Critter/plant loading mechanics?

[kurikaktus]

So I am curious, when a new game starts, are all the critters on the whole map or active or do they only become active once revealed? Like their age, egg laying time would start only when they are revealed.

[Bizzum22]

they start when you find them, but if you click backspace and unlock debug mode on a save they all become active, same with gysers, temp, gas, liquid

[kurikaktus]

ah, guessed as much. Im having the shove vol error where the game crashes when they lay eggs. Someone else suggested to go into debug mode and delete them to avoid the crash. Since the update is near i'll probably just wait xD. I dont want to activate everything on the map yet

[crypticorb]

22 minutes ago, Bizzum22 said:

they start when you find them, but if you click backspace and unlock debug mode on a save they all become active, same with gysers, temp, gas, liquid

The only exception is hatches that are found with the "buried object" tiles. They are completely inactive until the tile is dug, and what the tile contains is randomized on world generation, but will always be the same afterwards. If you know a buried object contains a hatch, you can load back a save before you dug the tile and it'll stay put.