I've had this mod on my server for a very long time now(years), & lately I've noticed my server's CPU usage increased from 40-50% with 3-5 players online to 90%+ with 2 or more players online. I contacted my hosting company & they couldn't find anything wrong with my settings or the server's hardware, but honestly I didn't expect them to. I had already begun testing mods with an exact duplicate of the server on my own PC.

What I noticed is that this mod in particular increases my CPU usage by 30-35% compared to the same circumstances without this mod.

I looked around & found the ini settings for wild babies growing & following, so I tried disabling those, but sadly it had no effect on the CPU usage. Then I found this topic & couldn't help but notice some similarities to what I'm seeing.

I guess I'm just wondering if this could possibly be happening again, or if maybe something wildcard did recently could have broken something? I really don't want to have to remove this mod, as it's always been one of my favorites & I feel it does soo much for the atmosphere of the game.

Edit: Ok, I went ahead & disabled the mod on my actual server temporarily & monitored CPU usage as players joined. Here are the results.[i.imgur.com]