by Fruchtgummi:

No they literally try to do damage. So it's the mods all along.

How does a creature without an attack "try to do damage"?

The creature is just dumb and runs back up to you in a panic. It's that simple.

A specific mod that added a ton of wildlife was at fault. For some reason all of the added animals that I came across had a "fight then flight" response in which they noticed me (red exclamation mark) and tried to move towards me. If I ran away they would follow me until they reached my position, attack and then run away until they would home in on me again. At least if they were still in aggro range.

Even animals with no attacks did that. The hares from that mod would just jump at me without doing any damage. That's what I explained as trying to do damage. Poor litle ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ had to do SOMETHING after all.

Mod deleted, no more odd behaviour, still playing the game modded because I won't touch vanilla, everyone is happy. Except the rabbits. They're dead. forever.

sounds like you're using the Land Animals mod. it's ridiculous to say the least. great mod, bad implementation.

Originally posted by Fruchtgummi:

Originally posted by sarteck:

Deer do run towards you, however. This does happen all the time, especially if you are pretty much ignoring them and just running full-tilt through the terrain.

No, they don't try to attack you; I'd assumed that was just part of the "running towards you" bit.

No they literally try to do damage. So it's the mods all along.

How does a creature without an attack "try to do damage"?

The creature is just dumb and runs back up to you in a panic. It's that simple.

Originally posted by umop-apisdn:

It's amazing how often "remove your mods" is the solution to odd behavior.

Originally posted by sarteck:

Originally posted by Fruchtgummi:

No they literally try to do damage. So it's the mods all along.

Then no; that is not vanilla. That would be a mod thing.

She literally said in the original post that she used mods. The question I have is why do people start a game and use mods immediately like she stated? You're just asking for trouble in my opinion. But I guess this is a classic case of you do you.

It's amazing how often "remove your mods" is the solution to odd behavior.

Originally posted by umop-apisdn:

It's amazing how often "remove your mods" is the solution to odd behavior.

This is vanilla behavior. Try not blaming everything on mods.

Originally posted by umop-apisdn:

It's amazing how often "remove your mods" is the solution to odd behavior.

Well I never played this game without mods as I just started and in my experience it's amazing how often the vanilla experience pales absolutely in comparison to the modded experience hence why I didn't bother to even try the game without mods.

That's why I'm asking here. Thank you for your answer, I guess I'll deep dive and check what mods are messing with the behaviour.

Originally posted by sarteck:

Originally posted by umop-apisdn:

It's amazing how often "remove your mods" is the solution to odd behavior.

This is vanilla behavior. Try not blaming everything on mods.

Well that relatizes everything I just wrote. Damn.

Originally posted by Fruchtgummi:

Is this happening because the AI is severly stupid or because I messed up with some wildlife mods? Most animals like deer and hares (those are especially stupid because they can't even attack) run towards me once startled, try to attack me and then run away just to return a few moments later and trying to attack me again.

The AI can get very stupid with deer and hares, with or without mods. This is especially true if you have a "Sneak" bonus. Often times, when I'm just running through a black forest, a deer with get "startled" when I get close, and because of how quickly I'm moving, it starts moving one way, stops, moves another way, and gets all confused.

I tend not to wear Troll in mistlands for obvious reasons, but I've seen Hare behave just as oddly, and they seem to love to run into Dvergr-placed spikes.

Originally posted by Fruchtgummi:

Well that relatizes everything I just wrote. Damn.

Best thing for you to do is to see for yourself; try both with mods and without mods, and judge for yourself what difference you see, if any.

[EDIT] If you use a mod manager (particularly the r2modman manager or Thunderstore Mod Manger), try the "start vanilla" option.

Originally posted by sarteck:

This is vanilla behavior. Try not blaming everything on mods.

That is not vanilla behavior at all. The deers don't try to "attack" you.

Originally posted by magnificent moose:

Originally posted by sarteck:

This is vanilla behavior. Try not blaming everything on mods.

That is not vanilla behavior at all. The deers don't try to "attack" you.

Deer do run towards you, however. This does happen all the time, especially if you are pretty much ignoring them and just running full-tilt through the terrain.

No, they don't try to attack you; I'd assumed that was just part of the "running towards you" bit.

Originally posted by sarteck:

Originally posted by magnificent moose:

That is not vanilla behavior at all. The deers don't try to "attack" you.

Deer do run towards you, however. This does happen all the time, especially if you are pretty much ignoring them and just running full-tilt through the terrain.

No, they don't try to attack you; I'd assumed that was just part of the "running towards you" bit.

No they literally try to do damage. So it's the mods all along.

Originally posted by Fruchtgummi:

No they literally try to do damage. So it's the mods all along.

Then no; that is not vanilla. That would be a mod thing.