Ambient Animals Pack

Description This mod adding ambient animals into game. This pack contains Rabbits, Squirrels, Snakes, Ravens, Rats, Seagulls and Otters. It bassicaly pack of all my ambient animals together because lot of server admins given me suggestion make this pack. Animals are fully custom with own animations, AI and sounds. Territory files for various maps are included together with manual howto setup. Further Info No repacks allowed. Don't ask. Repacking is cancer of DayZ community. You are allowed to look into mod for learning purposes or if you want know how it works. Discord: https://discord.gg/49FvN7rRpF Any feedback welcome! -Hunterz- Credits Kamo - great help with blender animations and adjustments MarioE - general animation lessons Mrtea101 - lot of hints in Blender and anims Weyland - sound mastering Nazzgy - help with rvmats and edible base Darhkk - preparing territory files Skramchez - LOD optimizations of Rat models

Workshop 3114410963 · mod updated 2026-10-17 · analyzed 2026-10-17 13:31 UTC · history · 40 script files

Animation Environment Mechanics Workshop tags, chosen by the author

Stall risks

None found

No file I/O on hot paths, no timers created per event, no per-player-per-frame hooks.

Compatibility

Chain-safe

Every server-visible override preserves its chain.

Structural footprint 1.1

clean

Heavier than 10% of 328 scripted mods analyzed.

less than 0.001% of each server frame at 100 players (0.000 ms/s). Counts hook dispatch and timers only, not what the hooks do inside. Methodology.

Where this mod sits

Structural load of the 328 scripted mods analyzed, lightest on the left. This mod's bar is lit; 36 others share it. Ranked list.

24 mods
0.0000022 to 0.0000046 ms/s · grade A
7 mods
0.0000046 to 0.00001 ms/s · grade A
1 mod
0.00001 to 0.000022 ms/s · grade A
1 mod
0.000022 to 0.000046 ms/s · grade A
This mod
26 mods
0.00022 to 0.00046 ms/s · grade A
33 mods
0.00046 to 0.001 ms/s · grade A
22 mods
0.001 to 0.0022 ms/s · grade A
13 mods
0.0022 to 0.0046 ms/s · grade A
10 mods
0.0046 to 0.01 ms/s · grade A
5 mods
0.01 to 0.022 ms/s · grade A
18 mods
0.022 to 0.046 ms/s · grade A
17 mods
0.046 to 0.1 ms/s · grade A
41 mods
0.1 to 0.22 ms/s · grade A
26 mods
0.22 to 0.46 ms/s · grade A
28 mods
0.46 to 1 ms/s · grade A
8 mods
1 to 2.2 ms/s · grade A to B
10 mods
2.2 to 4.6 ms/s · grade B
1 mod
4.6 to 10 ms/s · grade B to C

A316

B11

ms/s, log scale: each labelled step is ten times the one before. Letter grade and mods holding it below the axis.

Where the load comes from

Event hooks carry 99.8% of this mod's structural load. 0.000 ms/s in all.

99.8%Event hooks · 99.8%
1 hook · 0.0002 ms/s

Event hooksrun when something happens: an inventory move, a hit, an action 1 hook 0.0002 ms/s 99.8% PlayerBase.EEHitBy

Counts how often each hook is dispatched and how many timers stay alive, not what the code inside does. Some rates are order-of-magnitude estimates; the methodology lists which.

Where this mod runs often

Hooks on per-frame and high-rate surfaces, with what their bodies call. Body work, not the hook itself, is what costs frame time.

EEHitBy on PlayerBase

per event

no I/O, timers or RPC

Other findings

super() only on some paths · 3 · warning
- DayZAnimalCommandDeathModdable.PreAnimUpdate calls super.PreAnimUpdate() only on some paths — on the others the chain below this mod is dropped. Dayz_Raven.pbo::scripts\4_World\DayZAnimalCommandMoveModdable.c:36
- DayZAnimalCommandDeathModdable.PreAnimUpdate calls super.PreAnimUpdate() only on some paths — on the others the chain below this mod is dropped. Dayz_Seagull.pbo::scripts\4_World\DayZAnimalCommandMoveModdable.c:52
- Hologram.EvaluateCollision calls super.EvaluateCollision() only on some paths — on the others the chain below this mod is dropped. Dayz_Rat.pbo::scripts\4_World\classes\Hologram.c:4

What this report can tell you

Which vanilla methods the mod hooks, which of them drop the chain, how often each hook fires, and which risky calls sit inside hot hooks.

What it cannot

How long hook bodies take, network cost, or engine-side load. Measured across live fleets, most server lag comes from the engine and world state, not mod script chains — a light footprint does not clear a mod of lag, and a heavy one does not convict it. Methodology.

Everything else

All 17 overrides

Surface is the dispatch tier the rubric can price (— = unpriced); server is whether the override exists on a dedicated server; super() shows whether the vanilla chain is preserved on a server.

method	surface	server	super()	where
`ChernarusPlusData.InitYieldBank`	—	yes	✓	`Dayz_Rat.pbo::scripts\4_World\classes\worlddata.c:3`
`DayZAnimalCommandDeathModdable.PreAnimUpdate`	—	yes	conditional	`Dayz_Raven.pbo::scripts\4_World\DayZAnimalCommandMoveModdable.c:36`
`DayZAnimalCommandDeathModdable.PreAnimUpdate`	—	yes	conditional	`Dayz_Seagull.pbo::scripts\4_World\DayZAnimalCommandMoveModdable.c:52`
`DayZAnimalCommandLookAtModdable.PreAnimUpdate`	—	yes	✓	`Dayz_Otter.pbo::scripts\4_World\DayZAnimalCommandMoveModdable.c:20`
`DayZAnimalCommandLookAtModdable.PreAnimUpdate`	—	yes	✓	`Dayz_Raven.pbo::scripts\4_World\DayZAnimalCommandMoveModdable.c:20`
`DayZAnimalCommandLookAtModdable.PreAnimUpdate`	—	yes	✓	`Dayz_Seagull.pbo::scripts\4_World\DayZAnimalCommandMoveModdable.c:21`
`DayZAnimalCommandMoveModdable.PreAnimUpdate`	—	yes	✓	`Dayz_Otter.pbo::scripts\4_World\DayZAnimalCommandMoveModdable.c:4`
`DayZAnimalCommandMoveModdable.PreAnimUpdate`	—	yes	✓	`Dayz_Raven.pbo::scripts\4_World\DayZAnimalCommandMoveModdable.c:3`
`DayZAnimalCommandMoveModdable.PreAnimUpdate`	—	yes	✓	`Dayz_Seagull.pbo::scripts\4_World\DayZAnimalCommandMoveModdable.c:4`
`EnochData.InitYieldBank`	—	yes	✓	`Dayz_Rat.pbo::scripts\4_World\classes\worlddata.c:14`
`Hologram.EvaluateCollision`	—	yes	conditional	`Dayz_Rat.pbo::scripts\4_World\classes\Hologram.c:4`
`ModItemRegisterCallbacks.RegisterOneHanded`	—	yes	✓	`Dayz_Otter.pbo::scripts\4_World\ModItemRegisterCallbacks.c:4`
`ModItemRegisterCallbacks.RegisterOneHanded`	—	yes	✓	`Snake.pbo::scripts\4_World\classes\AnimRegisterIK.c:3`
`PlayerBase.EEHitBy`	T2	yes	✓	`Snake.pbo::scripts\4_World\playerbase.c:5`
`PluginRecipesManagerBase.RegisterRecipies`	—	yes	✓	`Dayz_Rat.pbo::scripts\4_World\classes\recipes\pluginrecipemanagerbase.c:3`
`PluginRecipesManagerBase.RegisterRecipies`	—	yes	✓	`Dayz_Squirrel.pbo::scripts\4_World\classes\recipes\pluginrecipemanagerbase.c:3`
`SakhalData.InitYieldBank`	—	yes	✓	`Dayz_Rat.pbo::scripts\4_World\classes\worlddata.c:26`

Dispatch surfaces and timers the grade prices

surface	tier	rate (Hz)	rate source	ms/s
`PlayerBase.EEHitBy`	T2	8.0	placeholder	0.0002

Includes 0.000 ms/s from placeholder-rated surfaces.

Load-order constraints (CfgPatches)

What each PBO declares: its addon identity and the addons it requires to be loaded first (requiredAddons). A partial load-order signal from the mod's own metadata.

Dayz_Otter.pbo

OtterAI requiredVersion 0.1 — requires DZ_Data, DZ_data_aiconfigs, DZ_AI
DayZ_Otter requiredVersion 0.1 — requires DZ_Data, DZ_Scripts, DZ_Sounds_Effects, DZ_Animals, DZ_Gear_Food, DZ_Characters

Dayz_Rabbit.pbo

RabbitAI requiredVersion 0.1 — requires DZ_Data, DZ_data_aiconfigs, DZ_AI
DayZ_Rabbit requiredVersion 0.1 — requires DZ_Data, DZ_Scripts, DZ_Sounds_Effects, DZ_Animals, DZ_Characters

Dayz_Rat.pbo

RatAI requiredVersion 0.1 — requires DZ_Data, DZ_data_aiconfigs, DZ_AI
DayZ_Rat requiredVersion 0.1 — requires DZ_Data, DZ_Scripts, DZ_Sounds_Effects, DZ_Animals, DZ_Gear_Food, DZ_Characters

Dayz_Raven.pbo

RavenAI requiredVersion 0.1 — requires DZ_Data, DZ_data_aiconfigs, DZ_AI
DayZ_Raven requiredVersion 0.1 — requires DZ_Data, DZ_Scripts, DZ_Sounds_Effects, DZ_Animals, DZ_Characters

Dayz_Seagull.pbo

SeagullAI requiredVersion 0.1 — requires DZ_Data, DZ_data_aiconfigs, DZ_AI
DayZ_Seagull requiredVersion 0.1 — requires DZ_Data, DZ_Scripts, DZ_Sounds_Effects, DZ_Animals, DZ_Characters

Dayz_Squirrel.pbo

SquirrelAI requiredVersion 0.1 — requires DZ_Data, DZ_data_aiconfigs, DZ_AI
DayZ_Squirrel requiredVersion 0.1 — requires DZ_Data, DZ_Scripts, DZ_Sounds_Effects, DZ_Animals, DZ_Gear_Food, DZ_Characters

Snake.pbo

ViperAI requiredVersion 0.1 — requires DZ_Data, DZ_data_aiconfigs, DZ_AI
Snake requiredVersion 0.1 — requires DZ_Data, DZ_Scripts, DZ_Sounds_Effects, DZ_Animals, DZ_Characters

census 1.1 · findings 1.1 · hash 00d27fb61f85903d