theHunter Call of the Wild Update Changelog

Update v1.3 Changelog:
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Fixes:
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Gameplay:
• Added re-specialisation of Skills and Perks
• Clues now correctly despawn after fast traveling
• Corrected expansion and penetration stats for soft point and polymeric tip rifle ammunition
• Fix for “Connor - Lost Words” if you find the notebook before finishing the first objective
• Reduced cost of ammunition

User Interface:
• Fixed interactions with Hunting Stands
• Various localisation fixes

Stability & Performance:
• Enabled screen space reflections (water reflections) by default on medium and low graphics settings
• Improved data collection on deadlocks (freezes)
• Mini map performance optimization
• Various crash fixes

Audio:
• Improved synchronization of all weapon reload animations

Miscellaneous:
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Update v1.2 Changelog:
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Fixes:
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Gameplay:
• Changed default speeds for crouch and prone to be slower (use “run” keybind to move faster)
• Crouching now correctly affects Animal AI
• Balanced difficulty settings for photo missions
• Balanced equipment prices in the in-game store
• Fixed missions so they can be completed with the .270 Warden rifle
• Fixed issue with “Big Coyote Tour” mission
• Improved interactions of Points of Interest and Hunting Structures
• Fixed distance requirement in Sommers mission “The Fox and the Scope” to 200 meters
• Improved Sommer #2

Specified the region where to find the coyote in Vualez “The Werecoyote”

User Interface:
• Improved feedback for noise in HUD
• Various fixes for overflows, cutoffs and unlocalized strings
• Fixed storage freezing when used
• Harvest screen lists hit starting with 1 now
• Player placed waypoints can now be seen from any distance
• Fix for empty Mission Log when switching reserves

Audio:
• Added female breathing and damage sounds for player character
• Added sound for Headlamp when turning it on / off
• Improvement of UI Mix
• Improvement of Music Mix
• Improvement of Bear mix
• Added Jump sounds for main character
• Changed rabbits/squirrel navigation sounds
• Improve animal vegetation passthrough sounds

Miscellaneous:
• Removed spawn point outside of reserve
• Various fixes for floating props in the world
• Fixed issue with proning and looking through the terrain

In Progress
• Nearing completion, to be released soon:
• Adding Exit to Main Menu
• Crashfix when starting the game
• Performance improvements after having scanned multiple clues
• Fix for disappearing animal clues

We are aware of the repeating reward notification about the “.243 Polymer-tip bullet” and we will fix it in the next update. Please note that you unlock this ammunition with a rifle score of 50 (or higher).

Update v1.11 Changelog:
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Fixes:
• Crashfix for bringing up the scoreboard in multiplayer (affects specific languages)
• Items are now unlocked when you exceed the requirements. Please be sure to obtain experience points for
• your character / weapon level to update, so that the changes can take effect.

Gameplay:
• Added cool-down timer to animal warning calls
• Animal warning call probability is now affected by animal difficulty
• Adjusted how easily animals can hear you when walking through grass and bushes in Layton Lake District
• Adjusted vegetation sound volumes in Layton Lake District
• Reworked player progression - less cost and faster unlocks
• Resolved issue with side mission Sommer #2

User Interface:
• Fix for hunting stands that can’t be interacted with

Performance:
• Improved performance after tracking a large number of clues

Multiplayer:
• Fix for multiplayer crashes related to Multiplayer menu

Audio:
• Fix for menu music not playing
• Improved sound mix for UI
• Improved sound mix for Black Bear
• Improved sound mix for music in outposts
• Added jumping sounds for player character

Gameplay:
• Improved animal spawn points to avoid tight positions for pathfinding
• Fix for "Active Skill" tutorial would not play until restarting the game
• Heart rate is now affected when jumping
• Improved clue system for need zones
• Added glint effect on collectables
• Improvements to navigation mesh
• Fix for female foxes awarding negative score
• Fix for non-climbable ladders
• Fix for HunterMate showing missions from the previously visited reserve

Weapons:
• Fix for revolver exit animation
• Fix for occasionally misaligned muzzle flash when using quickshot
• Improved scope behaviour while aiming and walking
• Improved Lever Action Rifle animations
• Improved shotgun reload animation (displaying wrong bullet count)
• Improved animations for compound bow
• Fixed so that performing an action will never lock the player into place (firing, aiming, reloading etc.)
• Tweaked scatter for hipshot and fixed some issues with scatter in aim

User Interface:
• Removed leaving reserve warning message after loading reserve
• Fixed bug where attaching ammo would hide item details
• Improving readability of codex pages, slow down scrolling text
• Added game logo to main menu
• Improved Key binding UI and fixed issue with double clicking
• Removed “Reserve Selection” text
• Added camera as bindable key
• Added “Use Skill” as bindable key
• Added numpad as bindable keys
• Fix for audio clue HUD never being shown again after having it visible and entering the menu
• Changing the “buy” button in the store to “owned” after purchase
• Inventory updates quicker after making changes in the storage
• Improved display of available amount of currency
• Added warning prompt when starting a new game
• Re-enabled HUD when using the camera
• Fix for weapon rewards not showing
• Improved Storage screen usability
• Fixed “night time” in codex vs. mission conditions (night time starts at 19:00)
• Artifacts are now added to the Codex page when picked up
• Mouse sensitivity now works as intended
• Toggling “Mission System” in settings now works as intended

Multiplayer:
• Fix for network collectables competing with regular collectables
• Disabled changing reserve in Multiplayer

Performance:
• Addressed memory leaks
• Slightly improved performance of water reflections

Miscellaneous:
• Fix for appearing underwater when changing position (loading screen)
• Multiple fixes regarding spawn point and camera sequences
• Fix for critter related crash
• Collision fixes in Layton Lake District
• Missing shaders added
• Various mission fixes
• Crashfix when switching reserve
• Various fixes for floating props
• Crashfix when switching between single and multiplayer games
• Improved string jump animations of animals
• Removed breathing animation on dead animals
• Various localization fixes
• Improved water reflections
• Fixed broken glint effect while it’s raining
• Rain drops are now properly occluded by structures
• Added particle effects while walking through foliage
• Fix for animals running in place in certain animations
• Fixed bug in volumetric fog that would cause it to be wrongly occluded by vegetation

Update v20170216 Changelog:
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• Keybinding menu to not crash when unsupported hardware such as certain controllers or joysticks is connected
• Crash fix in settings menu
• Performance improvement for situations where large numbers of unharvested animals are located on the map.
• Crash fix for the map related to the player icon
• Crash fix for leaving multiplayer games