EVRIMA Scent Is Completely Broken, At Least For Me

[Dutch]

So I'm no fan of the new scent system, it seems to be completely random and all over the joint. However, since logging on today, I've not been able to smell bushes at all as a Stego. And even water sources seem to be a 50/50 chance on whether they'll be picked up when I sniff, even when I know I'm very close to one.

Currently AFKing while I type this, basically just waiting to starve to death (AS A F**KING HERBIVORE) because the scent system can't seem to pick up bushes. Few other people in my server seem to be having the same issue, whilst others are not.

What's the deal?

[Tregrenos]

Sounds like a “you” problem, but I’ll give it a shot.

The large water areas are pretty much all tied to each other through rivers. You’re likely smelling only specific points rather than the nearest boundary of water, so even if you’re at the water the nearest “scent point” might not be at this spot.

As for bushes, those are spread out and harder to find. Seeing as how you don’t actually need them and it’s impossible to starve thanks to grazing I think the current layout will make more sense when they add the diet system. The current spawning of bushes is most likely related to what they have planned for the diet system, but more than enough to “tide us over” until that system is released.

[Dutch]

Originally posted by Tregrenos:

Sounds like a “you” problem, but I’ll give it a shot.

The large water areas are pretty much all tied to each other through rivers. You’re likely smelling only specific points rather than the nearest boundary of water, so even if you’re at the water the nearest “scent point” might not be at this spot.

As for bushes, those are spread out and harder to find. Seeing as how you don’t actually need them and it’s impossible to starve thanks to grazing I think the current layout will make more sense when they add the diet system. The current spawning of bushes is most likely related to what they have planned for the diet system, but more than enough to “tide us over” until that system is released.

I don't think you really understood my post.
I know how scent/bushes/water work, they were working for me perfectly fine yesterday. I'm well aware of how the scent system currently works in EVRIMA. However, today, it has not been working as it normally does, every single other day I play.

As for being a "me" problem, I specifically said that others were having the same problem in the server I was in.
Bushes simply are not being picked up by scent, even when I know where one is. 4 people in my herd could stand in the same spot and smell 5 different bushes from where they were, and then me and 3 others could stand in that same spot and smell nothing. It seems to be completely random.

[Tregrenos]

Others not having this issue lead me to believe this is a “you” problem. Have you tried restarting the game to see if the issue persisted? Have you tried adjusting the game settings?

[Dutch]

Originally posted by Tregrenos:

Others not having this issue lead me to believe this is a “you” problem. Have you tried restarting the game to see if the issue persisted? Have you tried adjusting the game settings?

I reset my game multiple times, reset my router, reset my computer, even reinstalled the game about an hour ago to no avail.
It also appears to be a solely herbivore issue.

[Tregrenos]

Were you able to smell the blood of a kill as a herbi?

[Punchpacket]

Try this:
Open File Explorer from the taskbar.
Select View > Options > Change folder and search options.
Select the View tab and, in Advanced settings, select Show hidden files, folders, and drives and OK.
Afterwards, at the bottom left of your taskbar there should be a white search bar. Type %APPDATA% in there and open your %APPDATA% folder.
At the top you'll see the filepath, click "Appdata" to go back to the actual Appdata folder, then to local > TheIsle > delete the "Saved" folder.

Sounds like your Saved folder is corrupted.

[Dutch]

Originally posted by Tregrenos:

Were you able to smell the blood of a kill as a herbi?

Why are you so salty?

[bigmoe808]

Originally posted by Dutch:

Originally posted by Tregrenos:

Were you able to smell the blood of a kill as a herbi?

Why are you so salty?

Pardon him.

I hope the fix Punch gave you helped, if not, try grazing to hang in for now.

[Shot'em]

Originally posted by Dutch:

Originally posted by Tregrenos:

Others not having this issue lead me to believe this is a “you” problem. Have you tried restarting the game to see if the issue persisted? Have you tried adjusting the game settings?

I reset my game multiple times, reset my router, reset my computer, even reinstalled the game about an hour ago to no avail.
It also appears to be a solely herbivore issue.

Was it only on that one server? Or was it a recurring problem across several?

[bigmoe808]

Originally posted by Shot'em:

Originally posted by Dutch:

I reset my game multiple times, reset my router, reset my computer, even reinstalled the game about an hour ago to no avail.
It also appears to be a solely herbivore issue.

Was it only on that one server? Or was it a recurring problem across several?

Spotted something?

[Shot'em]

Originally posted by bigmoe808:

Originally posted by Shot'em:

Was it only on that one server? Or was it a recurring problem across several?

Spotted something?

No, just thinking. He'd mentioned it was a problem several people had, and that reinstalling didn't help, so I'm thinking to cover as many bases as I can.

[Tregrenos]

Originally posted by Dutch:

Originally posted by Tregrenos:

Were you able to smell the blood of a kill as a herbi?

Why are you so salty?

Could you or could you not detect the blood scent as a herbi? The bodies are non-static objects, which could tie in to the issue you're having.

[Dutch]

Downscaling from 4K to 1080 seems to have rectified it. I assume this means it'd be a graphical error? I don't know why, but I just switched in and out of the game, changing from 4K to 1080 and back several times, and it seems to be what was causing it. It is literally the only thing in all of the settings in the game that are effecting it. And also makes sense because I started playing it in 4K on a new monitor at the same time I noticed the scent issue.

I'm basically computer illiterate so I have no idea why this is or what it means, but at least I can find bushes again on my own. I just have to play at 1080 instead of 4K. A problem with my new monitor, pixels, colours, I don't know. But it's fixed now.

[The NayNay]

So heres the thing: there needs to be upwind and down wind, with the scent of prey and predators being detectable within a certain radius. blood of course, should be detectable from even farther, and bathing in mud should totally mask the scent for as long as youre covered in it.