Eating without scent

[Muad'dib]

Please help me understand herbavors. I understand if I use scent I can find food and water. But the rain stops that.

I had scented some bushes and was chilling near them while it was raining but then got bored cause rain and night both seem to last FOREVER. But are you only able to eat food you already used scent on? If you go traveling while it's raining it seems impossible to ever eat again if the rain doesn't stop at some point and you're not near a previously marked bush.

[Sable]

Rain disables scent for both herbivores and carnivores.

During rain, sight and sound is how you find food.

The bushes are easy to recognize. If it's dark, you can use sound, as food bushes are the only plants to make a rustling sound when something moves through them.

[Ghost of Razgriz]

Originally posted by Ninja_.Weasel:

Rain disables scent for both herbivores and carnivores.

During rain, sight and sound is how you find food.

The bushes are easy to recognize. If it's dark, you can use sound, as food bushes are the only plants to make a rustling sound when something moves through them.

You still have to actually get lucky to move through edible bushes during the rain and at night. Devs need to fix that.

If it's raining, and dark out, your best bet would be to log. Log back in during the day cycle. I've lost a few herbies trying to power through rain/night combos and ended up starving.

[Specter]

After a while you’ll come to recognize the shape/color of edible bushes. I used to play non-survivals before they could sniff out food, so it was a vital thing to learn.

That said night + rain can make them very difficult to find. I advise that you find the bushes prior to nightfall and stay close to them, or eat as much as you can before dark.

[Muad'dib]

It doesn't seem like any of the bushes were edible unless I used scent first. That's my problem. I was certain I was going up to bushes using the same model as the one I had previously eaten from.

[Specter]

Originally posted by Muad'dib:

It doesn't seem like any of the bushes were edible unless I used scent first. That's my problem. I was certain I was going up to bushes using the same model as the one I had previously eaten from.

There are certain bushes that look similar, but there’s a few key differences—edible bushes have berries, their leaves are large and similar to grape leaves is shape, and the branches are a lighter shade.

They also render in much further out than normal foliage, the to me it seems like the shadows render in differently forthem as well, but that could depend on your settings.

[Nayla]

Originally posted by Nakara:

Originally posted by Muad'dib:

It doesn't seem like any of the bushes were edible unless I used scent first. That's my problem. I was certain I was going up to bushes using the same model as the one I had previously eaten from.

There are certain bushes that look similar, but there’s a few key differences—edible bushes have berries, their leaves are large and similar to grape leaves is shape, and the branches are a lighter shade.

That is true, the "Food Bushes" look like they have red berries and it is also very loud when u walk over them.
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