Trailblazer Beta now live!

Hello Hunters,

As you may have noticed from our clues on social media the past week, Grandfather Njabulo has decided that it is time to reintroduce the largest native carnivore and King of the Beasts - the Lion! This majestic creature is not only the second-largest of the cats, but is also an apex predator that does not take kindly to trespassers on its territory. On top of this free addition to Vurhonga Savanna, we will also be releasing a bunch of general improvements to the game.

To continue our "Trailblazer Programme" from last year, we are offering a new Open Beta for the Lion and encourage those of you who want to participate to share your thoughts and feedback on our latest animal addition.

The Trailblazer Beta, what does it entail?

It’s a chance for you to, during a limited period, experience changes to the game before they are technically “live”. It’s also a way for us to test updates without “committing” them to the main version of the game.

How long does the Trailblazer Beta run for?

The Beta will be available from around about now i.e. Friday January 25th (as of this post going live), until Monday January 28th

How can I get involved?

Right-click theHunter: Call of the Wild in your Steam library and click “Properties”. A window will prompt and you click the tab at the far right labeled “Betas”, you will then come to a window that looks like the below:

Please enter the following code in the box (without the quotation marks): “CalloftheWild”, then CLICK “Check Code” (just hitting enter won’t work). You should now notice that your game will start an update, this will be the Open Beta build installing.

Note: The download can potentially be large, and this will need to be re-downloaded as you switch between the live/Open Beta clients, so those on metered internet connections please bear that in mind.

So what happens to my old build and save files?

Nothing. When you start the Open beta client your game will be entirely “fresh”, you’ll have no save game, cash, skills etc. But don’t worry, this has NO effect on your “live” version of the game, you can switch back and forth at any time (see the next point below).

Note: We DO have a means for you to get up and running quickly in the Trailblazer Beta. Hit “Escape” and go to the Hunt Club Beta menu, there’ll be a reward there where you can claim a large sum of credits, a big XP boost and weapon score points in all categories.

I’ve had enough of testing the Open Beta for now, how do I go back to my normal version of the game?

Do the initial same steps as when installing the Open Beta, but when you get to the Beta tab you should not fill in a code. Instead in the drop-down box saying “Select the beta you would like to opt into:” you simply pick “None - opt out of all beta programs” and your client will run a small update. After that, you can play the normal version of the game again. You can switch back and forth between the live version and Open Beta/Trailblazer Programme at any time during the period just by using that dropdown menu.

How do provide feedback or I report issues I’ve found during the Open Beta/Trailblazer Programme?

Please use our “Beta Feedback” board on the Steam Community Hub here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/518790/discussions/13/

What do you want us to test?

Yay, you’ve made it to the best part! Please see below the changelog for the Open Beta/Trailblazer Programme, this will give you some ideas about what to look at specifically when playing on it.

Note: You WILL need ownership to the relevant content on the live version of the game in order to test it in the Open Beta/Trailblazer Programme. For example, new Vurhonga Savanna-specific content would require you owning that particular DLC. That being said, you can of course join a multiplayer hosted game on that reserve should you not own it yourself.

Changelog