Features

* Val-des-Bois reserve

* Alpine Ibex

* Climbing – Players can now use climbing gear to scale vertical walls, learn more about it in the release notes

* Fall Damage – Players can now be knocked out from heavy falls, learn more about it in the release notes

Changes

* Localization updated, two new languages are added (Romanian and Hungarian)

* Improved map loading performance

* New personal bests site

Bug fixes

* Improved animal path finding performance

* Fixed consumable item info bug when having same item equipped in two different slots (the amount left showed wrong number)

* You cannot spot animals when you’re hurt

* You can no longer move away from a Tree stand or Tripod by aiming multiple times

* Decreased the frequency of the roe deer warning sound a little

* Dead animals slide a bit less in slopes

* Fixed some missing animations on older items

Discussion

Features

* Deployable Hunting Tower

The deployable hunting tower is an exclusive item with which we intend to provide an additional bonus to some of our memberships at no extra cost for members. The hunting tower can only be acquired through the purchase of selected memberships and membership bundles (when buying a 6-month-membership or a Pathfinder bundle you’ll get 1 tower, when buying a 12-month-membership or a Trailrunner bundle you’ll get 3). If you have an active 6- or 12-month membership at the moment of the release, you’ll receive 1 hunting tower in your inventory. This exclusive membership item only applies to new and existing memberships purchased via our website or Steam, not retail boxes.

Changes

* Updated localization

* Turkey Decoy icons have been added to the HunterMate map

* Turkeys now have lungs and heart – Fix for the turkey issue which appeared after the ballistics update for arrows, when it became no longer practical to instantly kill Turkey with a bow (unless you hit the head or neck which is really hard at the required range). If Turkey doesn’t die immediately, it would enter a flee mode and spook other birds in its vicinity, which made obsolete the “silent massacre strategy” that many players have come to love.

With the introduction of lungs and heart, penetration of either one of these organs leads to instant death which should allow for the massacre to be revived, although with an added skill requirement, as you now need to hit the chest area of the Turkey for it to be effective. However, it’s important to note that since the internal organs of a RL Turkey present a very small target area we have chosen to super-size these in the game for gameplay reasons.

Bug fixes

* Fix for reindeer migration randomness when choosing migration target
* Fix for waterfowls randomness when choosing a target to fly to
* You now get a message saying you are not allowed to shoot animals from a target range. (Animals shot from a target range do not take damage)
* Fix for reindeer rattler caller only attracting males (they did attract females before)
* Fix for reindeer scoring when spotting the animal (removed score cap at 555)

Discussion

Changes

* Arrows are now less affected by wind. Note that there is still a notable effect during bad weather conditions (rain / overcast) but offset is now decimeters rather than meters at normal shooting distances (< 40 m). To increase your chances during these conditions it’s advisable to avoid shooting in crosswind, especially if using a low velocity bow such as a longbow / recurve which are more affected by wind than compounds & crossbows.

Discussion

Features

* Reindeer added

* Reindeer rattler caller added

Changes

* Players are not allowed to fire at animals that are outside of the reserve

* Not possible to take a picture (mirror cam, trophy shot, camera) while the game is uploading another picture to the server

* More realistic visual arrow penetration on animals – the penetration depth of the arrow model is now affected by penetration calculations

* More realistic penetration & damage settings for all arrows & birdshot

* Decreased penetration & increased damage on all revolvers to better reflect hollowpoint characteristics

* Updated localization

Bug fixes

* Female turkeys don’t respond to the turkey owl caller.

Discussion

Features

* Face paint (A consumable that works like a Scent Eliminator but lowers visibility rather than scent. Each use lasts 8 in-game hours)

Bug fixes

* Small terrain fix on Red Feather Falls

* Bullpup rifle texture fix (caliber text)

* Clothing textures fix (sometimes players could have wrong texture)

* Logger’s Point bridge fix (players can walk over it once again)

Discussion

Features

* 7mm Magnum Bullpup Rifle

Changes

* A sound has been added to the sliding feature

Bug fixes

* Fixed bug for Trophy Shot edit mode with User Interface sometimes not showing correctly

* Web GUI flow fixes (it fixes a couple of bugs when using the web GUI, like if you pressed ESC right after confirming an animal the animal would not fade out)

* Fix for F3 menu not displaying correct harvest information

Discussion

Features

* .50 Inline Muzzleloader

Changes
* If you try to climb a very steep slope, you may slide back a few meters
* Trajectory, Penetration & Damage tweak for increased realism of:
.300 Rifles
.30-06 Rifles
8×57 Rifles
.308 Rifle & Handgun
.270 Rifles
.243 Rifles
.357 Revolvers
.44 Revolvers
.454 Revolvers
.50 Cal Muzzleloader Round Ball
12 GA Shotgun Slug
12 GA Buckshot

Bug fixes
* Fix for scent eliminator not always working for clients in a multiplayer game.
* Fix for missing localized “unassigned” text in the F3 team view
* Fix for turkeys responding to turkey box caller
* Fix for Waterfowl Blind message having a Ground Blind icon

Discussion

Features

* Turkey Decoys

* Turkey Locator Caller

Read the release notes

Changes

* If you buy items while the game is running, you now get a message in the top left corner telling you when they are available in the Lodge / Tent Inventory.

* Rifle & Revolver trajectory improvements. Adjustments for increased realism in regards to to calculations of air resistance. The result is a tiny bit less bullet drop for rifles and a lot more for revolvers. Zeroing & damage remains the same for all weapons.

Bug fixes

* Fixed the .454 scope bug. (it jumped around when looking at another player firing)

* Fix for feedback message saying “Ground Blind” instead of “Waterfowl Blind”

Discussion

Features

* .454 “El Toro” Revolver

* 12 GA “Royal Edition” Pump Action Shotgun (given to those who have purchased the German cap in the Football Jamboree event, NOT available in the store)

Changes
* You can no longer take photos while a photo is uploading to the server. A text is now shown in the left bottom corner of the screen when the game is uploading a photo to the server.

*EDIT: Increased penetration power for .30-30 Lever Action Rifle.

Bug fixes
* Fix for the pink screen on the huntermate when confirming clues when playing the game with Dutch language.
* Fixed animation bug that caused the player to do a small rotation to the left when walking backwards while crouching

Discussion