How can I change the starting number for figures?

Question

Using KOMA report, figures seem to default to numbering from 0.1, 0.2, 0.3... I'd like these to start from 1,2,3 instead.

I'm using

 \documentclass{scrreprt}

Related, but don't answer my question:

• http://texblog.org/2007/07/25/counters-in-latex/

• List of figures without figure numbers

• How to change the numbering for different figures?

Edit: This question: Continuous numbering of figures and tables, was identified as a solution to my duplicate. While that does look like a good answer, I've already successfully implemented the answer below. It is different and does not require using another package. As such, I prefer it.

Answer 1

Have you tried adding the following lines at the beginning of your document?

\renewcommand\thefigure{\arabic{figure}}
\setcounter{figure}{0}