The Hunter (COTW) Call Of The Wild Update 1.67 Patch Notes – Feb. 22, 2022

Celebrating theHunter: Call of the Wild’s fifth anniversary

• Everybody will now be able to unlock a free special anniversary edition of the Rhino 454: the SUNDBERG 454. Just head to the in-game store, press “Purchase”, and it’s all yours. Ammunition for this weapon has also been unlocked for all to use. It still costs in-game money to unlock, but no weapon score is required.
• We also replaced some existing loading screens with some gorgeous key art!

IMPROVEMENTS

Performance

• Full rework of the animal home ranges, populations and schedules on Mississippi Acres Preserve, Vurhonga Savanna, Rancho Del Arroyo & Cuatro Colinas. This will boost the performance for users.

Graphics & Visual Effects

• Implemented FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution) on PC platforms.
• Improved sample pattern for SSAO (Screen Space Ambient Occlusion), improving shadows in the game.
• Improved the floating death animation for the Alligator.
• Third person animation setup has been revamped and most of the animations are improved.

Accessibility

• New headline ’Dog’ for dog related tutorial entries in Codex menu.
• Scent eliminator HUD improvements including duration indicator.
• Added Reticle to gameplay with different color variations. This helps aiming at objects for interactions, interacting with distant animal calls & spotting animals from a distance, and can help some players who experience motion sickness.
• Added an option in Settings to adjust Subtitles font size.
• Added option to remap Trophy Lodge inputs in Settings menu.

Miscellaneous

Increased sensitivity of gamepad & mouse for all 1x magnification devices including Red dot, aluminum ironsight, reflex sight & all 1x scopes for relevant weapons.

10 point-to-point transport sites have been implemented along the riverbank in Mississippi Acres Preserve. At present, they won’t be visible on the map but that is something we will be addressing a little later this year. Just look for the boats!

CONSIDERATIONS

• Full population resets will occur across Cuatro Colinas, Rancho del Arroyo, Mississippi Acres Preserve, and Vurhonga Savanna as a result of our optimization efforts. More information on this was mentioned above under Performance Improvements.
• The male black bears have decided to spice things up a little and are now going by the following descriptors:
• Black > Dusty.
• Dark > Black.
• Dusty > Dark.
• Updated the Medal icons designs on various screens.
• Added swimming icon for animal clues that are underwater.
• Geese cash rewards have been balanced to offset other fixes and harvest quantity.

BUG FEATURES in TheHunter COTW Update 1.67

Critical & Featured

• Geese and Ducks will get attracted to callers.
• Fixed LOD issues for the female Red Deer which caused some to appear invisible at varying distances until the character is within about 50m.
• The Kullman .22H now provides a more appropriate bang for buck. The prices for the weapon and the ammo have also been slashed!

Animals & Environment

• Common Raccoon is now Class 2 animal instead of Class 1.
• Fixed an issue where disturbed vegetation was present near need zones only.
• Fixed the instance where sometimes corpses seemed to float in air after being shot from a long distance.
• The gates at Bingham Farms Mobile Home no longer levitate and fly around.

Weapons, Gear, & Character

• Addressed a bug of First Aid Kit not healing when used.
• Fixed an audio issue when switching between callers like Antler Rattler, Short Reed Canada Goose Caller.
• Fixed the problem where item could not be switched until sound ended while using Deer Bleat Caller & Roe Deer Caller.
• Addressed a bug of having infinite ammo if user kept firing while still in hip pose after running out of bullets.
• Manual and auto chambering mechanics for the Mangiafico, .410 while loaded with the .410 birdshot, has been corrected.
• The .270 Warden is now available for console players.
• Arrows retrieved from the field return to the players storage instead of their inventory.

User Interface & Multiplayer

• Addressed a bug with waypoints placement on Map on Ultrawide monitors.
• Fixed the incorrect icon for Dog biscuits on Inventory UI.
• Updated & fixed Decoy icon not being displayed in the HUD.
• Retrieved arrows will be available in the inventory now.
• Cash amount will not show cut off in UI if the value has more than 6 digits.
• Addressed a bug where multiple Turkey decoy POI markers were not being grouped together when placed very close to each other.
• Addressed a bug where Trophy lodge did not load for users other than the host in a MP session.
• Fixed the problem of users not being able to hear each other’s callers audio for Red deer, Moose, Elk caller(s) during MP.
• Addressed a bug of lures audio not working in MP.
• Addressed a bug where Great ones appeared as Diamonds to users other than the host in Multiplayer session.
• Geese caller will work for every player and not just the host in MP session.
• Scrollbar will function properly for description of items in Mission items menu in Codex for Rancho del Arroyo reserve.

Miscellaneous

• Multiple crash fixes!