Hiding in the bushes

[Coco Rouge]

I hide in a bush when i go afk, especially on the livonia map which has some really dense/thick ones. And while it usually works just fine, i recently had 2 encounters when other players actually found me. The thing is, i chose a low traffic area with plenty of other bushes around and sat there for like 5-15 min, so i doubt someone saw me going in. Is there any way to disable foliage the settings or is it all the same for everyone?

[g0rml3ss]

Alot of people (pvp wise) tend to play with low settings , I'm not sure if it's as it used to be but this pretty much negated any point in foliage as it doesn't render from a certain distance, so while you're adamant you're just one big ball of leafs to someone just half a field away you're a guy crouching down.

[us271934-Слава Україн]

I agree that Livonia is quite a bit better at letting a player escape casual notice with the foliage and landscape elevation changes. I don't know how many times I've come around a few bushes and trees to 'discover' a building that had been effectively hiding from most every angle. In Chenarus I swear you could almost see any object or player on the map if you had a powerful enough scope on top of Green Mountain.

When I'm playing on my super low end laptop (like now) a lot of stuff doesn't render when it's some distance away. This seems to be true even when I'm looking though a scope. Grass is especially prone to disappearing at a distance as are some of the no-collision bushes. Occasionally I've had to back up a ways to find a deer I've shot in the grassy areas.

It's possible that someone just noted your presence this way or they have found a way to exploit the graphics somehow. Some of the cheating methods referred to in other threads would suggest you could be entombed in a solid rock and still get headshot.

Perhaps afk should be exchanged with logging out.

[Coco Rouge]

Well, that explains a lot...omg. Kinda funny and a little bit embarrassing.
Thanks a lot for the answers, i'm going to reconsider my hiding strategy :)

[Enforcer]

Your feet are still showing. They might have seen that.

[JayBEE]

Originally posted by Coco Rouge:

I hide in a bush when i go afk, especially on the livonia map which has some really dense/thick ones. And while it usually works just fine, i recently had 2 encounters when other players actually found me. The thing is, i chose a low traffic area with plenty of other bushes around and sat there for like 5-15 min, so i doubt someone saw me going in. Is there any way to disable foliage the settings or is it all the same for everyone?

its not difficult to spot someone in a bush, if you value your character and gear then dont go afk

[Coco Rouge]

Thanks for the feet info and the general advice, i'm trying to become a more worthy prey ;-)

[JayBEE]

Originally posted by Coco Rouge:

Thanks for the feet info and the general advice, i'm trying to become a more worthy prey ;-)

i always lay prone along a wall or edge of a building