Improvements

• Fixed an issue where traditional recurve bow didn't work
  

Misc

• Updated known issues in Steam forums and Discord
  

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Inventory system rework

• The whole inventory systems functionality was reworked*
  
• More consistent interactions
  
• Fixes most issues players have encountered with the inventory interactions
  
• All fixed issues are listed in the Improvements section
  
• All item locations had to be reset for this change so visit the store to get your things again.
  

New Features

• Added a reset button for grab offset settings
  
• Added a Short version of the latest patch notes to the main menu
  
• Separated the scope rail and the scope for .303 rifle. You can now set the scope to different positions on the rail. The rail is only visible when scope is attached or held in hand.
  

Animal Changes

• Fixed several issues related to animal need times
  
• Fixed issues where animals would stand and walk in place before / during / after need times or when they were spooked
  
• Fixed several issues with animations
  

Improvements

• Fixed an issue where loaded ammo wasn’t saved when quitting the game
  
• Fixed an issue where items could swap to inventory or backpack on their own
  
• The backpack can now be grabbed only from the top to improve its functionality
  
• Fixed an issue where animals could run behind the map border where player can’t reach them
  
• Fixed an issue where weapons would play several sounds at once
  
• Fixed an issue where toggle grab type would also affect usable objects like .303 bolt and scope zeroing knob.
  
• Loading to the Bulgaria map and back to the lodge takes significantly less time and resources. This should also solve crashing issues on these instances.
  
• Fixed a rare issue where shotguns ammo box would disappear
  
• Fixed a lag spike when grabbing optics in Bulgaria map for the first time
  
• Fixed an issue where books wouldn’t ungrab when traveling between outposts in the Bulgaria map while holding a book
  
• Fixed an issue where the .303's scope’s camera was on when loading to game with the rifle on your back.
  
• Fixed an issue where loading another save without quitting wouldn’t reset properly and both saves would be loaded simultaneously
  

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New Features

• Added an option to turn off item highlights
  
• Added an option to mute mobile trackers notifications
  

Improvements

• Fixed an issue where optics wouldn’t work with snap on face turned on
  
• Possible fix for flying animals*
  
• Fixed an issue where some bushes would disappear too soon
  
• Visual improvements to the lakes
  
• Renamed HP Reverb G2 SteamVR keybindings
  

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Changes

• Fixed an issue where tutorial scene had partly wrong vegetation and too much clouds which resulted in poor performance
  

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Environment And Vegetation

• All environment and vegetation have been improved with new shaders
  
• Vegetation reacts to wind more realistically
  
• Vegetation reacts to light more realistically
  
• Player interacts with vegetation when moving through them
  
• Crossfade has been added which eliminates most of the pop in
  
• Vegetation and environment gets wet when it rains
  
• Improved weather effects. More cloud variety has been added.
  
• Improved daytime lighting
  

New Features

• Ambient wildlife has been added (birds, rodents)
  
• Buzzing flies added to droppings (you can tell the droppings freshness from the amount of flies)
  
• Headlight has been added that can be used at night (touch your forehead to toggle on/off)*
  

Animal Changes

• Animal render distance has been increased from 300m to 500m
  

Improvements

• Game has been significantly optimized**
  
• MSAA 4x anti-aliasing eliminates most of the vegetation edge shimmering
  
• Fixed an issue where mixed forest biomes ground was mostly rock
  
• Fixed an issue where mobile trackers map is blur with low texture resolution
  
• Tutorial vegetation biomes has been changed to use same from Bulgaria map
  
• Scopes resolution has been increased for better view
  

Changes

• Light shafts have been disabled since they didn’t work properly. They will be improved and added back to the game later.
  

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New Features

• Added archery range instruction to “how to play” section of in-game menu
  
• Added new rotation settings for weapon grab offset*
  

Animal Changes

• Animals will now find another place if they’ve been spooked while eating or resting if it’s still proper time for it. Previously animals started wandering after being spooked, which wasn’t ideal.
  
• Animals will leave a track after turning over 20 degrees. This will help and improve tracking.
  

Improvements

• Optimized mountain region. Performance is now similar to other parts of the map
  
• Adjusted weapon grab offset settings and the weapon stabilization strength setting*
  
• Improved trophy mounts LODs
  
• Fixed an an issue where you would hear animal and item sounds from the wrong side or very close even if they were further away.
  
• Fixed an issue where hint confirmation didn’t prevent the hint showing up again
  
• Adjusted fur mesh rendering distances of animals and trophy mounts
  
• Fixed an issues where animals took too long to calm down
  
• Fixed a lag spike when you grabbed optics (scope, binoculars and rangefinder) in the Bulgarian reserve
  
• Fixed an issue where stabilization strength kept increasing after holding breath if the stabilization strength was more than 15% and decrease if it was less than 15%**
  
• Fixed an issue where invisible stones and branches were spawned on players head
  
• Monastery LODs and area has been fixed
  

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New features

• Added general settings to offset weapons position and angle. Can be used to offset weapons when using virtual stock.
  
• Added two offset profiles to settings, which can be used to save different offset values. Useful when playing with and without virtual stock.
  
• Added option in settings to reset hints
  
• Confirmed hints won’t show again until hints are reset from the settings
  

Improvements

• Slightly increased animal hearing threshold. This fixes an issue where they would flee from very far away even if player was crouched
  
• Revolver is now loaded in firing order
  
• Revolver loading was improved by removing individual chamber colliders and adding a single big one
  
• Daytime lighting was improved, the sun's brightness was significantly increased and shadows slightly darkened
  
• Adjusted .303 British rifle recoil
  
• Added explanations to settings in the main menu and in-game menu by hovering on them
  
• The inventory lock button now works only when the player looks down and inventory stops rotating. This reduces accidental presses.
  
• Fixed an issues where fallow deer male and wild boars fur didn’t scale properly with their thick neck / back hump
  
• Fixed an issue where leaf forest didn’t have any shadows from trees
  
• Fixed an issue where item in hand and item in belt inventory might swap places and break the interaction system
  
• Fixed an issue where hares would be inside the two high table mounts.
  
• Fixed an issue where shotgun hinge can get stuck and shells doesn’t eject after shot
  
• Fixed an issue where wild boar didn’t stare directly at the player
  
• Fixed an issue where ambient sounds crackling during smooth turning
  
• Fixed an issue where animals at a certain distance wouldn’t render after the fast travel until the distance between animals and the player changes
  
• Fixed an issue with walking audios during the autowalk
  
• Fixed an issue where inventory lock button audio was played before the actual action was happened
  

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Animal Taxidermy And Trophy Mounts

• Animal Taxidermy from harvest screen
  
• Animal Saving from harvest screen
  
• Trophy Manager
  
• Wall mounts in different styles and sizes
  
• Floor mounts in different styles and sizes
  
• Table mounts in different styles and sizes
  
• Several trophy poses for all animals
  
• Trophy mounting system, which gives players the freedom to place trophies around the lodge
  

Overview of the trophy mounts system

Additions

• New Animal - Fallow deer

  
  
  
  
  • Fallow deer caller
    
  • Fallow deer info book
    
  • Fallow deer trophy statues
  
  

• Bulgarian reserve update

  
  
  • Eastern area environment
    
  • 3rd outpost
    
  • New hunting towers
  
  
• Added taxidermy, trophy mounts and autowalk instructions to "How to play"
  
• Added background to "How to play" texts
  

New Features

• Added player fall damage
  
• Added autowalk
  
• Added an option to adjust hip inventory height and distance
  
• Added adjustable scope position on guns (The player can attach the scope on different distance from the gun stock)
  
• Added support for ForceTube haptic gun stock
  

Improvements

• Adjusted animal trophy spawn rates
  
• Weapons can’t be grabbed from the backpack when it’s on the players back
  
• Books from Bulgarian outposts won’t travel with the player to the main lodge
  
• Shooting range distance buttons now cancels the inspect action
  
• Adjusted the rotation values of inventory
  
• Optimized animal tracks
  
• Optimized several vegetations and biomes
  
• Optimized the main lodge
  
• Optimized animals to use less CPU
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where animals would flee towards the player
  
• Fixed most cases where animals would get stuck and run in place
  
• Fixed an issue where a dead wild boar could still cause damage
  
• Fixed an issue where a paralyzed animal doesn’t take damage
  
• Fixed an issue where the player can grab ejected bullets but can’t drop them or put them away if the ammo box isn’t visible (now the player can drop these bullets if there is no ammo box available)
  
• Fixed an issue where the player can get extra ammo at the shooting range
  
• Fixed an issue where bullets loaded in revolver can disappear if the revolver is close to the ammo box during loading
  
• Fixed an issue where hand would spin when holding the mobile tracker
  
• Fixed an issue where you couldn't shoot through animals to hit another
  
• Fixed an issue where game settings wouldn't set correctly when returning to lodge from Bulgaria map
  

Hello Hunters!

Today we are proud to announce that animal taxidermy and trophy mounts are coming to Virtual Hunter!