“Easter Egg” Hunt and Big Fix Checks Open Beta Announcement
Hello Hunters,
This weekend, we need you to head out into the many different reserves and test the bug fixes listed below for us. On top of this, there is actually new content hidden somewhere, but in order for us to test it properly, we can not tell you what it is, as we need to check the rarity of it happening.
What we can tell you, is that it is not Turkeys and it is not Bigfoot. But, if you do find it, you can shoot it and you will go down in history as a hunting legend, especially if you are the first player ever to find it. This is a true “Easter Egg Hunt”! We have opened up a new channel in our Discord where you can discuss this new addition to the game and if you find it, put your proof there and @treekiwi!
Join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/ZgXDqFS
List of Fixes
Below is a huge list of fixes and improvements that we have made and would like you to test out while you are hunting around for the “Easter Egg”.
Goals:
- Feedback on sound improvements (details below)
- Report all scoring issues (missing measurements, wrong medal, wrong trophy rating in tracking HUD etc.)
- Sending crash reports
New Features:
- The Sound Design team has brought some major improvements to our sounds. Animal footsteps and sounds of animals moving through vegetation have been updated and remixed to give you a better sense of distance and spatiality. Similar treatment has also been done to some animal calls. Additionally the amplitude of several player (like whistling) and environmental (like rain) sounds has been tweaked, so that they never get too loud.
Bugs fixes:
- Fixed floating roads and weird terrain in different reserves
- Fixed single-shot rifles that didn’t work after using shooting range
- Fixed buckshot often failing the Harvest Check
- Fixed tracks color resetting back to defaults in Cuatro Colinas
- Fixed 10GA lever-action shotgun shooting infinitely when using slugs
- Fixed tracking HUD showing obsolete score when spotting animal
- Fixed missing Confirm button when creating a Multi Trophy Mount
- Fixed spawn rate of melanistic Red Deer
- Fixed legacy Multi Trophy Mounts showing wrong Trophy Rating
- Fixed shining on some hunter outfits and animals furs
- Fixed issue with Sombra fleeing immediately after spawning during Baden’s Folly side mission (Cuatro Colinas)
- Fixed issue where Sombra did not respawn if player could not harvest it after killing it
- Fixed issue with spotting Need Zones for Just Like Old Times side mission (Cuatro Colinas)
- Fixed medals that were awarded only if the trophy rating was greater than threshold, instead of equal to or greater
- Fixed multiple photo missions across all reserves
- Fixed missions disappearing from Huntermate after visiting a Trophy Lodge
- Fixed animals jittering when idle, feeding or drinking
- Fixed missing footsteps sounds for Grizzly Bear
- Fixed Trophy Manager still referring to Score rather than Trophy Rating
- Fixed Cinnamon Teal textures in Trophy Lodge
- Fixed tracking HUD showing wrong animal class when interacting with calls
- Fixed missions that still referred to Integrity Bonus instead of Harvest Check
- Fixed over-under shotgun that could not fire the second shot from the hip
- Fixed ATV controls being hard-coded to WASD (they now match the movement controls)
- Fixed various crashes
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 now, until 9am CEST Tuesday April 14th
How can I get involved?
Right-click theHunter: Call of the Wild in your Steam library and click “Properties.'' A window will open, then click the tab at the far right labeled “Betas”, you will then come to a window that looks like the one 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.
DO NOT MOVE OR MESS WITH THE SAVE FILE, IF YOU DO, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!
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 I provide feedback or 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/13/2269193447662464628/
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, Parque Fernando 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.
Again, please be sure to put any feedback or bug reports you may encounter (ONLY from this beta version of the game) on the new forum here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/518790/discussions/13/2269193447662464628/
And please see this bug reporting template that provides some guidelines of what kind of information that might be helpful to us, so we can easily read through your feedback: https://steamcommunity.com/app/518790/discussions/13/1735469327937280314/
Enjoy and thank you for your feedback!
/theHunter: Call of the Wild team