TH:COTHW Animal Population Scanner
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This scanner will read your animal population file and show what's in it. The file opens as read-only, so the population is not changed. It is still a good idea to back up your savegame files regularly.

Some things you should probably know:

Installation
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This is a stand-alone utility. It does not modify the game and doesn't require the game to run. Extract the folder to wherever you like and start the app.

Where can I find the population files?
For most users they should be located in the save game folder:

C:\Users\[Your name]\Documents\Avalanche Studios\COTW\Saves\[long number]\

Difficulty Rating
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The difficulty rating is based on the animals weight. I used the data available on the internet to map the weight to the difficulty rating as good as possible, but there will be mismatches. Please report those mismatches to help improve this software.

Trophy Rating
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The trophy rating stored in the population file is used to predict the medal. However, for animals with a TruRACS this value is slightly randomized when the TruRACS is generated. This can result in incorrect medal predictions for animals that are close to the threshold. This goes both ways, a predicted diamond might end up as Gold, but a Gold with a high TR can still turn out as a Diamond.

Anyway, for the vast majority of cases, the prediction is correct.

What do those green entries mean?
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The green entries are:
* Animals that spawned in the current session (when live mode is active) and/or
* Animals spawned since a previous session (when you are comparing with an older population file).

You get a summary of those when you click on the "Spawned" label in the bottom left corner of the scanner.

What's up with the birds?
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It appears that most of the avian animal populations are completely re-created at the start of a session. This led to a flood of 'spawned'/'killed' messages when monitoring a population. To prevent this, Geese, Mallards and Cinnamon Teal are excluded from live reporting and delta analysis. Other animals that show a similar re-spawn pattern might be added to the exclude list in the future.

Credits:
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A big thank you to Rick Gibbed for sharing his work on the Just Cause 3 tools. It's been a tremendous help in understanding the ADF format.
Kudos to u/Wingged whose post inspired me to start this project.