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Hello hunters,
Here comes the long awaited game patch with fixes and new content. We’ve managed to find and resolve most of the below mentioned bugs and issues thanks to your excellent efforts and dedication during the open beta, and we are super grateful to all of you who participated, it’s amazing to have you on board! It looks like we’ve also found the problem with stats not being saved for some users (in particular with Vista OS) – we are testing the fix right now and if everything works fine, we’ll release another small patch with it this week.
Otherwise – we hope that with this game update all your hunts will become more stable and enjoyable. Go grab your El Bisonte, shoot yourself some new ducks and share with us your thoughts and feelings, good or bad.
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Release notes – new duck species
The new ducks in Rougarou Bayou are of the same type as the Mallard i.e. dabbling ducks. These guys do not mind the company of each other so there is a chance you’ll find a Gadwall in a Mallard flock or a Northern Pintail cruising together with a bunch of American Black Ducks. Sometimes these species interbreed so it will be possible to find some hybrids of the Mallards and the others flying around the Bayou. How about getting them to land then? Well, Mallard decoys will work at a 50% attraction rate for all new species. But to get full attraction you’ll need to add some species specific decoys. For full attraction using as many Mallard decoys as possible you’ll need 24 Mallard decoys and 12 of another species. You can also use 24 species specific decoys to get the full effect.
As for callers it is a little more complicated. American Black Ducks are the easiest ones though. They react to Mallard callers just like Mallards. Gadwalls have their own short range caller which means they are not as attracted by a Mallard short range caller. The Northern Pintail is the other way around; they have a long range caller so they do not care as much for the Mallard long range caller.
This increase of waterfowl over Rougarou Bayou will cause busy times for your retriever dog. So make sure it is well rested and well equipped for some primo waterfowling!
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Attention: This is the first patch with fixes. We continue monitoring the performance and working hard on fixing the rest of issues and bugs. After we are confident that the game is stable we’ll come with a suitable compensation plan for everyone affected by the recent crashes and issue. You can expect to hear more on this from us soon. Once again, we are very sorry for all the troubles.
Cheers,
Hannes Rhodin
theHunter Producer
Bug fixes
* The calling of new animals on Whitetime Ridge fixed (there is still a problem with Sitka)
* Attacking AI fixed for all animals (except bison since it already worked for it)
* Spooking AI fixes (some animals didn’t spook correctly)
* Fixed crash at the start of game
* Fixed random crash when playing the game
* Fix for the bear and hog bait bug
* Achievement page design is fixed
* Not working retail codes are fixed
* Sitka deer images are now correct
* Fix for tracks in the air
* Fix for the weapon wobble
* Fix for ammo not replenishing
* Whiterime Ridge sound improvements
Changes:
* Fix for invisible tracking domes – Now they are brighter on Whiterime Ridge
* New 19th season started. (Due to a database glitch seasons 17 and 18 were very only about 30 minutes long.)
* We’ve also added some code to try to find the issues with the stats being lost on the server
In progress:
* Score estimate for bison in spotting info is not showing the correct value
* FPS drop
* Game crashes with stats not being registered (we implemented some code to collect more data on this)
* Tent functionality broken – it is now possible to fast-travel to tents after being frozen
* Crow sound sometimes being too loud
* Issues for Windows XP users
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Some Before and After comparisons
3. This shot shows the higher accuracy of the terrain lighting (the small hill to the right was previously lit incorrectly) as well as the updated lighting model:
5. A comparison that shows how the updated lighting model brings out more surface detail in shadowed areas as seen on the tree trunks:
6. Another comparison that shows how the updated lighting model makes surfaces easier to read in the shadows and helps adding realism:
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For the attention of players with retail boxes who downloaded the game from the DVD – you will have to download the whole game again (the download will be initiated automatically). We apologize for this inconvenience.
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