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In this update we are happy to add difficulty levels to the game! There are now three to choose from: casual, hunter and realistic. Animals in casual mode have weaker senses and it is perfect when you just want to go on a relaxing hunt. It also helps you locate animals by highlighting an animal when you activate their call.
When you want to really push your hunting skills, realistic mode provides a real challenge! Animals have strong senses so getting close leaves very little room for mistakes. Track and carcass highlights are also turned off by default so good shot placement is key since tracking will be more difficult. They can be turned back on from the settings. This mode provides higher rewards. Hunter is the default difficulty that the game has offered so far.
You can change the difficulty when starting the game but it can’t be changed during gameplay. Trophy statues in the trophy room will also display the difficulty level.
We also adjusted vegetation settings so please test and adjust them. More about this change is in the patch notes below.
- Added three difficulty settings: casual, hunter and realistic
- Casual has lower animal senses, activating an animal call will highlight the animal, and rewards are smaller
- Hunter is the default difficulty that the game has been so far. Animal hearing and sight are slightly increased in closer distance.
- Realistic mode is a real challenge for master hunters! It has strong animal senses, track and carcase highlights are turned off by default but it provides higher rewards.
- You can change the difficulty at the main menu but it can’t be changed during gameplay
- Improved far away terrains and their textures
- Vegetation graphic settings reworked and adjusted*
- Increased vegetation distance in higher settings**
- Added reverb zones to forests and mountains to create slight echo for weapons and callers
- Reworked animal tracks (new highlights, new texture to make it easier to track without highlights)
- Improved animal pathfinding on steep slopes
- Improved animal need time behavior and travel distances
- Added difficulty level info on trophy statues
- Improved loading time when traveling into the reserve
- Adjusted droppings’ LODs
- Fixed an issue where water would render on top of the fog
- Fixed an issue where animals could only see 90 degrees in front of them
- Fixed another issue that caused floating tracks on a specific locations of the map
- Fixed an issue where outpost buttons on quick hunt map didn’t work and the player always ended up on the same outpost
- Fixed an issue where arrow would keep snapping and unsnapping when realistic bow setting was on
- Fixed an issue where impact audios were heard beyond the maximum audio distance
- Fixed an issue where some SFX audios weren’t tied on SFX audio slider
- Fixed structure colliders on shooting range
- Fixed an issue where proper sound didn’t play when walking on shooting range
- Fixed an issue where one shooting range control box changed the distance of another lanes target
* Grass and plant densities were grouped under one button and low density was increased to the previous medium setting. There weren’t much difference in performance between these two and the game looked much worse in low setting before.
** Low and medium distances remain relatively the same but high and ultra settings render vegetation further than before. Ultra setting is much further so we advise you to test these settings yourself.
Enjoy the experience that the new difficulty levels bring! Let us know what you think in the forums and discord. Happy hunting!
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