Hello,

yes, the are currently on animals on the north areas.

DayZ wiki says:
"As a rule, animals can be found all over the map. That isn't completely true however, as there are some "soft" boundaries to the area in which they can be found. Those boundaries are: the major highway in the North, Pik Kozlova in the South, Pavlovo to the West, and the Berezino suburbs to the East"
http://dayz.gamepedia.com/Hunting

I hope, with the new animal AI they will also increase the total number of animals on map as well as add spawpoints for them in north area.

Are you using some launcher parameters (-noSplash, -noIntro, cpuCount)?

I had a similar issue. Removing all launch parameters solved it.

Hello,

same problem here. I respawn inside a rock near Svetlojarsk (see attached map and screenshot).

3rd person public server

Hello,

I'm guessing you're talking about adjusting FoV for close range combat & sniping.

I think better solution would be that changing FoV would require a game restart.
Everyone could play with their favorite FoV, but no longer use it as zoom.