Talk:Hound/@comment-97.103.42.24-20130616160713/@comment-71.178.103.146-20130621194327

I believe the custom world "hounds" setting is only for the periodic hound attacks. They don't affect set mobs like the Mac Tusk and his dog pack.

I had the same problem though in the previous update. Was on day 100+ and never went adventuring during winter because I wasn't prepared enough. Progessed very, very slowly with my base building due to inexperience and many setbacks, not the least of which was the crazy hound attacks every 3 days like clockwork. I went exploring during my long summers and passed Mac Tusk mounds, of course didn't see them. Then went through first winter without going in that area at all, so didn't see them either. Second winter was pretty much the same, went by fast since mine was only 10 days or so. Then summer came and I finally found some time to do some exploring...

When I went into the general region of the Mac Tusk mound but was still at least one and a half screens away, an entire troop of 10+ blue hounds came out of nowhere and started chasing me like mad. It was summer for crying out loud! I had never seen the Mac Tusk before, so I thought maybe this was their dog pack, but wasn't it only suppose to come out during winter??

I kited them all over the map through two swamps and then back into my usual panic room before they were dealt with. I think the hounds are really bugged.

Now I'm restarting in a new custom world and set hounds to less, but I think they're bugged again because I'm on day 40+ and only had 1 hound attack. This second one has been barking its imminent arrival for two days now.... >_< I really don't want to start over again.